Mihal Novotný
Member of the Signal Analysis, Modelling, and Interpretation group
Department of Circuit Theory
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Czech Technical University in Prague
Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Tel: +420 224 355 887
Fax: +420 233 339 805
Email: novotm26@fel.cvut.cz

Research Areas

  • Facial movement disruption
  • Speech disorders
  • Movement disorders
  • Digital signal processing

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    Education

  • 2016 PhD degree in Electrical Engineering Theory, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University
  • 2012 Ing. degree (MSc) in Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University

    Position

  • (2015-) Researcher at Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University
  • (2009-2010) Researcher at the Laboratory of Ultrasound Measurements, Department of Thermomechanics, Czech Academy of Sciences

    Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

    26. Novotny M, Cmejla R, Tykalova T. Automated prediction of children's age from voice acoustics. J Biomed Signal Process Control 2023;81:104490. [PDF]

    25. Svihlik J, Novotny M, Tykalova T, Polakova K, Brozova H, Kryze P, Sousa M, Krack P, Tripoliti E, Ruzicka E, Jech R, Rusz J. Long-Term Averaged Spectrum Descriptors of Dysarthria in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease Treated With Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation. J Speech Lang Hear Res 2022;65:4690-4699. [PDF]

    24. Skrabal D, Rusz J, Novotny M, Ruzicka E, Dusek P, Tykalova T. Articulatory undershoot of vowels in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder and early Parkinson’s disease. NPJ Parkinsons Dis 2022;8:137. [PDF] [cited]

    23. Novotny M, Tykalova T, Ruzickova H, Ruzicka E, Dusek P, Rusz J. Automated video-based assessment of facial bradykinesia in de-novo Parkinson’s disease. NPJ Dig Med 2022;98. [PDF] [cited]

    22. Subert M, Simek M, Novotny M, Tykalova T, Bezdicek O, Ruzicka E, Sonka K, Dusek P, Rusz J. Linguistic abnormalities in isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder. Mov Disord 2022;37:1872-1882. [PDF]

    21. Tykalova T, Novotny M, Ruzicka E, Dusek P, Rusz J. Short-term effect of dopaminergic medication on speech in early-stage Parkinson's disease. NPJ Parkinsons Dis 2022; 8:22. [PDF] [cited]

    20. Illner V, Tykalova T, Novotny M, Klempir J, Dusek P, Rusz J. Towards automated articulation rate analysis via connected speech in dysarthrias. J Speech Lang Hear Res; 2022;65:1386-1401. [PDF] [cited]

    19. Rusz J, Janzen A, Tykalova T, Novotny M, Zogala D, Timmermann L, Růžička E, Šonka K, Dušek P, Oertel W. Dysprosody in Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder with Impaired Olfaction but Intact Nigrostriatal Pathway. Mov Disord 2022; 37:619-623. [PDF] [cited]

    18. Rusz J, Tykalova T, Novotny M, Růžička E, Dušek P. Distinct patterns of speech disorder in early-onset and late-onset de-novo Parkinson’s disease. NPJ Parkinsons Dis 2021; 7:98. [PDF] [cited]

    17. Rusz J, Tykalova T, Novotny M, Zogala D, Šonka K, Růžička E, Dušek P. Defining speech subtypes in de novo Parkinson's disease: response to long-term levodopa therapy. Neurology 2021; 97:e2124-e2135. [PDF] [cited]

    16. Rusz J, Tykalova T, Novotny M, Zogala D, Růžička E, Dušek P. Automated speech analysis in early untreated Parkinson's disease: relation to gender and dopaminergic transporter imaging. Eur J Neurol 2021; 29:81-90. [PDF] [cited]

    15. Rusz J, Svihlik J, Kryze P, Novotny M, Tykalova T. Reproducibility of Voice Analysis with Machine Learning. Mov Disord 2021; 36:1282-1283. [PDF] [cited]

    14. Rusz J, Hlavnicka J, Novotny M, Tykalova T<, Pelletier A, Montplaisir J, Gagnon J-F, Dusek P, Galbiati A, Marelli S, Timm PC, Teigen LN, Janzen A, Habibi M, Stefani A, Holzknecht E, Seppi K, Evangelista E, Rassu AL, Dauvilliers Y, Hogl B, Oertel W, St Louis EK, Ferini-Strambi L, Ruzicka E, Postuma RB, Sonka K. Speech biomarkers in rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson's disease. Ann Neurol 2021; 90:62-75. [PDF] [cited]

    13. M. Novotny, J. Melechovsky, K. Rozenstoks, T. Tykalova, P. Kryze, M. Kanok, J. Klempir, and J. Rusz. (2020). "Comparison of Automated Acoustic Methods for Oral Diadochokinesis Assessment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis," Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 63 (10 November): 3453-3460. [PDF] [cited]

    12. M. Novotný, P. Dušek, I. Daly, E. Růžička, J.Rusz. (2020)."Glottal Source Analysis of Voice Deficits in Newly Diagnosed Drug-naive Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: Correlation Between Acoustic Speech Characteristics and Non-Speech Motor Performance," Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 57(March): 101818. [PDF] [cited]

    11. K. Rozenstoks, M. Novotný, D. Horáková, J. Rusz. (2020)."Automated assessment of oral diadochokinesis in multiple sclerosis using a neural network approach: effect of different syllable repetition paradigms," IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 28(January): 32-41. [PDF] [cited]

    10. J. Rusz, M. Vaněčková, B. Beňová, T. Tykalová, . Novotný, H. Růžičková, T. Uher, M. Andělová, K. Novotná, L. Friedová, J. Motýl, K. Kučerová, J. Krásenský, D. Horáková. (2019). "Brain volumetric correlates of dysarthria in multiple sclerosis," Brain and Language, 194(7 June): 58-64. [PDF] [cited]

    9. L. Friedová, J. Rusz, J. Motýl, B. Srpová, K. Vodehnalová, M. Andělová, K. Novotná, M. Novotný, H. Růžičková, T. Tykalová, E. K. Havrdová, D. Horáková, and T. Uher. (2019). "Slowed articulation rate is associated with information processing speed decline in multiple sclerosis: A pilot study," Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 65(7 July): 28-33. [PDF] [cited]

    8. J. Rusz, J. Hlavnička, T. Tykalová, M. Novotný, P. Dušek, K. Šonka, and E. Růžička. (2018). "Smartphone allows capture of speech abnormalities associated with high risk of developing Parkinson’s disease," IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 26(8 August): 1495-1507. [PDF] [cited]

    7. J. Rusz, B. Beňová, H. Růžičková, M. Novotný, T. Tykalová, J. Hlavnička, T. Uher, M. Vaněčková, M. Andělová, K. Novotná, L. Kadrnožková, and D. Horáková. (2018). "Characteristics of motor speech phenotypes in multiple sclerosis," Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 19(1 January): 62-69. [PDF] [cited]

    6. J. Rusz, T. Tykalová, R. Krupička, K. Zárubová, M. Novotný, R. Jech, Z. Szabó, and E. Růžička. (2017). "Comparative analysis of speech impairment and upper limb motor dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease," Journal of Neural Transmission, 124(4 April): 463-470. [PDF] [cited]

    5. J. Rusz, M. Novotný, J. Hlavnička, T. Tykalová, and E. Růžička. (2017). High-accuracy voice-based classification between patients with Parkinson’s disease and other neurological diseases may be an easy task with inappropriate experimental design. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 25(8 August): 1319-1321. [PDF] [cited]

    4. M. Novotný, J. Rusz, R. Čmejla, H. Růžičková, J. Klempíř, and E. Růžička. (2016). "Hypernasality associated with basal ganglia dysfunction: evidence from Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease," PeerJ, 4: 2530. [PDF] [suppl. material] [cited]

    3. J. Rusz, C. Bonnet, J. Klempíř, T. Tykalová, E. Baborová, M. Novotný, A. Rulseh, and E. Růžička. (2015). "Speech disorders reflect differing pathophysiology in Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy and multiple system atrophy," Journal of Neurology, 262(4): 992-1001. [PDF] [cited]

    2. M. Novotný, J. Rusz, R. Čmejla, E. Růžička. (2014). Automatic evaluation of articulatory disorders in Parkinson's disease. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, 22(9): 1366-1378. [PDF] [cited]

    1. H. Seiner, O. Heczko, P. Sedlák, L. Bodnárová, M. Novotný, M. Kopeček, M. Landa. (2013). Combined effect of structural softening and magneto-elastic coupling on elastic coefficients of NiMnGa austenite. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 577: 131-135. [PDF] [cited]

    Selected Full Conference Papers

    2. M. Novotný, J. Rusz, K. Spálenka, J. Klempíř, D. Horáková, and E. Růžička. (2017). "Acoustic evaluation of nasality in cerebellar syndromes," in Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (INTERSPEECH), Stockholm, Sweden, 2017, 3132-3136. [PDF]

    1. M. Novotný, J. Pospíšil, R. Čmejla, J. Rusz (2015). "Automatic Detection of Voice Onset Time in Dysarthric Speech," in Proceedings of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Brisbane, Australia, 2015, 4340-4344. [PDF] [cited]

    Awards

  • 2022 CTU Rector's Prize for outstanding publication Speech biomarkers in rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson's disease
  • 2016 Deans's Prize for outstanding PhD thesis Automated assessment of diadochokinesis and resonance in dysarthrias associated with basal ganglia dysfunction
  • 2012 Dean's Prize for the diploma thesis Charakterizace magnetoelastických vlastností feromagnetických slitin s tvarovou pamětí ultrazvukovými metodami

    Conference Organization

  • 3rd Speech and Swallowing in Parkinson's Disease School , Prague, Czech Republic [2019]

    Research projects: principal investigator

  • 2023-2026 Czech Ministry of Health (MZČR) NU23J-04-00042: Video analysis of hypomimia in Parkinson's disease and other synucleinopathies

    Research projects: team member

  • 2022-2025 Programme EXCELES, funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU LX22NPO5107: National institute for Neurological Research
  • 2020-2023 Czech Ministry of Health (MZČR) NU20-08-00445: Smart Speech Biomarkers for Parkinson’s Disease and Other Synucleinopathies
  • 2019-2022 Czech Ministry of Health (MZČR) NV19-04-00120: Objective investigation of distinct speech phenotypes in newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease including effects of pharmacotherapy
  • 2017-2019 Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) 12546: Automatic acoustic speech analysis and REM sleep behaviour disorder for detecting subjects at high risk for Parkinson's disease and other alpha-synucleinopathies
  • 2016-2018 Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) 16-03322S: Investigation of pathomechanisms responsible for speech and voice disorders in multiple sclerosis using new methods of objective acoustic analysis
  • 2015-2018 Czech Ministry of Health (MZČR) 15-28038A: Speech disorders and analysis of their mechanism in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders

    Latest update: 20.03.2023

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    Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
    Department of Circuit Theory
    Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic
    Phone: +420 2435 2236, e-mail: cmejla at fel.cvut.cz