Ľudovít Trajteľ, Ph.D. Associate Professor – he graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the STU in Bratislava with a specialization in mathematical machines/electronic computers in academic year 1976 and then worked for 14 years as a research and development worker at the ZVT Banska Bystrica (BB). He was evaluated several times as the best independent research and development worker of the company, the best inventor and improver of the company. For his scientific and research activities, the attestation commission gradually awarded him scientific and technical qualification levels III. and II. He was a member of the Council of Experts at the Federal Ministry of Electrotechnical Industry (FMEI) for several years. At ZVT, he first worked as a hardware expert and special programmer for the TP8 terminal processor and the SPU 800 data preprocessing system. Later, especially in the field of software, he was responsible for the creation of many computer products that were designed and manufactured in Czechoslovakia within the framework of the JSEP (Unified System of Electronic Computers) and SMEP (System of Small Electronic Computers – SM50/40-1, MVS80, SM50/50-1, MVS86 and especially PP06). He was a member of the National and Regional Expert and Research Commision of R-MEP Prague (1977 – 1991). Already in practice, he published a lot and solved several scientific and research tasks (43 scientific and research tasks directly implemented in practice). He also worked as a member of the Editorial Board of the professional periodical ZVT BB (1989 – 1990). He was the author of many IP (69 improvement proposals with a contribution of more than 1 million Czechoslovak crowns).

After completing his university studies: between 1982 and 1987, he completed a postgraduate course in the field of 26-15-9 Technical Cybernetics/Artificial Intelligence: Expert Systems at FEE STU in BA (for political reasons, he was not allowed to defend his dissertation); in 1983 he completed his postgraduate studies in the field of Minicomputers and Microcomputers at FEE STU in BA; in 1985 he was certified for III. Scientific and technical qualification degree at FMEP Prague; in 1990 he was certified at II. Scientific and technical qualification degree at FMEP Prague; in 1999 he completed the New Education Methods course at LMU Leeds in Great Britain; in 2000 he completed the course of the same name at Oulu Polytechnic in Finland; in 2001 he completed his doctoral studies in the field 75-02-09; in 2002 he graduated from the School of Pedagogical Teacher Education at FoP MBU BB; in 2003 he graduated from APS Pedagogy, general psychology, human psychology, child biology and didactics at MEF STU BA; in 2005 he received the title of associate professor in the field of 75-56-09; in 2008 he obtained his ECDL certificate for ECDL BA; in 2009 he completed Lifelong Learning in field of teaching technical proffesional subjects at the MBU BB; in 2012 he completed the Higher Education of Teachers at LLC MBU BB.

Between 1988 and 1990, he worked as a special assistant at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, STU in Bratislava, where he lectured, led exercises in the subjects of computer technology, HW diagnostics and programming, and supervised several diploma theses. Between 1993 and 1997, he worked as a GIS lecturer at the Slovak Environmental Agency in BB. Between 1997 and 1999, he worked concurrently as a secondary school teacher at JMSS in BB. Between 2000 and 2002, he worked simultaneously as a special assistant at the Department of Fine Arts at FFA AA in BB. Since 1989/90 (ongoing) he has been working as an associate professor at the Department of Informatics FNS MBU in BB (secretary of the Department of Computer Science FNS MBU (1997 – 2002); vice-dean FNS MBU for Informatization and Development (2001 – 2007); head of the Department of Computer Science FNS MBU (2008 – 2012); faculty-wide coordinator for disabled students with specific needs (2010 – 2024); member of the Permanent working group for the internal quality system of MBU for natural sciences (2021 – 2025); administrator of the permanent Exhibition of Digital Technology and Computers (ongoing)).

Recapitulation of activities in education: A total of 37 years of higher education experience; member of the Commission for the Implementation of the Virtual Educational System at MBU BB (1993 – 1994), member of the IT Commission at R-MBU BB (2001 – 2002), member of the Higher Education Council at the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic (2001 – 2013), member of the Commission for the Creation of a Marketing Strategy for the Field of Informatization at MBU BB (2002 – 2006), member of the Commission for the Informatization of Education at the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic (2009); founder and guarantor of the field of study/study program "Geographic Information Systems" (1997); founder of the Slovak Association for Geo-Informatics (SAGI; 3. 6. 2002); founder and head of the GIS Educational and Application Center at FPV/MBU BB (1997 – 2008); "Partner" Intergraph (1999); "Business partner" IBM and chairman of the IBM Academic Center at FPV/MBU BB (1997 – 2000); co-founder of the Slovak Environmental Agency (SAŽP) in BB (7/1993); guarantor/co-guarantor of the field of study/study program "Teaching Informatics in Combinations" (2006 – 2022); co-founder, multiple chairman, multiple compiler of proceedings and permanent member of the organizing and program committees of the International Conference DidInfo (since 1994); lectures and exercises in 5 key and 13 other subjects; 1 doctoral student; 15 rigorous papers; 245 DT and 124 BT; 2 foreign internships (England, Finland); 2 monographs; 1 chapter in the monograph; 3 high school textbooks; 5 elementary school textbooks; 27 scientific works, 19 scientific studies and articles, 9 secondary school teaching texts; 44 higher education/secondary schools electronic or printed scripts; 24 professional publications to support education, 16 reviews of professional books, 43 reviews of professional publications; 43 domestic and 16 foreign citations;. 62 active presentations at domestic and 7 active/invited presentations at foreign scientific conferences; 8 scientific grants; 6 EU projects (1. European Union – European Social Fund – Operational Programme Human Resources. ESF Project No. 11230100047 “Managed Outplacement of University and College Graduates (ROUT)”. Researchers: FoE/MBU BB, FNS/MBU BB and UŽ ZA. Expert coordinator of the entire project – Assoc. Prof. Ing. Ján Hudec, PhD., FoE/MBU BB. Lead researcher for FNS/MBU BB – Assoc. Prof. Ing. Ľudovít Trajteľ, PhD. Budget for MBU: SKK 5,000,000. Period: 9/2005 – 2/2008. 2. and 3. European Union – European Social Fund – Operational Programme Education. Double-project – ITMS No. 26120130001 and ITMS No. 26140230001 “Further training of primary and secondary school teachers in the subject of informatics (DVUi)". National project. Investigators – PJŠU KE, CU BA, UCP NR, MBU BB, UŽ ZA. Principal investigator for MBU – doc. Ing. Ľudovít Trajteľ, PhD. Budget/subcontract for MBU: €200,492.99 (SKK 6,040,025). Period: 2008 – 2011. 4. European Union – European Structural Funds – Operational Programme Research and Development/line Research and Development Infrastructure “Slovak Infrastructure for High Performance Computing (SIVVP)”. National project. Investigators – CD SAS BA, UI SAS BA, STU BA, UŽ ZA, MBU BB, TU KE, UEF SAS KE. Principal investigator for MBU (since 24/11/2009) – doc. Ing. Ľudovít Trajteľ, PhD. Budget for MBU: €1,094,907.12 (SKK 32,985,168). Period: 2008 – 2013. 5. European Union – European Social Fund/European Regional Development Fund – Operational Programme Human Resources. Project – ITMS No. 312011F057 “IT Academy – Education for the 21st Century (ITA)”. National project. Researchers – PJŠU KE, UŽ ZA, MBU BB, TU KE, UCP NR. Expert coordinator of the entire project – Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Dušan Šveda, CSc. Lead researcher for FNS/MBU – Assoc. Prof. Ing. Ľudovít Trajteľ, PhD. Total project budget: €19,137,065.53. Period: 9/2016 – 8/2022. 6. European Union – European Social Fund/European Regional Development Fund – Operational Programme Human Resources. Project – ITMS No. 312011BGF7 “Support of internal systems for ensuring the quality of higher education at the MBU in Banská Bystrica”. National project. Project coordinator for the FNS/MBU BB – Prof. RNDr. Ján Spišiak, DrSc. Co-investigator for the DoCS/FNS/MBU BB – Assoc. Prof. Ing. Ľudovít Trajteľ, PhD. Budget for MBU BB: €312,987.08. Period: 1/2021 – 6/2023); leading and solving several other UNESCO, TEMPUS/PHARE, CERN, KEGA, VEGA and other projects.