Researcher | Czech Technical University in Prague | Czech Republic
Dr. Michal Novotný is a distinguished researcher at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, specializing in biomedical signal processing, speech analysis, and neurodegenerative disease diagnostics. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering Theory from the same university, where his doctoral work focused on automated assessment of diadochokinesis and resonance in dysarthrias associated with basal ganglia dysfunction. He also earned an Engineer’s degree in Biomedical Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Multimedia, complemented by an Erasmus internship at the University of Glasgow. Dr. Novotný has served as a researcher at the Czech Academy of Sciences and currently leads and contributes to several nationally and internationally funded projects, including principal investigator roles for studies on hypomimia and speech biomarkers in Parkinson’s disease. His research focuses on objective and automated acoustic analysis of speech disorders in Parkinson’s disease, REM sleep behavior disorder, multiple sclerosis, and other neurological conditions, resulting in a robust portfolio of high-impact publications in journals such as IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, Annals of Neurology, and npj Parkinson’s Disease. He is a recognized academic leader, teaching courses on bioengineering, signal processing, and multimedia synthesis, and supervising doctoral and master’s students. Dr. Novotný has delivered keynote lectures at international conferences, completed over 85 journal reviews, and is widely cited in the field. 974 Citations by 667 documents, 36 Documents, h-index 17
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Featured Publications
1. Novotny M.*, Rusz J., Čmejla R., Růžička E., Automatic evaluation of articulatory disorders in Parkinson’s disease. IEEE/ACM Trans. Audio Speech Lang. Process., 2014, 22(9), 1366–1378.
2. Rusz J., Bonnet C., Klempíř J., Tykalová T., Baborová E., Novotný M.*, et al., Speech disorders reflect differing pathophysiology in Parkinson’s disease, progressive supranuclear palsy and multiple system atrophy. J. Neurol., 2015, 262(4), 992–1001.
3. Rusz J., Hlavnička J., Tykalová T., Novotný M.*, Dušek P., Šonka K., Růžička E., Smartphone allows capture of speech abnormalities associated with high risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. IEEE Trans. Neural Syst. Rehabil. Eng., 2018, 26(8), 1495–1507.
4. Rusz J., Hlavnička J., Novotný M.*, Tykalová T., Pelletier A., Montplaisir J., et al., Speech biomarkers in rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder and Parkinson disease. Ann. Neurol., 2021, 90(1), 62–75.
5. Rusz J., Benova B., Ruzickova H., Novotný M.*, Tykalová T., Hlavnicka J., et al., Characteristics of motor speech phenotypes in multiple sclerosis. Mult. Scler. Relat. Disord., 2018, 19, 62–69.
