Assoc. Prof. Wiesław Cetera, Habil. is the Head of the Department of Information Technology at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw.
He has contributed to the development of degrees in Media Logistics, Big Data Management, and Cybersecurity, including the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in Media Logistics.
His work connects academic research with practical applications in business. He founded the University of Warsaw’s first social sciences spin-off, the Centre for Information Refining, and has led several major research and development projects, including projects supported by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) concerning big data and the IKONA project on countering disinformation.
He is the author of monographs, reference works on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, and academic journal articles. His publications also address media economics, printing, logistics, innovation, stylometry, and big data analysis. He serves on the editorial boards of international journals and reviews submissions for journals published under the Nature portfolio.
He founded IKS – Informatyka, Komputery, Systemy, one of Poland’s earliest computer magazines, and served as its Editor-in-Chief from 1986 to 1989. His professional experience also includes journalism and management in the printing industry.
He graduated from the Faculty of Cybernetics at the Military University of Technology in Warsaw. He obtained his PhD in Economics, specialising in Management, from the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw, and subsequently obtained his habilitation in Media and Communication Studies.
Research interests:
the application of big data to social media analysis.