About
Urszula Markowska-Kaczmar is a full professor at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in the Artificial Intelligence Department. She has graduated and received a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Electronics at the Wroclaw University of Technology. In 2008 she received DSc (habilitation) at the System Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. In 1999-2001 she was deputy dean of the Faculty of Computer Science and Management at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. For ten years, she led the student scientific group medical.ml. Her research interests include Computational Intelligence Methods. Since the beginning, she has researched Neural Networks and knowledge extraction from these models. Now she focuses on deep neural networks and their applications. She is the author of more than 130 papers on neural networks, deep network applications, and artificial life. She is a member of international committees and a reviewer in prestigious international journals focused on machine learning pattern recognition and neural networks.
Research Interests
Education
MsC in Computer Science
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology · 1976
Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology · 1980
D.Sc. in Computer Science
Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences · 2008
Full Professor in Information and Communication Technology
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology · 2021
Publications
Semi‑supervised classifier guided by discriminator
2022 · *Scientific Reports*
Human flow recognition using deep learning and image processing methods
2021 · *Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence*
Creating herd behavior by virtual agents using neural networks
2021 · *Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems: Proceedings of the 25th International Conference KES 2021*
Capsule network versus convolutional neural network in image classification
2021 · *Computational Science - ICCS 2021 : 21st International Conference Krakow, Poland, June 16-18, 2021 : proceedings. Pt. 5*
Utterance style transfer using deep models
2021 · *Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems: Proceedings of the 25th International Conference KES 2021*
Interpreting neural networks prediction for a single instance via random forest feature contributions
2021 · *Computational Science - ICCS 2021 : 21st International Conference Krakow, Poland, June 16-18, 2021 : proceedings. Pt. 2*
3D robotic navigation using a vision-based deep reinforcement learning model
2021 · *Applied Soft Computing*
Extreme learning machine versus classical feedforward network. Comparison from the usability perspective
2021 · *Neural Computing & Applications*
Markov network versus recurrent neural network in forming herd behavior based on sight and simple sound communication
2020 · *Applied Soft Computing*
Inference ability assessment of modified Differential Neural Computer
2020 · *Intelligent Information and Database Systems : 12th Asian Conference, ACIIDS 2020, Phuket, Thailand, March 23-26, 2020 : proceedings. Pt. 1*
Computational methods for resting-state EEG of patients with disorders of consciousness
2019 · *Frontiers in Neuroscience*
American sign language fingerspelling recognition using wide residual networks
2018 · *Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing : 17th International Conference, ICAISC 2018, Zakopane, Poland, June 3-7, 2018 : proceedings. Pt. 1*
Is convolutional network competitive for vision method in the furniture dowel quality control?
2018 · *2018 Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications (INISTA) : 3-5 July 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece*
Deep learning - a new era in bridging the semantic gap
2018 · *Bridging the semantic gap in image and video analysis*
Employing game theory and computational intelligence to find the optimal strategy of an autonomous underwater vehicle against a submarine
2016 · *Proceedings of the 2016 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems : September 11–14, 2016, Gdańsk, Poland*
Caption-guided patent image segmentation
2016 · *Proceedings of the 2016 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems : September 11–14, 2016, Gdańsk, Poland*
A* heuristic based on a hierarchical space model extracted from game replays
2016 · *Proceedings of the 2016 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems : September 11–14, 2016, Gdańsk, Poland*
Adaptation of automatic information extraction method for environmental heatmaps to U-matrices of Self Organising Maps
2016 · *Intelligent computing systems : emerging application areas*
A language-independent method for detection and correction of alignment errors in parallel corpora
2015 · *Natural language processing and information systems : 20th International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2015, Passau, Germany, June 17-19, 2015 : proceedings*
The selected metaheuristics efficacy assessment for a given class of problems
2015 · *Intelligent Information and Database Systems : 7th Asian Conference, ACIIDS 2015, Bali, Indonesia, March 23-25, 2015 : proceedings. Pt. 1*
Spiking neural network vs multilayer perceptron: who is the winner in the racing car computer game
2015 · *Soft Computing*
Image-based logical document structure recognition
2015 · *Pattern Analysis and Applications*
Automatic indication of heat loss in thermograms of buildings
2015 · *International Journal of Computer Science Applications*
Logical structure recognition of diagram images
2015 · *Proceedings of the 2015 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems : September 13–16, 2015, Łódź, Poland*
Guest editorial :
2014
Recognition of vehicle motion patterns in video sequences
2014 · *Advances in Systems Science : proceedings of the International Conference on Systems Science 2013 (ICSS 2013)*
Indoor head detection and tracking on RGBD images
2014 · *Proceedings of the 2014 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS) : September 7-10, 2014, Warsaw, Poland*
Fast learning method of interval type-2 fuzzy neural networks
2014 · *2014 14th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI 2014), Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK, 8-10 September 2014*
Automatic information extraction from heatmaps
2014 · *The Fifth International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IISA 2014) : Chania, Crete, Greece, July 07-09, 2014.*
Algorytmy pszczele
2013 · *Metaheurystyki inspirowane naturą w zastosowaniach*
Metaheurezy inspirowane zachowaniem nietoperzy, świetlików, kolonii chwastów i innych organizmów żywych
2013 · *Metaheurystyki inspirowane naturą w zastosowaniach*
Algorytmy oparte na roju
2013 · *Metaheurystyki inspirowane naturą w zastosowaniach*
Algorytmy mrówkowe
2013 · *Metaheurystyki inspirowane naturą w zastosowaniach*
Algorytmy immunologiczne
2013 · *Metaheurystyki inspirowane naturą w zastosowaniach*
Automaty komórkowe
2013 · *Metaheurystyki inspirowane naturą w zastosowaniach*
Sztuczne życie
2013 · *Metaheurystyki inspirowane naturą w zastosowaniach*
Obliczenia oparte na DNA
2013 · *Metaheurystyki inspirowane naturą w zastosowaniach*
Metaheurystyki inspirowane naturą w zastosowaniach
2013 · *Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej*
Ekstrakcja reguł z sieci neuronowych
2013 · *Sieci neuronowe w inżynierii biomedycznej*
Similarity-based training set acquisition for continuous handwriting recognition
2012 · *Information Sciences*
Information extraction from geographical overview maps
2012 · *Computational collective intelligence : technologies and applications : 4th International Conference, ICCCI 2012, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, November 28-30, 2012 : proceedings. Pt. 1*
Agent cooperation within adversarial teams in dynamic environment – key issues and development trends
2012 · *Transactions on computational collective intelligence VI*
Plan and goal structure reconstruction :an automated and incremental method based on observation of a single agent
2012 · *Computer information systems and industrial management : 11th IFIPTC 8 International Conference, CISIM 2012 Venice, Italy, September 26-28, 2012 : proceedings*
Flocking behaviour in simple ecosystems as a result of artificial evolution
2011 · *Applied Soft Computing*
Towards automatic image annotation supporting document understanding
2011 · *Hybrid artificial intelligent systems : 6th International Conference, HAIS 2011, Wroclaw, Poland, May 23-25, 2011 : proceedings. Pt. 1*
Similar image recognition inspired by visual cortex
2011 · *Advances in soft computing : 10th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2011, Puebla, Mexico, November 26 – December 4, 2011 : proceedings. Pt. 2*
Graphical pattern identification inspired by perception
2011 · *Intelligent information and database systems : Third International Conference, ACIIDS 2011, Daegu, Korea, April 20-22, 2011 : proceedings. Pt. 2*
Intelligent techniques in personalization of learning in e-learning systems
2010 · *Computational intelligence for technology enhanced learning*
Biologically inspired agent system based on spiking neural network
2010 · *Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence*
The influence of using design patterns on the process of implementing genetic algorithms
2010 · *Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence*
Emotion-based image retrieval - an artificial neural network approach
2010 · *Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology, Wisła, Poland, October 18-20, 2010.*
Localization of cancerous changes in images of breast tissue
2009 · *Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology, Mrągowo, Poland, October 12-14, 2009*
Evaluation of rules consistency for genetic rule extraction from neural networks
2009 · *Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Information Systems, ICICIS 2009, Cairo, Egypt, March 19-22, 2009.*
Hierarchiczna samoorganizująca się mapa cech z łączeniem sąsiadów
2009 · *Inżynieria wiedzy i systemy ekspertowe*
Capillary abnormalities detection using vessel thickness and curvature analysis
2009 · *Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence*
Kohonen's neural network and evolutionary algorithms in searching for financial investment strategy
2009 · *Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology, Mrągowo, Poland, October 12-14, 2009*
Combined unsupervised :supervised classification method
2009 · *Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence*
Evolutionary approaches to rule extraction from neural networks
2008 · *Engineering evolutionary intelligent systems*
Multi-class iteratively refined negative selection classifier
2008 · *Applied Soft Computing*
Discovery of technical analysis patterns
2008 · *Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology, Wisła, Poland, October 20-22, 2008*
Evaluation of subspace clustering quality
2008 · *Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence*
Genetic algorithm as a tool for stock market modelling
2008 · *Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence*
Extraction of emotional content from music data
2008 · *Seventh International Conference on Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications, [CISIM 2008] : proceedings, Ostrava, The Czech Republic, June 26 - June 28, 2008*
Learning assistant - personalizing learning paths in e-learning environments
2008 · *Seventh International Conference on Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications, [CISIM 2008] : proceedings, Ostrava, The Czech Republic, June 26 - June 28, 2008*
Data mining techniques in e-learning CelGrid system
2008 · *Seventh International Conference on Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications, [CISIM 2008] : proceedings, Ostrava, The Czech Republic, June 26 - June 28, 2008*
An evolutionary algorithm determining a defuzzyfication functional
2007 · *TASK Quarterly*
Semi-automatic training sets acquisition for handwriting recognition
2007 · *Lecture Notes in Computer Science*
Semi-supervised handwritten word segmentation using character samples. Similarity maximization and evolutionary algorithm
2007 · *6th International Conference on Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications. CISIM 2007. Proceedings, Elk, Poland, 28-30 June 2007*
Dynamic meta-cluster as a research environment
2006 · *Modelling and simulation of systems. Proceedings of the [40th] conference, [Prerov, Czech Republic, April 25-27, 2006]*
IBUSCA: a grid-based bottom-up subspace clustering algorithm
2006 · *Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications. ISDA 2006, Jinan, China, 16-18 October 2006. Vol. 1*
Negative selection based method for multi-class problem classification
2006 · *Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications. ISDA 2006, Jinan, China, 16-18 October 2006. Vol. 2*
Rule extraction from approximating neural network - a real challenge for evolutionary method
2006 · *Systems Science*
Creavity of neural networks
2006 · *Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence*
Efektywna analiza skupień w podprzestrzeniach atrybutów
2006 · *Inżynieria wiedzy i systemy ekspertowe, [Wrocław, 21-23 czerwca 2006]. T. 1*
Experimental study of evolutionary based method of rule extraction from neural networks in medical data
2006 · *Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence*
Performance evaluation of different Kohenen [właśc. Kohonen] network parallelization techniques
2006 · *International Symposium on Parallel Computing in Electrical Engineering. PARELEC 2006, Białystok, 13-17 September 2006.*
Ekstrakcja reguł z sieci neuronowych. Podejście ewolucujne
2006 · *Oficyna Wydaw. PWroc.*
Mining of an electrocardiogram
2006 · *XXIst Fall Meeting of the Polish Information Processing Society. Proceedings of the scientific session, [Wisła, December 5-9, 2005].*
Visualization as a method for relationship discovery in data
2006 · *XXIst Fall Meeting of the Polish Information Processing Society. Proceedings of the scientific session, [Wisła, December 5-9, 2005].*
Rule extraction from neural network by hierarchical multiobjective genetic algorithm
2006 · *XXIst Fall Meeting of the Polish Information Processing Society. Proceedings of the scientific session, [Wisła, December 5-9, 2005].*
GA-based Pareto optimization for rule extraction from neural networks
2006 · *Multi-objective machine learning. Ed. Y. Jin.*
Sieci neuronowe w procesach optymalizacyjnych
2005 · *Sieci neuronowe w zastosowaniach. Praca zbiorowa pod red. U. Markowskiej-Kaczmar, H. Kwaśnickiej.*
Sieci neuronowe w zastosowaniach. Praca zbiorowa
2005 · *Oficyna Wydaw. PWroc.*
Fuzzy logic and evolutionary algorithm - two techniques in rule extraction from neural networks
2005 · *Neurocomputing*
The influence of parameters in evolutionary based rule extraction method from neural network
2005 · *5th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications. Proceedings, Wrocław, September 8-10, 2005*
Support vector machines in handwritten digits classification
2005 · *5th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications. Proceedings, Wrocław, September 8-10, 2005*
Sztuczne sieci neuronowe - wprowadzenie
2005 · *Sieci neuronowe w zastosowaniach. Praca zbiorowa pod red. U. Markowskiej-Kaczmar, H. Kwaśnickiej.*
Zastosowanie sieci neuronowych w grach
2005 · *Sieci neuronowe w zastosowaniach. Praca zbiorowa pod red. U. Markowskiej-Kaczmar, H. Kwaśnickiej.*
Zastosowanie sieci neuronowych w robotyce
2005 · *Sieci neuronowe w zastosowaniach. Praca zbiorowa pod red. U. Markowskiej-Kaczmar, H. Kwaśnickiej.*
Sieci neuronowe w biznesie
2005 · *Sieci neuronowe w zastosowaniach. Praca zbiorowa pod red. U. Markowskiej-Kaczmar, H. Kwaśnickiej.*
Sieci neuronowe w rozpoznawaniu wzorców
2005 · *Sieci neuronowe w zastosowaniach. Praca zbiorowa pod red. U. Markowskiej-Kaczmar, H. Kwaśnickiej.*
Sieci neuronowe w automatycznym rozpoznawaniu mowy
2005 · *Sieci neuronowe w zastosowaniach. Praca zbiorowa pod red. U. Markowskiej-Kaczmar, H. Kwaśnickiej.*
Zastosowanie sieci neuronowych w medycynie
2005 · *Sieci neuronowe w zastosowaniach. Praca zbiorowa pod red. U. Markowskiej-Kaczmar, H. Kwaśnickiej.*
Discovering the mysteries of neural networks
2004 · *International Journal Hybrid Intelligent Systems*
Evolutionary approach to rule extraction from medical data
2004 · *Journal of Medical Informatics & Technologies*
Rule extraction from neural network by genetic algorithm with Pareto optimization
2004 · *Artificial intelligence and soft computing - ICAISC 2004. 7th International conference. Proceedings, Zakopane, June 7-11, 2004*
Algorytm genetyczny z optymalizacją wielokryterialną w sensie Pareto w pozyskiwaniu reguł z sieci neuronowej
2004 · *Pozyskiwanie wiedzy i zarządzanie wiedzą, [Kule k. Częstochowy, 13-15 maja 2004]*
Określenie możliwości zastosowania technik sztucznej inteligencji do sterowania złożonymi agregatami metalurgicznymi na jednym z wybranych etapów procesu przetopu zawiesinowego
2004
Hierarchical evolutionary algorithm in the rule extraction from neural network
2004 · *Fourth International ICSC Symposium on Engineering of Intelligent Systems. EIS '2004, Funchal, Portugal, February 29 - March 2, 2004.*
Rule discovery from medical data using genetic algorithm
2004 · *Fourth International ICSC Symposium on Engineering of Intelligent Systems. EIS '2004, Funchal, Portugal, February 29 - March 2, 2004.*
Discovering dependencies in medical data by visualisation
2004 · *Fourth International ICSC Symposium on Engineering of Intelligent Systems. EIS '2004, Funchal, Portugal, February 29 - March 2, 2004.*
Opening neural network black box by evolutionary approach
2003 · *Design and application of hybrid intelligent systems, [Melbourne, 14-17 December 2003]*
Usefuleness of evolutionary methods in the rule extracion
2003 · *9th International Conference on Soft Computing. Mendel 2003, Brno, Czech Republic, June 4-6, 2003*
Extraction of fuzzy rules from trained neural network using evolutionary algorithm
2003 · *11th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks. ESANN '2003. Proceedings, Bruges, Belgium, April 23-24-25, 2003.*
Rule extraction from trained neural network with evolutionary algorithms
2003 · *Neural networks and soft computing. Proceedings of the sixth international conference, Zakopane, June 11-15, 2002*
Zrozumieć sieć neuronową, czyli o metodach pozyskiwania reguł z wytrenowanych sieci neuronowych
2003 · *Pro Dialog*
Zastosowanie profilu UML/SPEM do specyfikacji procesów zarządzania projektem informatycznym
2002
On application of genetic algorithm to rule extraction from trained neural networks
2001 · *7th International Conference on Soft Computing. Evolutionary computation, genetic programming, fuzzy logic, rough sets, neural networks, fractals, Bayesian methods. Mendel 2001, Brno, Czech Republic, June 6-8, 2001.*
Ekstrakcja reguł z sieci neuronowej z wykorzystaniem algorytmu genetycznego
2001 · *Pozyskiwanie wiedzy z baz danych. Materiały na konferencję, Karpacz, 18-20 maja 2001*
Niche mechanism in evolutionary approach to rule extraction from trained neural networks
2001 · *Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Systems Science, Wrocław, 11-14 September 2001. Vol. 2. Systems and control engineering. Operation and manufacturing systems. Knowledge engineering and intelligent systems*
Pozyskiwanie symbolicznej wiedzy z sieci neuronowych
2000 · *Pozyskiwanie wiedzy z baz danych. Materiały na konferencję, Turawa, 19-21 maja 2000*
Blinking artefact recognition in EEG signal using artificial neural network
1999 · *Neural networks and their applications. Proceedings of the fourth conference, Zakopane, 18-22 V 1999*
Parallel genetic algorithm as a method of neural network architecture design
1999 · *Neural networks and their applications. Proceedings of the fourth conference, Zakopane, 18-22 V 1999*
Interpretacja symboliczna wiedzy z sieci neuronowej
1999 · *Pozyskiwanie wiedzy z baz danych. Materiały na konferencję naukową, Szklarska Poręba, 14-16 maja 1999*
Interpretacja symboliczna wiedzy z sieci neuronowej
1999
System designing the neural network structure in parallel environment
1999 · *5th International Conference on Soft Computing. Evolutionary computation, genetic programming, fuzzy logic, neural networks, fractals. Mendel '99, Brno, Czech Republic, June 9-12, 1999.*
Chromosome coding and evolutionary algorithms efficiency
1999 · *Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Informatica*
Chromosome coding and evolutionary efficiency
1998
Hybrid intelligent systems - combination of genetic algorithms and fuzzy logic
1998 · *Colloquia in artificial intelligence. Second Polish Conference on Theory and Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Łódź, September 28-30, 1998.*
Wykorzystanie sieci neuronowych w procesie pozyskiwania wiedzy
1998 · *Pozyskiwanie wiedzy z baz danych. Materiały na konferencję naukową, Rzeczka, 8-10 maja 1998*
Implementation of neural networks in parallel virtual machine (PVM)
1997 · *Proceedings of the Third Conference Neural Networks and their Applications and Summer School on Neural Networks Applications to Signal Processing, Kule, 14 X-18 X 97*
Chromosome coding and evolutionary algorithms efficiency
1997
Do semi-isolated subpopulations evolve quicker? :Genetic and evolutionary algorithms
1996 · *Mendel '96. 2nd International Mendel Conference on Genetic Algorithms, Brno, Czech Republic, June 26-28, 1996.*
Zastosowanie algorytmów genetycznych w problemach optymalizacyjnych
1995 · *Informatyka*
Sztuczna inteligencja w sterowaniu
1994 · *Informatyka*
Zastosowanie sieci neuronowych w systemach czasu rzeczywistego
1994 · *Informatyka*
Możliwości zastosowania systemów ekspertowych w ubezpieczeniach
1994 · *Wiadomości Ubezpieczeniowe*
Projekt techniczny oprogramowania ptd jako procesora czolowego i komputera wezla w sieci skj5/2 wersja 1. Opis funkcjonalny :
1985
Analiza funkcji systemu operacyjnego os isemc /ibm-370/ z punktu widzenia ich przydatnosci w wieloprocesorowym sc serii riad-3
1980
Model formalny procesu prognozowania zachowania systemu cybernetycznego na przykladzie parametrycznego systemu operacyjnego
1979
Algorithms modification in parametric operating system
1979 · *The 2nd IFAC/IFIP Symposium on Software for Computer Control. SOCOCO '79, Prague, June 11-15, 1979. Preprints vol. 1.*
Look-ahead unit in parametric operating system
1979 · *System-Modelling-Control. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium, Zakopane, October 8-13, 1979. [T.] 2.*
Analiza tendencji rozwojowych systemow operacyjnych w celu opracowania koncepcji so dla m. C. Riad-3
1979
Ogolne wymagania na system operacyjny dla m. C. Riad-3 w zakresie wykonywanych funkcji
1979
Model formalny automatu parametrycznego uczacego sie regul gry prognozujacej przebieg procesu rozwoju w systemie cybernetycznym
1978
Prognozowanie procesu ksztalcenia kadr naukowych przy zastosowaniu programowego modelu prognozujacego automatu parametrycznego
1978
Generalization principle in management
1978
Formal model of forecasting game rules
1978
Model formalny regul gry prognozujacej
1978
Management of research development and education
1978
Synteza reguł gry prognozującej opisującej proces prognozowania
1977
Algorytmizacja i wstępna programowa realizacja na komputerze Odra 1300 przykładowego prognozującego automatu rozgrywającego dla prognozowania rozwoju kadry naukowej
1977
Model symulacyjny dla m. c. systemu prognozowania procesu kształcenia kadr naukowych
1976