Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Pavel Petrovič, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Petrovič
I.2 - Name
Pavel
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1975
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynská dolina F1 842 48 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
pavel.petrovic@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4536?mode=full&do=filterFormsubmit&name=Pavel&surname=Petrovič&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyhľadať
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Computer Science
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0001-8308-0066

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University
II.b - Year
1998
II.c - Study field and programme
computer science, artificial intelligence
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
computer science, artificial intelligence
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
University lecturer Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim August 2002 - Januar 2003
Teaching assistant Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim August 2003 - Jun 2004
Civil service Univerzita Komenského, Bratislava September 2004 - Jun 2005
Assistant Professor FMFI UK Bratislava December 2007 - doteraz

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
RoboCup Junior Slovensko, organizer, head of jury IT Akadémia, Slovenská spoločnosť Elektronikov 2001-2025
LEGO Education Academy Teacher Training Certified Trainer LEGO Education 2020 - 2025
Robot club leader Spojená škola sv. Františka, Gymnázium Novohradská 2009-2025
FIRST LEGO League, organizer, jury Hands on Technology, Leipzig 2008-2017

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Information Systems Development Applied Informatics I. Computer Science
Computer Principles - system programming Applied Informatics I. Computer Science
Computer Principles - operating systems Applied Informatics I. Computer Science
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
5
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
69
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
37
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Development of Information Systems Applied Informatics I. Computer Science
Applied Robotics Seminar Applied Informatics I. Computer Science
Practical Robotics Seminar Applied Informatics I. Computer Science
Computer Principles - System Programming Applied Informatics I. Computer Science
Computer Principles - operating systems Applied Informatics I. Computer Science
Advanced programming in Java (Java EE) Applied Informatics II. Computer Science
Algorithms in Artificial Intelligence in Robotics Applied Informatics II. Computer Science
Bachelor Seminar Applied Informatics I. Computer Science

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
77
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
13
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
10
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
4
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
248
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
63
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
10
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
4
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Petrovič P., Kostrian L. (2024) Humanoid Robot Lilli in Education and Research, RCAR 2024.

2

Petrovič P. (2021) Spike up Prime Interest in Physics, Robotics in Education 2020.

3

Pavel Petrovic, Richard Balogh:Deployment of Remotely-Accessible Robotics Laboratory. Int. J. Online Eng. 8(S2): 31-35 (2012)

4

Petrovic P., Balogh R. (2016) Summer League: Supporting FLL Competition, Constructionism in Action, 2016, Bangkok.

5

Juraj Plavcan, Pavel Petrovic: Direct and Indirect Representations for Evolutionary Design of Objects. Artificial Evolution 2007: 160-171

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Petrovič P. (2022) Spike up Prime Interest in Mathematics, EDULEARN 2022.

2

Petrovič P. (2021) Spike up Prime Interest in Physics, Robotics in Education 2020.

3

Balogh R., Petrovič P. (2019) Robot League - A Unique Online Robotics Competition Robotics in Education, 2019.

4

Petrovič P., Vaško J. (2020) An Open Solution for a Low-Cost Educational Toy, Robotics in Education, Vienna 2019.

5

Petrovič P., Kostrian L. (2024) Humanoid Robot Lilli in Education and Research, RCAR 2024.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Ziyi Zhang et.al: An Interactive Robot Platform for Introducing Reinforcement Learning to K-12 Students, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2022, 1359, pp 288-301.

2

Michael Yi-Chao Jiang et.al: They believe students can fly: A scoping review on the utilization of drones in educational settings, Computers & Education, Vol. 220, 2024.

3

Milad Mozafari, Mohammad Ebrahim Shiri, Hamid Beigy, A Cooperative Learning Method Based on Cellular Learning Automata and Its Application in Optimization Problems, Journal of Computational Science 11, DOI:10.1016/j.jocs.2015.08.002.

4

Leonardo de la Cruz-Trujillo et al., Application of a cellular automaton for the evolution of etched nuclear tracks, Radiation Measurements 50:201–206, 2013, DOI:10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.11.021.

5

T. Sapounidis, Dimitris Alimisis: Educational robotics for STEM: A review of technologies and some educational considerations, In book: Science and Mathematics Education for 21st Century Citizens: Challenges and Ways ForwardChapter: 9Publisher: Nova science publishers: Hauppauge, NY, USA, 2020.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

017UK-4/2016 Rozvoj stredoeurópskeho interdisciplinárneho magisterského programu kognitívna veda v anglickom jazyku (člen rieš. kolektívu) / Development of middle-European interdisciplinary master programme cognitive science in English (team member)

2

042UK-4/2019 Internacionalizácia stredoeurópskeho interdisciplinárneho magisterského programu kognitívna veda (člen rieš. kolektívu) / Internationalization of the middle European interdisciplinary master programme cognitive science (team member)

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
member Robotika.SK since 2008
member IEEE 2024-2025
program committee member Robotics in Education (international conference) repeatedly 2010 - 2025

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Slippery Rock University Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, USA september - december 1996 student exchange program
NTNU Trondheim, Nórsko 1998-2007 doctoral study program
SDU Odense, Dánsko september - december 2003 research stay from Norwegian research council

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2025-01-10