Lukáš Sekanina

Former Ph.D. students

• Michal Bidlo (defended in 2009), Zbyšek Gajda (2011), Zdeněk Vašíček (2012), Martin Žádník (2013, co-supervised with Dr. Kořenek), Ruben Salvador (UPM Madrid, 2015, co-supervised with Dr. Eduardo de la Torre), Pavol Korček (2016, co-supervised with Dr. Fučík), Jiří Petrlík (2016), Radek Hrbáček (2017), Michaela Drahošová (2017), Miloš Minařík (2018), Vojtěch Mrázek (2018, co-supervised with Dr. Vašíček), David Grochol (2019), Jakub Lojda (2023, former supervisor - Doc. Kotásek), Jakub Husa (2024), Michal Piňos (2026).

Awards to my Ph.D. students

• Vojtěch Mrázek - Czech Head (Doctorandus prize in technical sciences, 2019)
• Vojtěch Mrázek - Joseph Fourier Award for research in computer science and engineering - 1st place (2019)
• Vojtěch Mrázek - Antonín Svoboda Award for the Best Ph.D. Thesis - 1st place (2018)
• Petr Rek - Brno University of Technology Rector's Award for Outstanding Master's Students (2018)
• Zdeněk Vašíček - Joseph Fourier Award for research in computer science and engineering - 1st place (2011)
• Michal Bidlo - Werner von Siemens Excellence Award for Ph.D. thesis (2009)
• Zdeněk Vašíček - Josef Hlávka Award for MSc thesis (2006)

Lukáš Sekanina is engaged in the research of bio-inspired artificial intelligence, especially genetic programming, and applications in the fields of automated design, approximation, and adaptation of hardware and software. He is among the frequently cited scientists in the fields of Information & Communication Technologies [Plos Biology 2020, updated 2024] and Computer Science [research.com, 2026]. 

Books and Edited Proceedings

References and Citations

• Citations: Scopus; Google Scholar
• DBLP Bibliography Server

Journal Editorial Boards

• IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (Associate Editor, 2011 - 2014)
• Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines (Editorial Board Member 2012 - 2016, Associate Editor 2016 - )
• International Journal of Innovative Computing and Applications (2007 - )
• Radioengineering (2017 - 2018)
• Springer's Natural Computing book series (Advisory Board member, 2019 - )

Conference Invited Talks, Keynotes, and Tutorials

• Conference Invited Talks and Keynotes (since 2020)
  • Evolutionary Machine Learning in Electronic Design Automation at the International Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems, DDECS (Lyon, France, 2025)
  • Cartesian Genetic Programming in Electronic Design Automation at the Graph-Based Genetic Programming Workshop at GECCO 2023 (Lisbon, Portugal, 2023)
• Tutorials (since 2020)
  • Jelinek Summer Workshop on Speech and Language Technology, JSALT 2025 (Brno, CZ)
  • 42nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2024 (Milan, IT)
  • IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics SMC 2022 (Praha, CZ)
  • IEEE World Congres on Computational Intelligence WCCI 2022 (Padua, IT)
  • Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems DDECS 2022 (Praha, CZ)
  • Design Automation Conference DAC 2021 (San Francisco, US)
  • IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation CEC 2021 (Glasgow, UK)
  • European Test Symposium ETS 2021 (Tallinn, EE)
• Invited talks (since 2020)
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA (March 19, 2026)
  • CSE Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US (June 5, 2024) link
  • Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno (December 5, 2023)
  • TU Dresden (January 19, 2023) link
  • Universität Leipzig, ScaDS.AI, Leipzig (January 18, 2023)
  • Prague computer science seminar, Prague (June 9, 2022) link
  • University of Lyon - Lyon Institute of Nanotechnology, FR (May 10, 2022)
  • Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava (February 11, 2020)
• complete list

Steering Committee

• Design Automation and Test in Europe (2026 - )
• IEEE Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems (since 2013; a chair 2020 - 2025)
• European Conference on Genetic programming (2019 -)

Conference Chairing

• DATE 2027: Design Automation and Test in Europe - Programme Chair
• DDECS 2026: Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems - PC co-chair
• DATE 2026: Design Automation and Test in Europe - Vice Programme Chair
• DATE 2025: Design Automation and Test in Europe - chair of track D (Design)
• DATE 2024: Design Automation and Test in Europe - chair of track D (Design)
• EvoStar 2023 - Local co-chair (Brno, CZ)
• DATE 2023: Design Automation and Test in Europe - chair of track D (Design)
• DATE 2022: Design Automation and Test in Europe - topic chair (D11 - Approximate computing)
• DATE 2021: Design Automation and Test in Europe - topic chair (D11 - Approximate computing)
• DDECS 2021: Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems (Vienna, AT) - PC co-chair
• DATE 2020: Design Automation and Test in Europe - topic chair (D10 - Approximate computing)
• DDECS 2020: Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems (Novi Sad) - topic chair
• EuroGP 2019: European Conference on Genetic Programming (Leipzig, DE) - program co-chair
• EuroGP 2018: European Conference on Genetic Programming (Parma, IT) - program co-chair
• DATE 2017: Special Session - Biologically-inspired techniques for smart, secure and low power SoCs (Lausanne, CH) - SS co-chair
• EuroGP 2017: 20th European Conference on Genetic Programming (Amsterdam, NL) - publication chair
• DTIS 2016: 11th International Conference on Design & Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era (Istanbul, TR) - program chair
• IEEE DDECS 2014: Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems (Warsaw, PL) - general vice-chair
• IEEE DDECS 2013: Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems (Karlovy Vary, CZ) - general chair
• MEMICS 2011: Annual Doctoral Workshop on Mathematical and Engineering Methods in Computer Science (Lednice, CZ) - program co-chair
• ICES 2008: International Conference on Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware (Praha, CZ) - program co-chair

Program Committee Membership

• 2026: DATE, DDECS, EuroGP, GECCO, CEC, IJCNN, PPSN
• 2025: DATE, DDECS, EuroGP, GECCO
• 2024: CEC, DATE, DDECS, EuroGP, GECCO, IEEE CAI
• 2023: CEC, DATE, DDECS, EuroGP, GECCO
• 2022: CEC, DATE, DDECS, EuroGP, GECCO
• 2021: AICAS, CEC, DATE, DDECS, EuroGP, GECCO, ICES-SSCI, IGSC
• 2020: AICAS, CEC, DATE, DDECS, EuroGP, GECCO, ICES-SSCI, SMC
• 2019: AICAS, AxC, AHS, CEC, DATE, DDECS, EuroGP, GECCO, SMC
• 2018: AxC, AHS, CEC, DATE, DDECS, EuroGP, GECCO, ICES-SSCI
• a další

Brno University of Technology

• Ethics Committee of BUT (11/2021 - )
• Research Board of Brno University of Technology (2018 - 2025)
• Head of Department of Computer Systems at FIT (2/2016 - )
• Chamber chair of Academic senate of FIT (10/2013 - 10/2019)
• Member of Academic senate of FIT (2010 - )
• Deputy Head of Department of Computer Systems at FIT (2005 - 2016)
• Research Board of the Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology (2008 -)

Other Universities

• Research Board of the Faculty of Information Technology, Czech Technical University in Prague (2009 -)
• Research Board of Masaryk University (2015 -)
• Research Board of VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (2021 - 2025)
• Ph.D study academic council of Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University (2018 - )
• Ph.D study academic council of Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (2018 - )

• Head of the Research programme 8 of the National Supercomputing Center IT4Innovations (2011 - 2020)

• Center for Genetic Programming, s.r.o. (project Workflow Management Generator)

• Honorable Mention (outstanding paper) - DASIP 2026 (Krakow, PL), with David Nepraš
• Best paper award at DDECS 2024 (Kielce, PL), with co-authors J. Klhůfek, M. Šafář, V. Mrázek, Z. Vašíček
• The Commemorative Medal of FIT BUT (The Gold Medal), 2023
• Best Paper Award nomination at EuroGP 2021, AICAS 2020
• Silver Medal of Brno University of Technology (2019)
• Bronze Medal at Humies 2018 (GECCO, Kyoto) for evolutionary approximation of complex arithmetic circuits (with M. Češka, J. Matyáš, V. Mrázek, Z. Vašíček, T. Vojnar)
• Czech Science Foundation President Award 2017 for excellent results of the Advanced Methods for Evolutionary Design of Complex Digital Circuits project (press info, youtube video).
• Best interactive presentation award at the Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE 2017) conference in Lausanne (with V. Mrazek, R. Hrbacek, Z. Vasicek)
• Gold Medal at Humies 2015 (GECCO, Madrid) for evolutionary approximation of digital circuits (with Z. Vašíček)
• Best paper award at NASA/ESA AHS 2013 (with R. Dobai)
• Our SSCI-ICES paper was selected among top 15 papers out of 1025 submissions (with Z. Vašíček)
• Silver Medal at Humies 2011 (GECCO, Dublin) for evolutionary design of digital circuits
• Best paper award at MEMICS 2009 (co-authored with Z. Vašíček)
• Best paper award at IARIA Future computing 2009 (co-authored with L. Žaloudek and V. Šimek)
• Silver Medal at Humies 2008 (GECCO, Atlanta, USA) for evolutionary design of benchmark circuits
• Best Paper Award Nominations at EuroGP 2008, EvoHOT 2008, ICES 2008
• Siemens Award for Outstanding Research Publication, 2005 (the book Evolvable Components, Springer Verlag, 2004)
• Rector Award for outstanding pedagogical and research results, 2005
• Honorable Mention - Human-Competitive Awards 2005 (Washington D.C.) 
• Best paper award at the 2nd European Workshop on Evolutionary Computation in Hardware Optimisation EvoHOT 2005, Lausanne
• Merit Award - HUMAN-COMPETITIVE AWARDS IN GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION at 2004 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2004) in Seattle, USA
• Siemens Award for Outstanding Ph.D thesis, 2003
• Josef Hlávka Award for research 2003
• Best presentation award at the Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware conference ICES 2003, Trondheim
• Best paper award at the IEEE Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems Workshop, 2002
• Best paper award at the EEICT Student Conference, 2002
• Siemens Award for Ph.D. students, 2000
• Siemens Award for MSc. Thesis, 1999
• FEI BUT Dean's Awards for MSc. Thesis, 1999
• AFCEA Award for MSc. Thesis, 1999

• IEEE (CIS, CEDA) - Senior Member