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Our foreign students from Polytechnical University of Madrid and Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, during their summer Internship at the Department of technical Cybernetics visited the company Expressif Systems in Brno, Czech republic, where they participated in expert lectures and workshops focusing on programming of microkontrollers ESP32 and optimization of software with an emphasis on reducing energy comsumption. the workshop was run by the team of Ing. Juraj Michálek and his colleagues. The visit organized our two PhD. students Ing. Ján Šumský and Ing. Michal Kubaščík from Department of technical Cybernetics. Our successful graduates of the study programme Computer Engineering Bc. Marek Tebeľák a Ing. Tomáš Bača participated in the events as well.

We are very grateful to Juraj and his colleagues for creating a great time full of interesting lectures and workshops. We are looking forward to our cooperation in the future. 

With deep sorrow we regret to inform the sad demise of our dear friend  and colleague Assoc. Prof. Ing. Juraj Slovák, CSc. who passed away on Monday 5th August 2024 aged 84. He was hard working and heavily contributed to the development of the Faculty of Management Science and Informatics of University of Žilina in Žilina as a Vice-dean for Science and Research and a Vice-dean for International Cooperation. 

A burial ceremony will take place on 9th August 2024 at 11 am at the New Cemetery in Žilina. 

We at the faculty will forewer miss his presence. 

May God rest his soul in peace.  

As part of the project EWALD – Earth Observation for Early Warning of Land Degradation at the European Frontier (Horizon Europe, ID 101086250), our faculty hosted a research team from the ECOMM Co. Ltd (Kyiv, Ukraine). The colleagues Dmytro Vdoviko, Serhii Maltsev, Julia Lypska, Oksana Rozentreger from 16 April to 16 May 2024 together with members of the Department of Informatics created a working group. This group considered the problem of assessing land degradation in the framework of ArcGIS platform. The colleagues from ECOMM organized some lectures and master classes for introduction and working with ArcGIS platform.

The Department of Management Theories, Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, University of Žilina in Žilina is organizing the international conference SPORTS MANAGEMENT IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE on 22-24 April 2024 in Rajecké teplice. 

The conference aims to connect academics and experts from the sports field. One of the keynote speakers is the president of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM) prof. Vassil Girginov from Brunel University London.

More information at: https://www.smicee.org

Dear Academic Community of the Faculty,

We would like to inform you that on 28 February 2024 the representatives of Siemens Healthineers company visited our faculty. Among the visitors were Mr. Dileep Mangsuli (Director of Siemens Healthineers Development Center Worldwide), Mr. Luboš Iro (Director of Siemens Healthineers Development Center Slovakia), Mr. Alexander Roth (Director of Siemens Healthineers Development Center Digital & Automation), Mr. Miki Gaerner (CFO of Siemens Healthineers Development Center Slovakia), Mr. Martin Kavec (expert in AI and innovation in radiology) and Mr. Peter Vandlíček (Product and Solution Development Manager). 

During the visit, the representatives of Siemens Healthineers were acquainted with the current activities of the faculty in Medical and Biomedical Informatics.
In the field of education, the faculty offers the Master´degree study programme Biomedical Informatics. The representatives of Siemens Healthineers company participate significantly in the development of this study programme, regularly organising expert lectures in the selected courses, assigning the topics of final theses and participating in the final examination committees. Mr. Peter Vandlíček is also a member of the Board of the Biomedical Informatics study programme and contributes significantly to the formation of graduates of this study programme.
There are two research groups at the faculty in the field of research. The first group is led by Prof. Elena Zaitseva, who is dedicated to Reliability Engineering and Computational Intelligence and their applications in medicine. The second group, led by Prof. Ivan Cimrák, deals with the applications of computer modelling and machine learning in biomedicine. A very important part of both research groups, besides the faculty staff, are also our PhD students. In their research they are devoted to the use of informatics in the development of methods that can improve the quality and accessibility of health care for all the people.
On the occasion of this important visit, Siemens Healthineers company was awarded with a commemorative medal for the company's long-term contribution to the development of the Faculty of Management Science and Informatics of the University of Žilina, and on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the University of Žilina. The commemorative medal from the hands of the dean Prof. Ing. Emil Kršák, PhD. received Mr. Peter Vandlíček, the representative of the company. The awarded commemorative medal is a token of our gratitude for their long-lasting partnership and support in the field of Medical and Biomedical Informatics.