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I am a principal lecturer (international) at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, UK. I am interested in Computer Graphics/Multimedia and Digital Technologies, especially their applications in education and psychology such as using graphics, images and animations to enable and enhance learning. I am also interested in processing and visualisation of biological images, especially with applications in Embryology.
My formal education in Mathematics and Computer Graphics is from Comenius University, Slovakia where I obtained a MSc degree in Mathematics with specialization in Computer Graphics and Computer Science for Mathematicians, RNDr degree in Mathematics and PhD degree in Mathematics. After a positive and rich experience from working in Japan (U-Aizu), USA (CMU, Harvard), Germany (Leibinger GmbH), Slovakia (Comenius Uni), I won the RCUK Fellowship and joined the WMG/IDL at University of Warwick. In August 2011 I started as a lecturer in Computer Games at Manchester MET.
I am a senior member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Senior fellow of High Education Academy (HEA) and a director of Eurographics, UK Chapter Ltd.
Education
PhD (1998) in Mathematics (Geometry and Topology), School of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University, Slovak Republic
Mgr (1994) in Mathematics (Computer Graphics) and Computer Science for Mathematicians at School of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University, Slovak Republic
Additional Degrees
Postgraduate certificate (2010) in Academic and Professional Practice, Learning and Development Centre, University of Warwick, UK
Postgraduate certificate (2000) in International Relations, Approximation of Laws and Diplomacy, School of Law, Comenius University, Slovak Republic
RNDr (1999) in Mathematics (Computer Graphics) at School of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University, Slovak Republic
Professional Memberships
Senior member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Senior Fellow of High Education Academy (HEA)
Member of Eurographics (EG)
Director & executive committee member of Eurographics UK Chapter (EGUK)
08/2013 – 06/2015 Senior Lecturer in Computer Games
Computer Games Curriculum Group Leader
MSc Computing Network Programme Leader
School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
08/2011 – 07/2013 Lecturer in Computer Games
School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
07/2011 – 09/2013 Visiting Lecturer
School of Science and Medicine, Department of Applied Computing, University of Buckingham, Buckingham, UK
01/2007 – 08/2011 Assistant Professor / Research Councils UK Academic Fellow
WMG, International Digital Laboratory, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
09/2004 – 12/2006Senior Research Fellow
MGH/MIT Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, MGH, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
08/2003 – 09/2004 Lecturer
Computer Science Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
10/2002 – 09/2004 Research Systems Programmer
Supercomputing Center, Biomedical Initiative, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
02/2002 – 10/2002 Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Graphics and Image Processing, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
10/2000 – 01/2002 Visiting Researcher
Department of Computer Software, The University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatzu, Japan
02/1998 – 09/2000 Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Graphics and Image Processing, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2015 - present Faculty of Science and Engineering Lead for Internationalisation
2013 - 2016 MSc Computing Network Programme Leader
2013 - present Computer Games Curriculum Group Leader
Slovak - mother language
English, German, Russian, Czech
Algorithms and Data Structures (C#) 6G5Z1002 UG 2015 - present
Enterprise Programming (Java) 6G7Z1006 MSc 2014 - 2015
Computer Graphics (C++, OpenGL) 6G5Z2002 UG 2012 - present
Multimedia Technology (Blitz 3D) 63MM5320 UG 2011 - 2012
Computer Games Development 6G4Z2003 UG 2011 - 2012
Computer Games Programming and Design 63CG7301 MSc 2011 - 2014
Programming (Java) 6G4Z1001 UG 2011 - 2015
Computer Games Programming (C++, OpenGL) 63CG5301 UG 2011 - 2012
Professional Development – computer game projects 63CP5301 UG 2011 - present
I supervise students with BSc, MSc and PhD projects.
2013 External assessor and panel member for Interactive Media degree, Programme approval, Birmingham City University (UK) and ICAT (India)
2014 External assessor and panel member for Creative Technology and Multimedia, Periodic Programme review, University of Portsmouth
2014 - 2017 External Examiner for Interactive Media degree, Birmingham City University (UK) and ICAT (India)
2015 External Panel Member for the Validation of the BSc(Hons) Computer Games Programming at the University of Gloucestershire
2015 External Panel Member for the Programme Collaboration Approval between DEI College, Greece and the University of Northampton
2016 External Panel Member for Course Approval of the MComp award and consequent revisions to UG provision at the University of Worcester
2016 -2019 External Examiner for BSc Games Software Development at University of Sunderland, Sunderland
2016 - 2017 External Examiner for BSc Computer Games Technology at Birmingham City University, Birmingham
IJC. MacCormick, Y. Zheng, S. Czanner, Y. Zhao, PJ. Diggle, et al. SP. Harding, G. Czanner. (2017). Spatial statistical modelling of capillary non-perfusion in the retina. Scientific Reports. 7(1),
AL. Mölder, J. Persson, Z. El-Schich, S. Czanner, A. Gjörloff-Wingren (2017). Supervised classification of etoposide-treated in vitro adherent cells based on noninvasive imaging morphology. Journal of Medical Imaging. 4(2),
W. Tang (2013). Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics. S. Czanner.
(2012). Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics, Rutherford, United Kingdom, 2012. Proceedings. HA. Carr, S. Czanner. Eurographics Association.
R. vDurikovič, S. Czanner (2001). Spring Conference on Computer Graphics, April 25-28, 2001, Budmerice, Slovakia: Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society.
IJC. MacCormick, Y. Zheng, S. Czanner, Y. Zhao, PJ. Diggle, et al. SP. Harding, G. Czanner. (2017). Spatial statistical modelling of capillary non-perfusion in the retina. Scientific Reports. 7(1),
AL. Mölder, J. Persson, Z. El-Schich, S. Czanner, A. Gjörloff-Wingren (2017). Supervised classification of etoposide-treated in vitro adherent cells based on noninvasive imaging morphology. Journal of Medical Imaging. 4(2),
R. Durikovic, S. Czanner (2014). Interior Modelling and Object Metamorphosis with Parametric Solids.
A. PETRASOVA, S. CZANNER, A. CHALMERS, D. WOLKE (2012). THE UTILITY OF THE VIRTUAL REALITY IN DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCES OF INFANT FEEDING. Journal of Applied Mathematics.
K. Rafferty, S. Drury, G. Hartshorne, S. Czanner (2012). Use of Concave Corners in the Segmentation of Embryological Datasets. Review of Bioinformatics and Biometrics (RBB). 1, pp.1-8.
A. Petrasova, S. Czanner, G. Czanner, VJ. FARRER, A. Chalmers, et al. D. Wolke. (2010). The influence of dynamic scene changes in geometry of virtual positioning tasks. Aplimat-Journal of Applied Mathematics. 3, pp.259-268.
J. Jovicich, S. Czanner, X. Han, D. Salat, A. van der Kouwe, et al. B. Quinn, J. Pacheco, M. Albert, R. Killiany, D. Blacker, P. Maguire, D. Rosas, N. Makris, R. Gollub, A. Dale, BC. Dickerson, B. Fischl. (2009). MRI-derived measurements of human subcortical, ventricular and intracranial brain volumes: Reliability effects of scan sessions, acquisition sequences, data analyses, scanner upgrade, scanner vendors and field strengths. Neuroimage. 46(1), pp.177-192.
SCAFJ. Stugel, P. Nunukova (2009). Applet Competition as an Educational Tool in Creating Novel e-Textbook.
E. Zányi, E. Selmanovic, M. Broome, S. Czanner, M. Birchwood, et al. A. Chalmers, S. Singh. (2009). Interactive highly realistic virtual reality as a tool for understanding the genesis and treatment of psychotic symptoms. Stud Health Technol Inform. 144, pp.138-140.
R. Durikovic, S. Czanner, J. Parulek, M. Sramek (2008). Heterogeneous Modeling of Biological Organs and Organ Growth. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 4889, pp.239-258.
X. Han, J. Jovicich, D. Salat, A. van der Kouwe, B. Quinn, et al. S. Czanner, E. Busa, J. Pacheco, M. Albert, R. Killiany, P. Maguire, D. Rosas, N. Makris, A. Dale, B. Dickerson, B. Fischl. (2006). Reliability of MRI-derived measurements of human cerebral cortical thickness: the effects of field strength, scanner upgrade and manufacturer. Neuroimage. 32(1), pp.180-194.
J. Jovicich, S. Czanner, D. Greve, E. Haley, A. van der Kouwe, et al. R. Gollub, D. Kennedy, F. Schmitt, G. Brown, J. Macfall, B. Fischl, A. Dale. (2006). Reliability in multi-site structural MRI studies: effects of gradient non-linearity correction on phantom and human data. Neuroimage. 30(2), pp.436-443.
R. Sindhi, R. Venkataramanan, A. Magill, J. Reyes, A. Zeevi, et al. A. Wetzel, S. Czanner. (2004). Pharmacodynamic (PD) correlates of rejection with thymoglobulin (rATG) and tacrolimus monotherapy (TAC) in pediatric liver recipients. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION. 4, pp.446-446.
R. Ďurikovič, S. Czanner (2004). Modelling with three types of coons bodies. International Journal of Modelling and Simulation. 24(2), pp.97-101.
RS. Czanner, H. Inoue (2001). Growth Animation of Human Organs. surfaces. 1, pp.10-10.
RS. Czanner, H. Inoue (2001). Functional Representation of Human Embryo Brain Models.
R. Durikovic, S. Czanner, H. Inoue (2001). Functional representation of human embryo brain models. Journal of Three Dimensional Images. 15, pp.96-101.
R. Durikovic, S. Czanner, H. Inoue (2001). Growth animation of human organs. Comput. Animat. Virtual Worlds. 12, pp.287-295.
E. Ruzicky, M. Sramka, J. Kajan, S. Czanner (1997). New Approaches in Use of Brain Atlas for Planning in Stereotaxy. STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY. 67, pp.37-37.
M. Mikulecky, C. Moravcikova, S. Czanner (1996). Lunisolar tidal waves, geomagnetic activity and epilepsy in the light of multivariate coherence. Braz J Med Biol Res. 29(8), pp.1069-1072.
AL. Mölder, S. Drury, N. Costen, G. Hartshorne, S. Czanner (2016). Three Dimensional Visualisation of Microscope Imaging to Improve Understanding of Human Embryo Development. In: Visualization in Medicine and Life Sciences III. Springer International Publishing, pp.249-264.
R. vDurikovič, S. Czanner, J. Parulek, M. Šrámek (2008). Heterogeneous modeling of biological organs and organ growth, In the book on" Heterogeneous Objects Modeling and Applications. pp.239-258.
R. Durikovic, S. Czanner, J. Parulek, M. Srámek (2008). Heterogeneous Modeling of Biological Organs and Organ Growth. AA. Pasko, V. Adzhiev, P. Comninos. In: Heterogeneous Objects Modelling and Applications. Springer, pp.239-258.
A. Petrasova, S. Czanner, D. Wolke, A. Chalmers (2016). Treatment of infant feeding problems through virtual reality.
A. Mölder (2013). Methods to improve the understanding of microscopic embryo data sets using image analysis.
R. Hebecker, S. Schulz, M. Luimula, S. Czanner (2013). A playful interface for children’s diabetes self-care. In: CARPE. MMU, pp.online-online.
H. Carr, S. Czanner (2012). Preface. In: Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics 2012, TPCG 2012 - Eurographics UK Chapter Proceedings.
M. Zimányi, S. Czanner, A. Ferko On Possible Extensions of Volume Reconstruction.
S. Czanner, P. Nunukova Java Applets as an Efficient Tool for Computer Graphics Education.
J. Happa, A. Artusi, S. Czanner, A. Chalmers (2010). High Dynamic Range Video for Cultural Heritage Documentation and Experimental Archaeology. In: VAST. pp.17-24.
A. Petrásová, S. Czanner, A. Chalmers, JV. Farrer, D. Wolke (2010). The Playability Evaluation of Virtual Baby Feeding Application. In: VS-GAMES. pp.95-100.
A. Petrásová, G. Czanner, J. Happa, S. Czanner, D. Wolke, et al. A. Chalmers. (2010). Assessing a virtual baby feeding training system. In: Afrigraph. pp.37-44.
JH. Kwon, A. Chalmers, S. Czanner, G. Czanner, J. Powell (2009). A study of visual perception: Social anxiety and virtual realism. In: Proceedings - SCCG 2009: 25th Spring Conference on Computer Graphics. pp.167-172.
S. Czanner, A. Petrasova, JH. Kwon, A. Chalmers (2009). MATHEMATICAL MODELLING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF EGOCENTRIC VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS. In: APLIMAT 2009: 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, PROCEEDINGS. Bratislava, SLOVAKIA, 3/2/2009. pp.477-487.
A. Petrásová, JV. Farrer, S. Czanner, A. Chalmers, D. Wolke (2009). User Interface for Assisting Babies with Feeding Disorders. In: CW. pp.287-291.
S. Czanner, A. Ferko, J. Stugel (2008). Computer graphics virtual textbook. In: SCCG. pp.127-133.
PS. Center, DW. Deerfield, SM. Pomerantz, D. Nave, C. Rapier, et al. M. Mathis, A. Kar, S. Czanner, CT. Badea, J. Brandenburg, . others. (2007). An Adaptive, Scalable, and Secure I2-based Client-server Architecture for Interactive Analysis and Visualization of Volumetric Time Series Data.
A. Kovárová, S. Czanner (2004). Interactive simulations of elementary physical experiments. In: Proceeding of CEIMVRC04.
AW. Wetzel, GL. Nieder, G. Durka-Pelok, TR. Gest, SM. Pomerantz, et al. D. Nave, S. Czanner, L. Wagner, E. Shirey, DW. Deerfield. (2003). Photo-Realistic Representation of Anatomical Structures for Medical Education by Fusion of Volumetric and Surface Image Data. In: AIPR. pp.131-140.
A. Kovárová, S. Czanner Multimedia Interactive Simulations of Physical Experiments.
S. Czanner, A. Ferko, M. Grabner, FW. Leberl, J. Štugel (2002). Developing acm computing curriculum courseware on graphics & visual computing. In: CGE02, Eurographics/SIGGRAPH Workshop On Computer Graphics Education 2002.
R. Durikovic, S. Czanner (2002). Implicit Surfaces for Dynamic Growth of Digestive System. In: Shape Modeling International. pp.111-118.
S. Czanner, R. Durikovic, H. Inoue (2001). Growth simulation of human embryo brain. In: SPRING CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER GRAPHICS, PROCEEDINGS. BUDMERICE, SLOVAKIA, 25/4/2001. pp.139-145.
S. Czanner, H. Schopp, R. Boesecke, M. Roth, J. Pross, et al. R. Haux. (1997). Correlation of the Talairach atlas based on the proportional grid system. In: CBMS. pp.109-113.
G. Moravčíková, S. Czanner, J. Komorník, M. Mikuleck y (1994). Common, partial and multiple coherence: computer program. In: Sun, Moon and Living Matter. Internat. Workshop. Proceedings. Slovak Med. Soc. Bratislava. pp.30-35.