News and events archive
From the faculty
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The faculty's sustainability strategy is in the works
TL;DR: the university strategy and faculty’s work-in-progress were presented, ideas were brainstormed, and a questionnaire for students and employees will be released
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XAI Summer School 2025: A Practical Introduction to Explainable AI
The third edition of the XAI Summer School will take place on 1–5 September 2025 at the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic.
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Czech President appoints Pavel Čeleda as professor
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Represent FI in the IT-SPY competition for the best Master's thesis – register by June 30
Students who defended their Master’s thesis (not Bachelor’s) in the academic year 2024/2025 can apply for IT-SPY, a prestigious competition for the best thesis in the field of computer science. The competition involves 17 Czech and Slovak IT faculties, with a total of around 1,200 theses.
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25th Anniversary of the FI Film festival: For the first time in the heart of Brno
On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, the 25th anniversary edition of the Film Festival organized by the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University took place. This year’s edition brought several exceptional innovations and literally pushed the festival’s boundaries. For the first time, the event extended beyond the faculty premises and ventured into the heart of Brno — to the Velký Špalíček multiplex.
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First Bioinformatics Retreat Brought Brno’s Scientific Community to FI MU
Bioinformatics Retreat Brought Together Experts and Students Across Brno The Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University hosted its first Bioinformatics Retreat on Friday, May 30, 2025, bringing together around sixty experts and students from various institutions across Brno. The goal of the event was to foster new collaborations, share experiences, and build a community that will continue to meet regularly in the future.
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From FI MU to the world's elite experts: Three years of research on three continents
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There will be a microwave for students!
TL;DR: room C226a is becoming a student kitchen starting June 1 2025
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Networking, internships, theses. SPP Day connects students with companies
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In this year's performance, the IT student company decided to tackle a more serious topic and touch the souls of the audience
Press release
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The Student Union of the Faculty of Informatics is back!
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Talent competition: FI students get research positions in laboratories
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Brno.AI Meetup brought together research, development and business. FI MU participated
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Brno as a centre of cybersecurity: universities get two major EU projects
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FI MU students contributed to the victory of the Slovak Cyber Team in Ireland's largest cyber competition
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Jan Křetínský receives the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. He will carry out his research at FI MU
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Brno recognizes talented PhD students from FI
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The future of genomics is unfolding, says a recent winner of the Czexpats in Science Award, now based at FI
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FI MU at the top of the prestigious Computer Science Rankings
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Beyond Occlusion: The BioMedAI Research Team to Present at ISBI 2025
The paper "Beyond Occlusion: In Search for Near Real-Time Explainability of CNN-Based Prostate Cancer Classification" has been accepted for presentation at the prestigious 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2025).
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MUNI by ALUMNI: Alumni Stories Full of Inspiration
Masaryk University continues to strengthen its ties with its alumni. Now, you can get to know MUNI graduates through a new video series called MUNI by ALUMNI. In these short profiles, alumni from all ten faculties present their career paths, share their study experiences, and offer inspiration to current students. The goal of the project is to motivate both current and future students while showcasing the wide range of career opportunities that MUNI study programs provide.
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I wouldn't have it any other way
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How can a vanished village be brought back to life using modern technology?
Bc. Šárka Portešová, a talented student in the master’s program of Visual Informatics at the Faculty of Informatics, decided to reconstruct the village of Štolnava, which has disappeared from maps forever. She harnessed augmented reality (AR) for this purpose and won several awards for her project. You can read the full interview in the FI MU Alumni Gallery.
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XAI Winter School 2025 Successfully Connected Brno and Graz
From January 6 to 10, 2025, the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute and the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University in Brno, in collaboration with the Medical University of Graz, hosted the Winter School focused on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in digital pathology. Following the success of the Summer School in September 2024, this event attracted 26 participants, far exceeding the organizers' expectations and highlighting the growing importance of AI in medicine.
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Jan Křetínský: Laureate of the Neuron Award 2024 for promising young scientists
Since 2009, the Neuron Foundation has supported Czech science and honored exceptional scientists whose work contributes to advancing knowledge and improving societal well-being. The Neuron Awards are presented annually across seven scientific fields: biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, social sciences, medicine, and computer science. In the 2024 edition, Professor Jan Křetínský (FI MU) was among the awardees—congratulations!
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From algorithms to art: The Generative exhibition
On December 18, 2024, the GENERATIVE exhibition took place at FI MU, showcasing the audiovisual works of students from the Visual Informatics program. The exhibition drew an enthusiastic audience eager to explore the creative work of FI students in digital design and algorithm-generated art.
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About AI, spirituality, and healthcare in the Vertikála debate
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly penetrating various areas of our lives, from healthcare and science to spirituality. With its growing influence, questions arise about how we should approach this technology and how much we can truly trust it.
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A life ends, but a legacy lives on: Remembering professor Miloslav Dokulil – respected teacher, philosopher, friend, and colleague
With deep sadness, we announce the passing of professor Miloslav Dokulil.
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Students from FI MU Excel at the National Healthcare Hackathon
During the first weekend of November, the Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk University hosted the inaugural healthcare hackathon Hack jak Brno.
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Open Space Conference 2024: How Artificial Intelligence and More are Transforming Education
On September 11, 2024, the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University hosted the 14th annual Open Space Conference (OSC) on e-learning within the IS MU system. This year’s focus was on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in education, attracting educators and experts from across the university.
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Representatives of FI excelled in an intensive course in Taiwan
In July 2024, two of our students, Martin Klimeš and Vojtěch Szotkowski, along with Dr. Jan Král from the laboratory of Design and Architecture of Digital Systems (EmLab), participated in a four-week intensive course in Taiwan focused on the design of advanced digital and MEMS (microelectromechanical) circuits.
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Introducing the New Heads of Departments at FI MU
Introducing the new heads of departments at the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, who bring fresh ideas and visions for the future of education, research, and collaboration with industry.
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XAI Summer School 2024 brought together experts and enthusiasts not only from our faculty
From September 2 to 6, 2024, the Faculty of Informatics and the Institute of Computer Science at Masaryk University in Brno hosted a successful summer school focused on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in digital pathology.
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The Joseph Fourier Prize was awarded to Lucia Hradecká
Our PhD student Lucia Hradecká received the important award. Lucia won the prestigious 2nd place in the Joseph Fourier Prize competition and received the IT4Innovations award for her work "Automatic processing of biomedical image data using deep learning".
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Pavel Zezula and Team of Scientists Receive Award for Long-Term Contribution to the Scientific Community
The significant Taste of Time award at the SEBD 2024 conference for long-term contribution to the scientific community was given to work Indexing Metric Spaces with M-Tree from 1997 by Professor Pavel Zezula of FI MU and other scientists – F. Rabitti, P. Ciaccia, M. Patella.
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An inspiring interview with Sofia: From Serbia to success at FI MU
Read an inspiring interview with Sofija, a talented student from Serbia who decided to study in the Czech Republic and has achieved many successes at the Faculty of Informatics of Masaryk University.
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Neutron 2024: Gathering of experts in nuclear research
On Friday, March 22, 2024, the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University hosted the second annual Neutron workshop with international participation from experts across various scientific institutions. The main goal was to facilitate personal meetings and presentations of individual results from each institution. It also aimed to establish personal contacts for further collaboration with our Ph.D. students in the areas of algorithm acceleration and Monte Carlo simulations.
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The visit from MIT Boston was enthusiastic
On January 25 and 26, 2024, we welcomed a visit from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston. Specifically, we were visited by Professor Benoit Forget and a Ph.D. student, with whom Associate Professor Zdeněk Matěj (EmLab) and other students established cooperation.
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Czech scientist in the heart of Paris: Dr. Švábenský on his internship at Sorbonne Université
In 2022, we informed you about the Joseph Fourier Prize in the field of Computer Science and Informatics, which was awarded to RNDr. Valdemar Švábenský, Ph.D., from FI MUNI. As the winner, he had the opportunity to spend a month at a French university. He eventually spent this month at Sorbonne Université in September 2023, and now he shares with us his impressions and experiences from this internship.
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Petr Sojka not only about FI: Memories, challenges, and visions
Exclusive Interview with Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Petr Sojka, Ph.D. offers insights into his life, his academic journey, and his connection with the Faculty of Informatics. Read the full article to learn more about the person who was instrumental in the founding of FI MUNI in 1994 and has successfully filled many roles there.
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First CHESS Industrial Day 2023 at FI MUNI
On 8 December 2023, the Faculty of Computer Science hosted the first CHESS Industrial Day - a key day for bringing together experts from industry and academia focused on formal methods in software engineering. The programme included presentations on the uses, benefits and limitations of formal methods in practice and tool demonstrations. The event offered a great opportunity to exchange practical experiences with methods and tools for software analysis, verification and testing.
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Brno Christmas Comes Alive: Augmented Reality from the Workshop of FI MUNI Animates Traditional Christmas Visuals
In the spirit of last year's successful slogan, 'The 2nd Best Christmas in the World. Right after yours at home,' TIC BRNO is once again bringing a loaded program for the upcoming Advent. Included is a unique augmented reality (AR) experience, created in collaboration with the creative agency Aetna and the Studio of Graphic Design and Multimedia from the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University. This project represents pioneering technology in the Czech Republic.
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Jan Vykopal is a finalist in the national competition Cyber Award of the Year in the teacher category
Interested in cybersecurity? Are you interested in personalities in this field? And have you heard about the national competition "KYBER AWARD OF THE YEAR"? In the first year of the Cyber Award of the Year, Jan Vykopal, PhD from FI MU was nominated in the Cyber Teacher category.
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Tomáš Foltýnek from the Faculty of Informatics is MU's representative in ENAI (European Network for Academic Integrity)
Tomáš Foltýnek is one of the co-founders of the ENAI group, which tries to fight primarily against plagiarism and writing commissioned works. Artificial intelligence is now in the forefront interest, which gives another dimension to the issue of ethical behavior and document forgery.
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What you might not know about the FI MU Film Festival
The 23rd FI MU Film Festival took place on May 19, 2023 in the University Cinema Scala and at the MU Faculty of Informatics at the same time. The FI MU Dean Jiří Zlatuška took over the patronage of the festival. 13 original films with the theme "On the edge" were shown during the festival evening.
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MUNI Innovation Award 2023 laureates from Faculty of Informatics
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Prof. RNDr. Jiří Barnat, Ph.D. becomes the new Dean of the Faculty of Informatics MU
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Faculty of Informatics leading the EU-funded project in the field of cybersecurity
Selected out of 102 applications (with a success rate of 9.8%), the Cyber-security Excellence Hub in Estonia and South Moravia (shortened CHESS) brings together the best teams from both regions to support European Union's safe transition to a digital society.