The Minister of Education and Science announced the composition of the Polish Accreditation Committee for the 2024-2027 term. The group of 101 appointees includes Prof. Dariusz Król from our Faculty and three other researchers from WUST. The new term will begin on 1 January, 2024.
On 25 November, the Minister announced the names of 101 members of the Polish Accreditation Committee for the term of office starting on January 1, 2024. This group includes four people representing Wrocław University of Science and Technology: Dr. Hab. Dariusz Król, University Professor (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology ), Dr. Hab. Piotr Rutkowski, University Professor (Faculty of Chemistry), Dr. Hab. Krzysztof Ryczko, University Professor (Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology) and Prof. Joanna Rymaszewska (Faculty of Medicine).
The nomination for the chairman of PAC was given to Fr. Dr. Hab. Tadeusz Stanisławski.
Below we present the profiles of PAC members from WUST
Sylwetki członków i członkini PKA z PWr
Dr hab. inż. Dariusz Król, University Professor (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology)
Computer scientist, lecturer and professor at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Winner of the IBM Eclipse Award. Marie Curie Fellow at Bournemouth University and DAAD fellow at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen and Nuremberg.He co-authored over 150 scientific publications. He is the author of a monograph, a co-author of a script and a textbook, and a co-editor of four books. Expert in the field of knowledge engineering.
He has extensive knowledge in the field of project management. He managed several teaching as well as research and development projects. He was a speaker at renowned universities, including: Yeungnam University, Chung-Ang University, Kyoto University, Queen Mary University of London, King's College London and the University of Otago.
He was the supervisor of over 100 diploma theses. The master's thesis conducted under his supervision in coordination with the Blekinge Institute of Technology was awarded in the Double Diploma program.
His scientific and application interests are related to issues of knowledge propagation, data integration and quality, predictive analysis, cognitive techniques, deep learning, in particular in industrial applications.He is an expert of the European Commission, the National Centre for Research and Development, the National Agency for Academic Exchange and several foreign scholarship programs.
In 2020, he was elected vice-chair of the SMC-28 Branch of the Polish Section of IEEE. Since 2021, he has been the vice-dean for general affairs at the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, WUST.
His experience in ensuring the quality of education includes chairing the program committee for the field of applied computer science at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Recently, this activity has involved a significant modification of the teaching programs for first- and second-cycle studies. The aim of this work was to adapt the programs to the requirements of the rapidly changing labour market and to improve the learning outcomes.
Prof. Dariusz Król pays special attention to the high quality of teaching in academic classes and to ensuring that the content of classes remains in connection with the latest achievements in science and practice. These activities have largely contributed to the fact that applied computer science enjoys the greatest interest among candidates for first-cycle studies at Wrocław University of Science and Technology.
Moreover, during his two-year research stay in Great Britain, he became familiar with modern teaching methods (demonstrations, interactions, collaborative and interdisciplinary learning), as well as the REF procedures for science evaluation and for the recruitment of academic teachers.
After returning to the country, he successfully used these methods in four fields of study: computer science, applied computer science, systems engineering and applied mathematics. He was the head of the research project "Deep recommendation based on collective knowledge" carried out as part of the Executive Program of the German Academic Exchange Service carried out at the Wilhelm University of Westphalia. During this time, he became familiar with the teaching methods used in doctoral studies (diversification, mobility, individual research program, scientific supervision). These methods were implemented as part of courses conducted for the Doctoral School, including in the "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" course, awarded in the INTERDOCSCHOOL competition.
He has been the supervisor of the JAVATECH Student Research Club for eighteen years. Its members, students of computer science, mathematics and electronics, have significant achievements and they are co-authors of several implemented IT systems.
Privately, he is a husband and a father of four children, a lover of art, theatre and chamber music.
Dr hab. inż. Piotr Rutkowski, University Professor (Faculty of Chemistry)
Since 2016, he has been the vice-dean for education at the Faculty of Chemistry. In the 2020-2024 term, he has been a member of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology Senate. In the years 2020-2022, he served as the chairman of the Committee for Quality Assurance in Education at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, and since 2022 he has been the rector's representative for the Unite! network. Since 2020, he has served as an expert of the Polish Accreditation Committee in the field of engineering and technical sciences. Since 2023, he has been a member of the Committee for the Development and Promotion of Achievements of Young Scientists at the Lublin Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
He manages three research projects (funded by National Science Centre and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education). He is a contractor in several research and research and development projects. He specializes in the preparation and characterization of carbon materials, including (i) biochars, (ii) activated carbons for applications in adsorption removal processes of organic and inorganic pollutants from water and (III) carbon nanomaterials for applications in energy production and storage processes.
His research interests also include thermochemical conversion processes of biomass and biomass/waste polymer mixtures into liquid and gaseous products as sources of fuels and chemicals. Recently, he has also conducted research into the application of hydrothermal methods for biomass conversion or carbonization. His scientific achievements include over 50 publications from the JCR list (total IF is 205; the number of citations without self-citations is over 1,000; Hirsch index 20) and several dozen conference presentations, both in Poland and abroad.
He acted as a supervisor in two completed doctoral dissertations. Currently, he supervises five doctoral students at WUST Doctoral School, including two as part of the "Implementation Doctorate" project.
He is a member of the Polish Chemical Society, the Polish Carbon Society and the Association of Engineers and Technicians of the Chemical Industry.
Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Ryczko, University Professor (Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology)
He works at the Department of Experimental Physics at the Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology. He is the vice-dean for education.
Prof. Joanna Rymaszewska (Faculty of Medicine)
Prof. Joanna Rymaszewska is a specialist in psychiatry and since 2023 she has been the head of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the Faculty of Medicine, WUST. Previously, she headed the Department and Clinic of Psychiatry at the Medical University of Wrocław (2016-2022), where she served twice as a dean, as well as a senator and the vice-dean for doctoral studies.
Prof. Rymaszewska takes part in international projects: European framework programs, including EDEN, EUNOMIA, DEMOBinc (as a researcher), JPND: MEETINGDEM, SHARED, COGNISANCE (as a country-level leader). She is the author of over 410 scientific publications, textbooks on mental disorders in somatic diseases, consultative psychiatry, as well as works on brain neurostimulation methods and dementia. She organizes an annual Wroclaw-based conference: Psychiatry – Interdisciplinary Dialogues.
She sits in the boards of scientific societies: European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine, INTERDEM (Network of researchers on Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia), the Scientific Council of the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw, the Bioethics Committee of the L. Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Wrocław. In 2023, she joined the prestigious Academia Europaea.
She has supervised 20 completed and 6 ongoing doctoral dissertations. Her most valuable awards include the honorary title "Active in the fight against depression" awarded by the "Actively Against Depression" Association, the Merito De Wratislavia 2022 medal, the title "Woman of Wrocław of the Year 2022" awarded to her in the scientific and research category.
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