The Department of Automation and Mathematics was established in 1960 under the name of Department of Automation of Chemical Productions at then University of Chemical Technology in Pardubice. In addition to specialized study programme the department provided lessons of courses related to computer technology throughout the university.
In research and development area the department was focused mostly on automation in chemical and related fields both in basic and specific research in cooperation with number of partners from academic and industrial spheres.
In 2007, the entire department transferred into the newly established Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics which changed the focus of the department in the structure of courses and research. In the area of basic and applied research members of the department attend to modern control methods such as adaptive, optimal, multivariable and predictive control, some areas of artificial intelligence, mathematical modelling, experimental identification and optimization of dynamic systems, development of control applications using microprocessors, mechatronics and robotics.
Heads of the Department
| 1960 – 1964 | Ing. Vlastimil Hutla | |
| 1964 – 1981 | prof. Ing. Josef Komůrka | |
| 1981 – 1990 | doc. Ing. Ivan Taufer, CSc. | |
| 1990 – 2007 | doc. Ing. Stanislav Krejčí, CSc. | |
| 2007 – 2012 | doc. Ing. František Dušek, CSc. | |
| 2012 – 2024 | Ing. Daniel Honc, Ph.D. | |
| 2024 – now | Ing. Libor Kupka, Ph.D., current head of the department |