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Director
QJRIU. Prof. dr Zbigniew
Leś
Prof. Z. Leś is a graduate from the Technical University
of Cracow (M.Sc. and PhD.), Poland
and the University
of Melbourne (MSc.). He also did postgraduate courses in computer
science at Silesian University, and advanced mathematical methods and
film art at Jagiellonian University.
He is founder and director of the Queen Jadwiga Foundation and Queen
Jadwiga Research Institute of Understanding. He is also founder of the QJF Art&Science Gallery that is based on an artistic
program comprising three thematic strands: 1. Masterpieces as signs 2. Works of art as a result of systematic
investigations and 3. Scientific beauty of the expanded visual field where
the source of the aesthetic inspiration might be found not only in
the world of our common existence but also, due to the expansion of our
scale of perception, in the’ micro-macro’ world. His interest in fine art
started in Poland
with pioneering explorations of the utilization of scientific visual
information (a micro-macro world) in artistic works. His artistic works
have been presented at exhibitions in Cracow
and Melbourne.
Prof.
Leś has also conducted research at
the University
of Melbourne aiming
at developing a method of aesthetic evaluation based on an image
understanding approach. His research “Image Understanding and Aesthetic
Evaluation” was the first attempt in the world to utilize the image
understanding approach to aesthetic evaluation. He is also working on the
opera ‘Queen Jadwiga’ which will be based on utilization of the new signal
processing method in sound producing. Currently he is conducting research
on thinking and understanding. One of the aims of this new area of research
is development of the Shape Understanding System (SUS), which is the first
attempt to build a system with visual thinking capabilities. SUS is now
enriched in ability to understand the different objects such as the visual
object, the sensory object and the text object. System of minerals
understanding ‘Domeyko’ is a part of the system
which is now being developed in the context of building of the ‘Strzelecki’
collection of minerals. He is also founder of the QJF Press that is
dedicated to publish unique books of high artistic quality. Until now four
books were published, co-authored by M. Leś.
He is also the editor of the International Journal of Understanding and QJF
Bulletin published by QJF Press. As the director of QJF he initiated
collaboration with St. Jadwiga Queen Family of Schools that is aimed on
elaboration of the new educational program based on strong relation of the
learning at school with the traditional values of the Polish culture.
Within this program new forms of students’ activities were developed, such
as ‘St. Jadwiga Queen little pearl’ or
‘the Queen of the Year meets with children from an orphanage’. He is an
author of more than sixty scientific papers and two scientific books.
Several times he has been a member of the Program Committee of the
international conferences (SIP, CG). He was included in ‘Who is Who in the
World’ in the years 2003, 2005 and 2007. He is also a political activist
and he intends to candidate to be elected as the President of Poland.
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