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Annual Report SPP FI MU 2025
Vlastislav Dohnal, Dorota Jůvová, 4. 3. 2026
The Industrial Partners Association FI MU (SPP FI MU) connects students, academia, and companies, and together develops innovations in the field of information technology. It supports the cooperation of talented students with leading experts and creates opportunities for the application of the latest knowledge in practice.
In 2025, a total of 28 companies participated in the cooperation in three partnership categories:
Strategic Partner (3), Partner (11) and SME partner (14).
Cooperation in the field of final theses
An important indicator of the level of cooperation in the SPP FI MU is the number of successfully defended final theses in cooperation with companies. This time, students successfully defended 95 bachelor's and diploma theses in cooperation with a company from the SPP. Five of them received the Dean's Award:
| Name | Awarded theses | Company |
| Vardaan Singh | Evading Endpoint Detection and Response Systems through DLL Sideloading Exploitation | Invasys |
| Alexandra Skysľaková | Generating unit tests using LLM | Red Hat Czech |
| Veronika Hanulíková | Improving side-channel resistance of Java Card implementations | Monet+ |
| Samuel Krivánek | Optimization of multi-floor warehouse throughput | Notino |
| Elizabeth Maria Karpukhina Busswood | Modern trends in Web Applications Testing | Y Soft |
Competition for talented FI students
As part of SPP, we always organize the Competition for Talented FI Students (now Talent@FI) in the spring semester. The competition is intended primarily for students in the second and fourth semesters of bachelor's studies. Finalists can obtain positions as researchers in FI laboratories, supported by scholarships from SPP partners. 16 participants were invited to the finals and 12 of them received a position in the laboratory. In 2025, the following teams participated in the competition:
- Lexical Computing + NLP
- Red Hat Czech + AVELAB
- Red Hat Czech + CRoCS
- Honeywell + AVELAB
- Monet+ + CroCS
- Progress + CYBERSEC
- Y Soft + EmLab
Participation in teaching
In 2025, more than half of companies participated in teaching a total of 31 subjects. Among the most active companies are Lexical Computing, Red Hat Czech and Oracle.
Offer of internships for students
Cooperation in the area of internships is growing every year. Companies from SPP provided a total of
133 internship positions for students across all study programs.
The largest number of internships are offered by Red Hat Czech, AT&T, InQool, SAP, and BiQ Bluesoft.
RSSS (Mgr.),
Software Engineering (Mgr.),
Programming (Bc.)
and Cybersecurity (Bc.)
Sponsored PhD positions
Last year, 7 doctoral students were regularly supported by Lexical Computing, Red Hat Czech, Monet+ and Wereldo. Student Antonín Dufka, who was supported by a scholarship from Monet+ throughout his studies, received the Dean's Award for Outstanding Dissertation.
Days with Industrial Partners
Traditionally, Days with Industrial Partners (Den SPP) were held in the spring and autumn terms. Company representatives introduced their companies in short two-minute presentations and invited students to their stands in the entrance hall. At the stands, students could personally meet company representatives and obtain all the information about the companies.
Project cooperation
| Project | Company |
| SECURIAN | Flowmon (Progress) |
| CHESS | Red Hat Czech |
| CCAT | Red Hat Czech / Monet+ |
| New advanced technologies for the development and production of proportional detectors | VF |
| Digital Spectrometer for Characterizing an Unknown Neutron Field | VF |
| Methods of remote monitoring of ionising radiation levels with an energy resolution of sources (RadMet) | VF |
| ToF spektrometr neutronů (ToF) | VF |
Research groups
The research teams and laboratories with which we collaborate and which form an integral part of SPP include:
- Centre for Biomedical Image Analysis (CBIA)
- Centre for Research on Cryptography and Security (CRoCS)
- Cybersecurity Laboratory (CYBERSEC)
- Design and Architecture of Digital Systems Laboratory (EmLab)
- Laboratory of Analysis, Verification, Logic, and Automata (AVELAB)
- Laboratory of Service Systems (SeSLab)
- Natural Language Processing Centre (NLP)
- Research Lab Software Architectures and Information Systems (LaSArIS)
- Research laboratory Sitola
Publication activities
Other activities that SPP companies supported or organized
Naskoč na FI – a preparatory week for students new to the Faculty of Informatics. Its main goal is to facilitate the entry of freshmen into the university environment, to familiarize them with the faculty environment, classmates and the basics of computer science before the official start of classes.
Supported by: Lexical Computing, AT&T, NXP, SAP, FNZ, Newsmatics, SeaComp, Tescan
Researchers' Night 2025 – a nationwide popularization public event, this time with the theme of wealth. During the event, you can visit scientific laboratories, lectures, experiments and other places normally inaccessible to the public, where children and adults meet scientists and discover the world of science in a fun way. Participants:
- AT&T – Leveraging AI for a New Era of Wealth: Multi-Agent Large Language Models in Action with AT&T
- Honeywell – A wealth of innovation with Honeywell
- NXP – Discover the power of artificial intelligence right on the chip with NXP
- Sewio – Treasure Hunters: Virtual Maze with Sewio
AI 4 Talents – a full-day autumn event organized by FI MU and FIT BUT at the VIDA! science center in Brno, designed for high school students interested in artificial intelligence. It offers an interactive program, workshops,
and inspiration for studies and future careers in the field of AI.
Supported and participated by: AT&T, Kyndryl, Newsmatics
Hackathon – Newsmatics – students worked on data analysis, fake news detection and market analysis during the 24-hour challenge. The hackathon took place on the faculty premises and was attended by ten student teams. The best innovative solutions in the field of data journalism and artificial intelligence were awarded the main prizes (1st place: CZK 25,000).
NXP Cup 2025 – NXP – an international competition for students in which teams design, build and program autonomous car models to drive themselves around a race track. Our students achieved extraordinary success in the competition this year, with the EmCar team winning gold.
Rust Moravia Meetup – Edhouse – an informal meeting of programmers and enthusiasts of the Rust programming language, where experiences are shared, lectures are presented and a community of developers is established in various Moravian cities.
Summer Camp – Oracle – a weekly workshop focused on SW development held at Oracle.
We thank everyone for their support and active cooperation, which together form the Association of Industrial Partners of FI MU.
