Rate My Professor Michal Novak

doc. RNDr. Michal Novák, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology. He holds the academic qualifications of RNDr., Ph.D., and docent. Novák serves as a member of the Dean's Council and the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication. He also participates as an external member in commissions for state final examinations at the Faculty of Information Technology. In his teaching role, he delivers a variety of bachelor-level mathematics courses, including Mathematics 1 and Mathematics 2 (in English), Mathematics 3 (in Czech, across multiple variants and semesters), Mathematics in Electrical Engineering 1, and Vector and Matrix Algebra. His contributions to mathematical lexicography include co-authoring the "Dictionary of mathematical terminology (Czech - English / English - Czech)" published by Palacký University Olomouc in 2015 with P. Langerová, as well as Czech-English and English-Czech dictionaries of mathematical terminology published by FEEC BUT in 2006. Additional works encompass "Analytická geometrie na technických vysokých školách (v minulosti a dnes)" (2006, with J. Baštinec) and his dissertation "Historie výuky analytické geometrie na vysokých školách v českých zemích (1848-1960)" (2004, Masaryk University Brno).

Novák's research output features over 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals, focusing on algebraic hyperstructure theory. Key articles include "Properties of n-ary hypergroups relevant for modelling trajectories in HD maps" (2022, Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii Ovidius Constanta-Seria Matematica, with Š. Křehlík and M. Bolat), "Sequences of Groups, Hypergroups and Automata of Linear Ordinary Differential Operators" (2021, Mathematics, with J. Chvalina, B. Smetana, and D. Staněk), "From Automata to Multiautomata via Theory of Hypercompositional Structures" (2021, Mathematics, with Š. Křehlík and J. Vyroubalová), "Links Between HX-Groups and Hypergroups" (2021, Algebra Colloquium, with I. Cristea and O. Babatunde Oluwaseun), "A note on the support of a hypermodule" (2020, Journal of Algebra and its Applications, with H. Bordbar and I. Cristea), "n-ary Cartesian composition of automata" (2020, Soft Computing, with Š. Křehlík and D. Staněk), "Composition in EL-hyperstructures" (2019, Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, with I. Cristea), and "Elements of Hyperstructure Theory in UWSN Design and Data Aggregation" (2019, Symmetry, with Š. Křehlík and K. Ovaliadis). Earlier publications cover "Cyclicity in EL-hypergroups" (2018, Symmetry), "EL-hyperstructures revisited" (2018, Soft Computing), "ON EL-semihypergroups" (2015, European Journal of Combinatorics), "Some basic properties of EL-hyperstructures" (2013, European Journal of Combinatorics), and "EL-hyperstructures: an overview" (2012, Ratio Mathematica). He also contributed the chapter "Ordering in the Algebraic Hyperstructure Theory: Some Examples with a Potential for Applications in Social Sciences" (2018, Springer).