Description of Research Ativities of the Centre

The subject of activity at the Centre of Applied Cybernetics is basic, applied, and industrial research in the field of cybernetics, and the subsequent industrial realisations. Cybernetics is a common denominator of all information technologies, since it is concerned with the production, representation, processing, interpretation, and application of information; hence with data and knowledge. Cybernetics is a multi-disciplinary field that studies the modelling of complex phenomena, the processing of information and applies the resultant models and processes in cognition, control, and decision-making.
The research orientation of the Centre is in full agreement with the priorities of the National Research Programme, namely the Thematic Programme TP2 – Information Society and its sub programmes:
   (TP2-TP1) Intelligent systems for decision-making, management and diagnostics
   (TP2-TP2) Information and knowledge management
   (TP2-TP3) Communication infrastructure and technology
   (TP2-TP4) Computer modelling and design of systems and processes
The Centre is structured into four research departments, each one solving particular tasks. Complex research tasks are shared among the departments.

Automatic Control (AR) Department
Research and development of advanced methods and algorithms for modelling, simulation, adaptive, robust and predictive control, and decision-making in complex systems and processes. The advanced methods and algorithms will be applied namely in electrical and water distribution networks and sensorless control of motors. The Department deals with the following four main research topics:
AR1 - Modelling, simulation, control and decision-making in distribution networks
AR2 - Algorithms for systems, signals and control
AR3 - Sensorless and adaptive control of induction motors
AR4 - Modelling, simulation and control of time-delay systems and processes

Machine Perception (SV) Department
Research in machine perception, recognition and computer vision with special emphasis on industrial, medical and military applications. Robotic is the common framework of the approaches. The Department deals with the following four main research topics:
SV1 - Methods for three-dimensional computer vision and image sequence analysis
SV2 - General recognition methods with applications in image recognition
SV3 - Machine perception for traffic applications
SV4 - Machine perception in industrial and other applications

Artificial Intelligence (UI) Department
Applications of artificial intelligence in information technologies, medicine and medical instrumentation, safety of computer networks, robotics, industrial control, rescue systems and related fields. The Department deals with the following five main research topics:
UI1 - Collective robotics
UI2 - Service robots
UI3 - Voice dialog systems
UI4 - Softcomputing
UI5 - AI-based software solutions

Embedded Systems (VS) Department
Development of methodologies and technologies for embedded control systems in transportation (trains, cars, and aircrafts), process automation, assembly and production lines, distributed networks and in other electronic applications. The Department deals with the following three main research topics:
VS1 - Signal processing in programmable circuits
VS2 - Verification of discrete event systems
VS3 - Distributed Control Systems Design

These sub programmes fit exactly to the major research activities of the founding subjects of the Centre. The participating academic subjects belong to respected leaders in their respective fields and they set the trends of further research. Additionally, these fields have a very good local industry support and the participating and/or collaborating industrial companies have already found their place at the international market and sell highly qualified work with high added value.