Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Jakub Špoták, 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
Špoták
I.2 - Name
Jakub
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1986
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department for Comparative Religion, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Štúrova 9, 811 02 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
jakub.spotak@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/25877
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Historical Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-0320-7627

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University, Faculty of Arts
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
Study of Religion
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University, Faculty of Arts
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
Study of Religion
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University, Faculty of Arts
II.b - Year
2015
II.c - Study field and programme
Study of Religion
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
Researcher Comenius University, Faculty of Arts, Department for Comparative Religion 2016-2022
Assistant professor Comenius University, Faculty of Arts, Department for Comparative Religion 2022-súčasnosť

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
Methods and Techniques of Research Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Introduction to American Religions Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Seminar of Bachelor thesis 1 Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Seminar of Bachelor thesis 2 Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Seminar of Master thesis 1 Study of Religion II. Historical Sciences
Seminar of Master thesis 2 Study of Religion II. Historical Sciences
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)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
5
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
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
Technical data processing in religion studies Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Scientific writing and presentation Study of Religion II. Historical Sciences
Year thesis Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Introduction to Maya hieroglyphs Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Academic writing and presentation Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Religion studies for non-religionists Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Mesoamerican calendar practicies and rituals Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Body and sexual practice in world religions Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Introduction to Maya hieroglyphs 2 Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Introduction to Maya hieroglyphs 3 Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Deities in Mexican codices Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Death, sacrifice and cannibalism in world religions Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
From shamanic drums to techno - music in world religions Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences
Maya Hieroglyphic Seminar 1 Study of Religion II. Historical Sciences
Religion in Cyberspace Study of Religion II. Historical Sciences

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
40
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
20
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
25
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
16
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
11
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
9
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
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Hu, R., Can, G., Gayol, C. P., Krempel, G., Spotak, J., Vail, G., ... & Gatica-Perez, D. (2015). Multimedia analysis and access of ancient Maya epigraphy: Tools to support scholars on Maya hieroglyphics. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 32(4), 75-84.

2

Špoták, J. (2017). Maya timeline in Uaxactun: Calendric notations on the mural paintings at structure B-XIII. Ethnologia Actualis, 17(1), 60-88.

3

Roman-Rangel, E., Can, G., Marchand-Maillet, S., Hu, R., Gayol, C. P., Krempel, G., ... & Gatica-Perez, D. (2016, October). Transferring neural representations for low-dimensional indexing of Maya hieroglyphic art. In European Conference on Computer Vision (pp. 842-855). Springer, Cham.

4

Kováč, M., Beliaev, D., Špoták, J., & Safronov, A. Uaxactun after the Conquest by Teotihuacanos as told by the Mural from Palace B-XIII. Contributions in New World Archaeology 13, 37-66.

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

Špoták, J. (2017). Maya timeline in Uaxactun: Calendric notations on the mural paintings at structure B-XIII. Ethnologia Actualis, 17(1), 60-88.

2

Roman-Rangel, E., Can, G., Marchand-Maillet, S., Hu, R., Gayol, C. P., Krempel, G., ... & Gatica-Perez, D. (2016, October). Transferring neural representations for low-dimensional indexing of Maya hieroglyphic art. In European Conference on Computer Vision (pp. 842-855). Springer, Cham.

3

Kováč, M., Beliaev, D., Špoták, J., & Safronov, A. Uaxactun after the Conquest by Teotihuacanos as told by the Mural from Palace B-XIII. Contributions in New World Archaeology 13, 37-66.

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

Hu, R., Can, G., Gayol, C. P., Krempel, G., Spotak, J., Vail, G., ... & Gatica-Perez, D. (2015). Multimedia analysis and access of ancient maya epigraphy: Tools to support scholars on Maya hieroglyphics. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 32(4), 75-84.


1.Zhang, C., Zong, R., Cao, S., Men, Y., & Mo, B. (2021, January). Ai-powered oracle bone inscriptions recognition and fragments rejoining. In Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth International Conference on International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (pp. 5309-5311).

2

Hu, R., Can, G., Gayol, C. P., Krempel, G., Spotak, J., Vail, G., ... & Gatica-Perez, D. (2015). Multimedia analysis and access of ancient maya epigraphy: Tools to support scholars on Maya hieroglyphics. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 32(4), 75-84.


  1. Matsumoto, M. E. (2022). Archaeology and Epigraphy in the Digital Era. Journal of Archaeological Research, 30(2), 285-320.
3

Hu, R., Can, G., Gayol, C. P., Krempel, G., Spotak, J., Vail, G., ... & Gatica-Perez, D. (2015). Multimedia analysis and access of ancient maya epigraphy: Tools to support scholars on Maya hieroglyphics. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 32(4), 75-84.


  1. Pinilla-Buitrago, L. A., Martínez-Trinidad, J. F., & Carrasco-Ochoa, J. A. (2022). Encoding hieroglyph segments to represent hieroglyphs following the bag of visual word model for retrieval. Expert Systems with Applications, 201, 116983.
4

Špoták, J. (2017). Maya timeline in Uaxactun: Calendric notations on the mural paintings at structure B-XIII. Ethnologia Actualis, 17(1), 60-88.

  1. Koedam, D. (2019). From Managing Bees to Scheduling Life Via Day Signs: The Log Hive as a Window for Communication in Pre-Hispanic Maya Society. Ethnoscientia-Brazilian Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology.
VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

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
Organizer of the annual conference Bratislava Maya Meeting (formerly Autumn Academy of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing) Department for Comparative Religion, Center for Mesoamerican Studies, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2009-present
Organizer of the European Maya Conference in Bratislava Department for Comparative Religion, Center for Mesoamerican Studies, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University + Wayeb - European Association of Mayanists 2014, 2021
Organizer of the Summer Mayanists Camp in Banská Štiavnica Department for Comparative Religion, Center for Mesoamerican Studies, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2016
Editor in journal Axis Mundi Department for Comparative Religion, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2020-present

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)
University of Szeged 25.4- 2.5. 2022 CEEPUS
Masaryk University Brno 22.9. 2022 - 21.10. 2022 CEEPUS

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2024-09-18