Dr. h. c. prof. RNDr. Michal Tkáč, CSc.

Faculty: Faculty of Business Economics with seat in Košice

Department: Department of Quantitative Methods

Position: professor

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Scientific-pedagogical characteristics of the person

Second degree of higher education

Study field and programme: Theoretical Cybernetics, Mathematical Informatics and Systems Theory, 1983, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, doctor of Natural Sciences, (RNDr.)

Third degree of higher education

Study field and programme: Geometry and Topology, 1991, Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics (CSc.)

Associate professor

Study field and programme: Mathematics, 1994, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science

Professor

Study field and programme: Engineering of Production Quality, 2003, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava

Current and previous employment

Dean of the faculty
University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Business Economy with seat in Košice
2007 - 2015, 2019 - present

Head of the Department of Quantitative Methods (Department of Economic Informatics)
University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Business Economy with seat in Košice
2000 - 2002, 2015 - 2019

Visiting Professor
Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany
1998

Researcher
Banach Mathematical Center, Warsaw, Poland
1987 - 1988

Researcher
Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Applied Mathematics
1982 - 2000

Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

Scientific Stay
Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland
1992

Scientific Stay
Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany
1994

Keio University, scientific stay
Kohoku-ku Yokohama Japan
1999

University of Ballarat, scientific stay
Ballarat, Austrália
2004

Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

Number of defended theses

Bachelor's (first degree): 44

Diploma (second degree): 69

Dissertation (third degree): 23

Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases: 24

Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases: 289

Number of invited lectures at the international, national level: 64

The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

ADC TKÁČ, Michal [50 %] - LYÓCSA, Štefan [50 %]. On the evaluation of Six Sigma projects. In Quality and Reliability Engineering International. - Oxford : John Wiley and Sons. ISSN 1099-1638, 2010, vol. 26, no. 1, p. 115-124. Q2

ADC HARANT, Jochen [34 %] - JENDROĽ, Stanislav [33 %] - TKÁČ, Michal [33 %]. On 3 - connected plane graphs without triangular faces. In Journal of Combinatorial Theory, series B. - [San Diego] : Elsevier, 1999. ISSN 0095-8956, 1999, vol. 77, no. 2, s. 150-161. Q1

ADC BÖHME, Thomas [33 %] - HARANT, Jochen [33 %] - TKÁČ, Michal [34 %]. More than one tough chordal planar graphs are Hamiltonian. In Journal of graph theory. - USA : John Wiley & Sons, 1999. ISSN 0364-9024, December 1999, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 405-410. Q1

ADE BALBUENA, C. - BARKER, E. - DAS, K.C. - LIN, Y. - MILLER, M. - RYAN, J. - SLAMIN - SUGENG, K. - TKÁČ, Michal [20 %]. On the degrees of a strongly vertex-magic graph. In Discrete mathematics. - Amsterdam : Elsevier B.V., 2006. ISSN 0012-365X, 2006, vol. 306, issue 6, p. 539-551. Q2

ADC BÖHME, Thomas [33 %] - HARANT, Jochen [33 %] - TKÁČ, Michal [34 %]. On certain Hamiltonian cycles in planar graphs. In Journal of graph theory. - USA : John Wiley & Sons, 1999. ISSN 0364-9024, September 1999, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 81-96. Q1

The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

ADC TKÁČ, Michal [50 %] - VERNER, Robert [50 %]. Artificial neural networks in business: two decades of research. In Applied soft computing. - Amsterdam : Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. ISSN 1872-9681, 2016, vol. 38, pp. 788-804. Q1

ADC BOSÁK, Martin [25 %] - TKÁČ, Michal [25 %] - HOLUB, Marián [25 %] - TARČA, Alexander [15 %] - ŠTOFOVÁ, Lenka [5 %] - SZARYSZOVÁ, Petra [5 %]. Testing the Effects of a Thermal Power Plant Combustion by-Product Stabilizer on Water Impermeability. In Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. - Olsztyn : "HARD" Publishing Company. ISSN 2083-5906, 2020, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 1087-1094 online. (2020 - Current Contents). I-18-109-00.

AFC TKÁČ, Michal, ml. - TKÁČ, Michal. Building Trust in Public Service Providers Through Online Reputation Mechanisms. In IDIMT-2018: Strategic Modeling in Management, Economy and Society. Interdisciplinary Information Management Talks. IDIMT-2018: Strategic Modeling in Management, Economy and Society : 26th Interdisciplinary Information Management Talks, Sept. 5–7, 2018, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, [Proceedings of the 26th Annual IDIMT Conference]. - Linz : TRAUNER Verlag, 2018. ISBN 978-3-99062-339-8, pp. 319-324 online. VEGA 1/0839/17.

AFC TKÁČ, Michal [33 %] - VERNER, Robert [34 %] - TKÁČ, Michal, ml. [33 %]. Perception of Trust Building Mechanisms in EU Countries. In IDIMT-2019: Innovation and Transformation in a Digital World. Interdisciplinary Information Management Talks. IDIMT-2019: Innovation and Transformation in a Digital World. - Linz : TRAUNER Verlag, 2019. ISBN 978-3-99062-590-3, s. 275-283.

ADN VERNER, Robert [34 %] - TKÁČ, Michal [33 %] - TKÁČ, Michal, ml. [33 %]. Improving Quality of Long-Term Bond Price Prediction Using Artificial Neural Networks. - Registrovaný: Scopus. In Quality Innovation Prosperity. - Košice : Technická univerzita v Košiciach. ISSN 1335-1745, 2021, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 103-123 online. VEGA 1/0736/19. Q3

The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

Economic Practice - 4600014987. Name of the project: Technical and Economic and Ecological Analysis of Black Coal replacement Alternative (synthetic) fuel in EVO conditions (2020), Project leader: Dr. h. c. prof. RNDr. Michal Tkáč, CSc.

H2020/643398 - Horizont 2020 - Shaping EUROpean policies to promote HEALTH equity (2015-2018), Local coordinator of EURO-HEALTHY – H2020

Researcher in EURINV Implementing the European Standard in consolidated eInvoicing cloud platforms (The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)) (2019-2020)

VEGA 1/0736/19 Application of artificial intelligence methods in modeling European bond markets (2019-2020), Functions in the project:Co-solver.

Researcher in the project Enzymes: NFP313010T475 - Optimization of laying hen nutrition and feeding preparation systems using enzymatic preparations to increase the efficiency of laying hen breeding and egg production quality for the food industry current project since (2021 - present)

Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

Economic Practice - 4600014987. Name of the project: Technical and Economic and Ecological Analysis of Black Coal replacement Alternative (synthetic) fuel in EVO conditions (2020), Project leader: Dr. h. c. prof. RNDr. Michal Tkáč, CSc.

H2020/643398 - Horizont 2020 - Shaping EUROpean policies to promote HEALTH equity (2015-2018), Local coordinator of EURO-HEALTHY – H2020

Researcher in EURINV Implementing the European Standard in consolidated eInvoicing cloud platforms (The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)) (2019-2020)

VEGA 1/0736/19 Application of artificial intelligence methods in modeling European bond markets (2019-2020), Functions in the project:Co-solver.

Researcher in the project Enzymes: NFP313010T475 - Optimization of laying hen nutrition and feeding preparation systems using enzymatic preparations to increase the efficiency of laying hen breeding and egg production quality for the food industry current project since (2021 - present)

Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

Representative for the Slovak Republic of the European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics
European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics
2007 - present

Member of the Council of the National Quality Program of the Slovak Republic
National Quality Program of the Slovak Republic
2005 - present

Member of the Technical Committee for Accreditation in the field of Risk Management, Slovak National Accreditation Service
Slovak National Accreditation Service
1997 - 1999

Membership in Scientific Councils: University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Business Economy with seat in Košice - The President, University of Economics in Bratislava - member
University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Business Economy with seat in Košice
2007 - present

Member of technical group ISO/ TC069/SC07/WG
International Organization for Standardization
2009 - present

Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

Technical University Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
1991-2001,
15 invited lecture stay
Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
1996 - 2000,
10 lecture stays
Universitas Islam Malang, Indonesia, East Jawa, Indonesia
2004,
Lecture invited stay
University of Coimbra, Portugal, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2017,
Scientific internship
University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
2004,
Lecture invited stay
Europe 29 Business Forum, India, India, Delhi
2019,
Lecture invited stay