Thematic areas

Proposed topics of doctoral dissertations:

TECHNICAL INFORMATICS AND TELECOMUNICATIONS

DEEP LEARNING


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
1	Effective Classifiers of biomedical signals derived from the information theory	prof. dr hab. Janusz Szczepański dr inż. Agnieszka Pręgowska	IPPT PAN
2	Transmission efficiency and reliability in neural networks inspired by brain architectures. Information Theory approach	prof. dr hab. Janusz Szczepański dr inż. Agnieszka Pręgowska	IPPT PAN
3	Secure and reliable deep neural networks	dr hab. inż. Paweł Morawiecki	IPI PAN
4	Modeling and analysis of information flow in on-line virtual info-sphere with elements of web mining, text mining, big data, sentiment analysis and deep learning	dr hab. Marcin Sydow	IPI PAN
5	Image Semantic Segmentation Based on Deep Neural Networks	dr hab. Maria Ganzha, dr hab. Marcin Paprzycki, dr inż. Tatiana Jaworska	IBS PAN

BIOINFORMATICS AND RELATED ISSUES


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
6	Targeting biological time scales in molecular simulation for the study of protein complexes: The stability of SARS-CoV-2	prof. Tomasz Lipniacki, dr Adolfo Poma	IPPT PAN
7	Computational intelligence methods for change point detection in medical processes	dr Katarzyna Kaczmarek-Majer, prof. dr hab. inż. Olgierd Hryniewicz	IBS PAN
8	Deciphering biochemical signallng by means of information theory	dr hab. Michał Komorowski	IPPT PAN
9	Deciphering of biochemical signaling with systems biology and bioinformatics approaches	dr hab. Michał Komorowski	IPPT PAN
10	The structure of aquatic food webs – analysis of weighted empirical networks	prof. Zbigniew Nahorski dr Mateusz Iskrzyński	IBS PAN
11	Mining multifaceted information on the performance of metaheuristics with use of parametrized benchmarks	prof. Olgierd Hryniewicz dr Karol Opara	IBS PAN

ULTRASONOGRAPHY


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
12	3D ultrasound imaging technology for the next generation portable scanners	dr hab. Jurij Tasinkiewicz, dr Marcin Lewandowski	IPPT PAN
13	Advanced processing of Full-Matrix Capture datasets in ultrasound non-destructive testing	prof. dr hab. inż. Zbigniew Kowalewski, dr Marcin Lewandowski	IPPT PAN
14	Ultrasound differential method to evaluate the non-linear tissues parameters	prof. dr hab. Andrzej Nowicki	IPPT PAN
15	Development and optimization of effective algorithms for visualization of ultrasonic signals	prof. dr hab. Jerzy Litniewski, dr Norbert Żołek	IPPT PAN
16	Development of methods for assessing tissue cancer changes based on ultrasound signals	prof. dr hab. Jerzy Litniewski, dr Norbert Żołek	IPPT PAN
17	Quantitative ultrasound imaging with thermal contrasting	prof. dr hab. Jerzy Litniewski dr Piotr Karwat	IPPT PAN

MACHINE LEARNING


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
18	Advances in Positive Unlabelled data modeling	prof. dr hab. Jan Mielniczuk	IPI PAN
19	The use of machine learning methods to detect mutations in DNA sequences and changes in epigenetic signals important for the regulation of gene expression in selected diseases	dr Michał Dąbrowski	IPI PAN
20	Adversarial examples in deep neural networks	dr hab. inż. Paweł Morawiecki	IPI PAN
21	Towards Semantic Measures of Information Content - Integrating LinkGraph with Seminstructured Textual Information	prof. dr hab. Mieczysław Kłopotek	IPI PAN
22	Interaction Information and its usage in Genome Wide Interaction Studies	prof. dr hab. Jan Mielniczuk	IPI PAN
23	Learning to rank for uplift modeling and heterogeneous treatment effect estimation	dr hab. inż. Szymon Jaroszewicz	IPI PAN
24	Verification of Socio-Technical Models of Multi-Agent Systems and E-Voting Protocols	dr hab. Wojciech Jamroga, prof. dr hab. inż. Wojciech Penczek	IPI PAN
25	Next Generation Internet of Things	dr hab. Maria Ganzha, dr hab. Marcin Paprzycki, dr Katarzyna Wasielewska-Michniewska, dr Wiesław Pawłowski	IBS PAN
26	Semantic technologies and machine learning in development of intelligent systems	dr hab. Maria Ganzha, dr hab. Marcin Paprzycki, dr Katarzyna Wasielewska-Michniewska, dr Wiesław Pawłowski	IBS PAN
27	Visual Knowledge Representation	dr inż. Tatiana Jaworska	IBS PAN
28	Semantic Similarity in Content-Base Image Retrieval (CBIR)	dr inż. Tatiana Jaworska	IBS PAN
29	Machine learning methods for identification of effective drug combinations in immuno-oncology	dr hab. Michał Komorowski	IPPT PAN
30	Modern machine learning methods in medical imaging	dr hab. Joanna Kołodziej, dr inż. Konrad Ciecierski	NASK-PIB
31	Semantic Similarity in Content-Base Image Retrieval (CBIR)	prof Maria Ganzha prof Marcin Paprzycki Dr. Tatiana Jaworska	IBS PAN
32	Semantic technologies and machine learning in development of intelligent systems	dr hab. Maria Ganzha dr hab. Marcin Paprzycki dr Katarzyna Wasielewska-Michniewska dr Wiesław Pawłowski	IBS PAN
33	Next Generation Internet of Things based on post-cloud Ecosystems	dr hab. Maria Ganzha dr hab. Marcin Paprzycki dr Katarzyna Wasielewska-Michniewska dr Wiesław Pawłowski	IBS PAN
34	Learning with imperfect teacher with application to GAN-based classification of partially labelled images	prof. dr hab. inż. Andrzej Pacut	NASK-PIB

FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
35	Pricing financial derivatives on the Bitcoin market	dr hab. Piotr Nowak	IBS PAN
36	Strong law of large numbers for intuitionistic fuzzy random variables	dr hab. Piotr Nowak	IBS PAN
37	Pricing European options on the Bitcoin market	prof. Piotr Nowak	IBS PAN
38	Generalized versions of the strong law of large numbers for intuitionistic fuzzy random variables	prof. Piotr Nowak	IBS PAN
39	Modelling of imprecise rare catastrophic events in insurance system	prof Maciej Romaniuk	IBS PAN

OPTIMIZATION, STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
40	The structure of aquatic food webs – statistical analysis of a broad set of weighted empirical networks.	prof. dr hab. inż. Zbigniew Nahorski, dr Mateusz Iskrzyński	IBS PAN
41	Mining multifaceted information on the performance of metaheuristics with use of parametrized benchmarks	prof. dr hab. inż. Olgierd Hryniewicz, dr Karol Opara	IBS PAN
42	Autonomous assortment management and recommendation algorithms for the large-scale retail purposes using advanced natural language processing techniques and transferable demand models	dr hab. inż. Szymon Łukasik, dr inż. Anna Wróblewska	IBS PAN
43	Mixed-Integer Linear and Nonlinear Programming Methods for Energy Aware Traffic Control in Clouds and Internet of Things Systems	dr hab. inż. Andrzej Karbowski	NASK-PIB
44	Modeling uncertainty in sensor-based monitoring of bipolar disorder	Prof. dr hab. inż. Olgierd Hryniewicz dr Katarzyna Kaczmarek-Majer	IBS PAN
45	Spatial correlations in computational intelligence methods for the air pollution modeling	Prof. dr hab. inż. Zbigniew Nahorski dr Katarzyna Kaczmarek-Majer	IBS PAN
46	The reverse clustering paradigm in the partially supervised classification of Big Data	prof Jan W. Owsiński dr Jarosław Stańczak	IBS PAN
47	Fuzzy approaches in simulation of malfunctions of elements of networks	prof Maciej Romaniuk	IBS PAN
48	Numerical methods in optimal control and shape optimisation of coupled problems with in-compressible flows	prof. dr hab. inż. Jan Sokołowski dr Katarzyna Szulc	IBS PAN

MATERIAL TESTING


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
49	The use of indentation test to estimate fatigue damage of structural elements under cyclic multiaxial loads	dr hab. Stanisław Kucharski	IPPT PAN
50	Interaction of plastic deformation mechanisms in single crystals at micro and meso-scale	dr hab. Stanisław Kucharski	IPPT PAN

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS, NUMERICAL METHODS


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
51	Dynamic analysis of fragmentation of multi-phase composites	dr hab. inż. Eligiusz Postek	IPPT PAN
52	Stress evaluation in growing tissue	dr hab. inż. Eligiusz Postek	IPPT PAN

MEDICAL SCIENCES AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

BIOMEDICAL OPTICS


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
1	Assessment of brain physiological parameters using invasive near infrared spectroscopy technique	prof. dr hab. inż. Adam Liebert, dr inż. Piotr Sawosz	IBIB PAN
2	Arterial spin labeling, diffuse correlation spectroscopy, time resolved near infrared spectroscopy - study on methodology of the brain cortex perfusion assessment	prof. dr hab. inż. Adam Liebert, prof. dr hab. inż. Piotr Bogorodzki, dr Michał Kacprzak	IBIB PAN
3	Superimposing multi-frequency measurements into a distribution of time of flight of photons	prof. dr hab. inż. Adam Liebert, dr inż. Stanislaw Wojtkiewicz	IBIB PAN
4	‘Imaging with the speed of light’ - a CCD camera working in the multi-frequency domain providing picosecond temporal resolution.	prof. dr hab. inż. Adam Liebert, dr inż. Stanislaw Wojtkiewicz	IBIB PAN
5	Encapsulated ICG-enhanced spectral time-resolved near-infrared spectroscopy for brain hemodynamic studies	prof. dr hab. inż. Adam Liebert, dr inż. Anna Gerega	IBIB PAN

MODELING AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF BIOMEDICAL/PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
6	The role of interstitium and its properties in the tissue transport processes: modeling, prediction and optimization of selected therapies	prof. dr hab. Jacek Waniewski, dr Joanna Stachowska-Piętka	IBIB PAN
7	Optimization of vasopressor dose in severe traumatic brain injuries using pulse-wave propagation modeling	dr hab. Jan Poleszczuk	IBIB PAN
8	Systems biology models of propagation and eradication viral infections	prof. dr hab. Tomasz Lipniacki, dr Joanna Jaruszewicz-Błońska	IPPT PAN
9	Synchronized registration of instantaneous values of chosen physiological parameters during therapeutic thoracentesis, and their mathematical and physiological analysis	dr hab. inż. Tomasz Gólczewski, dr inż. Krzysztof Zieliński	IBIB PAN
10	Nanoscaffolds for biosystems supporting biological processes for biomedical purposes	prof. dr hab. inż. Ludomira Granicka, dr Anna Grzeczkowicz	IBIB PAN
11	Automatic calculation of wound surface area using artificial intelligence (AI) methods and convolutional neural networks (CNN)	dr hab. Piotr Foltynski	IBIB PAN
12	Development of an incentive system to support patients with diabetic foot ulcerations	dr hab. Piotr Foltynski	IBIB PAN
13	Cytotoxicity of melanin nanoparticles as a tool for melanoma detection and therapy	prof. Michal Giersig	IPPT PAN
14	Development of a differential mechanical ventilation system for shared ventilation in a case of shortage of devices for lungs function support	prof. dr hab. inż. Marek Darowski dr. Krzysztof Zieliński	IBIB PAN
15	Optimisation of peritoneal dialysis by modelling of water and solute transport	dr hab. J. Poleszczuk dr J. Stachowska-Piętka	IBIB PAN
16	Optimisation of intraperitoneal chemotherapy by modelling of water and solute transport	dr hab. J. Poleszczuk dr J. Stachowska-Piętka	IBIB PAN
17	Optimizing hemodialysis treatment by computational methods	dr. Malgorzata Debowska dr Mauro Pietribiasi	IBIB PAN

CELLS AND MOLECULAR PROCESSES ANALYSIS


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
18	3-D delineation of cell’s nuclei in WSI Z-stack sequences for computer aided pathology	dr hab. Anna Korzyńska	IBIB PAN
19	Deciphering the effect of PGC1a on mitochondrial biogenesis and neural differentiation during early development of human cerebral organoids	prof. dr hab. Leonora Bużańska	IMDiK PAN

BIOFLUIDS ANALYSIS


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
20	Analysis of metabolic profiles of biofluids in selected diseases	dr hab. Beata Toczyłowska, dr Igor Zukov, dr n. med. Anna Słowikowska	IBIB PAN
21	Semi-automatic NMR spectra analysis of biofluids and tissue extracts for metabolomics	dr hab. Beata Toczyłowska	IBIB PAN

POLYMERS IN REGENERATIVE MEDICINE


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
22	Injectable composite hydrogels in the regeneration of cartilage	prof. dr hab. inż. Paweł Sajkiewicz, dr inż. Dorota-Kołbuk Konieczny	IPPT PAN
23	Injectable polymer hydrogels for the post-infarction myocardium regeneration	prof. dr hab. inż. Paweł Sajkiewicz	IPPT PAN
24	Innovative electrospun membranes for dental applications	prof. dr hab. inż. Paweł Sajkiewicz, dr inż. Dorota-Kołbuk Konieczny	IPPT PAN
25	Development of the three-dimensional (3D) printed matrix loaded with hydrogel for cartilage regeneration	prof. dr hab. inż. Paweł Sajkiewicz, dr inż. Dorota-Kołbuk Konieczny	IPPT PAN
26	Mucoadhesive polymeric systems for controlled drug delivery	prof. dr hab. inż. Paweł Sajkiewicz	IPPT PAN
27	Shear-thinning/self-healing hydrogels for cartilage regeneration	prof. dr hab. inż. Paweł Sajkiewicz	IPPT PAN
28	Drug delivery systems using electrospun micro-and nanofibers	dr hab. inż. Tomasz Kowalczyk	IPPT PAN

DEVELOPMENT METHODS FOR BIOINFORMATICS


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
29	Bioinformatics methods in analysis of medical databases	dr hab. inż. Małgorzata Dębowska, dr inż. Mauro Pietribiasi	IBIB PAN

BIOMEDICAL ENGEENERING


No	Topic	Supervisor	Institute
30	Smart hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposites with multifunctional properties	dr hab Filippo Pierini	IPPT PAN
31	Stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems activated by light	dr hab Filippo Pierini	IPPT PAN
32	Optimizing Dialysate Bicarbonate Concentration During Hemodialysis by Mathematical ModelingHemodialysis by Mathematical Modeling	dr John Kenneth Leypoldt prof. dr hab. Jacek Waniewski	IBIB PAN

Doctoral School

Information and Biomedical Technologies

Polish Academy of Sciences