prof. Mgr. Petr Páta, Ph.D., Dean

I want to lead the faculty towards keeping and strengthening its economic, personal and organizational stability for further development and excellence in all activities.

Telefon +420 224 352 016
E-mail dean@fel.cvut.cz – working correspondence – Dean
pata@fel.cvut.cz –  personal correspondence
Informace personal profile at home Department of Radioelectronics

Dean's Project

Education

  • 2018 - Professor, Radioelectronics
  • 2010 - doc., Radioelectronics, FEE CTU in Prague
  • 2002 - Ph.D., Radioelectronics, FEE CTU in Prague
  • 1996 - Mgr., Physics, MFF UK in Prague

Research and scientific results

Research area Image photonics, compression of scientific image data, acoustic-optical and optical systems, spatially variant PSF, hyperspectral imaging
ResearcherID D-5817-2013
ORCID 0000-0002-6561-9088
SCOPUS ID 6701724174
Projects Solver or co-solver of 2 international projects (FP7, European Space Agency), 3 national projects (GAČR, MPO ČR), and team member of many national and international projects (GAČR, MŠMT ČR, NAKI, ESA, FP7 etc.).

Professional profile

  • Technical manager of the THETIS project (European Space Agency) - design of IR Hyperspectral Imaging System.
  • Member of the international team BOOTES (Burst Optical Observer and Transient Exploring System, since 1996.
  • Head of MAIA (Meteor Automatic Imager and Analyzer) experiment.
  • Head of the WILLIAM experiment (WIde-field aLL-sky Image Analyzing Monitoring system).
  • Member of the INTEGRAL ESA Optical Monitor Camera (OMC) national team (start 2006).
  • Chairman of the Czech and Slovak Society for Photonics, z.s.
  • Member of the professional companies of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Optical Society of America, the European Optical Society, IMEKO (panel TC2).
  • Member of the Czech Committee of PRODEX at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
  • Member of the Scientific Board of FEE CTU in Prague.
  • Member of the Council of the Astronomical Institute, AS CR.
  • Vice-Chairman of the Board of Radioelectronics of the EaI Doctoral Study Program (FEE CTU in Prague).
  • Member of the program committee: 8 international (SPIE, IEEE, and other) and 4 national conferences.
  • Member of the organizing committee: 5 international (SPIE, IEEE, IMEKO, and other) and 4 national conferences.
  • Reviewer of many magazines (IF): Sensors, Optics Communication, Experimental Astronomy, Radioengineering, Remote Sensing and more.

Supervised and defended dissertations

  • Lukáš Krauz, Hyperspectral Imaging in VIS – IR, 2024
  • Jan Bednář, Quality Evaluation Methods for Advanced Optical Materials, 2019
  • Petr Janout, Modeling of Space Variant Optical Systems, 2018
  • Martin Blažek, Algorithms for Image Processing of Crowded Fields in Astronomy, 2017
  • Martin Řeřábek, Simulation and optimization of special imaging optical systems, 2013
  • Jaromír Schindler, Astronomical Image Data Compression, 2011
  • Stanislav Vítek, Transfer Parameters of Image Sensors  - Modelling and Optimisation,  2009
  • Jan Švihlík, Advanced Techniques for Image Noise Suppression, 2008

Teaching

  • In the field of Image Photonics and Technology, Optics, Multimedia Technology (FEE CTU in Prague).
  • Applied Optics (FBMI CTU in Prague) and Optics, Image and Video Compression (FAMU in Prague).
  • Supervisor of 24 diploma and 31 bachelor theses.
  • Guarantor of the master branch Media and Signal Processing of the study program Electronics and Communication (FEE CTU in Prague).

Selected projects

  • Team Member,  IAPETHOS-2 – Infrared Advanced Polarizer for Space and Other Applications - 2, European Space Agency, 2018 -2020.
  • Team Member, CALIOPE – Calomel-Based Thermal-Infrared Optical Acousto-Optical Tunable Filter Breadboardingu, European Space Agency, 2018 -2020.
  • Co-PI and Technical Manager, THETIS (Thermal Hyper-spectral Imaging System Breadboard Requirement Definition and Design), European Space Agency, 2016 - 2017.
  • PI, Multicriteria Optimization of Shift-Variant Imaging Systems, GAČR, 2017 – 2019.
  • Co-PI, Real time video detection of persons in tunnels, MPO TRIO, 2017 – 2019.
  • PI, Nonlinear imaging systems with spatially variant point spread function, GAČR, 2014 - 2016.
  • Co-PI, GLORIA: GLObal Robotic telescopes Intelligent Array for e-Science, FP-7, 2011-2014.
  • Co-PI, Study of Sporadic Meteors and Weak Meteor Showers using Automatic Video Intensifiers Cameras, GAČR, 2009-2013.
  • Team Member, DEMON (Quality Evaluation Methods for Calomel Optical Elements), European Space Agency, 2011-2014.
  • Team Member, Metodiky digitalizace národního filmového fondu (in Czech), NAKI MK ČR, 2011-2017.
  • Team Member, IAPETHOS Infrared Advanced Polarizer for Space and Other Applications, European Space Agency, 2014-2015.
  • Team Member, NAOMI (New acoustooptic device based on Calomel for hyperspectral imaging in space applications), European Space Agency, 2010-2012.
  • Co-PI, CALIOPE (Breadboarding of calomel – based AOTF for TIR band), EuropeanSpace Agency, 2019-2021.

Interests and other information

  • Family and especially daughter.
  • Volunteer, founder and long-time chairman of the association Duha Jasmín, z.s. He was awarded the Pilgrim for the Rainbow and the holder of the Rainbow Relay for his volunteer activities.
  • Organizing of leisure time activities (camps, expeditions, meetings) for children and youth with ADHD, focused on social skills training. Bearer of the 8th degree of the Birch leaf.
  • Astronomy and observation of variable stars. Member of the Czech Astronomical Society.
  • Photography: nature, reports from children and youth events and family.

 

Responsible person: Ing. Radka Šmajsová