Jan Patera's CV

Personal Details

Surname, Name:	Patera, Jan
Titles:	Ing.
Date of Birth:	10^th February 1979
Nationality:	Czech
Marital Status:	Single
E-mail:
Postal Address:	Ing. Jan Patera, Vokáčova 941/2, 337 01 Rokycany, Czech Republic
Mobile Phone:	+420 737 380 833

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Education

2002 - present -- Phd. student, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, program Engineer Informatics, specialization Informatics and Computer Sciences (since September 2005 external student)
1997 - 2002 -- Ing., Informatics and Computer Sciences, specialization Computer Graphics (average grade 1.67), Department of Computer Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň
2001 (February - July) -- Socrates Erasmus student (5 months, 2^nd term), University of Bath, United Kingdom
1993 - 1997 -- specialization Mechanic-electronic for automation technology (excellent results), Střední odborné učiliště energetické (secondary school with school leaving examination), Plzeň
1989 - 1992 -- Základní umělecká škola (Art school), Rokycany
1985 - 1993 -- ZŠ jižní předměstí (Primary school), Rokycany

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Work Experience

May 2006 - now -- Software Developer J2SE-SQL-JavaScript-PL/SQL-Linux-RUP, Development Team Leader, Second Line Support (SLS) Project Manager - Unicorn Enterprise System at Unicorn a.s.
March 2005 - February 2006 -- Research worker in the field of algorithms of Computer Graphics (3DTV NoE Project), Part-time progamming in C#, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň
2002-2005 -- Tutor, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň ( KIV/SOJ 2002 - Intel8086 assembler (4 hours/week), KIV/POT 2003 - Zilog80 assembler (4 hours/week), KIV/ZPG 2003 - Basics of computer graphics (4 hours/week), KIV/WIN 2004 - Programming under MS Windows: Visual C++, C#) (6 hours/week), KIV/ZPG 2005 - Basics of computer graphics (in English, Socrates Erasmus students, 4 hours/week) )
November 2002 - December 2003 -- Research worker (MSM 235200005 (Informační systémy a technologie), Part-time programming in C/C++, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň
2004 -- Supervisor, Bachelor Thesis (Jiří Šeda - Conversion of AVI Video to Volume Data)
2002 - 2006 -- Member of Centre of Computer Graphics and Data Visualisation, Plzeň
2001 - 2006 -- Conference Staff, WSCG Conferences, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň
2001 (Summer vacation) -- Staff, Binks Restaurant, Bath, United Kingdom (3 months)
2000 (Summer vacation) -- Staff, Security Agency "IVA", Bontaz factory, Rokycany (2 months)
1998 - 1999 (Summer vacations) -- Electrician, Elektro Zajíček, Rokycany (2 months every year)
1993 - 1997 -- Apprentice practice (Plzeňská teplárenská a.s. (2 months), Škoda Plzeň a.s. (2 months), Elis Plzeň (3 months), ČEZ Plzeň (4 months))

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Stays Abroad and Talks

September 2005 -- Eurographics 2005 (passive), Conference, Dublin, Ireland (6 days)
June 2005 -- 3DTV Project (presentation), Meeting, Hannover, Germany (4 days)
March 2005 -- Algoritmy 2005 (full paper), Conference, Podbánské, Slovakia (6 days)
September 2004 -- ECI 2004 (full paper), Conference, Herĺany, Slovakia (6 days)
February - July 2001 -- Socrates Erasmus student, University of Bath, United Kingdom (5 months, 2^nd term)
November 1996 -- "Energy for Europe" (active), Conference, Essen, Germany (6 days)

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Skills

Programming languages -- Intermediate knowledge of C#, C++, OpenGL®, Managed Direct3D, ANSI C, Assembler i286, MPI (Message Passing Interface), VTK (Visualization Toolkit)
Languages -- Czech (native, spoken and written), English (active, intermediate, spoken and written), Russian (basic, passive)
Driving licence -- Personal cars (category B, up to weight 3500 Kilogramms)
Experienced user of Microsoft® products: Visual Studio, Windows, Office, PowerPoint

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Personal Characteristics

Calm, good-tempered, intelligent, sports-minded, willing to further education, with team cooperation sense and analytic thinking

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Leisure Time Activities

Travelling
Road cycling
Swimming (freestyle - front crawl)
Self educating
Dogs (dachshunds)

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Publications

Patera,Jan, Skala,V.: A Comparison of Fundamental Methods for Iso-surface Extraction, Machine Graphics & Vision, International Journal, Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, ISSN 1230-0535, Volume 13, Number 4, pp. 329-343, 2004 (printed 2005)
Patera,Jan, Skala,V.: Centered Cubic Lattice Method Comparison, Algoritmy 2005, 17th Conference on Scientific Computing, Vysoké Tatry - Podbanské, Slovakia, March 13-18, Vydavatelstvo STU, ISBN 80-227-2192-1, pages 309-318, 2005
Patera Jan (supervisor Skala,V.): Iso-Surface Extraction and Approximation Error, Technical Report Number: DCSE/TR-2004-15, State of the Art and Concept of Doctoral Thesis, University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences, 2004
Uhlíř,K., Patera,Jan, Skala,V.: Radial Basis Function Method for Iso line Extraction, Electronic Computers and Informatics, ECI 2004, Herľany, Slovakia, September 22-24, VIENALA Press, ISBN 80-8073-150-0, pages 439-444, 2004
Patera,Jan (supervisor Skala,V.): Methods for Iso-Surface Extraction and Scalar Data Visualization (in Czech), MSc. Thesis, University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences, 2002

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