Goals of this program are to educate most qualified specialists for research and scientific development as well.

Graduates have outstanding knowledge in special area, determined by his/her PhD. project.
Special orientation is given by thesis;graduates are qualified for high positions in all branch.
Leader of research team,managers in industry.

The graduate of the subject field obtains broad knowledge of subject of cybernetics control and/or measuremet. The knowledge is build mainly on theoretical background of the subject. Moreover the graduate will obtain deep special knowledge aimed in direction of his/her thesis. The graduate will be able to perform scientific and/or applied research based on up to date theoretical knowledge. The graduate will be able to organize and lead a team of researchers in the studied subject.

prof. Ing. Pavel Václavek, Ph.D.

1. Control and Navigation of Micro Flying Robots

   The goal of the work is analysis and synthesis of control algorithm and navigation techniques for control and navigation microcopters designed for reconnaissance missions in indoor space or in urban areas. Both linear and nonlinear methods of control methods should be studied and compared as to their feasibility. Similarly various means of navigation should be considered together with possibility of their fusion. Final control system should enable an easy human operation or fully autonomous flight of the robot.

   Tutor: Šolc František, prof. Ing., CSc.

2. Coordination of Distributed Systems

   The topic of research considers the problem of algorithm design and analysis for coordination of distributed wireless systems in automation. The considered distributed system is composed of intelligent nodes capable of sensing, processing and wireless communication. The coordination problem consists of synchronization, scheduling and role selection. In typicall industrial systems the coordination is done in a centralized manner with a fixed configuration. The work is focused on design and analysis of distributed coordination method.

   Tutor: Kučera Pavel, Ing., Ph.D.

3. Objects trajectory detection based on time-of-fly measurement of coded light beam

   Methodology of 3D objects location by time-of-fly measurement of coded light beam from emitters to detectors. Research of precise timing, time synchronization, coding of light beams and automatic system calibration. Research of multi object detection in the defined field based on sensing of light sources located on the objects. The base requirements are high refresh rates, low demand on light detectors location and wide location area.

   Tutor: Bradáč Zdeněk, doc. Ing., Ph.D.

4. Predictive diagnostics for control of technological processes

   Dissertation will deal with the design of diagnostics system of controlled technological processes. Methods of the predictive diagnostics and the predictive maintenance will be used for the problem solution. This kind of maintenance seems to be much more effective and less expensive then the other maintenance methods ( preventive maintenance and the maintenance after failure). The predictive methods enable to minimize time and costs of the all maintenance procedures. It is proposed to use following formal methods to specify the system: time automata, state automata, temporal logic, Petri nets and machine learning methods. Proposed predictive diagnostics procedures will be checked by mathematics modelling of break's functionality of transportation systems.

   Tutor: Zezulka František, prof. Ing., CSc.