Maria Vircikova: Curriculum Vitae - TUKE

Maria Vircikova: Curriculum Vitae
Name
Professional Summary
Maria Vircikova
Degree M.Sc. of Artificial Intelligence (2010)
Actual position 2nd year of PhD. Studies
Nationality Slovak
Date of Birth 21/01/1986
Address Turisticka 9A, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia
Telephone +421 915 939 864
E-mail maria.vircik@gmail.com, maria.vircikova@tuke.sk
Internet
Personal webpage:
http://neuron.tuke.sk/~maria.vircik/
Lab´s webpage:
http://www.ai-cit.sk/
I am a PhD. student at the Center for Intelligent Technologies, Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Kosice.
I am interested in Robotics and Computational Intelligence.
My research focuses on developing software for personal robots that are socially intelligent and which can interact
and communicate with people in human-centric terms and learn from people and their environment. We work with
Aldebaran´s Nao robots.
My PhD. research consists of developing techniques of Artificial Intelligence like Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and
especially Evolutionary Computation. I am working on developing Computational Models of Emotions.
IT Skills Summary
Python Webots: Cyberbotics mobile robot development environment
C#, C, C++ Programming software Choreographe by Aldebaran Robotics
Html, css, XML
Lisp, Prolog
Matlab - Simulink Windows, Linux adminsitration
Work summary
2009 Sept. - presence Member of the Center for Intelligent Technologies (www.ai-cit.sk)
Teaching subjects: Artificial Intelligence, Interactive Technology, Applied programming,
Humanoid technologies
Working on projects: Center of Excellence, VEGA
2007 - presence Web developer for various companies
2010 SOVVA: Slovak organization for science and research: Researcher´s night 2010
2009 - 2010 IT Valley Kosice: administration work
Education
2008 to 2010: Master in Artificial Intelligence (May 2010), TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KOSICE, Faculty of electrical
engineering and informatics, Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence - interested in humanoid robotics,
pattern recognition, neural networks, fuzzy logic and evolutionary computation
Final project: Artificial Intelligence in Humanoid Robotics, Obtained grade: A (GPA: 86,6%)
2005 to 2008: Bachelor in Cybernetics (June 2008), TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KOSICE, Faculty of electrical
engineering and informatics, Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Final project: Interactive
Evolutionary Computation in Design
2000 to 2005: Spanish-Slovak bilingual grammar school – State exam (professional in Spanish language and
sciences), Park mladeze 5, Kosice

Languages
Maria Vircikova - Curriculum Vitae
Understanding Speaking Writing
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
Slovak
and Czech mother mother mother
Spanish C1 Proficient C1 Proficient B2 Independent B2 Independent C1 Proficient
English B2 Independent C1 Proficient B2 Independent B2 Independent B2 Independent
German A1 Basic A1 Basic A1 Basic A1 Basic A1 Basic
Russian A1 Basic A1 Basic A1 Basic A1 Basic A1 Basic
(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Selected Publications
Design of Verbal and Non-Verbal Human-Robot Interactive System,
Vircikova – Fedor – Sincak, Humanoids 2012, Bled, Slovenia
Design of LCL Filter Using Hybrid Intelligent Optimization for Photovoltaic System,
Jae Hoon Cho, Dong-Hwa Kim, M Virčíková, P Sinčák,
Ubiquitous Computing and Multimedia , Communications in Computer and Information Science,
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Discovering Art in Robotic Motion: From Imitation to Innovation via Interactive Evolution,
Vircikova–Sincak , Ubiquitous Computing and Multimedia,
Communications in Computer and Information Science,
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Dance choreography design of humanoid robots using interactive evolutionary computation,
Vircikova–Sincak, Human-Friendly Robotics: 3rd Workshop for Young Researchers,
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany
Dance choreography design of humanoid robots using interactive evolutionary computation,
Vircikova–Sincak, Quo vadis Intelligent Systems? : proceedings : 5. - 7.9.2010, Košice.
Quo vadis intelligent systems? / Peter Sinčák, Rudolf Jakša, Mária,
Virčíková - Košice : elfa - 2011. - 117 pages - ISBN 978-80-8086-173-5.
Courses & Certificates
Neural dynamics Approaches to Cognitive Robotics, University of Minho, Portugal
Human-Friendly Robotics: 3rd Workshop for Young Researchers, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics,
Tübingen, Germany, October 2010
IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Barcelona, Spain, July 2010
Course on technology: Smart buildings - Discover Intelligent Housing, Technical University of Lodz, Poland,July´10
You can't stop IT - New trends in Customer Based IT Solutions, Technical University in Kosice, March 2010
8th International Symposium on Applied Machine Intelligence and Informatics, Slovakia, November 2009
Google developer´s day 2009, Prague, Czech republic, May 2009
Course on technology: Take the lead over the future. New trends in automation and robotics, Bauman State
University, Moscow, Russia, May 2009
Cognitive and neural systems : thirteenth international conference, Boston, USA, May 2009
Visiting MIT Media Lab, Boston, May 2009
Linux certificate (T-systems summer school), August 2008
First Certificate in English, British Council (B), 2003
Membership
BEST - Board of European Students of Technology
IEEE - Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
EUCogII - 2nd European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, Interaction and Robotics
Activities & Interests
Art and Design , Technology - biologically- oriented technologies, Sports – snowboarding, skiing, roller-blading
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