Dr. Oto Težak
Employments: Tehniška fakulteta Maribor, ERI, avtomatika; researcher; 10. 2. 1986 to 31. 10. 1993. Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, računalništvo in informatiko Maribor, avtomatika; asistent; from 1. 11. 1993 to 31.12.1999, Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, računalništvo in informatiko Maribor, močnostna elektrotehnika; researcher; from 1. 1. 2000 to 2. 5. 2004.
Actual employment: Regijsko višješolsko in visokošolsko središče Ptuj; since 3. 5. 2004, director.
Research work: field of systems and cybernetics (industrial process control, intelligent control systems, electro mechanical systems control). Research work was presented at international congresses and conferences like: International conference on systems research, informatics and cybernetics, Baden-Baden, Germany or International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems, Liege, Belgium). Member of organizing committees: International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis, Orlando, ZDA, or World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Caracas, Venezuela). Author or coauthor of more than 100 bibiliographical units.
Working visits:- German Aerospace Research Establishment - DLR, Germany, 25/2-9/3/1991,
- University of Granada, Spain, Tempus IMG-94-SLO-2025, 18/4-18/5/1995,
- John Moores University, Liverpool, Great Britain, Tempus IMG-96-SLO-2021, 10/3-8/4/1997,
- Technical University, Praga, Czech Republic, Ceepus SK-46/9798 21/8–29/8/1998.
Membership: - Centre for Hyperincursion and Anticipation in Ordered Systems, Liege, Belgija,
- Slovensko društvo za umetno inteligenco,
- Društvo avtomatikov Slovenije.
Awards:
- Nagrada prof. dr. Vratislava Bedjaniča, priznanje za diplomsko delo s področja sistemov, naprav in elementov avtomatizacije, zaščite in stikalne tehnike, Ljubljana, 1986,
- Diploma za učešće s poster prikazom, MIPRO'87, Opatija, 1987,
- Outstanding achievement award for exemplary performance in organizing presentations noted by their quality: Chairman of SCI 97 Nagib Callaos, Chairman of SCI 97 Program Committee William Lesso and president Simon Bolivar University Freddy Malpica. Caracas, 1997,
- Leadership in science and education award in recognition of outstanding work and for providing distinguished leadership in science and education. The international institute for advanced studies in systems research and cybernetics, Baden-Baden 2002,
- Best paper award: Intelligent controller validation methodology. Symposium engineering and industrial systems, modeling, optimization, simulation, control, Sixth international conference on computing anticipatory systems, Liege, 2003.

