Interview with Sofija, a talented student from Serbia who chose to study in the Czech Republic and has achieved numerous successes at FI MU. Her journey from her first visit to Brno to receiving the "Dean's Award for Outstanding Final Thesis" is filled with determination, hard work, and inspiration.
When childhood knowledge and interests are combined and multiplied at FI MUNI, you can become an expert, for example in the field of natural language processing. Read how Miloš Jakubíček's career path evolved from childhood to his position at Lexical Computing.
David Kouřil, a former student of the Faculty of Computer Science at Masaryk University, gave us an exclusive interview. David shared with us bits and pieces of his academic journey not only at Harvard, his research activities and added some tips on how other students can achieve the same. Let his story be an inspiration to you.
How does a love of mathematics lead to research in robotics? Jana Tůmová has become an expert in formal methods for robotics thanks to her active involvement in the lab at FI and international internships.
One Erasmus stay can change your life. Michael Tsikerdekis experienced this when he went to the Czech Republic for an Erasmus and eventually decided to pursue his PhD there with research in social informatics.
Petr Zvoníček, a computer scientist, has been developing mobile applications since his studies at Masaryk University. He got into them thanks to a special course at the Faculty of Informatics.
Oliver Roch founded his first startup in high school. The company has been running on its own until today, but Oliver only consults remotely from Luxembourg, where he works as a data scientist at Amazon.
Doc. Dr. rer. nat. RNDr. Mgr. Bc. Jan Křetínský, Ph.D. became famous at the Faculty of Informatics of MU for the number of graduated universities and degrees he obtained. Behind these degrees are a number of successful publications and research.
Milan Patnaik came to the FI MU to obtain his second master degree in Computer Science. He aimed to deepen his knowledge in Cyber Security which he came across when working for the Government of India.
Shkodran Gerguri gained experience in well-known IT companies such as GoodData and Elsevier. Thanks to these experiences, he was able to improve the organization of companies, for example in managing large teams.
After graduating from the Faculty of Informatics at MU, Kanitha Chim joined the Brno branch of Red Hat full-time, where she is involved in product programming as a software engineer.
Vladimír Sedláček focuses on the security of cryptographic systems related to elliptic curves. In his spare time, he is dedicated to popularizing science and mathematical thinking.
FI MU graduate Jakub Vejmola, also known as Kicom, is a Bitcoin evangelist and brings people closer to the world of cryptocurrencies with his YouTube channel Bitcoinovej kanal.
Andrij Stecko came to FI MU after studies in Lviv (UKR). He found his passion in security, in which he continued his PhD studies, during which he was involved in several projects.
FI PhD graduate David Novak is the co-founder and CEO of Ximilar, which offers effective image recognition solutions and many other services.
Hàn Thế Thành is the creator of and still maintains pdfTeX. Dave Walden asked Hàn about his work and studies in the interview for tug.org.
Karel Kubíček, a graduate of Masaryk University, is involved in automating regulations concerning handling personal data at the famous Swiss ETH technology.
FI graduate Jiří Matela co-founded the company Comprimato, which received more than 30 million investments.
After her successes in computing, Barbora Bühnová, an associate professor from FI MU, decided to encourage other women to study computer science.
The doctoral student from the FI MU Ján Jančár, created a system that sends information about the possibility of vaccination in Slovakia.
Radek Pelánek focuses on the development of educational systems based on artificial intelligence.
Bioinformatics graduate Monika Čechová summarizes her experience in the cooperation of biologists and computer scientists in her article in the journal PLOS Computational Biology.
Beginning teachers at FI MU exchange experiences in the Teaching Lab and have developed a teacher's diary, which is also used outside the faculty.
FI MU alumnus Petr Přidal founded a company that supplies map data and applications worldwide.
FI MU Ph.D. students Kristína Zákopčanová and Martin Ukrop explain how computer scientists can play a key role in solving the climate issue in society.
Blind software programmer Vojtěch Polášek graduated with honors and kick-started his full-time career in Red Hat
The FI MU Ph.D. student Vít Novotný tackles problems that Google can’t answer. His project is supposed to help researchers all around the globe.
The FI MU doctoral student Kristína Zákopčanová helps the police with an adequate depiction of acquired knowledge.
Vít Šesták, student of Computer Science, entered the Google Hall of Fame.
Three summer internships secured Juraj Pančík a job at Google immediately after his graduation from the MU Faculty of Informatics. “It’s no big deal, you just have to give it a try,” he says.
Thanks to his studies at the Faculty of Informatics MU and his skill, Filip Široký got on an internship to the world scientific leader in CERN, and now he has a permanent job there.
FI MU alumnus has succeeded in business and is now starting a project Česko.Digital, which will make the Czech Republic a better place to live.
Already during their studies, Petr Šigut and David Hrachový founded Hlídačky.cz, which is useful to thousands of parents and babysitters.
Michal Balážia, a FI MU alumnus, received the prestigious Joseph Fourier Award for the development of a biometric system.
The company of Petr Palas, a FI MU alumnus, is based in Brno. But thanks to the Internet, its customers from all over the world use his Kentico Software products.
There are not many people who make a font for newspapers, magazines or other purposes and make a living from it in the Czech Republic. FI MU alumnus is one of them.
Originally a FI MU alumnus is the avant-garde soul of the ProFIdivadlo and the FI MU film festival, the writer and director of plays of the Napříč.cz association.
He introduced the Internet to colleges and households; today he is the chairman of the board of directors of the association that manages the .cz public domain.
FI MU alumnus works as a startup program manager at the South Moravian Innovation Center (JIC) to help innovative ideas and companies succeed in the market.
The young FI MU alumnus leads an emerging NetSuite affiliate with nearly 300 employees.
What happens when a lawyer and an IT guy meet? A successful and fast-growing company can be created to provide an online platform for tailor-made legal documents.
FI MU alumnus is about to start up Prizeo fundraising platform in Silicon Valley.
Computer scientist Tomáš Brázdil believes that methods used by characters in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory can be effective.
Who would think that the search results of a web search engine are shaped by a young FI MU alumnus, who was a closet writer of short stories?
Jan Řezáč, an alumnus of the Faculty of Informatics, focuses on web design.
A FI MU alumnus Filip Procházka focuses on the analysis of electricity distribution network data.
Alumna Dita Přikrylová left her job as a data analyst to join the NGO Czechitas, whose aim is to attract more women to IT.
Roman Dušek, a FI MU alumnus, is in charge of search development at Seznam.cz.
As a student, Jan Pazdziora was part of the team which introduced the IS at MU. Currently, he is one of the key brains at Red Hat.
Tomáš Baránek, an FI MU alumnus stood at the cradle of the successful publishing house Jan Melvil Publishing.
His board game Codenames sold over a million copies in thirty language versions. Today, it ranks among bestsellers like The Settlers of Catan.
The young IT engineer from FI MU Patrik Hudák is concerned with website security and is considering setting up his start-up.
Jakub Jurových is the start-up Operam technical director. The company strives to promote Hollywood studios movies.
David Pavlík, a FI MU alumnus, has put a number of renowned US employers under his belt.
Professor Václav Matyáš, FI MU alumnus, spoke with Mike Bursell from Red Hat about computer security and the problem of usable security.
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