INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ANNUAL REPORT

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1 WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ANNUAL REPORT 2009 Warsaw, March 2010

2 Institute of Electronic Systems Nowowiejska 15/ Warsaw, Poland Phone: (+48) Fax: (+48) Edited by: Barbara Krawczyńska

3 CONTENTS 1. GENERAL INFORMATION Mission and organization of the Institute Board of Directors Circuit and Signal Theory Division Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation Division Electronic Circuits and Systems Division Microsystems and Measurement Systems Division Artificial Intelligence Division Statistical data STAFF Senior academic staff Junior academic staff Technical and administrative staff TEACHING ACTIVITIES Basic courses Advanced courses Special courses International co-operation RESEARCH PROJECTS Projects granted by the University Projects granted by Ministry of Science and Higher Education Projects granted by international institutions Other projects DEGREES AWARDED D.Sc. degrees Ph.D. degrees M.Sc. degrees B.Sc. Degrees PUBLICATIONS Scientific and technical books, chapters in books, translations, editorships Scientific and technical papers in journals Scientific and technical papers in conference proceedings Teaching aids Other publications REPORTS Research reports Other reports PATENTS Foreign patents Home patents CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND MEETINGS International conferences Local conferences Schools and seminars Meetings GUESTS IN THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AWARDS

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5 From the Director of the Institute of Electronic Systems The Institute of Electronic Systems of the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology at the Warsaw University of Technology offers a wide range of opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students. It offers also its technical and intellectual resources for the industry. Our teaching and research activities respond to the needs of today s electronics and computer engineering. The Institute offers courses, and opportunities for studying and research in: automatic measurement and test systems, microsystems, semiconductor and smart sensors, flow measurements, measurement and control systems for experiments in high-energy physics, neural networks and adaptive measurement systems, optoelectronic circuits for sensing and telecommunication, adaptive signal detection and estimation methods, modeling of radar disturbances, digital signal processing for radar systems, RF and microwave monolithic integrated circuits design and testing, design of software systems for VLSI integrated circuits, analogue and pulse electronic circuits and systems, microprocessor and digital systems, digital signal processing of biomedical signals, photoacoustics, artificial intelligence methods, soft computing and fuzzy logic, computer forensics. Our activities in these fields are hardware oriented and devoted to practical applications in medicine, radar, wireless communication systems, distributed environment-monitoring systems, high energy physics experiments and others. The Institute has developed a network of modern teaching and research laboratories. It creates a strong basis for our staff to perform and fulfill research programs for the Polish industry and within the European research programs. The continuing program of expansion and development of the Institute is driven by 12 professors (including 5 full professors), 6 researches with Ph.D., D.Sc. degree, 39 with Ph.D. degree and 10 with M.Sc. degree. In addition, in our research activities participate 38 Ph.D. students sponsored and guided by the Professors of the Institute. In 2009, 3 researchers obtained the Doctor of Science degree (D.Sc.) and 5 Doctor degree (Ph.D.). Members of the Institute staff are devoted researchers. In 2009 they published 10 scientific and teaching books and book chapters, 142 journal papers and 54 papers in conference proceedings. Some of the professors are worldwide recognized authorities and act as reviewers of papers published in many leading international journals and conferences. For their outstanding achievements in research and teaching, academics of the Institute have gained in 2009, 8 Awards of the Rector of the Warsaw University of Technology and 1 Award of the Rector of Medical University of Warsaw and six other awards. Each year the Institute organizes the IEEE-SPIE Multi-Symposia: on Advanced Electronics and Photonics in Wilga, and on Digital Signal Processing and Radar Signal Processing in Jachranka. These scientific events are dedicated mainly to Ph.D. students and young researchers. In 2009 over 200 participants presented their papers at these Symposia. The Institute co-organizes also the annual National Conference on Evolutionary Algorithms and Global Optimization. This Conference integrates academics and researchers from many universities and science centers, and is considered the most important scientific event in Poland in this field. - 5-

6 Professors of our Institute teach 65 different courses. Many of teaching activities are performed in our well-equipped laboratories such as Electronics for High Energy Physics Laboratory, Bioengineering Laboratory, Digital Signal Processing Laboratory, RF & Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuits Laboratory and others. We have also a research laboratory which develops electronic measurement and control systems for free-electron laser FLASH and the European X-Ray Laser project XFEL at the Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany. The Institute of Electronic Systems membership in TESLA Technology Collaboration may result in participation in large European and worldwide research programs on accelerator development. I believe that students who come to our Institute are joining a dynamic, expanding and lively institution. Our Institute has been known for years as a friendly place with good relations between staff and students, and also for high standards in education and research. A good proof of this statement is dynamic and successful activity of four student research groups: Digital Signal Processing and Radar Systems Group, Electronics for High Energy Physics Group, Biocybernetics Group, and Digital and Pulse Technology Group, guided by our staff. Our achievements are possible due to strong involvement of the academic and administration staff. I appreciate this opportunity to express my cordial thanks to our staff, students and friends who identify themselves with our goals. I also hope that our achievements presented in this report will serve as a stimulation for new European and domestic industrial and research partners to initiate and exploit the Institute potential in education, research and engineering. The Director Professor Jerzy Szabatin, Ph.D., D.Sc. - 6-

7 1. GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1. Mission and organization of the Institute In recent years teaching and research activities in the Institute of Electronic Systems have been focused on design and development of analogue, digital and mixed signal circuits, systems and instrumentation, working in the range of low, high, microwave as well as optical frequencies. These solutions are intended for many different applications in measurements and control, radio and telecommunication, bioengineering and radar, etc. The designs are based on sophisticated analogue and digital, microprocessor and computer techniques and software engineering. Teaching and research activities of our staff concentrates, but is not limited to the following areas: CAD systems for VLSI analogue, digital and mixed signal electronic circuits and systems, MEMS, design and testing of RF and microwave monolithic integrated circuits for communication systems, microsystems, computer controlled measurement systems, digital signal processing of radar and biomedical signals, analogue and digital filtering, neural networks, artificial intelligence, molecular (DNA) computing, semiconductor and smart sensors, flow sensors and measurements, photoacoustics, optoelectronic metrology, nonlinear fiber optics, optical fiber devices and optical fiber sensors. Traditionally, our professors teach basic electronic courses such as: Circuit Theory, Signals and Systems, Electronic Circuits and Systems, Fundamentals of Electrical and Electronic Measurements, Microprocessor Systems. But the main teaching and research involvement of the Institute is in the advanced and modern areas of electronics and information technology mentioned earlier. In a two-level studies system existing at our Faculty, the Institute is responsible for the specialization Electronics and Computer Engineering. These two areas of science and engineering have many common fields. Although staff members of our Institute are involved in most of the teaching activities in Electronics and Computer Engineering, they also widely participate in other specializations. Like other Institutes of the Faculty, the Institute of Electronic Systems is structured into Divisions and consists of five Divisions: Circuit and Signal Theory Division incorporates four Research Groups: Research Group on Adaptive Information Processing Systems, Research Group on Digital Methods of Signal Processing, Research Group on Methods of Detection, Estimation and Signal Processing, Research Group on Radar Techniques. Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation Division incorporates one Research Group: Research Group on Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation. Electronic Circuits and Systems Division incorporates four Research Groups: Research Group on Electronic Analogue Circuits, Research Group on Digital Systems and Digital Signal Processing, Research Group on Pulse and Digital Equipment, Research Group on Biocybernetic Instrumentation. Microsystems and Measurement Systems Division incorporates five Research Groups: Research Group on Microsystems and Sensors, Research Group on Industrial Measurement Systems, Research Group on Automatic Test Systems, Research Group on Fiberoptic and Metrology Systems, Research Group on Internet Measurement Systems. Artificial Intelligence Division incorporates three Research Groups: - 7- Research Group on Artificial Intelligence Applications Research Group on Bioinformatics, Research group on Statistical Learning Systems.

8 1.2. Board of Directors Director Jerzy Szabatin, Full Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Room: 216 Phone: ( +48) , Fax: ( +48) szabatin@ Deputy-Director for Research Ryszard Romaniuk, Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Room: 218 Phone( +48) , Fax: ( +48) rrom@ Deputy-Director for Academic Affairs Tomasz Starecki, Ph.D., D.Sc. Room: 221 Phone: (+48) , Fax: ( +48) tomi@ Deputy-Director for Technical and Administrative Affairs Barbara Janczak Krawczyńska, M.Sc. Room: 220 Phone: (+48) , Fax: ( +48) bkraw@ - 8 -

9 1.3. Circuit and Signal Theory Division Head: Marek Nałęcz, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Room: 446 Phone: Faculty: Jacek Kudrewicz, emeritus Professor Jerzy Osiowski, emeritus Professor Andrzej Wojtkiewicz, emeritus Professor Jerzy Szabatin, Full Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Anatolij Płatonow, Professor, D.Sc., Ph.D. Krzysztof Kulpa, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Jan Szymon Bober, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Zbigniew Gajo, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Konrad Jędrzejewski, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Mateusz Malanowski, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Gustaw Mazurek, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Jacek Misiurewicz, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Marek Rupniewski, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Rafał Rytel-Andrianik, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Edward Śliwa, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Bożena Świdzińska, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. (till September 30) Zdzisław Michalski, Senior Lecturer, M.Sc. Łukasz Małkiewicz, Assistant, M.Sc. Grzegorz Nieradka, Assistant, M.Sc. Artur Gromek, R&D Engineer, M.Sc. (half time) Staff: Kazimierz Skrzydelski, Technician Elżbieta Styczek, Secretary General Information The Circuit and Signal Theory Division deals with all aspects of circuit theory as well as with modern problems of signal theory and digital signal processing. The staff of the Division delivers courses on this subject at basic and advanced level. There are a number of students laboratories as the essential part of these courses. Individual laboratories and diploma works are also conducting. The research and teaching activities of the Division are carried out in four groups: Research Group on Adaptive Information Processing Systems (Head Professor Anatolij Płatonow, 3 members) Analysis and design of adaptive highly efficient wireless communication systems and nets for short and middle-range data and signal transmission. Theoretical foundations of designing the optimal ( ideal ) estimation systems working at the Shannon boundary. The main interest of the group is a design of optimal estimation systems with adaptively adjusted analogue part. The investigations are oriented towards designing novel classes of adaptive ( intelligent ) estimation systems and units (such as cyclic analog-to-digital converters, and also wireless communication systems and nets with feedback channels and cyclic transmission of signals, RFID, Bluetooth, health caring and security systems, intelligent houses, etc.)

10 Research Group on Digital Methods of Signal Processing (Head Professor Jerzy Szabatin, 7 members) New methods and algorithms for digital signal processing, including optimal filtering, detection, estimation and tracking. Robust methods for signal estimation and classification. Wireless spread-spectrum communication systems. The main interest of the group is focused on adaptive and robust methods of digital signal processing and their application to elimination of disturbances in DS-CDMA systems, OFDM systems and array signal processing. Research Group on Methods of Detection, Estimation and Signal Processing (Head Marek Nałęcz, Ph.D., D.Sc., 4 members) Advanced methods of digital signal processing in radar systems, including Doppler and micro- Doppler filtering, and in biomedical systems, including synthetic-aperture ultrasonic imaging. Design and implementation of real-time software-defined radar systems based on the network of digital signal processing chips, including operating system issues and efficient parallel processing of massive data streams. Advanced mathematical methods of modeling heavy-tailed radar clutter for detection and estimation of signals disturbed by such a clutter. The research of the group is carried out in a close cooperation with Polish radar industry. Research Group on Radar Techniques (Head Krzysztof Kulpa, Ph.D., D.Sc., 4 members) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems and signal processing algorithms. Passive coherent location (PCL) systems and noise radar systems, including design of experimental working models of stationary and mobile systems. Linear and nonlinear optimal filtering methods, including adaptive signal processing, and spectral analysis methods of staggered signals. Tracking of objects detected by active and passive radars, data fusion from heterogeneous sensors. The research of the group is carried out in cooperation with Polish radar industry and a number of European institutions and universities

11 1.4. Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation Division Head: Janusz A. Dobrowolski, Full Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Room: 250 Phone: Faculty: Adam Abramowicz, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Krzysztof Antoszkiewicz, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Krzysztof Czuba, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Wojciech Wiatr, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Staff: Elżbieta G. Fistek, Senior R&D Engineer, M.Sc. Group profile: Microwave measurement techniques and systems for monolithic microwave integrated circuits signal and noise parameter measurement Calibration methods of microwave vector network analyzers Filter design and realization of radar and radiocommunication microwave systems Design and realization of radio frequency and microwave electronics for FLASH and XFEL accelerators, such as frequency generation and distribution, multichannel down converters, phase and amplitude calibration circuits, system diagnostics Design and realization of high-speed electronics for ATCA based accelerator control systems such as direct sampling of 1.3GHz signal, clock generators and analog signal distribution in highdensity printed circuit boards. Historical note: The Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation Division was established in 1975 and, since then, has promoted 110 M.Sc. s, 16 Ph.D. s and 2 D.Sc. s. Members of the Group have written more than 625 scientific papers and have taken active part in about 125 conferences. 70 research projects have been performed and many of them resulted in the unique microwave equipment fabricated by the Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation Division staff. Purpose: The Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation Division activities concern two main areas: education and scientific research. A comprehensive education program in the field of microwaves providing a coherent series of courses, discussions, seminars, independent studies or investigations leads to academic and professional degrees. The Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation Division also offer courses in radio frequency and microwave monolithic integrated circuits and advanced measurement techniques. The Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation Division conducts an extensive scientific and applied research within the microwave area and provides services in the design and development of a microwave communication equipment - such as receivers and low power transmitters in the frequency range up to 40 GHz, vector network analyzer measurements and specialized microwave and radio frequency electronics for high energy accelerators. Recent achievements: Development of a new design method for high quality tunable filters Development of the reference signal oscillator for the FLASH accelerator Development of the synchronization system concept for XFEL accelerator Development of distribution scheme of analog signals for ATCA based low level radio frequency control system of the FLASH accelerator

12 1.5. Electronic Circuits and Systems Division Head: Leszek Opalski, Professor, D.Sc., Ph.D. Room: 258 Phone: Faculty: Jerzy Baranowski, emeritus Professor Andrzej Filipkowski, emeritus Professor, (half time) Tomasz Adamski, Profesor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Marek Czosnyka, Professor (on leave) Antoni Grzanka, Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Jan Ogrodzki, Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Tomasz Starecki, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Marian Bukowski, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Aleksander Burd, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Katarzyna Opalska, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Tomasz Owczarek, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Wojciech Zabołotny, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Krzysztof Zamłyński, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. (half time) Bogusław Kalinowski, Senior Lecturer, Ph.D. Magdalena Szeżyńska, Senior Lecturer, Ph.D., (half time) Maciej Radtke, Senior Lecturer, M.Sc., (half time) Wojciech Zaworski, Senior Lecturer, M.Sc. Krzysztof Gołofit, Assistant, M.Sc., (half time) Mariusz Suchenek, Assistant, M.Sc., (half time) Piotr Z. Wieczorek, Assistant, M.Sc., (half time) Staff: Wiesław Byrski, Technician Hanna Popławska, Secretary, (half time) General Information There are two general areas of our research and teaching activities Analysis and design of analogue/digital circuits and mixed domain electronic/embedded systems Digital and analogue signal processing with strong emphasis on physiological and biomedical signals. Work of the Division is carried out in four research/teaching groups: Research Group on Electronic Analogue Circuits (Head - Professor Jan Ogrodzki, 5 members). The main research activities are related to various aspects of computer aided design of analogue, switch mode, mixed signal and digital circuits and systems, in particular: Theory of algorithms and mathematical modeling of circuits and systems Simulation and optimization of circuits and systems Design of electro-chemical microsystems (several research projects concluded) Hardware description languages and their application in systems simulation Computer systems and computer architectures, embedded systems Research Group on Digital Systems and Digital Signal Processing (Head Professor Tomasz Adamski, 5 members). The main research activities are related to: Electronic Circuits (digital and pulse circuits, PLL circuits, A/D converters and fast data acquisition systems with jitter and dithering, random number generators, noise problems in electronic circuits and systems). Digital systems (microprocessor systems, systolic and parallel algorithms and systems) Digital signal processing (regularization methods and solving of ill-conditioned problems, processing of stochastic signals),

13 INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS - Annual Report 2007 Computer-aided measurement systems (virtual instruments, spectral analyzers, correction of measurement systems based on DSP) Cryptography and information security. Research Group on Pulse and Digital Equipment (Head - Tomasz Starecki Ph.D., D.Sc., 5 members). The main research activities are related to: Components, circuits and systems used in fast pulse technology, Analysis and design of wide-bandwidth sampling circuits, Modelling and simulation of analog (in particular fast switching) components, circuits and systems, Application of microprocessor technology in measurement equipment, embedded systems Photoacoustics, Virtual instrumentation. Research Group on Biocybernetic Instrumentation (Head Professor Antoni Grzanka, 4 members). The main research activities are related to: Computer methods and instrumentation for neurosurgical diagnosis, modeling and neuromonitoring with applications in postoperative intensive care, Data and signal processing and measurement methods for oto-rhino-laryngology and neurology, Systems for remote and telemetric health monitoring, specially during pregnancy. General modeling of physiological systems and biomedical signal processing methods. The Group has established international co-operation with the Neurosurgery Department of the Cambridge University (UK)

14 Head: 1.6. Microsystems and Measurement Systems Division Ryszard Jachowicz, Full Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Room: 242 Phone: Faculty: Jerzy Helsztyński, Emeritus Professor Konrad Hejn, Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Ryszard Romaniuk, Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Grzegorz Pankanin, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc., Kazimierz Jędrzejewski, Docent, Ph.D. Jacek Dusza, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Antoni Leśniewski, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Maciej Linczuk, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Daniel Paczesny, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Krzysztof Poźniak, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Grzegorz Tarapata, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Zbigniew Wawrzyniak, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Jerzy Weremczuk, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Grażyna Gortat, Senior Lecturer, Ph.D., emeritus, half time Jerzy Jędrachowicz, Senior Lecturer, Ph.D. Lech Lewandowski, Senior Lecturer, Ph.D. Jerzy Berliński, Senior Lecturer, M.Sc., emeritus Jacek Sochoń, Senior Lecturer, M.Sc. Staff: Wiesław Jasiewicz, Senior R&D Engineer, M.Sc., emeritus Sławomir Lada, Senior R&D Engineer, M.Sc. Sławomir Sobczak, Senior R&D Engineer, Ph.D., half time, emeritus Danuta Sobczak-Bartosiewicz, M.Ph., secretary Bogusław Sutkowski, Technician Research Group on Microsystems and Sensors (Head - Professor Ryszard Jachowicz, 5 members, 1 Ph.D.Student) conducts researches in: Sensor design, modeling, simulation and sensor testing, Construction of microsystems and instruments for pressure, temperature, humidity and moisture measurements, at the moment mostly for medical applications. The main interest of the Group is focused on semiconductor and smart sensors, protocols and interfaces for smart sensor communication, microsystems design and tests, wireless sensor interfaces. The Group coordinated and performed several international projects with USA (2), and European Union (4). In the last decade Centre of Excellence on Microsystems Design and Technology COMBAT was developed by the Group and funded by EU ( ). In this year the Group completed research project together with Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) titled Wireless interface for micro-systems and smart sensors scheduled for

15 Research Group on Industrial Measurement Systems (Head - Grzegorz Pankanin Ph.D., D.Sc., 2 members) conducts research in designing and realization of measurement systems dedicated for specific industrial applications: Sensors for physical quantities measurement (flow sensors, temperature and pressure), Fast physical processes recording, Image acquisition and processing systems, Data acquisition systems, results presentation and equipment control, Measurement of electric field intensity in atmosphere. The group activity is focused mainly on development of vortex method of flow measurement: phenomena investigations based on various techniques application, numerical modeling, designing of sensors and signal processing systems and finally the meters calibration. In the area of electric field investigations, the system for recording of electric field intensity during cloud discharge has been developed. Research Group on Automatic Test Systems Image processing. Research Group on Internet Measurement Systems (Head Professor Ryszard Romaniuk, 5 members, 10 Ph.D.Students) conducts researches in: Distributed measuring systems, Photonics and Electronics for High Energy Physics Experiments, Accelerator Technology and Free Electron Lasers, Internet Engineering and Web Engineering. The Group cooperates with DESY (Hamburg), CERN (Geneva), FNAL (Batavia, Ill), Sołtan Institute of Nuclear Problems and Institute of Experimental Physics of Warsaw University. The major research product of the Group is photonic/electronic control system for SRF accelerator, referred in the world bibliography to as the SIMCON. The Group maintains several active web servers, and high power cluster with networked MatLab system and MentorGraphics system. The Group has two laboratories: PERG Photonics and Web Engineering Research and ELHEP Electronics for High Energy Physics Experiments. The Group realizes FP7 Project EuCARD European Coordination of Accelerator R&D. (Head Professor Konrad Hejn, 4 members) conducts research in analogue to digital conversion techniques: Delta - sigma modulators, Highly efficient decimators, DSP algorithms, VXI/SCPI and LXI technology, VHDL modeling and simulation. Main interest of the Group is focused on a bridge between DSP theory and and the physical model of electronic circuits. Research Group on Fiberoptic and Metrology Systems (Head Kazimierz Jędrzejewski Ph.D., 4 members) conducts researches in: Optoelectronic metrology in laboratory and industry, Optical fiber technology, Optical fiber devices, Structural and multicomponent and plastic fibers, Optical fiber sensors,

16 1.7. Artificial Intelligence Division Head: Jan J. Mulawka, Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. Room: 225 Phone: Faculty: Jarosław Arabas, Assistant Professor, D.Sc., Ph.D. Paweł Cichosz, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Stanisław Jankowski, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Piotr Wąsiewicz, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Robert Nowak, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. General information The activities of the Artificial Intelligence Division include scientific research and teaching in the field of intelligent computational techniques, including their fundamentals and applications. Recently, special attention and great expectations are paid to the interdisciplinary research in biology, chemistry and physics, and computer science. Therefore, bioinformatics is one of the leading research activity of our Division. The Division comprises of three research groups. Teaching activity Courses provided by the Division cover the following groups of topics: computer engineering fundamentals: structured and object-oriented programming, database systems, artificial intelligence: heuristic search, deductive inference, expert systems, game playing, computational intelligence: machine learning, neural networks, evolutionary computation. The Division has been responsible (with partners from the Institute of Control and Computation Engineering) for organization of conferences on Evolutionary Computation and Global Optimization. Eleven such events have been successfully organized since Research Group on Artificial Intelligence Applications (Head Jarosław Arabas, D.Sc, 2 members and 4 Ph.D. Students) Current research activity of the Group is carried in the following streams: evolutionary computation: search and optimization inspired by the natural evolution, neural networks: learning in neurobiologically inspired networks of simple processing units, inductive learning: automatic knowledge acquisition by generalizing the training examples and its representation by e.g. decision trees, reinforcement learning: automated skill acquisition frem rewards, statistical approach to machine learning including Support Vector Machines, data mining: discovering useful patterns in data and transforming them into predictive models. Special attention is paid to the applications of the aforementioned methods in technology (network design, microelectronics, electronic systems, digital signal processing) and in economy (energy markets). The Group has been cooperating with different research teams from our Faculty (Division on Circuit and Signal Theory, Microelectronic and Nanoelectronic Devices Division, Control and Systems Division), and with Institute of Material Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Center for Precolumbian Studies, Warsaw University

17 Research Group on Bioinformatics (Head Professor Jan Mulawka, 3 members ) The Group research activity is focused at: molecular computation: solving computational tasks using the hardware of DNA and molecular biology, microfluidic molecular computers: development of lab on a chip systems in a form of microfluidic chips, computational analysis of DNA strands: computer support for the understanding the role of DNA substrands in the protein coding process, comparative DNA analysis: paternity test. The Group cooperates with Genetics Division, Warsaw University, and with the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences. Research group on Statistical Learning Systems (Head Stanisław Jankowski, Ph.D., 1 member) The research activity covers the following topics: artificial neural networks, structure optimization based on statistical tests; kernel machines (support vector machines, least-squares support vector machines, relevant vector machines) methods for building adaptive sparse models, hyperparameters optimization, feature selection; semi-supervised and transductive learning algorithms; applications of statistical learning systems in: material sciences (analysis and imaging of defect structure in semi-insulating materials), mobile robot control, morphological analysis of electrocardiograms and bioinformatics. The Group collaborates with researchers of the Warsaw University of Technology (Institute of Radioelectronics, Institute of Computer Sciences, Institute of Micro- and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Physics), with Polish institutions as: Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements, Center of Oncology, Medical University of Warsaw and with some European institutions including: Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la ville de Paris, Università La Sapienza di Roma, Università degli studi di Catania, Universitat Ramòn Llull Bercelona

18 1.8. Statistical data SPECIFICATION academic staff (persons) full Professors Professors D.Sc. 6 docents assistant Professors senior lecturers lecturers assistants Ph.D. students technical staff administrative staff space laboratories 1025 m m m 2 library 54 m 2 54 m 2 24 m 2 offices of academic staff 1170 m m m 2 computers workstations personal computers library resources books (number of volumes) journals (number of titles subscribed to) teaching activities basic courses advanced courses special courses international projects research projects granted by the University granted by State institutions granted by international institutions other projects degrees awarded D.Sc. degrees Ph.D. degrees M.Sc. degrees B.Sc. degrees publications sci.-tech. books sci.-tech. papers in journals sci.-tech. papers in conference proceedings teaching aids other publications reports research reports other reports - 3 patents patent announcements 3 4 conferences organized by the Institute (number of conferences) organized by the Institute (number of participants) others (number of conferences) others (number of participants from the Institute)

19 2. STAFF 2.1. Senior academic staff Adam ABRAMOWICZ, M.Sc. (1982), Ph.D. (1993), D.Sc. (2008); Passive microwave circuits, Dielectric resonator and HTS filters, Microwave measurements of dielectrics; Assistant Professor; Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation Division; Senior Member IEEE, Vice- Chairman ( , 2009-), Secretary/Treasurer ( ) of the AP/AES/MTT joint Chapter of the IEEE Poland Section; Member of the National Committee of URSI ( ); Member of the Editorial Board IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Technique, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging and Electronics Letters; Listed in the Marquis Who s Who in the World 2007 edition, and Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering 2008 edition. [Ph.D.Student 38], [Edu.4], [Pro.12], [Pro.19], [Pro.26], [Pro.42], [Pro.44], [B.Sc.9], [Pub.32], [Pub.115], [Pub.116], [Pub.214], [Rep.2], [Award 2]; Mirosław ADAMSKI, M.Sc. (1982), Ph.D. (1997); Microwaves, Frequency converters - modeling and simulation, Noise in circuits and systems, On wafer measurements; Assistant Professor (on leave); Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation Division; IEEE Member (1998 -); Room: 257 Phone: aabr@ ise.pw.edu pl Room: Phone: Tomasz ADAMSKI, Ph.D. (1976), D.Sc. (1994); Electronic circuits and systems, Digital systems, Digital signal processing (ill-conditioned problems, stochastic signals), Cryptography; Professor; Electronic Circuits and Systems Division; Member nominated of the Faculty Council; Head of the Research Group on Digital Systems and Digital Signal Processing; Member of Faculty Council Committee on Faculty Organization ( ); Member of Polish Association for Automation, Robotics and Measurement; Member of the Signals, Systems and Electronic Circuits Section of the Committee of Electronics and Telecommunications of the Polish Academy of Sciences ( ); IEEE Member; POLSPAR Member; Member of the Science Committee of the International Conference on Signals and Electronic Systems ICSES and EUSIPCO European Signal Processing Conference; Member of the Scientific Committee of the National Conference of Electronics ( ); Member of the Editorial Board of the Internet cryptographic monthly Security of IT; Scientific consultant of Polish computer security and cryptographic firms; [Edu.8], [Edu.23], [Edu.43], [Edu.50], [Edu.56], [Edu.64], [Edu.65], [Pro.5], [Pro.22], [M.Sc.1], [Pub.161], [Conf.31]; Krzysztof ANTOSZKIEWICZ, M.Sc. (1972), Ph.D. (1983); Frequency synthesis and synchronization, Microwaves; Assistant Professor; Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation Division; Member Elected of the Faculty Council ( ); [Edu.6], [Pro.12], [Pro.19], [Pro.42], [Pub.165], [Rep.2]; Room: 248 Phone: tadam@ Room: 255 Phone: Kanto@ ;

20 Jarosław ARABAS, M.Sc. (1993), Ph.D. (1996), D.Sc. (2006); Computer Science, Global optimization, Neural nets, Decision making under uncertainty, Energy markets; Assistant Professor; Artificial Intelligence Division; Member of Faculty Council Committee on Faculty Organization ( ); Head of the Faculty Council Committee on Research ( ), Member of the Computing Science Section of the Computer Science Committee Polish Academy of Sciences ( ); Head of the Organizing Committee of the National Conference on Evolutionary Algorithms and Global Optimization; Member of the Program Committee of: Congress on Evolutionary Computation, IEEE Conference on Evolutionary Computation, International Conference on Genetic Algorithms, Parallel Problem Solving from Nature; Life Member of the Academic Tourist Club Maluch ; [Ph.D.Student 1], [Ph.D.Student 2], [Ph.D.Student 4], [Ph.D.Student 36], [Edu.14], [Edu.31], [Edu.42], [Pro.6], [Pro.13], [Pro.20], [Pro.31], [Pro.35], [Ph.D.1], [Pub.7], [Pub.12], [Pub.19], [Pub.34], [Pub.162], [Rep.1], [Conf.12], [Conf.14], [Conf.34], [Award 8]; Jerzy BERLIŃSKI, M.Sc. (1968); Measurement and instrumentation, Atmospheric electricity, Flow measurement; Senior Lecturer; Microsystems and Measurement Systems Division ; [Edu.58], [Pro.27]; Rafał BIEDRZYCKI, M.Sc. (2003), Ph.D. (2009); Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Bioinformatics; Assistant Professor; Artificial Intelligence Division; [Edu.14], [Ph.D. 1], [Conf.34]; Jan Szymon BOBER, M.Sc. (1965), Ph.D. (1975); Circuit theory, Analogue filters; Assistant Professor; Circuit and Signal Theory Division; Chairman of the Faculty Alumnus Association ( ); Member of the Faculty Council Committee on History and Tradition of the Department ( ); Member of the National Foundation for Child Welfare ( ); [Edu.9], [Edu.10], [Edu.47]; Marian BUKOWSKI, M.Sc. (1964), Ph.D. (1983); Electronics, Electronic Circuits; Assistant Professor; Electronic Circuits and Systems Division; [Edu.7]; Aleksander BURD, M.Sc. (1989), Ph.D. (2000); Fast analogue and digital pulse techniques, Assistant Professor, Electronic Circuits and Systems Division; [Edu.6], [Edu.30], [Edu.39], [B.Sc.4], [B.Sc.7], [B.Sc.11], [Pub.75]; Paweł CICHOSZ, M.Sc. (1994), Ph.D. (1998); Artificial intelligence, Machine learning; Reinforcement learning; Assistant Professor; Artificial Intelligence Division; [Edu.35], [Edu.36], [Pro.13], [Pro.20], [Pro.37]; Room: 447 Phone: jarabas@ elka.pw.edu.pl Room: 227 Phone: j.berlinski@ Room: 236 Phone: rbiedrzy@ elka.pw.edu.pl Room: 448 Phone: jbober@ Room: 260 Phone: mbuk@ Room: 270 Phone: burd@ Room: 447 Phone: pcichosz@ elka.pw.edu.pl