Nešetřil Jaroslav
Prof., RNDr., DrSc., Dr.h.c.mult.
Born March 13, 1946 in Brno
- Mathematics and computer science
- Member of Learned Society since 2004
Employment and academic positions:
- 1969, Charles University, M.Sc.;
- 1969, McMaster University (Canada);
- 1970, RNDr; 1975, CSc; 1988, DrSc.;
- 1987, Associate Professor, CU;
- 1993, Professor, geometry and topology, CU;
- 1970-present, FMP CU;
- 1986-1999, Head, Department of Applied Mathematics, CU;
- 1996-present, Founder-Director, Discrete Mathematics in Applications (DIMATIA) International Centre, Prague;
- 1999-present, Director, Institute of Theoretical Computer Science (Institut Teoretické Informatiky, ITI), CU;
- 1989-1998, member, Scientific Council, FMP, CU
Notable awards:
- 1977, Silver Medal, JěSMF (Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists)
- 1985, State Prize for Science (with V. Rodl)
- 1996, Corresponding Member, Academy of Sciences; Duesseldorf
- 2001, Dr.h.c., University of Alaska (USA)
Selected publications:
- Mathematics of Ramsey Theory (V.Rodl, co-author), Springer Verlag, 1990
- Mathematics of Paul Erdos (R.L.Graham, co-author) (in two parts), Springer Verlag, 1997
- Invitations to Discrete Mathematics (J. Matoušek, co-author), Oxford University Press, 1998
- Translations: Czech 1997, German 2001, Japanese 2002, French 2004
- Graphs and Homomorphisms (P.Hell, co-author), Oxford University Press, 2004
- Graphs, Morphisms and Statistical Physics (P. Winkler, co-author), American Mathematical Society, 2004
- About 250 scientific publications
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