Curriculum Vitae
| Family name | Čepek |
| First name | Aleš |
| Date of birth | 7 May 1954 |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Civil status | married, two children |
Education
| Institution |
Research Institute for Geodesy and Cartography
(VUGTK) &
Czech Technical University in Prague
(CVUT)
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| Date from-to |
1990 - May 1993 |
| Degree obtained |
CSc (PhD thesis on Application of Givens rotations
for Adjustment with sparse matrices in geodesy)
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| | |
| Institution |
Czech Technical University in Prague,
Faculty of Civil Eng.
|
| Date from-to |
1973 - June 1978 |
| Degree obtained |
Ing (MSc thesis on triangulation on high
targets with measured directions and distances)
|
Language skills
| |
Reading |
Speaking |
Writing |
| Czech |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| English |
4 |
4 |
3 |
| Russian |
3 |
1 |
1 |
mark 1 (notional) to 5 (excellent)
Membership of professional bodies
- Member of subcommision 103 (section of technical sciences) of the
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (clen podoborove komise 103
oborove komise technickych ved GACR)
- Czech Cartographic Society (Kartograficka spolecnost CR)
- Commission for Evaluation of Activities of the Research Institute of
Geodesy, Topography and Cartography (Komise pro hodnoceni vysledku
cinnosti VUGTK)
- Task Force for Elaboration of the Conception of Research and
Development of the Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and
Cadastre in the Period 2001 - 2004 (Skupina pro pripravu Koncepce
vyzkumu a vyvoje CUZK na leta
2001 az 2004)
Skills
- Data structures and algorithms
- Adjustment
- Large sparse systems
- Object programming in C++
- Internet services and Unix server administration
Selected references
- Vondrak J., Cepek, A.: Combined smoothing method and its use in
combining Earth orientation parameters measured by space techniques;
Astron. and Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 147, pp. 347--359 (2000)
- Cepek A., Vondrak J.: Covariances of Smoothed Observational Data;
Acta Polytechnica, Czech Technical University in Prague, vol. 5-6,
2001
- Vondrak J., Pesek I., Ron C., Cepek A., 1998, Earth orientation parameters
1899.7-1992.0 in the ICRS based on the Hipparcos reference frame;
Publ. of the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic, Publication No. 87, 56 pp.
ISSN 1121-9105
- Vondrak J., Ron C., Pesek I., Cepek A., 1998, Solution of Earth
orientation parameters in the Hipparcos reference frame; in
J. Vondrak and N. Capitaine (eds.) Journees 1997 - Syst\`{e}mes de
reference spatio-temporels, Prague, September 22-24, 1997;
Astron. ustav AV CR and Observatoire de Paris, 118-121.
ISBN 2-901057-37-3 and 80-902487-0-5
- Vondrak J., Ron C., Pesek I., Cepek A., 1997, Hipparcos catalogue:
a reference frame for Earth orientation in 1899.7-1992.0;
in Proceedings of the ESA Symposium 'Hipparcos - Venice '97',
13--16 May, Venice, Italy, ESA SP-402 (July 1997), 95-100.
ISBN 92-9092-291-5
- Vrabec V., Cepek A.: Internet :-) CZ;
Grada, Praha 1995, pp. 216, ISBN 80-7169-229-8.
- Vondrak J., Ron C., Cepek A.: New solution of polar
motion and celestial pole offset 1900-1978;
Wiss. Z. Techn. Univers. Dresden 42 (1993), pp. 74-77.
- Vondrak J., Ron C., Cepek, A.:
Determination of Polar Motion, Celestial Pole Offsets and Universal
Time by Optical Astrometry since the Beginning of the Century;
In Journees 1994 "Syst\`{e}mes de reference spatio-temporels"
(Subtitle:"Les Syst\`{e}mes de reference et les constantes
astronomiques fondamentales"), Paris, 13-14 Juin (June),
pp. 128-133.
- Vondrak J., Ron C., Pesek I., Cepek A.:
New Global Solution of Earth Orientation Parameters
from Optical Astrometry in 1900-1990;
Astron. and Astrophys. 297, pp. 899-906. ISSN 0004-6361
- Cepek A., Hnojil J.: First Contacts with Internet
at the Czech Technical University;
In Trevor Owen et al.:
The Learning Highway,
The Canadian Student's Guide to the Internet,
Key Porter Books,
Toronto, 1995, ISBN 1-55013-615-1, pp. 186-189.
Present position
- Professor (Prof.Ing.CSc.) at the Department of Mapping and
Cartography, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University,
Prague, Czech Republic.
- Member of geodesy and cartography PhD study branch counsil
(clen oborove rady geodezie a kartografie pro doktorandske studium)
- Information Manager of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, CTU Prague.
Professional experience record
| Date from-to |
Nov 1992 - present |
| Location |
Prague, CZ |
| Institution |
Czech Technical University |
| Position |
Professor |
| Main duties executed |
Lecturer (C++, seminars: Unix, Internet,
object programming), supervisor for
computer oriented lectures at geodesy
and cartography branch.
Habilitation 1997 (Sparse matrices in geodetic applications)
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| | |
| Date from-to |
March 1980 - July 1991 |
| Location |
Zdiby / Ondrejov, CZ |
| Institution |
Research Institute for Geodesy and Cartography (VUGTK) |
| Position |
Research Assistant |
| Main duties executed |
Participation in research projects, programming, analysis and
implementation of data structures for cadastral programs,
coauthor of programs for adjustment and analysis of 2D
geodetic networks; later at geodetic observatory observations
with circumzenithal (astrolab), project for estimation of
parameters of local quasigeoid
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| | |
| Date from-to |
Oct 1978 --- February 1980 |
| Location |
Prague, CZ |
| Institution |
Land Survey Institute |
| Position |
Surveyor |
| Main duties executed |
Department of Levelling, field measurements in Czech Basic
Vertical Control
|
Others
In connection with my PhD thesis I was given a chance to collaborate
on a project of adjustment of Earth orientation parameter from optical
astrometry since 1900. The project was lead by Dr. Jan Vondrak from
Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. In this
project I proposed and implemented a solution of sparse matrix of
normal equations with a specific sparse structure.
In 2000 the Czech Academy of Sciences awarded this project the price of the
best project of the year.
I consider the
possibility of taking part in this project to be the most important
estimation of my professional career.
I am working on the GNU project Gama (Geodesy and Mapping) - long term
project for open source geodetic software in C++.
At present I am conducting research in the field of applications of
XML and related technologies of distributed processing of geodetic and
cartographic data.
Aleš Čepek
<cepek@fsv.cvut.cz>
Czech Technical University in Prague
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Department of Mapping and Cartography
Thakurova 7
166 29 Prague
Czech Republic
