Włodzisław Duch - Curriculum Vitae

January 2006.

Academic Genealogy Education and degrees Positions held

Address and personal Invited talks Publications

Computer experience Journals and associations Research Fields

Conferences and schools Major grants Teaching Experience

Office Katedra Informatyki Stosowanej (Department of Informatics), Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej (Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics)

address Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika (Nicolaus Copernicus University)

ul. Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

E-mail id: wduch, on the server is.umk.pl

WWW: Google "Duch" or type http://www.is.umk.pl/~duch

Tel: (48-56) 622 1543 or 611-3267; Fax: (48-56) 622 1543

Home ul. Koniuchy 11B/37

address 87-100 Toruń, Poland

Personal Born: 27 July 1954, in Kwidzyn, Poland

data Nationality: Polish

Married: 18.04.1976, with Maria Wisniewska

Children: Jakub born 1978; Alicja born 1980

Sex: male

Education, degrees and titles

1997 Title of a "professor of theoretical physics and informatics"

1987 Habilitation (D.Sc.) in many body physics. Thesis title: Graphical representation of model spaces, published by Springer Verlag, Berlin (1986); thesis won the Ministry of Education Award.

1980 PhD in quantum chemistry. Thesis title: Direct Configuration Interaction Method (Ministry of Education Award granted in 1981). Thesis advisor: Prof. dr hab. Jacek Karwowski.

1977-1980 Graduate study in quantum chemistry at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland.

1977 Master of Science diploma (highest honors, "blue diploma").

1972-1977 Undergraduate study in physics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland.

Academic Genealogy

Positions held (one month or longer only)

2004-2007 Visiting Professor, Nanyang Technological University, School of Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Singapore (6 month each year).

2003 Senior Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, School of Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Singapore (sabbatical).

2001-2002 President, Executive Board of the Kopernik.pl company (March 2001, the company existed till the end of 2002).

2000-now Professor Ordinarius (Profesor zwyczajny), Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK), head of the Department of Informatics, Torun, Poland; teaching, research, administration, member of countless committees.

1998-now President, DuchSoft research and development company.

1990-1999 Associate Professor (Profesor Nadzwyczajny), Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK), head of the Department of Computer Methods, Torun, Poland; teaching, research, administration, member of countless committees.

1996-2001 Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Garching b. München, Germany; 1-2 month each year, research.

2000 Visiting Professor, Meiji University, Department of Computer Science, Kawasaki, Tokyo, Japan; 1 month, research.

1997 Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Psychological Research (MPPF), München, Germany; 1 month, research.

1997 Visiting Professor, LSIIT, Artificial Intelligence Department, Louis Pasteur Universite, Strasbourg, France, 1 month, research.

1996 Senior Research Fellow, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan; 3 month, research.

1995 Visiting Scientist, Center for Neural Networks, King's College, London, and IUT, Université de Champagne, Reims, France, research.

1994 Senior Research Fellow, Rikkyo University, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan; 3 month, research.

1992-1994 Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Garching b. München, Germany; 2 month each year, research.

1992 Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; 1 month, research.

1991 Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; 5 weeks, research.

1990 Visiting Professor, Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; 6 weeks, research.

1989-1991 Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Garching b. München; 3 month each year, research.

1988 Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; 1.5 month, research.

Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Garching b. München; 1.5 month, research.

1988-1991 Vice-president for computing, Nicolaus Copernicus University.

1988-1990 Associate Professor (Docent), Nicolaus Copernicus University, Institute of Physics, Torun, Poland; teaching, research, administration.

1987 Visiting Scientist, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; 1 month, research;

Visiting Scientist, MPA; 3 month, research.
1985-1987 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, MPA. Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Garching b. München, Germany; 1.5 years, research.

1984-1988 Adiunkt (Assistant Professor), Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland; teaching and research.

1984 Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Garching b. München, Germany; 3 months, research.

1982-1984 Starszy Asystent (Senior Assistant), Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland; teaching and research.

1980-1982 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California; 2 years, research.

1980 Asystent (Teaching Assistant), Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland; teaching and research.

Journals - editorial boards

Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) associate, since 2003
Cognitive Neurodynamics (Springer), since 2006
Cognitive Science and Media in Education, scientific secretary, since 1998
Computer Physics Communications (Elsevier, North Holland), Special Editor, since 1994
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, books and media editor, appointed 2000, 2002, 2004
International Journal of Computational Intelligence, editor, since 2004
International Journal of Information Technology and Intelligent Computing, editor, since 2006
International Journal of Neural Systems (IJNS), World Scientific, Editorial Advisory Board 2005
International Journal of Signal Processing, editor, since 2004
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, editor, since 2001
Journal of Mind and Behavior, assessing editor, since 2002
Machine Graphics and Vision, since 2003
Neural Information Processing Letters and Reviews, since 2003
Nonlinear Biomedical Physics, Open Access journal (BioMed Central, London), since 2006

Professional associations

European Union expert in the 5th Framework Program in the "Life Sciences" panel, Marie Curie program, 2000-2002.
European Union expert in the 6th Framework Program in the "Life Sciences" panel, 2003/04.
European Union COST Action B27 Electric neuronal oscillations and cognition (ENOC) working group.
Polish Committee of Scientific Research, reviewer for VIII (1994), IX (1995), X (1996) call, section (T11E) "Medical Technologies"
Reviewer of the Polish Ministry of Education (since 1994-now)

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) individual member since 1990.
European Neural Network Society; President 2005-2007; President-elect 2004; member of the executive committee 2001-2003; individual ENNS member since 1993.
European Physical Society, individual member since 1984.
IEEE Senior Member since 2002, Member since 1997.
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, CIS Technical Committee member since 2003
IEEE Neural Network Society (previously NN Council), active member since 6/1997, NNS Technical Committee member
International Neural Network Society; INNS Board of Governors member, 2003.
Open Systems and Information Dynamics Society (former "Polish-Japanese-Italian Society"; member of the board, 1992-1995 and 1999-2003 (elections are every year).

Polish Academy of Sciences, Computational Physics Section. Founding member (1997), vice-president (2001).
Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Automatics and Robotics, Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Section, member (since 2000).
Polish Chemical Society; Quantum Chemistry section, in years 1980-1990.
Polish Cognitive Science Society; founding member, on the executive board 2002-2004.
Polish Neural Network Society; founding member, on the board since 1995.
Polish Physical Society; member since 1977, secretary of the Torun chapter 1989-91; member of the board 1988-1992.
Polish Transpersonal Society; founding member 1993.
Societas Humboldiana Polonorum, member since 1993.
Nicolaus Copernicus University, member of the professors club, since 2001.

SRM Deemed University, Chennai, India, member of the International Advisory Board, since 2004.

Computer experience

Programming:: FORTRAN (Fortran 77 and 90)and WATFIVE interactive, various dialects of PASCAL, LOGO, BASIC; SPEAKEAZY, dBase IV and older, Lotus 123, Framework IV and older (Fred language); Matlab, symbolic algebra languages Mathematica, Maple, Reduce, HTML.
Computer systems:: UNIX (Standard, AIX, Sun OS/Solaris), MS Windows 3.1/95/NT/2000, MS-DOS, CP/M, TSO, CMS, Amos, Amis, IBM 360/370 systems JCL and utilities, CRAY system, VMS.
Applications:: MS Office, Lotus Smartsuite, TeX and LaTeX typesetting systems, various DOS shells: Norton, Xtree, Xtpro, PCTools, Desqview, many statistical and other application packages.

Teaching experience

Artificial intelligence, computational intelligence, neural networks, machine learning, fuzzy and rough logic.
Cognitive science, introductory courses, including philosophy of mind, neurobiology, brain and behavior.
Computer science, introductory courses, introductory programming courses in Fortran, Pascal, Logo, applications and networking.
Physics, basic and advanced quantum mechanics, field theory (classical), foundations of physics, elementary and advanced quantum chemistry, atomic and molecular physics, group theory, computer methods in physics.

Popularization of science

About 40 popular articles in many journals.
2 major awards for popularization of science (1983, 1984).

Other Major Interests

In no particular order: music of all kinds; musical instruments; scuba diving (holding Advanced Open Water Diver certificate), oriental philosophy (Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Korean), especially meditation schools, frontiers of science and technology, brain research, psychology, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, science-fiction, Hi-Fi and digital sound/video.

Languages:

Polish - mother language
English, Russian - fluent (written and spoken)
German - good (written and spoken)

Research fields, in order of present interest

Theory and applications of computational intelligence, including neural networks, similarity-based systems, relations with fuzzy systems, pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, selection of relevant information, visualization of multidimensional data and relations.
Natural language processing, computer linguistics, information retrieval and extraction, connections with human memory models, word games, medical informatics.
Computational cognitive neuroscience, cognitive science, cognitive robotics, cognitive informatics, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, large scale simulations of brain functions, human-computer interaction, humanized software interfaces.
Informational dynamics: concept of information, brain-mind transition, theory of complex systems.
Philosophy of mind, foundations of physics, quantum computing, philosophical problems of physics, history of physics.
Education, development of new educational programs, application of computers in education, development of computational science educational programs.
Older: Computer physics, computational methods of quantum chemistry, electron correlation problem, in particular variational methods of the configuration interaction type.
Group theory, including the symmetric and the unitary group theory, properties of non-abelian symmetry groups; theory of graphs, graphical representations of tensor Hilbert spaces, nuclear physics theory, shell-model methods in nuclear physics; spin functions, construction, properties, spin-dependent problems; Jahn-Teller effect in molecules, vibronic couplings, harmonic oscillators.
Software engineering tools and methods, object-oriented programming; numerical analysis: partial diagonalization of very large sparse matrices.

Major Grants

2005-2007 Selection of information. KBN, principal investigator, no. T11C-07128

2005-2007 Meta-learning. KBN, co-principal investigator

2000-2002 Theory and applications of computational intelligence. KBN, principal investigator, no. 8 T11C 006 19

2000-2001 Application of similarity based methods to analysis of medical images. KBN, with Karol Grudziński, no. 8 T11E 042 19

2000-2001 Application of the neurofuzzy FSM system to analysis of experimental data. KBN, with Rafał Adamczak, no. 8 T11F 019 19

1999-2001 Similarity-based reasoning systems with applications in science and medicine.
IBMBF-KBN POL-040-98, principal investigator on Polish side (IBMBF, Internationale Büro (IB) das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)

1998-2000 Med-Uni project, Stefan Batory Foundation, grant director

1998-1999 Adaptive systems in applications to analysis of medical and psychometrical data, KBN, principal investigator

1995-1997 Neurofuzzy systems, KBN, 133.000 PLN, principal investigator

1995 Development of electron correlation methods based on intermediate hamiltonians. (principal investigator on the Polish side, with prof. J-P. Malrieu on the French side). Cooperation scientifique entre la France et la Pologne, KBN/Le ministre Francais des affaires etrangeres, No. 114

1995 Intelligent software for chemistry, European Union COST project. W. Duch, first co-investigator, in collaboration with Max Planck Institute of Astrophysics (Garching b. Munchen, prof. Diercksen, principal investigator), Belfast (Ireland), Bratyslawa (Slovakia), Groningen (Holland), Leeds (UK) and Espoo (Finland).

1995 Grant from KBN to build Local Area Network in the Institute of Physics and Department of Informatics building, about 25.000 $ (with physics).

1994 Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Research Award, 3 month, about 13.000 $.

1992-1995 CEC TEMPUS Office, "Computer Based Education", 3 years; budget 196.000 ECU in 1992/3, 279.000 ECU in 1993/4 and 310.000 in 1994/5; coordinator of the program. Participating institutions: Nicolaus Copernicus University (main beneficiary), University of Cambridge and University of Leeds (UK), Paul Sabatiér University and Universite de Champagne in Reims (France), Max Planck Institute of Astrophysics and the Technical University of Munich (Germany)

1992-1993 UMK, local grant, "What can you teach neural networks?", principal investigator.

1991-1993 KBN (State Committee for Scientific Research), ``Development of configuration interaction method", principal investigator.

1991-1992 UMK, local grant, "Models of neural networks", principal investigator.

1990-1991 UMK, local grant, "Parallel data processing", principal investigator.

1989-1990 Resortowy Program Badawczo-Rozwojowy RRI.14: "Budowa systemów oprogramowania profesjonalnego dla potrzeb nauki i dydaktyki: symulacje komputerowe w fizyce" (computer simulations in physics; software development); local coordinator of the program supervising about 10 investigators.

1988-1991 Resortowy Program Badawczo-Rozwojowy RRI.14 : "Informatyzacja procesów dydaktycznych i naukowo badawczych w szkolach wyzszych" (computer methods in teaching and research); local coordinator of large program, planning and creation of 6 computer laboratories at the Nicolaus Copernicus University.

1986-1987 Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Germany; "Application of symmetric group methods in quantum chemistry", research support for 18 months, additional support (around 20.000 DM) for equipment and books.

List of Papers

Conferences and Schools Attended

Invited Talks

Academic Genealogy	Education and degrees	Positions held
Address and personal	Invited talks	Publications
Computer experience	Journals and associations	Research Fields
Conferences and schools	Major grants	Teaching Experience


Office	Katedra Informatyki Stosowanej (Department of Informatics), Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej (Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics)
address	Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika (Nicolaus Copernicus University)
	ul. Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
	E-mail id: wduch, on the server is.umk.pl
	WWW: Google "Duch" or type http://www.is.umk.pl/~duch
	Tel: (48-56) 622 1543 or 611-3267; Fax: (48-56) 622 1543

Home	ul. Koniuchy 11B/37
address	87-100 Toruń, Poland


Personal	Born: 27 July 1954, in Kwidzyn, Poland
data	Nationality: Polish
	Married: 18.04.1976, with Maria Wisniewska
	Children: Jakub born 1978; Alicja born 1980

Sex:	male


1997	Title of a "professor of theoretical physics and informatics"
1987	Habilitation (D.Sc.) in many body physics. Thesis title: Graphical representation of model spaces, published by Springer Verlag, Berlin (1986); thesis won the Ministry of Education Award.
1980	PhD in quantum chemistry. Thesis title: Direct Configuration Interaction Method (Ministry of Education Award granted in 1981). Thesis advisor: Prof. dr hab. Jacek Karwowski.
1977-1980	Graduate study in quantum chemistry at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland.
1977	Master of Science diploma (highest honors, "blue diploma").
1972-1977	Undergraduate study in physics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland.


2004-2007	Visiting Professor, Nanyang Technological University, School of Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Singapore (6 month each year).
2003	Senior Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, School of Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Singapore (sabbatical).
2001-2002	President, Executive Board of the Kopernik.pl company (March 2001, the company existed till the end of 2002).
2000-now	Professor Ordinarius (Profesor zwyczajny), Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK), head of the Department of Informatics, Torun, Poland; teaching, research, administration, member of countless committees.
1998-now	President, DuchSoft research and development company.
1990-1999	Associate Professor (Profesor Nadzwyczajny), Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK), head of the Department of Computer Methods, Torun, Poland; teaching, research, administration, member of countless committees.
1996-2001	Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Garching b. München, Germany; 1-2 month each year, research.
2000	Visiting Professor, Meiji University, Department of Computer Science, Kawasaki, Tokyo, Japan; 1 month, research.
1997	Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Psychological Research (MPPF), München, Germany; 1 month, research.
1997	Visiting Professor, LSIIT, Artificial Intelligence Department, Louis Pasteur Universite, Strasbourg, France, 1 month, research.
1996	Senior Research Fellow, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan; 3 month, research.
1995	Visiting Scientist, Center for Neural Networks, King's College, London, and IUT, Université de Champagne, Reims, France, research.
1994	Senior Research Fellow, Rikkyo University, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan; 3 month, research.
1992-1994	Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Garching b. München, Germany; 2 month each year, research.
1992	Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; 1 month, research.
1991	Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; 5 weeks, research.
1990	Visiting Professor, Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; 6 weeks, research.
1989-1991	Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Garching b. München; 3 month each year, research.
1988	Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; 1.5 month, research.
	Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Garching b. München; 1.5 month, research.
1988-1991	Vice-president for computing, Nicolaus Copernicus University.
1988-1990	Associate Professor (Docent), Nicolaus Copernicus University, Institute of Physics, Torun, Poland; teaching, research, administration.
1987	Visiting Scientist, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; 1 month, research;
	Visiting Scientist, MPA; 3 month, research.
1985-1987	Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, MPA. Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Garching b. München, Germany; 1.5 years, research.
1984-1988	Adiunkt (Assistant Professor), Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland; teaching and research.
1984	Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Garching b. München, Germany; 3 months, research.
1982-1984	Starszy Asystent (Senior Assistant), Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland; teaching and research.
1980-1982	Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California; 2 years, research.
1980	Asystent (Teaching Assistant), Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland; teaching and research.

2005-2007	Selection of information. KBN, principal investigator, no. T11C-07128
2005-2007	Meta-learning. KBN, co-principal investigator
2000-2002	Theory and applications of computational intelligence. KBN, principal investigator, no. 8 T11C 006 19
2000-2001	Application of similarity based methods to analysis of medical images. KBN, with Karol Grudziński, no. 8 T11E 042 19
2000-2001	Application of the neurofuzzy FSM system to analysis of experimental data. KBN, with Rafał Adamczak, no. 8 T11F 019 19
1999-2001	Similarity-based reasoning systems with applications in science and medicine. IBMBF-KBN POL-040-98, principal investigator on Polish side (IBMBF, Internationale Büro (IB) das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)
1998-2000	Med-Uni project, Stefan Batory Foundation, grant director
1998-1999	Adaptive systems in applications to analysis of medical and psychometrical data, KBN, principal investigator
1995-1997	Neurofuzzy systems, KBN, 133.000 PLN, principal investigator
1995	Development of electron correlation methods based on intermediate hamiltonians. (principal investigator on the Polish side, with prof. J-P. Malrieu on the French side). Cooperation scientifique entre la France et la Pologne, KBN/Le ministre Francais des affaires etrangeres, No. 114
1995	Intelligent software for chemistry, European Union COST project. W. Duch, first co-investigator, in collaboration with Max Planck Institute of Astrophysics (Garching b. Munchen, prof. Diercksen, principal investigator), Belfast (Ireland), Bratyslawa (Slovakia), Groningen (Holland), Leeds (UK) and Espoo (Finland).
1995	Grant from KBN to build Local Area Network in the Institute of Physics and Department of Informatics building, about 25.000 $ (with physics).
1994	Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Research Award, 3 month, about 13.000 $.
1992-1995	CEC TEMPUS Office, "Computer Based Education", 3 years; budget 196.000 ECU in 1992/3, 279.000 ECU in 1993/4 and 310.000 in 1994/5; coordinator of the program. Participating institutions: Nicolaus Copernicus University (main beneficiary), University of Cambridge and University of Leeds (UK), Paul Sabatiér University and Universite de Champagne in Reims (France), Max Planck Institute of Astrophysics and the Technical University of Munich (Germany)
1992-1993	UMK, local grant, "What can you teach neural networks?", principal investigator.
1991-1993	KBN (State Committee for Scientific Research), ``Development of configuration interaction method", principal investigator.
1991-1992	UMK, local grant, "Models of neural networks", principal investigator.
1990-1991	UMK, local grant, "Parallel data processing", principal investigator.
1989-1990	Resortowy Program Badawczo-Rozwojowy RRI.14: "Budowa systemów oprogramowania profesjonalnego dla potrzeb nauki i dydaktyki: symulacje komputerowe w fizyce" (computer simulations in physics; software development); local coordinator of the program supervising about 10 investigators.
1988-1991	Resortowy Program Badawczo-Rozwojowy RRI.14 : "Informatyzacja procesów dydaktycznych i naukowo badawczych w szkolach wyzszych" (computer methods in teaching and research); local coordinator of large program, planning and creation of 6 computer laboratories at the Nicolaus Copernicus University.
1986-1987	Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Germany; "Application of symmetric group methods in quantum chemistry", research support for 18 months, additional support (around 20.000 DM) for equipment and books.