Our Status

Centre for Conceptual Modelling is a Centre of Excellence at Faculty of Information Technologies (FIT) of Czech Technical University in Prague. The core of the group is formed by the Department of Software Engineering, however we cooperate tightly with the rest of the University, mostly with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEL). We cooperate with several partners.

Our vision

To be a top partner for research and industry in the area of conceptual modelling — see the homepage for the main idea, why we are enthusiastic about conceptual modelling. Because this area of expertise is not publicly well-known yet, our vision is also to contribute to a broad understanding of importance of conceptual modelling.

What we do

We are interested in methodologies and tools for modelling complex realities (domains) at the conceptual level. We are interested in methodologies that:

• Are based on strong formalism.
• Have a high expressive power.
• Are practical for business use.
• Have a high potential to create a business leverage when used properly.

We are also interested in models transformations, especially into software implementations, which are a strongpoint of the Faculty. We focus on conceptually-oriented programming languages.

You may enjoy watching Bret Victor’s fascinating lecture Inventing on Principle. We are highly aligned to his understanding how excellence at innovation works.

The Core Team (in Alphabetical Order)

	Ing. Jan Blizničenko Pharo programmer Ph.D. student atFaculty of Information Technology Teacher of object oriented programming and database systems Web application developer (e.g. daywork.cz)
	Ing. David Buchtela, Ph.D. Information systems management Researcher and teacher at Faculty of Information Technology
	Mgr. Ondřej Dvořák Component software development Ph.D. student at Faculty of Information Technology
	Ing. Vojtěch Knaisl ELIXIR - Data Stewardship Wizard Functional programming, Haskell
	Prof. Dr. Ing. Petr Kroha, CSc. Software Engineering and Ontologies Full professor at Faculty of Information Technology
	Bc. Tereza Machačová Semantic models for datasets Data Management Planning Teaching BI-KOM
	doc. Ing. Robert Pergl, Ph.D. Director of CCMi Research networking Industry networking Methodologies expert and programming enthusiast Researcher and teacher at Faculty of Information Technology
	Ing. Zdeněk Rybola, Ph.D. OntoUML researcher and teacher at Faculty of Information Technology
	Ing. Marek Skotnica Ontological modelling DEMO .NET programming ForMetis cooperation PhD student at Faculty of Information Technology
	Ing. Jan Slifka ELIXIR - Data Stewardship Wizard Functional programming, Elm
	Ing. Marek Suchánek Web master & server admin Haskell programming, web app development Conceptual modelling and formal specifications
	Ing. David Šenkýř Conceptual Modelling and Text Mining .NET programming Ph.D. student at Faculty of Information Technology
	Ing. Michal Valenta, Ph.D. Databases Professor at Faculty of Information Technology Head of Department of Software Engineering
	Ing. Dana Vynikarová, Ph.D. Information systems management Researcher and teacher at Faculty of Information Technology

Honorary Members (in Alphabetical Order)

	Prof. Joseph Barjis Expert on DEMO, modelling and simulations Hosting Professor at Faculty of Information Technology
	Prof. Dr. Jan L. G. Dietz Author of Enterprise Engineering theories and the DEMO method Director and stockholder of Sapio Hosting Professor at Faculty of Information Technology Emeritus professor at TU Delft
	Prof. Ing. Jan Dohnal, CSc. Information systems management Social Computing in Business Support Full professor at Faculty of Information Technology
	Doc. Ing. Vojtěch Merunka, Ph.D. Research networking Industry networking BORM method co-author Researcher and teacher at Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering

Students (in Alphabetical Order)

• Ondřej Král (FIT CTU): Conceptual modelling with OntoUML

Memberships

We are active members of:

• CIAO! Network (more in news)
• ELIXIR-CZ (more in news)
• Pharo Consortium (more in news)

Collaborators

• Dr. Giancarlo Guizzardi and members of Ontology & Conceptual Modeling Research Group (NEMO), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil

Alumni (in Alphabetical Order)

• Ing. Michal Balda (FIT CTU): Pharo programming
• Ing. Dan Homola (FIT CTU): OntoUML
• Ing. Lukáš Janeček
• Ing. Vincenc Kolařík
  • Ontological modelling: OntoUML
  • Normalised Systems
• Bc. Lukáš Komárek (FIT CTU)
• Ing. Roman Lánský(FIT ČVUT)
• Ing. Veronika Larionová
  • Simulations of BORM
  • Normalized Systems Theory
  • Programming in Pharo
• Ing. Oskar Maxa (MFF UK): tools development
• Ing. Josef Moravec
  • Process modelling expert
  • Researcher at Faculty of Information Technology
• Ing. Rostislav Novák
  • process and ontological modelling: BORM, BPMN, OntoUML
  • Smalltalk programmer
  • MSc. student at Faculty of Information Technology
• Ing. Jan Turoň (FIT CTU): process modelling, BORM, BPMN, DEMO, DynaCASE programmer
• Ing. Peter Uhnák
  • Pharo programmer
  • DynaCASE architect and main programmer
  • Normalised Systems (NSX company>
• Ing. Matúš Vološin
  • process and ontological modelling: BORM, BPMN, OntoUML
  • Smalltalk programmer
  • MSc. student at Faculty of Information Technology
• Ing Alžběta Zyková (FIT CTU): BORM orchestration implementation
• Ing. Adam Žďára (FIT CTU): DEMO models visualisation