Education

Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Robotics and AI to be completed soon at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences (IPPT PAN). Dissertation: "Automated tuning of neural networks for mobile robots' navigation".

Postgraduate

Postgraduate Study on Computer Science, completed in 1991 at the Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IM PAN). Topics: Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Programming Languages. Final note: A (very good).

M.Sc.

M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering received in 1990 from the Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical, Power- and Aeronautical Engineering (MEiL). Major: Airborne Navigation and Control. Minors: Mechanical Engineering, Airborne Engineering, Avionics. Final note: A (very good). Awards: Dean's of the Faculty award for outstanding students received several times during studies. M.Sc. thesis "The conceptual design of a digital flight calculator".

Professional experience

July - August 1996:

Research Scientist.
Schenley Park Research, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Research towards a new method of validation and automated tuning of learning algorithms (known as Stochastic Validation and Tuning, SVT).
Development and implementation of various machine learning algorithms.

from September, 1995 till August, 1996:

Visiting Scientist.
The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Research towards a neural architecture based on ART networks concept, capable of unsupervised, supervised and reinforcement learning.
Implementation of a large scale integrated learning system for autonomous selection of a training method and its parameters for an arbitrary learning task.

January - March 1995; June - August, 1993 and June - August, 1992

Visiting Researcher.
Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale et d'Intelligence Artificielle (LIFIA) Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France.
Applications of neural networks and reinforcement learning techniques to reactive locomotion control of an autonomous mobile robot (in part under project "PRIMA: Integration of Active Perception and Mobile Robotics", ESPRIT EP 7108 Vision as Process).

from June, 1995 till present:

Senior Research Assistant.
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
A range of research in the field of engineering applications of artificial neural networks. Implementations include robotics, civil engineering, medical and mechanical diagnosis.

from October, 1993 till June, 1995:

as above, as a Research Assistant.

from October, 1990 till September, 1993:

as above, as a Doctoral Candidate.

Research Grants, Fellowships

April, 1997 - in course:

State Committee of Scientific Research Republic of Poland.
Project KBN Nr 4 P05D 06812 "Breast cancer diagnosis support based on a computer-aided analysis of mammograms", pursued at the Image Processing Society (TPO), Warsaw, Poland.
Principal Investigator in a team project.

September, 1995 - August, 1996:

William J. Fulbright Junior Research Grant.
The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University.

June, 1995 - in course:

State Committee of Scientific Research Republic of Poland.
Project KBN Nr 8 T11A 025 09 "Laser distance measurement techniques for navigation of mobile robots", pursued at the Institute of Automation and Measurement, Warsaw, Poland.
Investigator in a team project.

June, 1994 - December, 1996:

State Committee of Scientific Research Republic of Poland.
Project KBN Nr 7 T07T 014 08 "Modeling performance of concrete mixes with neural networks", pursued at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Investigator in a team project.

May, 1994 - March, 1995:

State Committee of Scientific Research Republic of Poland.
Project KBN Nr 8 S505 019 07 (young investigator's research award) "Learning locomotion reflexes for mobile robot autonomous navigation".
Principal investigator - individual project.

June - August, 1993 and June - August, 1992:

Commission of European Communities TEMPUS grants.
Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale et d'Intelligence Artificielle, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France.

Other highlights of professional activity

• Member of the Program Committee of the International Symposia on Intelligent Robotic Systems: SIRS'95 (Pisa, Italy, July 1995), SIRS'96 (Lisbon, Portugal, July, 1996) and SIRS'97 (Stockholm, Sweden, July, 1997).
• Co-chairman of the Program Committee of the International Workshop on Intelligent Robotic Systems IRS'94, Grenoble, France, July 1994.
• Co-chairman of a session on neural networks and genetic algorithms at the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Diego, May, 1994.
• Developing Countries Fellowship awarded by the IEEE Control Systems Society to support my participation at the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Diego, May, 1994.
• Invited lectures on neural networks and machine learning at:
  • Industrial Institute of Electronics, Warsaw, Poland - January 1997;
  • 3rd International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems SIRS'95, Pisa, Italy, July 1995;
  • Japan-Central Europe Joint Workshop on Advanced Computing in Engineering, Pultusk, Poland, September 1994
  • Industrial Institute of Electronics, Warsaw, Poland - April, 1994;
  • Scuola Superiore Santa Anna, Pisa, Italy - October, 1993;
  • ITMI, Meylan, France - September, 1993;
  • Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France - August, 1993;
• Secretary of the Organizing Committee of the International Workshop on Intelligent Robotic Systems IRS'93, Zakopane, Poland, July 1993.