Curriculum Vitae
- My profile
- Department
- Masaryk University
Faculty of Arts
Department of Musicology
Arna Nováka 1
602 00 Brno
Czech Republic
- Masaryk University
- Employment - Position
- Lecturer of algorithmic art and software aesthetics.
- Education and Academic Qualifications
- 2003: Ph.D. in computer science (Faculty of Informatics). Thesis topic: Exact Aesthetics—Object and Scene to Message.
- 1998: M.Sc. in computer science (Faculty of Informatics). Thesis topic: Information Systems for Academic Conference Management.
- Employment
- 2007 — : Graphic designer. Mostly UX, webdesign and corporate identity, with dominating passion for generative design.
- 2006 — : Independent educator (Masaryk University & Brno University of Technoloogy). Higher-ed lecturer of algorithmic art and software aesthetics.
- 2002 — : Visual artist. Presented at a variety of art shows and festivals, incl. Ars Electronica (Linz), Computer Multimedia Art (Prague) or DOX Center for Contemporary Art (Prague).
- 2020–2022: Lecturer (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs). Author of courses and workshops introducing open-source solutions and enforcing security and privacy in public administration.
- 2018–2020: Educational content creator (Fund for Further Education). Author and supervisor of online courses focused on computer-aided creativity and transferable digital competencies for the Strategy of Digital Education (2015–2020).
- 2007–2016: Web designer (Institute of Computer Science). Designer & consultant for the Uniweb team delivering new web presentation for Masaryk University. Formerly designing user interface and interaction metaphors for the Integrated Students’ Data Registry system and the university Moodle-based environment for creating and sharing e-learning resources.
- 1998–2006: Faculty researcher (Faculty of Informatics). Co-founder of the Graphic Design & Multimedia Group, researcher of software aesthetics and computational foundations of art.
- 1993–2011: Event organizer (Faculty of Informatics). Organizing committe member of conferences and academic events of both local and international impact (SOFSEM, DATAKON, MEMICS).
- Teaching Activities
- 2018 — : Algorithmic art practice (Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University).
- 2014 — : Algorithmic art theory (Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University).
- 2013–2014: Design, typography & typesetting (Caritas Czech Republic).
- 2008–2009: New media art (Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University).
- 2008: Internet as the medium for artistic expression (Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University).
- 2005 — : Visual creativity informatics (Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology).
- 2003–2006: Digital photography (Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University).
- 2003–2006: 3D modeling with Cinema4D (Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University).
- 1999–2006: Visual creativity informatics (Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University).
- Internship
- 2002: Visiting researcher (Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol). Doctoral fellowship at the Digital Media Group aimed at proposing and examining algorithmic criteria for aesthetic evaluation.
- University Activities
- 2017 — : Founding member (Spolek Interier). Association supporting students’ creative activities.
- 2017 — : Editorial board member (JOINME). Online peer-reviewed journal on digital media culture theory & praxis (with Dušan Barok, Barbara Büscher, Martin Flašar, Jozef Kelemen, Denisa Kera and Katarína Rusnáková).
- 2004–2005: Editorial board member (IM6). Journal for new media and information technology culture.
- Activities Outside University
- 2017 — : Co-founder and endowment board member (Napříč.cz). Cultural non-governmental organization (with Josef Prokeš, Robert Král and Zdeněk Filipec).
- 2005 — : Professional member (International Association of Art). Partner of UNESCO with the status of consultative association.
- 2005 — : Professional member (Union of Visual Artists of the Czech Republic). Member of the national legal body of professional artists and art theoreticians.
- Awards Related to Science and Research
- 2021: Happy Moments in Generative Art (invited lecture with Helena Vymazalová). Prototyp Festival. BVV – Brno Fairs, Brno.
- 2018: Math => Art! Mathematical Constructivism in Visual Arts (invited talk). New Histories for New Media Art. Computer Graphic Re-visited 2.0 exhibition. House of Arts, Brno.
- 2014: The Rhythm of Gestures in Mathematical Images (invited talk). 4th International Conference on Performance, Performativity and Media. Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University.
- 2012: Computer Art & Fractals (invited talk). Summer School of Computer Science. Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology.
- 2011: Math + Art (invited talk). Software Studies Symposium. Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University.
- 2010: Algorithmic Aesthetics / Aesthetics of Algorithms (invited talk). Summer School of Computer Science. Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology.
- 2009: Computer Art Now: Exact Aesthetics Practically (invited talk). Software Studies Symposium. Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University.
- 2003: Rector's Award for the best students in doctoral study.
- Major Publications
- HORÁKOVÁ, Jana, Monika SZŰCSOVÁ, Adam FRANC and Tomáš STAUDEK. RE:Galerie. Teorie interaktivních médií v re:akci (RE: Gallery. Interactive media theory in re:action). 2023. FB událost info
- VYMAZALOVÁ, Helena and Tomáš STAUDEK. Šťastné okamžiky v generativním umění (Happy Moments in Generative Art). In Prototyp. Festival umění, vědy a technologií. 2021. URL info
- HORÁKOVÁ, Jana, Jiří MUCHA, Monika SZŰCSOVÁ, Adam FRANC, Martina IVIČIČ, Tomáš STAUDEK and Filip JOHÁNEK. Hands-on Media Art Theory. Linec / Linz: Ars Electronica Festival, 2019. Out of the Box. URL info
- STAUDEK, Tomáš. Math => Art! Matematický konstruktivismus ve výtvarném umění (Math => Art! Mathematical Constructivism in Visual Arts). In New Histories for New Media Art. 2018. info
- STAUDEK, Tomáš. Artgorithms: The Rhythm of Gestures in Mathematical Images. In Media – Performance 4 / Gesture. 4th International conference on performance, performativity and media. 2014. info
- LINKOV, Václav and Tomáš STAUDEK. Chaotic Attractors as a Possible Tool for Psychological Diagnostics. In Psychological Diagnostics of Children and Adolescents, Brno, Czech Republic. 2011. info
2024/12/02
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