Jan Flusser

Prof. Jan Flusser is a distinguished researcher and professor specializing in digital image processing and pattern recognition. He serves as the research deputy director at the Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the Czech Academy of Sciences (UTIA CAS) since 2017, having previously served as director from 2007-2017. He is actively involved in teaching at Charles University's Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (MFF UK) and Czech Technical University's Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering (FJFI ČVUT).

His research focuses on digital image processing, object recognition, and artificial intelligence, with specific expertise in image fusion, moment invariants for object recognition, image registration, and blind deconvolution. Prof. Flusser has authored or co-authored over 200 scientific publications including two major monographs: "Moments and Moment Invariants in Pattern Recognition" (Wiley, 2009) and "2D and 3D Image Analysis by Moments" (Wiley, 2016). His work has received over 21,000 Google Scholar citations and 11,500 SCOPUS citations (H-index 47 and 37 respectively).

Prof. Flusser has led more than 20 basic research projects (both national and international) as well as applied projects, particularly in computer vision, astronomy, remote sensing, and medicine. From 2015-2018, he coordinated the research program "Hope and Risks of the Digital Age" as part of the AV21 Strategy. His research has been recognized with several prestigious awards including the Czech Academy of Sciences Award in category "A", the Chairman of the Czech Science Foundation Award, and the Elsevier "SCOPUS 1000 Award".

• Cena AV ČR v kategorii "A" za přínos k teorii fúze digitálních obrazů (2007)
• Cena předsedy GA ČR za výsledky v oblasti rekonstrukce obrazů v astronomii (2007)
• Cena nakladatelství Elsevier "SCOPUS 1000 Award" (2010)
• Felberova medaile ČVUT II. stupně (2015)
• Akademická prémie AV ČR (2017)
• Senior Member IEEE

Prof. Flusser has successfully supervised 14 PhD students (including 2 international students as of 2024) and has been instrumental in establishing doctoral programs in computer graphics and image analysis. He serves on multiple committees for final state examinations and PhD dissertation defenses, and chairs the committee for DSc. dissertation defenses at the Czech Academy of Sciences in the field of Informatics and Cybernetics.