doc. RNDr. Vlastislav Dohnal, Ph.D.

Group co-lead

Vlasta is and associate professor at the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, and one of the founding members of the Laboratory of Data Intensive Systems and Applications (DISA). He has a long history in research areas of data management of unstructured data for content-based retrieval, and similarity analytics. He is the co-author of about 40 research publications and a seminal book on similarity searching using metric spaces.

RNDr. Matej Antol, Ph.D.

Group co-lead

Research activities conducted by Matej span from core research topics on optimizing index structures and the querying process in metric similarity search to research applications regarding the processing and managing research data, managing sensitive data and working with life-science-specific data and tools such as genomic or protein data. As an executive director of the national large research infrastructure CERIT-SC, he is responsible for integrating national e-infrastructure e-INFRA CZ. He is also one of the national leaders of Czech efforts towards the adoption of Open Science principles and implementation of EOSC in the Czech republic.

Outside of science, he is interested in the world of finance and investing, sings and plays sax and guitar in a small garage band, and, in winter times, enjoys playing squash and skiing.

RNDr. Terézia Slanináková | Ph.D. Student

Terka's Ph.D. study is dedicated to exploring how best to apply machine learning, and more specifically learned indexing into the realm of complex data for the purposes of fast search.

Simultaneously, she is a researcher at Tom Rebok's research group at CERIT-SC, where she uses machine learning to solve real-world problems and co-leads a project focused on creating a national platform for analyzing geospatial data. She is passionate about reproducible research, open source software, and leading bachelors/masters students.

When she's not researching, she likes spending time outdoors by doing virtually any sport, meeting with friends, or putting together a good dish.

Mgr. et Mgr. Jaroslav Oľha | Ph.D. Student

Jaroslav holds two master's degrees in computer science and in biochemistry, and he has published research in the areas of high-performance computing, similarity searching, and computational chemistry. He is currently finishing his dissertation thesis on HPC kernel autotuning, but his research focus is shifting towards organization and analysis of complex data, particularly data generated by various life sciences.

He likes to spend his spare time with his mischievous toddler, as well as playing the guitar and the bass in a few bands, painting miniatures, playing board games and running the occasional marathon.

Mgr. David Procházka | Ph.D. Student

David focuses on producing high-quality research at the intersection of data indexing, similarity search, machine learning, and motion processing while integrating good software engineering practices. He began his academic journey with an award-winning undergraduate thesis on indexing metric spaces using metric hulls and has since made several contributions to the field of human motion classification. A long and successful cooperation with assoc. prof. Vlastislav Dohnal culminated in David's enrollment in a Ph.D. program under his supervision.

Fueled by collaboration with bright minds, David strives to elevate those around him and develop scalable solutions for searching complex data. When not pushing the boundaries of current knowledge, he enjoys good movies and has a deep appreciation for simple yet elegant design.

Mgr. Miriama Jánošová | Ph.D. Student

Miriama's PhD studies are concerned with enhancing the field of analytics for unstructured data, especially finding convenient representations for metric regions and their applicability. She is also involved in mocap data research for rehabilitation therapy. In recent years, she has been responsible for designing exercises for a student's Data Warehousing project.

Apart from her studies, she works as a software engineer at Ataccama. She is responsible for developing parsers of SQL-like technologies and extracting data lineage from various BI reporting tools.

In her free time, she trains her dog Brutus, enjoys pilates or spends time with her close friends. Besides, she is enthusiastic about preparing some exotic dishes.