* Address and contacts
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
Botanicka 68a
602 00 Brno
mail:	prenosil@fi.muni.cz
phone:	+420 549496236
fax:	+420 549491820

* Main contact person(s)
prof. Ing. Vaclav Prenosil, CSc.

* Thematic focus of the research unit / research team
Computer networks hardware accelerated algorithms,
ON-LINE monitoring computer networks and backbone networks,
Fast Digital Pulse-Shape Analyzer for Spectrometry of Neutrons and Gamma Rays,
Avionics of Unmanned Air Vehicles,
Hybrid Propulsion (electro-petrol).

* Brief characteristics of the research unit
Project of the defense research, Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic - license number MO 307920 1409, code ZAZNAM II,
Project of the defense research, Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic - code VIRTUAL,
Project of the defense research, Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic - code DISTANCE,
Science project, Ministry of Transportation of the Czech Republic - code MESPIN,
Science project, Ministry of Defense of the USA - code CAMNEP.
	Members of research team - prof. RNDr. Frantisek Cvachovec, CSc. (ext), prof. Ing. Karel H�jek, CSc. (ext), prof. Ing. Jaroslav �ech�k, Ph.D. (ext), doc. Mgr. Radek Pelanek, Ph.D., doc. Ing. Vladimir Vrab, CSc. (ext), doc. Ing. Jan Hodicky, Ph.D. (ext), doc. RNDr. Ji�� Jevick�, CSc., (ext), Ing. Petr Frantis, Ph.D. (ext), Ing. Zbynek Bures, Ph.D. (ext), Ing. Jiri Novotny, Ing. Pavel Celeda, Ph.D., RNDr. Vojtech Krmicek, Mgr. Simon Rerucha, RNDr. Zdenek Matej, Mgr. Jaromir Malis, Mgr. Martin Elich, Mgr. Radek Krejci, Mgr. Moslem Amiri

* Number of senior research staff - 2
* Number of junior research positions - 7
* Number of PhD graduates over the past 5 years (since 2006) - 3

* Key research equipment
Design and development equipments (oscilloscopes, analyzers, programmers and development kits) and software (programming language and design systems) for FPGA configuration, control microprocessors programming and design of embedded systems.

* Unique know-how of the given research unit
ON-LINE monitoring computer networks and backbone networks - ready for application, in cooperation with UNIS (Czech), INVEA (Czech) and Ministry of Defense of the USA,
Control and Command system based on Virtual Reality - potential product, in cooperation with Ministry of defense of the Czech Republic and Faculty of Military Technology - University of Defense in Brno, NATO Modelling and Simulation Group of the Research and Technology Organization.
Fast Digital Pulse-Shape Analyzer for Spectrometry of Neutrons and Gamma Rays - potential product, in cooperation with Institute of Nuclear research �e� and Faculty of Military Technology - University of Defense in Brno,
Hybrid propulsion for Unmanned Air Vehicles - potential product, Faculty of Military Technology - University of Defense in Brno, MSR Engine s r.o., Honeywell

* Main collaborating industrial partners / application partners in the Czech Republic and abroad
Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic		  10 mil. CZK (Constructive simulations, Distance E-learning and Videoconferencing, Command and Control systems, Network Enable Capability)
Ministry of Transportation of the Czech Republic	    3 mil. CZK (Neuroinformatics)
Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic	....3 mil. CZK (Prediction of Microsleeps)
CESNET					    1 mil. CZK (High Speed Routers - Liberouter)
ZPA, Novy Bor					100 th.   CZK (Universal Data Recorder)
VRG, Prague					    1 mil. CZK (Distributed Simulation, Network Enable Capability)
INNA, Prague					100 th.   CZK (Command and Control System of the Czech Army Military Air-force)
Ministry of Defence of the USA			  50 th.   USD (Safety of backbone computer networks)
NATO Research and Technology Organization	  20 th.   EUR (Modelling and Simulation of the Combat Activities, Counter against Terrorism)
Honeywell					200 th.   CZK (Embedded Systems)

* Main collaborating academic partners in the Czech Republic and abroad partners
Faculty of Transportation, Czech Technical University Prague	- Forecasting of the Microsleeps, Man-Machine Interface.
Faculty of Electronics, West Bohemia University Pilsen		- Forecasting of the Microsleeps
Faculty of Military Technology, University of Defence, Brno		- Distance E-learning and Videoconferencing, Fast Digital Pulse-Shape Analyzer for Spectrometry of Neutrons and Gamma Rays.