Education & Affiliation Jan Flusser was born on the 30th April 1962 in Prague, Czech Republic. He received the M.Sc. degree in mathematical engineering from the Faculty of Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, in 1985, the Ph.D degree in computer science from the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in 1990, and the DrSc. degree in technical cybernetics from the Czech Technical University in 2001. Since 1985 he has been with the Institute of Information Theory and Automation. In 1995-2007 he was holding the position of a head of Department of Image Processing and the position of the Director of the Institute from 05/01/2007 to 04/30/2017. Currently he is the Research Director and the Chair of the Board of the Institute.Teaching & Supervising Since 1991 he has been also affiliated with the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University (MFF UK), Prague and with the Faculty of Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University (FJFI CVUT), Prague (habilitation in Computer Science at MFF UK in 1998, full professorship in Applied Mathematics at FJFI CVUT in 2004), where he gives undergraduate and graduate courses on Digital Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Moment invariants and wavelets. He has been a supervisor of several Ph.D Theses (list) and Master diploma Theses (list). He is also a member of several committees for state examinations, for Ph.D defences in Computer Science, and a Vice-Chair of the committee for DSc. defences in Computer Science and Cybernetics. He was the founder and the first Chairman of the Board of Ph.D study in Computer Graphics and Image Analysis at MFF UK (2012-2016). He is a member of the Board of Ph.D study in Mathematical Engineering at FJFI CVUT, and a member of the Board of Ph.D study in Artificial Intelligence and Biocybernetics at FEL CVUT. Jan Flusser acts also as an external supervisor of Ph.D students in Computer Science at the Unversity of Technology Malaysia, Johor Bahru.

Image processing and pattern recognition