Martin Macaš

Department of Cybernetics , Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Czech Technical University
Technická 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic

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The Member of: Gerstner Laboratory - BioMedical Data Processing Group
Current Position: Researcher
Research Interests:
Current projects: 2006
Grant Fondu Rozvoje Vysokých Škol:
Zpracování a klasifikace signálů očních pohybů
Processing and classification of eye movement signals

Interní Grant ČVUT:
Využití particle swarm optimalizace při zpracování a analýze biologických signálů
The use of particle swarm optimization in processing and analysis of biological signals

Teaching: Spring 2007:
X33UIP Pokročilá Umělá Inteligence (Advanced Artificial Intelligence)
Education: 2005: received an MSc. degree in Technical Cybernetics from the Czech Technical University in Prague (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Dep. of cybernetics), Czech Republic
2006-??: enrolled as PhD student on CTU in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Dep. of cybernetics (Gerstner laboratory, Nature inspired technology group)
Theses Supervised: Particle Swarm Optimization for Neural Network Training
Bachelor Thesis

Feature Selection using Particle Swarm Optimization
Semestral and Diploma Thesis

Wavelet Analysis of Eye Movement Signals
Semestral and Diploma Thesis

Publications: 2004 Novák, D. - Kordík, P. - Macaš, M. - Brzezny, R. - Vyhnálek, M. - et al.: School Children Dyslexia Analysis using Self Organizing Maps. In 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society [CD-ROM]. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society Press, 2004, s. 1-4. ISBN 0-7803-8440-7.

2005
Macaš, M. - Lhotská, L. - Novák, D.: Bio-inspired Methods for Analysis and Classification of Reading Eye Movements of Dyslexic Children.. In European Symposium on Nature-inspired Smart Information Systems [CD-ROM]. 2005,

Macaš, M. - Lhotská, L. - Novák, D.: Dyslexia Detection from Eye Movements Using Artificial Neural Networks. In The 3rd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference - EMBEC´05 [CD-ROM]. Praha: Společnost biomedicínského inženýrství a lékařské informatiky ČLS JEP, 2005, vol. 11, ISSN 1727-1983.

Lhotská, L. - Macaš, M. - Strackeljan, J. - Jantzen, J.: Applied Nature Inspired System: Preliminary Investigation. In European Symposium on Nature-inspired Smart Information Systems [CD-ROM]. 2005.

2006
Lhotská, L. - Macaš, M. - Burša, M.: The Use of Nature Inspired Methods in Electrocardiogram Analysis. In Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning – Proceedings of IDEAL 2006. Berlin: Springer, 2006, s. 1390-1398. ISBN 3-540-45485-3.

Macaš, M. - Burša, M. - Lhotská, L.: Discrete and Continuous Aspects of Nature Inspired Methods. In Mallorca Brainstorming Meeting 2006. Aachen: NiSIS, 2006, s. 33-34.

Macaš, M. - Novák, D. - Lhotská, L.: Constraints in Particle Swarm Optimization of Hidden Markov Models. In Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning – Proceedings of IDEAL 2006. Berlin: Springer, 2006, s. 1399-1406. ISBN 3-540-45485-3.

Macaš, M. - Novák, D. - Lhotská, L.: Particle Swarm Optimization for Hidden Markov Models with Application to Intracranial Pressure Analysis . In Analysis of Biomedical Signals and Images - Proceedings of Biosignal 2006. Brno: VUTIUM Press, 2006, s. 175-177. ISBN 80-214-3152-0.

Georgoulas, G. - Stylios, C. - Chudáček, V. - Macaš, M. - Bernardes, J. - et al.: Classification of Fetal Heart Rate Signals Based on Features Selected Using the Binary Particle Swamrm Algorithm. In IFMBE Proceedings World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006 [CD-ROM]. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2006, vol. 14, p. 1049-1052. ISBN 3-540-36839-6.

Macaš, M. - Lhotská, L. - Novák, D.: Unsupervised Cluster Analysis Using Particle Swarms for Oculographic Signal Segmentation. In International Special Topics Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine [CD-ROM]. Piscataway: IEEE, 2006,

Saska, M. - Macaš, M. - Přeučil, L. - Lhotská, L.: Robot Path Planning using Particle Swarm Optimization of Ferguson Splines. In ETFA 2006 Proceedings [CD-ROM]. Piscataway: IEEE, 2006, ISBN 1-4244-0681-1.

Macaš, M. - Burša, M. - Lhotská, L.: Discrete and Continuous Aspects of Nature Inspired Methods . In Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, Part II. Heidelberg: Springer, 2006, vol. II, p. 409-416. ISBN 3-540-46537-5.

Macaš, M. - Lhotská, L.: Social Impact and Optimization. In European Symposium on Nature-inspired Smart Information Systems. 2006.

Macaš, M.: Soft Sensor for The Adaptive Catalyst Monitoring of a Multi-Tube Reactor, NiSIS Competition Technical Report. In European Symposium on Nature-inspired Smart Information Systems. 2006.


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