(27. 12. 1943 Praha, CZ – )
PhD Thesis „Synthesis of deadbeat control systems“ Czechoslovak Acad. Sci. Prague 1970,
Advisor Jaroslav Weiss, from 1969 Jaroslav Maršík
DrSc Thesis „Algebraic theory of discrete linear control“ Czechoslovak Acad. Sci. Prague 1979
Senior Researcher and Director, Inst. Information Theory and Automation, Czechoslovak Acad. Sci. Prague (since 1992 Acad. Sci. Czech Republic)
Professor of engineering cybernetics and Dean of Electrical Engineering, Czech Tech. Univ. Prague
Director, Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies, Czech Tech. Univ. Prague
Distinguished Researcher and Vice-Director, Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics, and Cybernetics, Czech Tech. Univ. Prague
Research in systems and control theory, pioneer of polynomial methods for control system design, best known result the Youla-Kučera parameterization of all controllers that stabilize a given plant
President (2002-2005), International Federation of Automatic Control and Fellow, IEEE (historically the first one in the Czech Republic)
Appointed a Chevalier dans l’ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French Government
Doctor honoris causa, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse and Université Henri Poincaré Nancy
Collaborator of Abu-Khalaf, Ahlén, Aguilar-George, Anderson, Anis ismail, Bernal-Reza, Bittanti, Brunovský, Castañeda-Toledo, Cigler, Colaneri, Čelikovský, Descusse, Fernández-Anaya, Fikar, Flores-Godoy, Gadewadikar, Galindo-Orozco, Grimble, He, Hench, Henrion, Herrera-Hernández, Hoang, Hromčík, Hunt, Hušek, Ježek, Korotka, Koumboulis, Kraus, Lafay, de Larminat, Lewis, Liu, Loiseau, Longhi, López-Morales, Malabre, Mansour, Martínez-García, Mehrmann, Molina-Cristóbal, Mondié Cuzange, Picard, Ramos-Velasco, Rosinová, Ruiz-León, Schaufelberger, de Souza, Söderström,Sternad, Strejc,Syrmos, Šebek, Šindelář, Tarbouriech, Trofino-Neto, Veselý, Vostrý, Vyhlídal, Werner, Willems, Xie, Zagalak, Zítek, and many others.
Personal webpage, http://people.ciirc.cvut.cz/~kucera
Wikipedia. Available online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_in_systems_and_control
The Mathematics Genealogy Project. Available online http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=111256