Prof. Ing. Vaclav Skala, CSc.

Head of the Center of Computer Graphics and Visualization
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Faculty of Applied Sciences
University of West Bohemia
Univerzitni 22, Box 314
CZ 306 14 Plzen, Czech Republic
GPS 49°43'29.42"N,13°21'3.34"E
Direct Tel. (+420) 37-763-2473; Direct Fax: (420) 37-763-2457
skala@kiv.zcu.cz URL: http://herakles.zcu.cz/~skala
Secretary: Tel.:(+420) 37-763-2401, 2461, 2462, 2463; Fax Department: (+420) 37-763-2402

Motto:
"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."
Albert Einstein

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Grants and Projects

Education

1996 - Prof., Computer Science, Ministry of Education, Prague
1989 - Doc., Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences (habilitation), Univ. of West Bohemia, Plzen
1988 - Doc., Computer Science, Ministry of Education, Prague
1981 - CSc. (PhD.) - Computer Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague
1975 - Ing. (MSc.Eng.) - Technical Cybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Plzen

Industrial Experience

1994 - 2002 member of DIPRO Prague Plc. Advisory Board
1993 - 94 director of DIPRO Prague Plc. Company
1989 - 93 director of SOFTINVENT, private company
1975 - 89 research & development for Skoda Plc., Plzen,
1987 - 89 research & development for Teplotechna Plc., Teplice

Research topics

Data Structures	Algorithm Complexity	Algorithms for Computer Graphics and Visualization
Mathematics for Computer Graphics	Distributed and Parallel Processing	.NET & Object Oriented Technologies

Responsible for courses

Teaching courses

Responsible for courses

Fundamentals of Computer Graphics
Algorithms for Computer Graphics
Data and Information Visualization
Advanced Computer Graphics

Information for Czech students, only
[ ZPG | APG | VID | OP | BSc.& MSc.Thesis ]

Graphical Systems and Data Visualization

Other activities

Chair or Co-Chair

WSCG - International Conferences in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision
(recently Winter School of Computer Graphics) - organized since 1992

RECENTLY

Object Oriented Technologies - International Conferences - organized since 2003 (recently as .NET Technologies)

Member of Editorial Boards

The Visual Computer, Springer Verlag, Germany, ISSN 0178-2789 (Print) 1432-2315 (Online)

Computers & Graphics, Elsevier (Pergamon Press), ISSN 0097-8493

The International Journal of Virtual Reality, IPI Press, USA, http://www.ijvr.org/index.html

Journal of WSCG, Czech Republic, ISSN 1213 - 6972

Recently

Computer Graphics Forum, Blackwell Ltd., U.K., ISSN 0167 - 7055

Machine Graphics and Vision, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, ISSN 1230-0535

Journal of .NET Technologies, Czech Republic, ISSN 1201 - 2108

High Performance Computer Graphics, Multimedia and Visualisation, U.K.

Journal of Object Oriented Technologies, Czech Republic, ISSN 1213-6272

Member of

EUROGRAPHICS Association, Eurographics Executive Committee

Computer Graphics Society

IPC member of several International Conferences, Workshops and Symposias Boards every year

Maps and university photos

University of West Bohemia	Computer Graphics Group
City map of Plzen	WSCG - Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision Conference
City map of Plzen - CENTER	Computer Graphics & Visualization Group

URL: http://herakles.zcu.cz/~skala
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Last update: 02-01-2009 by: Vaclav Skala