prof. Ing. Jiří Holčík, CSc.

Curriculum Vitae

Person-Related Identification Information

• Prof. Dr. Jiří Holčík
  married / 2 sons

Department

• Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Faculty of Science, MU
  
  Address:
  Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses (IBA)
  Faculty of Medicine MU Brno
  Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno
  Czech Republic
  e-mail: holcik et iba.muni.cz

Employment - Position

• professor

Education and Academic Qualifications

• 2003: Professor for "Electronics and Medical Technology"; Czech Technical University in Prague;
• 1998: Associate Professor for "Electronics and Communication Technology"; Brno University of Technology;
  Thesis: "Analysis and Classification of Electrical Activity of Heart Atria" (in Czech)
• 1990: Scientific Qualification Degree IIa
• 1985: PhD in "Information Technology"; Faculty of Electrotechnical Engineering, Brno University of Technology
  Ph.D. Thesis: "A Method to Determine the Prototype String of a Set of Strings" (in Czech)
• 1974: Ing. in "Communication Technology", specialisation "Medical Electronics"; Faculty of Electrotechnical Engineering, Brno University of Technology

Employment

• since 2017: Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Faculty of Sciences, MU; professor, half-time job
• 2009 - 2015: Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Senior Scientist
• 2008 - 2016: Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University Brno, Professor
• 2003 - 2008: Faculty of Biomedical Engng. (Institute of BME) Czech Technical University in Prague, Assoc.Professor/Professor
• 1999 - 2003: Institute of Biomedical Engng., Faculty of Electrotechnical Engineering and Information Technology, Brno University of Technology, Assoc. Professor
• 1991 - 1999: IBME FEEIT, Brno University of Technology, Assistent Professor
• 1990 - 1991: Dept. Biomedical Engng., Faculty of Electrotechnical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, senior researcher
• 1977 - 1990: Dept. Medical Electronics, FEE, Brno University of Technology, researcher
• 1974 - 1977: DME FEE, Brno University of Technology, research assistent

Teaching Activities

• courses at a Bachelor and Master degree level:
  • IBA MU Brno
  Introduction to Mathematical Biology I, Time Series, Time Series Prediction, Data Analysis & Classification, Spectral Analysis of Time Series (lectures till 2019), Biosignal Processing and Analysis (lectures till 2015)
  • FBME, CTU in Prague
  Introduction to Signals and Systems, Biological and Medical Signals, Modelling and Simulation of Physiological Processes, Modelling Biological Processes,
  • University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
  Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
  • FEEC, Brno University of Technology
  Bionics, Modelling Biological Systems, Biosignal Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Marketing in Health Care;
  courses Bionics, Modelling Biological Systems, and Biosignal Processing also in English;
• PhD level courses:
  • IBA MU Brno
  Spectral Analysis of Biosignals, and Natural Computing, resp.
  • Inst. of Measurement Science SAS
  Spectral Analysis of Signals, Analysis and Classification of Measured Data and Application of Natural Computing in Measurement
  • FBME, CTU in Prague
  Spectral Analysis of Digital Signals, Natural Computing, and Optimisation in Biomedical Engineering;
  • FEEC, Brno University of Technology
  Spectral Analysis of Digital Signals, Natural Computing, and Statistical and Structural Pattern Recognition;
• garantee of the PhD study programme 5.2.54 Measurement Science at the Institute of Measurement Science of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
  
• supervisor of PhD students:
  since 2009 at the Faculty of Sciences of MU in the programme "Probability, Statistics and Mathematical Modelling"
  2007 - 2011 at the FBME CTU in Prague in the programme „Biomedical and Clinical Technology“
  2003 - 2009 at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences of the CTU in Prague in the programme „Physical Engineering“;
  1993 - 2004 at the FEEC Brno University of Technology in programmes „Electronics, Measuring and Communication Technology“, „Cybernetics and Information Technology“ and „Biomedical Electronics and Biocybernetics“;
  seven PhD students have succesfully finished their PhD study (FEEC BUT, and FNS and FBME CTU in Prague);
  
• ten textbooks and seven electronic textbooks;

Scientific and Research Activities

• processing and analysis of biosignals, in particular signals of cardiovascular system;
• modelling biomedical systems, in particular cardiovascular system and its control;
• research leader of two projects granted by the Czech Science Agency (both in co-operation with the Equine Clinic of the University of Veterinary Sciences and Pharmacy in Brno):
  • No. 102/00/0243 "Orthogonal Transforms of ECG Signals in Large Animals"
  • No. 102/04/0887 "Methods and Technical Tools for an Analysis of Sudden Cardiovascular Death in the Horse"
• guarantee of the partial project „Modelling of the Cardiovascular Control“ of the research programme "Transdisciplinary Research in a Field of Biomedical Engineering II" at the CTU in Prague (2004 - 2007),
• guarantee of the research in a field of „Digital Methods of Analysis and Processing Signals and Images“ of the research programme MSM J22/98:262200011 „Research of the Electronical Communication Systems and Technologies“ at the Brno University of Technology (1999 - 2003);
• research leader of a number of projects of the Czech University Development Foundation, several development projects of the CTU in Prague, several departmental research projects (two of them were international projects) and many internal projects of the Brno University of Technology, CTU in Prague, and the Masaryk University;

Internship

• 2018 one week teaching ERASMUS+ stay at the Technical University of Crete, Greece; block teaching in the course "Time Series Prediction"
• 2018 two week teaching ERASMUS+ stay at the Technical University of Crete, Greece; block teaching in the course "Time Series"
• 2007 one week study and lecture stay at the University of Oulu, Finland;
• 2006 one week study and lecture stays at the University of Gent, Belgium and at the University of Oulu, Finland;
• 1999 a 2001 one week study stays at the University of York, United Kingdom ;
• 1996 one month study stay at the University of Salford, United Kingdom, Linköpink, Sweden, and Hannover, Germany in the framework of TEMPUS project "CzechTech", focused on methods of technology transfer;
• 1987-2006 nearly every year one week study and lecture stays at the Silesian Technical University in Gliwice, Poland;

University Activities

• 2009 - 2015 guarantee of the PhD study programme "Measurement Technology" at the Institute of Measurement Science SAS in Bratislava;
• 2008 - 2015 Deputy Director for Education at the IBA MU Brno;
• 2005 - 2008 member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of the CTU in Prague;
• 2005 - 2007 Head of the Department of the Biomedical Informatics at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of the CTU in Prague;
• 2005 - 2007 Vice-Dean for International Relations and IT of the FBME CTU in Prague;
• 2003 - 2010 member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University ;
• 2003 - 2005 Deputy Director for Education of the Institute for Biomedical Engineering CTU in Prague;
• 2003 - 2005 member of the Scientific Board of the Institute for Biomedical Engineering CTU in Prague;
• 2001 - 2003 Chair of the Association for Biomedical Engineering and Bionics at the Brno University of Technology;
• 2000 - 2003 responsible person for technology transfer at the Faculty of Electrotechnical Engineering, Brno University of Technology;
• 1993 - 1996 Chair of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Electrotechnical Engineering, Brno University of Technology;

Activities Outside University

• 2007 - 2015 representative of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering in the UNIDO;
• 2006 - 2010 member of the National Commision of the CEEPUS program;
• 2005 - 2007 member of the General Assembly of the Council of Higher Education Institutions of the Czech Republic;
• 2005 - 2007 member of the Steering Board of the Czech Society for Biomedical Engineeering and Medical Informatics ;
• 2004 - 2008 member of the EAMBES Council (European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering and Sciences), member of the Board of its Academic Division;
• 1994 - 2005 National Secretary of the Czech Society for Biomedical Engineeering and Medical Informatics;
• 1993 - 1996 member of the General Assembly of the Council of Higher Education Institutions of the Czech Republic;
• 1991 - 2012 member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Lékař a technika" ("Physician and Technology");

Awards Related to Science and Research

• 2001 Prize of the Czech Society for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatics for the best paper in the journal "Lékař a technika"
• 1991 Prize of the Czech Society for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatics for the best paper in the journal "Lékař a technika"
• member of numerous scientific, program, advisory and organising committees of Czech and international conferences, incl. the World Congresses of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics

2023/03/07