Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Pod Vodárenskou věží 4, 182 08 Praha, Czech Republic
tel.: +420 266 052 411, +420 266 052 400, fax: +420 286 890 449
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from 1995 University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, professor and director of
the Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modeling and
Department of Mathematics
1995 Associate Professor at Palacký University, Olomouc
1995 DSc. (Doctor of Sciences) in computer science at
Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
1984-1995 Institute of Geonics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech
Republic, Senior Scientist
1982 post-gradual course in theoretical cybernetics at Charles University in
Prague
1975-1984 Automation of Management of Ostrava Coal Basin,
programmer, system engineer, head of the department of information systems
1975 Mgr. (M.Sc.) in System engineering at Mining Technical University, Ostrava
Activities
mathematical fuzzy logic, approximate reasoning,
modeling of natural language semantics,
fuzzy control and applications of fuzzy logic.
Author or co-author of about 200 scientific works.
Books and edited volumes
Novák, V.: Fuzzy Sets and Their Applications, SNTL Publishing House,
Prague, 1986 and 1990 (in Czech), Adam-Hilger, Bristol 1989. Awarded
a price of the Czech Literal Fund in Prague, 1987.
Novák, V.: The Alternative Mathematical Model of Linguistic Semantics
and Pragmatics, Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York in 1992
Novak, V., Perfilieva I. and J. Mockor: Mathematical Principles of Fuzzy
Logic, Kluwer, Boston/Dordrecht 1999.
Foundations of Fuzzy Modeling. BEN, Prague 2000 (in Czech).
Novák, V., Ramík, J., Mareš, M., Černý, M., Nekola, J. (eds.), Fuzzy
Approach to Reasoning and Decision Making. Kluwer, Dordrecht
1992, Academia, Praha 1992.
Novák, V. and I. Perfilieva (eds.): Discovering theWorld With Fuzzy
Logic. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg 2000, 555 pp. (Studies in Fuzziness
and Soft Computing, Vol. 57)
Known more than 200 citations of his books and papers.
Further activities
General chair of the organizing committee of the International Symposium
on Fuzzy Approach to Reasoning and Decision Making, Bechyně (Czech
Republic) in 1990
General chair of the VIIth IFSA'97 World Congress in Prague, June 25-
29, 1997.
Guest editor of special issues of international journals (Int. Journal of
General Systems, 1991 and 1997, Int. Journal of Advanced Computational
Intelligence, 1997, Soft Computing 2002).
Member of many program committees of international conferences (each
year about 2-5).
Member of editorial boards of the following journals
Soft Computing
2. Fuzzy Sets and Systems
3. International Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
Invited to Germany, Poland, Hungary, Austria, USA, Italy, Finland, Ko-
rea, Japan, Russia, China, Netherlands for lectures and research stays.
Visiting professor in the Universities of Trento and Catania in Italy.
Member of the Society of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists, Czech
Cybernetic Society, European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology
(EUSFLAT). His name is also included in Marqui's Who is Who in the
World.
Recent publications
Novák, V., Lehmke, S.: Logical Structure of Fuzzy IF-THEN rules. Fuzzy
Sets and Systems (to appear).
Novák, V.: On fuzzy type theory. Fuzzy Sets and Systems 149(2005), 235-273.
Novák V.: Fuzzy type theory as higher order fuzzy logic.
In: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies.
Assumption University of Bangkok, Bangkok 2005, pp. 21-26.
Novák V.: Perception-based logical deduction. In: Computational Intelligence, Theory and Applications.
(Reusch B. ed.). ( Advances in Soft Computing. 2). Springer, Berlin 2005, pp. 237-250.
Novák, V.: Perception-Based Logical Deduction. In: Reusch, B. (Ed.):
Computational Intelligence, Theory and Applications. Springer,
Heidelberg 2005, 237-250.
Novák, V. and Perfilieva, I.: On the Semantics of Perception-Based Fuzzy
Logic Deduction. Int. Journal of Intelligent Systems 19(2004), 1007-1031
Novák, V.: Fuzzy logic deduction with words applied to ancient sea level
estimation. In: Demicco, R. and Klir, G.J. (Eds), Fuzzy logic in geology.
Academic Press, Amsterdam 2003, 301-336.
Hájek, P. and Novák, V., The Sorites paradox and fuzzy logic. Int. J. of
General Systems 32(2003), 373-383.
Novák, V.: Descriptions in Full Fuzzy Type Theory. Neural Network World
13(2003), 5, 559-569.
Novák, V.: Models and submodels of fuzzy theories. In: Bouchon-Meunier,
B., Foulloy, L. and R. R. Yager: Intelligent Systems for Information
Processing: From Representation to Applications. Elsevier Amster-
dam 2003, 363-373.
Bělohlávek, R. and V. Novák: Learning Rule Base of the Linguistic Expert
Systems. Soft Computing 7(2002), 79-88.
Novák, V.: Antonyms and Linguistic Quantifiers in Fuzzy Logic. Fuzzy
Sets and Systems 124(2001), 335-351.
Novák, V. and I. Perfilieva: The principles of fuzzy logic: its mathematical
and computational aspects. In: DiNola, A., Gerla, G.(Eds), Lectures on
Soft Computing and Fuzzy Logic, Springer, Heidelberg 2001, 189-238.
Gottwald, S. and V. Novák: An Approach Towards Consistency Degrees of
Fuzzy Theories. Int. J. of General Systems 29(2000), 499-510.
Novák, V. and J. Kovář: Linguistic IF-THEN Rules in Large Scale Ap-
plication of Fuzzy Control. In: Da Ruan and E. E. Kerre (Eds.): Fuzzy
If-Then Rules in Computational Intelligence: Theory and Applications.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston 2000, 223-241.
Novák, V.: Formal Theories in Fuzzy Logic. In: Dubois, D., Klement, E.
P. and H. Prade (Eds): Fuzzy Sets, Logics, and Reasoning about
Knowledge, Kluwer, Dordrecht 1999, 213-235.
Novák, V.: Weighted inference systems. In: J. C. Bezdek, D. Dubois and
H. Prade (eds.): Fuzzy Sets in Approximate Reasoning and Information Systems. Handbooks of Fuzzy Sets Series, Vol. 3. Kluwer, Boston
1999, 191-241.
Novák, V: Open Theories, Consistency and Related Results in Fuzzy Logic.
Int. J. of Approximate Reasoning 18(1998), 191-200.
Novák, V.: Fuzzy Logic. In: D. Gabbay, Ph. Smets, Handbook of Defea-
sible Reasoning and Uncertainty Management Systems. Kluwer,
Dordrecht 1998, 75-109.
Klawonn, F. and V. Novák: The Relation between Inference and Interpolation
in the Framework of Fuzzy Systems. Fuzzy Sets and Systems 81(1996), 331354.
Novák, V.: Paradigm, Formal Properties and Limits of Fuzzy Logic. Int. J.
of General Systems 24(1996), 377-405.