Current Research Interest:

• Applied statistics and probability in reliability theory and technology
• Reliability Analysis of Complex Systems, Methodology of Fault Tree Analysis, Simulation Methods
• Methodology for Accelerated Life Testing
• Bayesian Reliability Analysis
• Mathematical models for maintenance optimization
• Dynamic Reliability Models

Other Activities,Grants:

• In 1984-85 member of research team, working for IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) on the basis of Research Contract IAEA No. 4032/RB
• Correspondent SEFI Mathematics Working Groups
• Head of National Research Projects: A07-117-823, DÚ 02 and N01-119-803, DÚ 01
• Activity in Tempus TTRIMM 07689 Project: responsible and head of the Module 9: Method and Tools for Risk Analysis (3 years - project)
• Referee for the journal Reliability Engineering & System Safety
• Grants of the Ministery of Education : FRV, No.0754 (year 1997), No.0690 (year 2000), No.1575 (year 2002)
• International (within FP 5) grant SAFERELNET - Thematic Network on Safety and Reliability of Industrial Products, Systems and Structures (2002-2006)
• Grant of the Czech Academy of Sciences - program "Information Society" , project No. T401940412 "Dynamic Reliability Quantification and Modeling" (2004-2007)
• Czech - Slovenian intergovernmental cooperation programme 2005 - 2006, No 4/2005-06 "Risk and cost limited optimization of the maintenance based on semi-analytic stochastic modeling".
• Grant of the Ministery of Education, Center for Quality and Reliability of Production (No. 1M06047) - 2006-2010.
• Excelentní vyzkum, Centrum výzkumu pokročilých mechatronických systémů, 2018-2022, CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000867, OP VVV, Senior Researcher - vedení části projektu.
• Projekt "Platforma pro výzkum orientovaný na Průmysl 4.0 a robotiku v ostravské aglomeraci", reg. č. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/17_049/0008425., vedení VC 3.5: Stochastické modelování údržby, Key Researcher, 2019-2022.

Membership of Academic Societies:

• Member of the ESRA (European Safety and Reliability Association)
• ESRA Officer - member of the ESRA Management Board
• Member of the Society of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists
• Czech Statistical Society

Supervisor of Ph.D. students:

• Petra Sknourilova, Dynamic Reliability Models Based on Petri Nets, 2009
• Michal Dorda, Modelling of Queueing Systems Reliability in Transport, 2009
• Jakub Nedbálek, The Use of Neural Networks to Quantify Degradation Processes in Systems, 2010
• Martina Litschmannova, The Use of Modern Statistical Methods for Analysis of Side Effects Associated with Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer, 2012
• Marcela Rabasova, Discriminant analysis as a tool for surgical risks assessment, 2012
• Filip Tresler, Design of Model of Coordination for Traffic Lights Controlled Intersections with a Focus to Increase Traffic Flow, 2013
• Pavlína Kuráňová, Effective methods for modelling and quantifying the medical risks, 2013
• Kateřina Janurová, ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS FOR EFFICIENT EVALUATION OF BIOMEDICAL DATA, 2014
• Ondřej Grunt, Development of quantitative risk assessment methodology for high-risk scenarios and accidents, 2015
• Lukáš Rapant, Modelling of traffic flow using modern stochastic approaches, 2017
• Pavel Skalný, Využití směsových modelů pro identifikaci lomových ploch v kovových materiálech, 2017
• Marek Teichmann, Modelování a optimalizace spolehlivosti systémů pro zásobování pitnou vodou, 2017
• Tien Thanh Thach, Bayes approach to explore mixture failure rate models, 2019
• Lenka Přibylová, Stochastické modelování a optimalizace rizik, 2019