AWARDS OF THE INSTITUTE STUDENTS
Polish Information Processing Society contest for the best Master of Science thesis
1987 - J.Stefanowski, distinction, supervisor: Roman Słowiński, Ph.D., Dr. Habil., Professor
1990 - M.Idzikowski, P. Grzeszczak, II award, supervisor: Tadeusz Morzy, Dr. Habil., Associate Professor
1994 - R.Mieńko, distinction, supervisor: Barbara Wołyńska Ph.D., Assistant Professor
1995 - M.Kasprzak, distinction, supervisor: Jacek Błażewicz, Ph.D., Dr. Habil., Professor
1997 - D.Słobodzian, III award, supervisor: Tadeusz Morzy, Dr. Habil., Associate Professor
1997 - A.Czajka, distinction, supervisor: Jerzy Nawrocki, Dr. Habil., Associate Professor
1997 - K.Oborzyński and C. Sobaniec, distinction, supervisor: Jerzy Brzeziński, Dr. Habil., Associate Professor
1998 - M.Bocian, distinction, supervisor: Rafał Walkowiak, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
2002 - M.Zurawski, distinction, supervisor: Jerzy Stefanowski, Ph.D., Dr. Habil., Associate Professor
2004 - B.Paliswiat, I award, supervisor: Jerzy Nawrocki, Ph.D., Dr. Habil., Associate Professor
2007 - A.Dudczak, II award, supervisor: Jerzy Stefanowski, Ph.D., Dr. Habil., Associate Professor
2008 - P.Domagalski, distinction, supervisor: Cezary Sobaniec, Ph.D.
2009 - M.Szubert, II award, supervisor: Krzysztof Krawiec, Ph.D., Dr. Habil., Associate Professor
2010 - D.Brzeziński, II award, supervisor: Jerzy Stefanowski, Ph.D., Dr. Habil., Associate Professor
ACM Collegiate Programming Contest
1994 - Z.Kaczmarek, R.Szulc, W.Wysocki, VIII place, (Northwestern Europe Region, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
1997 - Ł.Gwóźdź, M.Przysucha, M.Zawirski, VI place, (Northwestern Europe Region, held in Delft, The Netherlands)
1997 - F.Pankau, D.Weiss, P.Wesołek, IX place, (Northwestern Europe Region, held in Delft, The Netherlands)
1998 - Ł.Gwóźdź, S.Piotrowski, P.Zieliński, I place, (Northwestern Europe Region, held in s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands)
1999 - Ł.Gwóźdź, S.Piotrowski, P.Zieliński, XI place, (International Collegiate Programming Contest, held at Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
1999 - P.Wesołek, B.Nowierski, P.Zieliński, V place, (Central Europe Region, held in Prague, Czech Republic)
2000 - P.Zielinski, B.Nowierski, P.Kubiaczyk, III place, and M.Prinke, M.Rein, L.Olek VI place, (Mid Central European Region, held at University of Freiburg, Germany)
2001 - J.Chmiel, B.Nowierski, S.Skowronek, IX place, (Central European Region, Warszawa)
2003 - W.Jaśkowski, S.Skowronek, S.Wąsik, XII place, (Central European Region, Warszawa)
2008 - S.Walkowski, A.Gawarkiewicz, T.Zurkowski, IV place, (Central European Region, Wrocław)
More about successes in collegiate programming contests.
Annual IEEE Computer Society International Design Competition (CSIDC)
2000 - W.Gryncewicz, G.Jachimko, T.Janiszewski, A.Waliszewski, P.Zieliński, mentor J.Kniat,
III place in the
CSIDC 2000:
The IEEE Computer Society
1st Annual International Design Competition,
(see diploma (jpg 90k),
project description (pdf 505k),
photographs)
2001 - P.Kowalik, P.Kubiaczyk, K.Nowak, S.Osiński, T.Pużak, mentor J.Kniat,
I place in the
CSIDC 2001: The
IEEE Computer Society
2nd Annual International Design Competition,
for the project: BlueEyes Conscious Brain Involvement Monitor.
Read more.
2002 - M.Kowalski, B.Nowierski, M.Rein, Ł.Szajkowski, mentor J.Kniat,
II place in the
CSIDC 2002: The
IEEE Computer Society
3rd Annual International Design Competition,
for the project: CarTooth. Car Payment System.
Read more.
2004 - W.Jaskowski, K.Jedrzejek, B.Nyczkowski, S.Skowronek, mentor J.Kniat,
I place in the
CSIDC 2004: The
IEEE Computer Society
Fifth Annual Computer Society International Design Competition,
for the project: Lifetch Life Saving System.
Read more.
2005 - J.Chmiel, M.Tluczek, O.Stankiewicz, W.Switala, mentor J.Jelonek,
II place in the
CSIDC 2005: The
IEEE Computer Society
Sixth Annual Computer Society International Design Competition, for a
project: Read IT: A Portable Text Reading System for the Blind People.
CISDC 2005 blog.
See a Diploma.
Stipends of the Ministry of National Education
1998/1999 - J.Miądowicz, P.Zieliński
1999/2000 - Ł.Gwóźdź, D.Weiss, P.Zieliński
2002/2003 - M.Gabor, B.Nowierski, Ł.Olek, S.Osinski
2003/2004 - W.Andrzejewski, P.Chudziński, Ł.Olek, B.Paliświat, A.Wojnowska
2006/2007 - F.Gorski, P.Hołubowicz, P.Lichocki, M.Mamoński, P.Marciniak, M.Płaza, M.Ruciński, S.Stempiń, S.Szczepanowski, P.Taront, S.Wąsik.
Imagine Cup
2004 - G.Sobański, L.Piątkowski, B.Pierzchalewicz, B.Wieloch,
I place in the "Imagine Cup" organized by Microsoft Poland, for project "Safe City", mentor: M.Sobczak.
You can watch a film.
IV place in the East-Europe finals in St. John's College in Cambridge
(see more).
2005 - W.Jaśkowski, J.Gorgolewski, I place in Imagine Cup 2005, in category Visual Gaming. More ...
2006 - M.Ignac, M.Stelmach, B.Rapp i W.Świtała,
I place in the "Imagine Cup" organized by Microsoft Poland,
III place in European half-finals in Slovenia,
in category software design,
for project "HeartBIT", mentor: J.Jelonek.
Read
more,
more and
more ...
2006 - M.Wronowski, M.Tartanus, M.Zygmunt oraz S.Wybrański,
II place in the "Imagine Cup" organized by Microsoft Poland,
in category software design,
for project "foodExplorer", mentor: M.Sobczak.
Read
more,
more and
more...
2006 - J.Barcikowski (from our Institute) and J.Górniewicz (from University of Warmia and Mazury), II position in category "short film".
More info.
2007 - S. Wybrański, M. Zygmunt, M. Wronowski, M. Tartanus,
I place in the national finals organized by Microsoft Poland,
mentor: M.Sobczak.
In news.
2007 - Ł.Kirchner, P.Sikora, D. Walczak, M. Wrzos,
II place in the national finals organized by Microsoft Poland
for project smartEducation.
Mentor: J.Jelonek.
A booklet about the product.
Several
photographs from the
contest, and a
film.
2007 - J.Barcikowski (from our Institute) and J.Górniewicz (from University of Warmia and Mazury), I place in category "short film".
2007 - Team InPUT: S.Wybrański, M.Zygmunt,M.Tartanus, M.Wronowski,
with their project OneSpace, chosen to participate in the Imagine Cup Innovation Accelerator program.
More info in
http://www.wybranski.com/media.html
and in the account by S.Brzezinski from TV Biznes.
2008 - Team InPUT: S.Wybrański, M.Zygmunt, M.Tartanus, M.Wronowski,
won the 'business readiness' award in
ImagineCup Innovation Accelerator 2008 Palo Alto, CA, USA.
for their project *OneSpace*.
More on
ImagineCup Innovation Accelerator and on
edition 2008.
Press release from Microsoft Polska,
some photographs from flickr.
2008 - Team Aero@PUT: P.Kryger, M.Małaczyński, J.Pawłowski,
P.Ślęzak (Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunication) was qualiffied to
finals of Imagine Cup 2008 in category
Embedded Development. Mentor: W.Świtała.
An article in local Gazeta Wyborcza (newspaper).
2008 - Team "Together": T.Nowak, P.Sikora, D.Walczak, M.Wrzos,
M.Ignac (alumnus from 2007, currently 1st year student of the Academy of Fine Arts Poznan.)
qualified to the finals of Imagine Cup 2008 in category
Software Design Interoperability Award. Mentor: J.Jelonek.
An article in local Gazeta Wyborcza (newspaper).
2008 - Team "Aero@PUT": P.Kryger, M.Malaczyński,
J.Pawlowski, P.Ślęzak won the 3rd place in the category "Embedded Development"
in the World Finals of Imagine Cup, in Paris.
The team mentor was W.Świtała. More about their project
Ecopteron.
2008 - Team "Together":
T.Nowak, M.Wrzos, D.Walczak, P.Sikora, M.Ignac,
won the 3rd place in the category "Software Design Interoperability"
in the World Finals of Imagine Cup, in Paris.
The team mentor was J.Jelonek.
More about their project
2GetThere.
2008 -
Ranking
of Polish Universities in Imagine Cup
(local copy).
2009 -
Team "Monastery of Innovations": K.Kaczmarek
with project "HospFinder" won the 2nd place in category "MashUp"
in the World Finals of Imagine Cup, in Cairo.
More about the project
http://www.karolkaczmarek.com/
and about
Imagine Cup.
Other contests and awards
1998 - M.Faifer, III award in the StatSoft company competition for the best Master of Science thesis prepared with the use of statistical data analysis tools comprised in STATISTICA software suite, supervisor: Barbara Wołyńska Ph.D., Assistant Professor
2001 - M.Kosmowski, III award in the
Nokia contest
"My vision of the future of wireless communication".
You can read also here about the contest.
2003 - P.Senftleben, II award in the competition of the Polish Federation
of Engineering Associations (NOT), Poznań branch, for the best Master thesis,
and I award for a master thesis in electrical engineering, from
the Poznan branch of Society of Polish Electric Engineers (SEP),
supervisor R.Klaus, Ph.D, Assistant professor.
2003 - P.Kubiaczyk - a EuroTalent prize in the field of science
awarded by Poznan branch of Polish state television.
2004 - B.Nowierski - a EuroTalent prize in the field of science
awarded by Poznan branch of Polish state television.
2004 - S. Wąsik, P. Gawron, W. Bodzek - won the III Podlasie Collegiate Programming Contest
(III Podlaski Turniej w Programowaniu zespołowym).
2005 - W.Jaśkowski, S.Skowronek, S.Wąsik, I place, in Challenge 24,
a 24-hour programming contest in Budapest, Hungary. Results announcement,
team scores (local copies).
2005 - F.Gorski, P.Marciniak, M.Plaza, S.Stempin - I place,
and P.Lichocki, M.Mamonski, S.Wasik - II place, in Grid Plugtests 2005
contest. Read more...
2007 - A.Gawarkiewicz, J.Lamecki, W.Szymaniak - I place in th
VI Podlasie Collegiate Programming Contest
(VI Podlaski Turniej w Programowaniu zespolowym).
2007 - S.Wąsik, W.Mruczkiewicz, A.Gawarkiewicz - III position;
J.Lamecki, S.Walkowski, M.Matela - V position;
W.Szymaniak, M.Szubert, S.Kochman - IX position, in the I Krakow Open
Collegiate Programming Contest
KrakOpen 2007.
See ranking.
2007 - S.Wąsik, P.Lichocki, P.Hołubowicz, M.Kadziński,
W.Mruczkiewicz, S.Bąk, M.Mamoński, M.Szubert -
Polish Talent
stipend from TP group foundation.
2007 - K.Gałęcki, K.Gawronek, Award of the City of Poznań for the master thesis
"Legislation support system for the Office of the City of Poznań", supervisor: prof. dr hab. inż. T.Morzy.
2007 - S.Wąsik, W.Mruczkiewicz, T.Żurkowski, 6th position in
12th Polish Collegiate Programming Contest
2007 - M.Kmieciak, M.Zawirski, M.Szubert won the 1st prize in
4th Grid Plugtest contest
in
Permutation Flow Shop Scheduling
in Beijing, China.
Diploma .
2007 - M.Mamoński, P.Lichocki, S.Wąsik - II place in
4th Greed N-Queens Contest
in Beijing, China, in the cathegory of the biggest number of obtained solutions.
2008 - M.Kmieciak, J.Palus, M.Szubert, M.Zawirski, I place in a
contest of
e-point companyfor the best diploma thesis.
Tistle of the thesis
"Distributed computing environment based on ProActive library"
("Rozproszone środowisko obliczeniowe oparte na bibliotece ProActive”).
The supervisor: dr C.Sobaniec.
2009 - M.Błażewicz, distinction in the best bioinformatics master thesis competition
organized by Polish Bioinformatics Society.
The title of the thesis was "RNA fragment search engine - project and implementation".
Dr. Marta Szachniuk was the supervisor of this thesis.
2010 - W.Mruczkiewicz, award for the best bioinformatics master thesis in the competition
organized by Polish Bioinformatics Society.
The title of the thesis was
"Hyper-heuristics for Sequencing by Hybridization Problem".
Prof. Jacek Błażewicz was the supervisor of this thesis.
2011 - T.Grzywalski (graduate), J.Jurkiewicz (Ph.D. Student),
J.Porzuczek, M.Szajek, 1st place in the cathegory "highest business value"
of the Hack4Europe!
competition, for the Art4Europe project.
2011 - P.Kaleta, Z.Tenerowicz (AMU student),
1st place in the cathegory "most innovative idea" of the Hack4Europe!
competition, for the project "EU Field game".
AWARDS OF THE STAFF MEMBERS
EURO Gold Medal
1991 - J.Blazewicz, R.Slowinski, J.Weglarz
Honorary Doctor's Degree
2000 - R.Slowinski - Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium
2001 - R.Slowinski - University Paris Dauphine, France
2001 - J.Weglarz - Technical University of Szczecin, Poland
2002 - J.Weglarz - University of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow, Poland
2005 - J.Weglarz - Technical University of Czestochowa, Poland
2006 - J.Weglarz - Poznan University of Technology, Poland
2006 - J.Blazewicz - Universtaet Siegen, Germany
2008 - J.Weglarz - Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
2008 - J.Weglarz - University of Silesia, Poland
2008 - R.Slowinski - Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece (Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης)
2009 - J.Weglarz - University of Zielona Góra
Awards of the
Foundation for Polish Science
2000 - J.Weglarz
2005 - R.Slowinski more in press
Stipends of the
Foundation for Polish Science
1993 - M.Drozdowski, J.Stefanowski
1995 - A.Jaszkiewicz
1996 - M.Hapke
1999 - G.Waligora
2001 - M.Kasprzak, M.Sterna
2003 - B.Walter
2004 - B.Walter, M.Komosinski
Laureates of the
Foundation for Polish Science programme
subsidies for the scientists
2001 - R.Slowinski
Membership of the Polish Academy of Sciences
J.Weglarz - full member
J.Blazewicz - corresponding member
R.Slowinski - corresponding member
Awards of the Polish Academy of Sciences
1996 - J.Nawrocki from the IV Division of Technical Sciences in the field
of computer science for the monograph "Design and Optimization of Dynamic Memory allocation for Real Time Systems" (in Polish)
1999 - M.Drozdowski from the IV Division of Technical Sciences in the field
of computer science for the monograph "Selected problems of scheduling tasks in multiprocessor computer systems"
2002 - J.Stefanowski from the IV Division of Technical Sciences in the field
of computer science for the monograph "Algorithms of rule induction for knowledge discovery" (in Polish)
2005 - M.Kasprzak from the IV Division of Technical Sciences in the field
of computer science for the monograph "Combinatorial Models and Methods for Reading Genomic Sequences"
2008 - M.Sterna award from the IV Division of Technical Sciences in the field
of computer science for the monograph "Late Work Scheduling in Shop Systems"
2009 - P.T. Wojciechowski award from the IV Division of Technical Sciences in the field
of computer science for the monograph "Language Design for Atomicity, Declarative Synchronization and Dynamic Update in Communicating Systems".
More ...
Prime Minister Awards
1996 - A.Jaszkiewicz for the Ph.D thesis
1998 - M.Drozdowski for the habilitation thesis
2000 - M.Kasprzak for the Ph.D thesis
2001 - G.Waligora for the Ph.D thesis
2007 - P.Formanowicz for the habilitation thesis
Awards of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (formerly National Education)
1993 - R.Slowinski, J.Stefanowski, A.Jaszkiewicz for scientific research results
1995 - J.Stefanowski individual award for the Ph.D. thesis.
1996 - A.Jaszkiewicz individual award for the Ph.D. thesis
2001 - K.Krawiec individual award for the Ph.D. thesis.
2009 - P.T. Wojciechowski, individual award for the habilitation thesis
Other contests and awards
1999 - M.Komosinski, 5th European Conference on Artificial Life
Research Award. The award is given to a young researcher who produced an
outstanding work
in the field of artificial life.
2000 - team lead by M.Drozdowski, 2nd place
in the Intel
Corporation and President of Poland
contest "Electronic economy in Polish higher education".
2001 - K.Krawiec, contest of the
Polish Association for Image Processing
for the best Ph.D. thesis.
2001 - K.Krawiec, J.Jelonek - (First award ex aequo), P.Formanowicz (distinction)
in the contest for the best Ph.D. thesis of the year organized
by Foundation for Systems Sciences Development of Polish Academy of Sciences.
2004 - Carrot2 project,
special award for Research Tools in the European Academic Software Award
(EASA) 2004 competition.
Read more (in Polish).
2006 - J.Błażewicz, Scientific Award of the City of Poznan, diploma (117k, JPG), in press (Glos Wielkopolski 23 VI 2006, 187k, png).
2006 - M.Miłostan, B.Walter, Scientific Stipend of the City of Poznan.
2006 - M.Szachniuk, European Doctoral Dissertation Award
from the European Association of Operational Research Societies
EURO,
info about the award (in Polish),
diploma.
2006 - A.Ławrynowicz, an award for the best poster
"Pattern discovery from ABoxes of OWL DLP knowledge bases "
on
the Fourth Summer School (SSSW'06) (Cercedilla, Spain),
and one more award for a team project (together with: Eva Blomqvist - Jönköping University, Sweden, Tamas Hauer - CERN, Andriy Nikolov - The Open University, UK, Jetendr Shamdasani - CERN).
2007 - W.Jaśkowski, K.Krawiec, B.Wieloch won Ant Wars competition.
See diploma,
or report,
you can even play with the ant.
More
information.
2007 - K.Dembczyński, W.Kotłowski, and M.Sydow (the last person from Polish Japanese Institute of Informatiion Technology)
won Knowledge Discovery
Challenge organized at
ECML/PKDD'2007 Conference.
2008 - A.Urbaniak,
Aquarina award from Polish Association of Water Management
Engineers and Technicians (PZITS) and SEEN Technologie for His
exceptional achievements in environmental protection.
More ...
2008 - A team from the of
Laboratory Intelligent Decision Support Systems,
lead by dr. J.Jelonek,
distinction
in the cathegory of "Passenger servicing systems", at the
TRANSEXPO
fair in Kielce.
2010 - R.Wrembel, IBM Faculty Award.
AWARDS FOR THE INSTITUTION
2004 - We are a center of excellence.
2008 - First position in the ranking
of Universities teaching computer science in Poland, prepared by the
Committee of Computer Science of Polish Academy of Sciences.
Local copy of the final ranking.
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