I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Rovan

I.2 - Name

Branislav

I.3 - Degrees

prof. RNDr., PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1947

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Comenius University, FMFI, Department of Cpmputer Science

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Mlynská dolina, 84248 Bratislava

I.7 - Position

profesor

I.8 - E-mail address

rovan@dcs.fmph.uniba.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4714

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

Informatika

I.11 - ORCID iD

0000-0002-0015-403X

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

Comenius University

II.b - Year

1970

II.c - Study field and programme

Mathematics

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

University of Southern California

II.b - Year

1972

II.c - Study field and programme

Computer Science

II.4 - Associate professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University

II.b - Year

1981

II.c - Study field and programme

Teoretická kybernetika

II.5 - Professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University

II.c - Study field and programme

Computer Science

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
Univerzita Komenského	Katedra informatiky	1970 - continues

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

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
Formal languages and automata 1	Informatika	I.	Computer Science
Formal languages and automata 2	Informatika	I.+II.	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.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

15+

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

30+

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

15+

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
Diplomový seminár 1	Informatika	II.	Computer Science
Teória paralelných výpočtov	Informatika	II.	Computer Science
Informatika a spoločnosť	Informatika	II.	Computer Science
Vybrané partie z formálnych jazykov	Informatika	II.	informatika

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

60+

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

20+

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

50+

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

10+

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

40+

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.1.a - Overall

10+

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

On usefulness of information: Framework and NFA case / Rovan, Branislav [Autor, 50%] ; Sádovský, Šimon [Autor, 50%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-98355-4_6. – SCO.

In: Adventures Between Lower Bounds and Higher Altitudes [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : Essays Dedicated to Juraj Hromkovič on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday / Böckenhauer, Hans-Joachim [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Komm, Dennis [Zostavovateľ, editor]. – 1. vyd. – Cham (Švajčiarsko) : Springer Nature. Springer International Publishing AG, 2018. – (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, ISSN 0302-9743, ISSN 1611-3349 ; 11011). – ISBN 978-3-319-98354-7. – ISBN (elektronické) 978-3-319-98355-4, s. 85-99 [tlačená forma] [online]

The Informatics Reference Framework for School [elektronický dokument] [didaktická príručka] : February 2022 : Technical Report = Informatics Reference Framework for School / Caspersen, Michael E. (Autor) (12.5%) ; Diethelm, Ira (Autor) (12.5%) ; Gal-Ezer, Judith (Autor) (12.5%) ; McGettrick, Andrew (Autor) (12.5%) ; Nardelli, Enrico (Autor) (12.5%) ; Passey, Don (Autor) (12.5%) ; Rovan, Branislav (Autor) (12.5%) ; Webb, Mary (Autor) (12.5%). – 1. vyd. – [s.l.] (Virtuálny priestor) : The Informatics for All Coalition ; Arlington (USA) : National Science Foundation, 2022. – 13 s. [online]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1145/3592625

Verejná poznámka: ACM Digital Library ISBN 979-8-4007

Finite Approximations and Similarity of Languages / Rovan, Branislav [Autor, 50%] ; Varga, András [Autor, 50%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1142/S0129054122500113. – WOS CC ; SCIE ; SCO ; CCC.

In: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Singapur (Singapur) : World Scientific Publishing. – ISSN 0129-0541. – ISSN (online) 1793-6373. – Roč. 33, č. 8 (2022), s. 967-1003 [tlačená forma] [online]

Usefulness of information and decomposability of unary regular languages / Pighizzini, Giovanni [Autor, 33.334%] ; Rovan, Branislav [Autor, 33.333%] ; Sádovský, Šimon [Autor, 33.333%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1016/j.ic.2022.104868. – SCO ; SCIE ; CCC ; WOS CC.

In: Information and Computation [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – San Diego (USA) : Elsevier. Academic Press. – ISSN 0890-5401. – ISSN (online) 1090-2651. – č. 295 (2023), art. no. 104868, s. 1-19 [tlačená forma] [online]

On partitioning grids into equal parts / Bezrukov, S. L. (Autor) (50%) ; Rovan, Branislav (Autor) (50%)

In: Computers and artificial intelligence [textový dokument (print)] . – Bratislava (Slovensko) : SAP - Slovak Academic Press. – ISSN 0232-0274. – Roč. 16, č. 2 (1997), s. 153-165 [tlačená forma]

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

Finite Approximations and Similarity of Languages / Rovan, Branislav [Autor, 50%] ; Varga, András [Autor, 50%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1142/S0129054122500113. – WOS CC ; SCIE ; SCO ; CCC.

Verejná poznámka: ACM Digital Library ISBN 979-8-4007

On usefulness of information: Framework and NFA case / Rovan, Branislav [Autor, 50%] ; Sádovský, Šimon [Autor, 50%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-98355-4_6. – SCO.

Building on the Informatics Reference Framework for School [elektronický dokument] [iný] : January 2023 / Caspersen, Michael E. (Autor) (12.5%) ; Diethelm, Ira (Autor) (12.5%) ; Gal-Ezer, Judith (Autor) (12.5%) ; McGettrick, Andrew (Autor) (12.5%) ; Nardelli, Enrico (Autor) (12.5%) ; Passey, Don (Autor) (12.5%) ; Rovan, Branislav (Autor) (12.5%) ; Webb, Mary (Autor) (12.5%). – 1. vyd. – [s.l.] (Virtuálny priestor) : The Informatics for All Coalition, 2023. – 11 s. [online]

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

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

VEGA 1/0601/20

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
President	Slovak Society for Computer Science	2021 - 2027

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)
Kuwait University	Kuwait	1981 - 1983	delegated as expert via Polytechna
Northeastern University	Boston	spring term 1991	invitation
University of Paderborn	Paderborn, Germany	april 1995 - marec 1996	invitation

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update

2026-03-27

Name and surname:	prof. RNDr. Branislav Rovan, 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