Vilém Novák, CSc., D.Sc., Prof., director

phone: ++420-59-709 1401
portable: ++420-602-576 477
e-mail: vilem.novak AT osu cz
born: June 21, 1951

Education:

• Mining University, Ostrava, Dipl. Ing., 1969-1975
• Charles University, Prague, PhD in Mathematical logic, 1982-1988
• Institute for System Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences, DSc (doctor of sciences), 1995
• Palacky University, Olomouc, Associate Professor, 1995
• Masaryk University, Brno, Full Professor, 2001

Author or co-author of more than 200 publications from various fields in fuzzy set theory, fuzzy logic, fuzzy control and computer science.

Books:

1. Novák, V.: Fuzzy Sets and Their Applications.
   SNTL Praha 1986, in Czech, 1st edition
   SNTL, Praha 1990, in Czech, 2nd Czech edition
   Adam-Hilger, Bristol 1989, in English, ISBN: 0-85274-583-4
2. Novák, V.: The Alternative Mathematical Model of Linguistic Semantics and Pragmatics. Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York 1992, ISBN 0-306-44269-8
3. Novák, V., I. Perfilieva and J. Močkoř: Mathematical Principles of Fuzzy Logic.
   Kluwer, Boston/Dordrecht 1999, ISBN 0-7923-8595-0;
4. Novák, V., I. Perfilieva and J. Močkoř: Matematiceskije principy necetkoj logiki. Moscow: Fizmatlit, 2006. 347 pp. (in Russian). ISBN 5-9221-0399-7.

1. Novák, V.: Foundations of Fuzzy Modeling. BEN, Prague 2000, in Czech.

Edited volumes:

1. Novák, V., Ramík, J., Mares, M., Cerný, M., Nekola, J. (eds.): Fuzzy Approach to Reasoning and Decision-Making. Kluwer, Dordrecht 1992, Academia, Praha 1992. ISBN 80-200-0450-5 (Academia) ISBN 0-7923-1358-5 (Kluwer)
2. Novák, V., I. Perfilieva (eds.): Discovering the World With Fuzzy Logic. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg 2000, 555 pp. (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, Vol. 57) ISBN 3-7908-1330-3

Main topics of interest:

• mathematical fuzzy logic,
• approximate reasoning,
• modeling of natural language semantics,
• fuzzy control and various kinds of applications of fuzzy logic.

Further activities:

• General chair of the organizing committee of the International Symposium on Fuzzy Approach to Reasoning and Decision--Making, Bechyně, Czechoslovakia, June 1990
• General chair of the VII^th IFSA'97 World Congress, Prague, June 25--29, 1997.
• General chair of the 5^th Conference of the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT 2007 Ostrava), Ostrava, Czech Republic, September 11-14, 2007
• Guest editor of special issues of the following international journals: Int. Journal of General Systems, 1991 and 1997, Int. Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence 1997, Soft Computing 2002, Fuzzy Sets and Systems 2005 and 2006.
• Member of program committees of many international conferences
  (each year 2-5).

Member of editorial boards of the following journals:

• Soft Computing
• Fuzzy Sets and Systems.
• International Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics
• International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems
• Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
• Journal of Uncertain Systems
• International Journal of Biomedical Soft Computing and Human Systems

Personal interests:

• Music
  Own compositions:
  Vilém Novák: Stereotypes, Six pieces for piano (download scores)
  Vilém Novák: Sonata Quasi Impromptu for piano (download scores)
  Vilém Novák: Hrozba/Threat, Toccata for piano (download scores)
  Vilém Novák: Přeludy/Visions, Two pieces for flute and piano (download scores)