Prof. Jitka Dupačová
7. 8. 1939 – 4. 1. 2016
Jitka Žáčková
was born
in České Budějovice
in southern Bohemia
(the city of Budvar/
Budweiser)
in 1939.
In 1945 she moved
with her parents
to the spa town
of Karlovy Vary
(Karlsbad) in
Czechoslovakia,
where she
grew up.
MSc. Studies at Charles University
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
(1956–1961)
Graduated cum laude in 1961
PhD studies at Dept. of Probability
and Math. Statistics 1961–1967
First SP paper: On minimax solutions of stochastic linear
programming problems (1966)
Jitka
the keen
dancer
Wedding 1965
Václav Dupač
(1929–2011)
Her teacher, colleague
and later professor
at the department
of Probability and Math.
Statistics
Mathematics
and maternity
Jan (1968)
and
Gabriela (1971)
Assistant Professor 1973–1979
Jitka worked on
minimax problems
in stochastic
programming
She was very active
at the university
She habilitated
in 1979
First woman vice-dean at the faculty
1979–1985
First woman full professor at the faculty in 1986
1985–1989
1985–1986 Scholar of the
International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
1986 organized the 4th International
Conference on Stochastic
Programming in Prague
Focus on research:
papers in Math. Progamming,
Annals of Statistics, Optimization,
AnOR, …
Jitka
the enthusiastic
traveller
Meeting friends and colleagues
Meeting friends and colleagues
Meeting friends and colleagues
Jitka enjoyed also
the social life
at conferences
and travelling
with family
Jitka‘s attitude to obstacles
Jitka‘s attitude to obstacles
At the faculty after 1990
She established a new PhD study program
in Econometrics and Operations research
She supervised 15 PhD students, some of them
are still active in SP (e.g. Petr Lachout, Pavel Popela,
Miloš Kopa, Václav Kozmík)
She published many papers about contamination
and stress testing in SP, scenario generation
and reduction, applications...
New position from 1999
But still very active
also in the SP community
Jitka the happy
grandma
Jitka the enthusiastic chef
Memorial plaque 2004
In consideration of her merits
in the development of stochastic
programming she was awarded
one of twelve memorial
plaques during the X. Symposium
on Stochastic Programming
(2004).
Prof. Jitka Dupačová
* was active till the last days
* published several books, over 150 papers
* gave courses on stochastic programming, financial
management and optimization at various universities
around the world
* was an excellent teacher and advisor
* established and led seminar on SP for 30 years
* spent almost 60 years studying or teaching at the
Faculty of Mathematics, Charles University in Prague
* is missed by Czech and Italian SP community very much
Thank you,
Jitka!