BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

After completion of his BS in Computer Science at the Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, Petr C. Smolik continued at the Faculty of Information Technologies of the Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic. There he completed his MS and continued in the PhD program since 1998. During that time he divided his duties among teaching parts of the information systems and object modeling courses, and real-world implementation of new e-business solutions for local companies. He continues to put his research interests in metasystems for description, generation, and maintenance of information systems into real-world solutions not only at the Brno University of Technology but also at one of the largest local banks.

Tomas Hruska graduated from the Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic. Since 1978, he has worked in the Department of Computers (Faculty of Information Technology - FIT), Brno University of Technology. At present, he is the dean of FIT. From 1978–1983, he dealt with research in the area of compiler implementation for simulation languages. From 1983–1989, he concentrated on design and implementation of both general-purpose and problem oriented languages. Since 1987 he has participated in the project of C language compiler. Since 1990, he has worked on the implementation of information systems. He deals with an implementation of an object-oriented database systems as a tool for modern information systems design now.