Instructions: Write a formal biography (150-200 words) that should be adequate for the context of an international conference in your wider field; the conference takes place in Germany but the audience is global, and the variety is from top research teams to PhD candidates. Michal Lukac studie[INS: d :INS] [DEL: t :DEL] at Brno University of Technology where he got[JS1] practical experience of implementing large[INS: - :INS] [DEL: :DEL] scale database systems. After finishing his bachelors degree he continued at Masaryk University in [DEL: same city with :DEL] [INS: the :INS] field of Artificial Intelligence. [INS: Michal :INS] [INS: ’s :INS] [DEL: His :DEL] first steps in [INS: the :INS] field of machine learning were through massive online courses from Coursera. His [INS: M :INS] [DEL: m :DEL] aster[INS: ’s :INS] thesis about neural networks won the [INS: D :INS] [DEL: d :DEL] ean's [INS: A :INS] [DEL: a :DEL] ward for [DEL: excellent :DEL] [INS: most outstanding :INS] thesis. In 20XX he joined the company XYZ s.r.o. as junior database administrator for Oracle database. [INS: Michal’s :INS] [DEL: His :DEL] curiosity in data led him to combine machine learning techniques and databases. Currently he is researcher at [INS: the :INS] Laboratory of Data Intensive Systems and Applications at [INS: the Faculty of Informatics, :INS] Masaryk University[DEL: , Faculty of Informatics :DEL] . His supervisor is [INS: P :INS] [DEL: p :DEL] rofessor Zezula and [INS: D :INS] [DEL: d :DEL] octor Novak. Researched techniques can be used for extremely fast searche[INS: s :INS] [DEL: ing :DEL] of multimedia data in sql and nosql databases. [INS: Michal :INS] [DEL: He :DEL] is also[DEL: very :DEL] passionate about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Thenraja Vettivelraj received a Bachelor[INS: ’ :INS] s degree in Computers from Karunya University, India. In 2012, he completed his Masters in Computing and Software Technology from Swansea University, UK. [DEL: During the year :DEL] [INS: From :INS] 2013 to 2016, he worked at Soran University, Kurdistan. From 2008 to 2013 [INS: Thenraja :INS] [DEL: he :DEL] worked in companies like Sutherland Global Services, Vembu Technologies, Tech Mahindra and Amazon.co.uk. Currently, he is a Team member of a research team in CROCS,[INS: :INS] FI,[INS: :INS] Masaryk University and simultaneously doing his PhD. At CROCS[DEL: , :DEL] [INS: Thenraja :INS] [DEL: he :DEL] works in "Randomness analysis in Cryptographic function outputs' where he works in EACirc project[INS: :INS] (EACirc is a framework for automatic problem solving. It can be utilised as randomness testing tool similar to statistical batteries (NIST STS, Dieharder, TestU01), for instance for analysis of cryptographic function outputs). [INS: Thenraja’s :INS] [DEL: He :DEL] [INS: :INS] [DEL: has :DEL] other interests in[INS: clude :INS] Android Security. He is also the CO-Director of Galaxy Primary School, India. Vojtech Sysel studied astrophysics at the Silesian University in Opava. His [INS: B :INS] [DEL: b :DEL] achelor[INS: ’s :INS] thesis was about [INS: the :INS] rings of the planet Saturn. [INS: He t :INS] [DEL: T :DEL] hen[DEL: he :DEL] continued at the same university but in the program of theoretical physics. His [INS: M :INS] [DEL: m :DEL] aster[INS: ’s :INS] thesis was [INS: on :INS] [DEL: about :DEL] black hole[INS: s :INS] , one of the most mysterious object[INS: s :INS] in the universe. Vojtech [DEL: watched :DEL] [INS: observed :INS] how matter circulates and falls down [INS: in :INS] [DEL: to :DEL] [DEL: the :DEL] black hole[INS: s :INS] . Of course, he [INS: only :INS] saw it[DEL: only :DEL] in his mind bec[INS: a :INS] [DEL: o :DEL] use [INS: as :INS] [DEL: how :DEL] Vojtech say[INS: s, :INS] imagination is [DEL: for study of theoretical physics :DEL] one of the most important thing[INS: s for the study of theoretical physics :INS] . [INS: Currently :INS] [DEL: Now :DEL] he [DEL: t :DEL] [INS: works :INS] [DEL: ries :DEL] to connect information[DEL: s :DEL] from physics[INS: , :INS] [DEL: and information :DEL] [DEL: s :DEL] [DEL: from :DEL] informatics and biology to the new type of artificial neural networks at Masaryk[JS2] University [DEL: in :DEL] Brno[DEL: at Masaryk University in Brno :DEL] . Martin Spurny works as a forensic expert at the [INS: F :INS] [DEL: f :DEL] orensic [INS: I :INS] [DEL: i :DEL] nstitute in Brno [INS: i :INS] [DEL: o :DEL] n the field of digital image and video forensics. He studied at the Department of Computer Science[INS: , :INS] Palacky University in Olomouc, where his [INS: B :INS] [DEL: b :DEL] achelor[INS: ’s :INS] thesis was about graph algorithms. In 2013 [INS: Martin :INS] [DEL: he :DEL] received a Master[INS: ’ :INS] s degree in applied computer science at Thomas Bata Unive[INS: r :INS] sity in Zlin. Currently he is a researcher at[INS: the :INS] Centre for Biomedical Image Analysis at [INS: the Faculty of Informatics at :INS] Masaryk University [DEL: in :DEL] Brno[DEL: , Faculty of Informatics :DEL] . He is focused on forensic science, development, research and[INS: , :INS] [DEL: … :DEL] last but not least[INS: , :INS] learning in the field of digital image and video forensics[INS: and :INS] [DEL: , image and video :DEL] processing, object recognition, computer vision etc[JS3] . Now he tries to understand [JS4] everything about video processing, especially detection of video manipulation, which contains detection of mpeg recompression and detection of inconsistency in video files. Jiří Weiser received both a [INS: B :INS] [DEL: b :DEL] achelor[INS: ’s :INS] and [DEL: a :DEL] [INS: M :INS] [DEL: m :DEL] aster[INS: ’s :INS] degree in Applied Computer Science at [INS: the :INS] Faculty of Informatics[INS: , at :INS] [DEL: of :DEL] Masaryk University [DEL: in :DEL] Brno. For more than four years he [INS: has been :INS] [DEL: is :DEL] a member of [INS: the Parallel and Distributed Systems :INS] Laboratory[DEL: of :DEL] [DEL: Parallel and Distributed Systems :DEL] . He is in a team working on a verification tool called DIVINE.[JS5] The tool verifies C and C++ multithreaded programs and guarantees the program is bug-free or provides a trace to a bug if there is any. Currently he is a PhD student and a software engineer [INS: at :INS] [DEL: in :DEL] Seznam. His main interest is to connect the power of [DEL: the :DEL] theory with the needs of the industry. The goal of his work is to provide a trace to a bug so that any ordinary software engineer is able to use that trace and locate the bug within [INS: a :INS] few minutes.[INS: :INS] [DEL: :DEL] His bachelor thesis was published as an academic paper[INS: and :INS] [DEL: , :DEL] he is also co-author of [INS: several :INS] [DEL: few :DEL] other academic papers. Michaela POKLUDOVA is a doctoral student at Masaryk University and IT teacher at [INS: a :INS] secondary school. In 2010 she received [INS: a :INS] Master's degree in the field of Electrical Engineering and Communication from Brno University of Technology. She [INS: then :INS] continued her postgraduate studies at the same faculty. Her dissertation examined the effect of magnetic resonance on tissue culture. During her studies she wrote several articles published in various International Journals and Conferences dealing with [JS6] this issue. During the second year of [INS: her :INS] postgraduate studies [INS: Michaela :INS] [DEL: she :DEL] went to France [DEL: t :DEL] [INS: on an :INS] [DEL: o :DEL] Erasmus inter[INS: n :INS] ship. She worked with other student[INS: s :INS] on [INS: a :INS] project programming robots on solar system[JS7] . During the third year of [INS: her :INS] stud[INS: ies :INS] [DEL: y :DEL] [INS: Michaela :INS] [DEL: she :DEL] established communication with the University of Minnes[DEL: s :DEL] ota. Ondřej Herman is currently a doctoral student in the Natural language processing laboratory at Masaryk University, from which he also obtained his graduate and undergraduate degrees in [INS: C :INS] [DEL: c :DEL] omputer [INS: S :INS] [DEL: s :DEL] cience. His research interests include artificial intelligence, natural language processing, digital signal processing, imaging and embedded systems in general. His current research is focused on computational diachronic analysis -- study of word sense shift and the trends in word usage in general – including development of the tools and systems used for it, based on large text corpora obtained from the web. Other endeavors include research and development of medical spectroscopy cameras and methods for enriching[DEL: the :DEL] endoscopic image[INS: s :INS] with hyperspectral information, designing algorithms and systems for radiation measurement and neutron spectroscopy, which are used for cutting edge research on molten salt reactors, and also gardening[JS8] . His papers have been published [INS: in :INS] [DEL: at :DEL] various conference[INS: proceedings :INS] [DEL: s :DEL] including LREC, RASLAN and COLING. Chi Cong Ha is a PhD student at [INS: the :INS] Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University [DEL: in :DEL] Brno, Czech Republic. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Electrification and Electrical Power Supply [INS: at :INS] [DEL: in :DEL] HCMC University of Technology and Education, Vietnam. In 2013, he graduated from Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport in Vietnam with [INS: a M :INS] [DEL: m :DEL] aster’s degree in Control Engineering and Automation. He has been teaching at Ly Tu Trong Technical College in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 2004 to 2016. He teaches many subjects, including electric engineering, basic electronics, electric in refrigeration and air [DEL: – :DEL] conditioning systems, basic electric-refrigeration practice… Now he tries to understand everything about [JS9] informatics and biology in the Biology Laboratory at the Faculty of Informatics [INS: at :INS] [DEL: of :DEL] Masaryk University [DEL: in :DEL] Brno. Jan Sedlák is currently [INS: complet :INS] [DEL: do :DEL] ing his PhD at Masaryk University[INS: Brno :INS] . He received his Master's degree in Applied informatics in 2016 and defended his master thesis, which [DEL: was :DEL] deal[INS: t :INS] [DEL: ing :DEL] with [JS10] detection and recognition of vehicle attributes, for example vehicle make and colo[INS: u :INS] r. In the thesis, he compared various algorithms of machine learning, including Deep Learning, Random forest, SVM and MLMVN. The results were implemented into [INS: a :INS] system and are [INS: now :INS] used in practice. His main field of study is machine learning and image processing. He is developing systems which detects various traffic situations using machine learning. One of his works [JS11] [DEL: was :DEL] deal[DEL: in :DEL] [INS: t :INS] [DEL: g :DEL] with detection of traffic jams from publicly available traffic images from[INS: the :INS] [DEL: :DEL] Czech Republic, which were originally used as overview camera images. The systems are used in real life[DEL: , :DEL] and they help users with route planning and also calming [DEL: the :DEL] traffic.[INS: :INS] Currently he is working on enhancing the algorithm for vehicle make recognition. Researcher Lukas Smiga is a PhD student and member of [INS: the :INS] Lasaris [INS: L :INS] [DEL: l :DEL] aboratory at [INS: the :INS] Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University Brno. During and after his graduation he spent over 16 years with varying competencies involved in commercial scale computer software design and delivery, until his return to academic and computer science [INS: fields :INS] [DEL: grounds :DEL] . His main research goal is to devise a standard method for building massively scalable event–driven cloud architecture supporting business process management software platform. In his approach [DEL: he :DEL] [INS: Smiga :INS] [JS12] is utilising emerging cloud concepts like event driven computing, [INS: the :INS] RESTfull principle and microservice architecture to implement requirements and practices of business process management in a scalable and holistic approach. His other long[INS: - :INS] term on[INS: - :INS] [DEL: – :DEL] going academic activities include lecturing Communication & Soft Skills and Business Process Management courses. Matej Hajnal received both [INS: his :INS] [DEL: a :DEL] [INS: B :INS] [DEL: b :DEL] achelor[INS: ’s :INS] and [DEL: a :DEL] [INS: M :INS] [DEL: m :DEL] aster[INS: ’s :INS] degree in Applied Computer Science at [INS: the :INS] Faculty of Informatics[INS: , :INS] [DEL: :DEL] [DEL: of :DEL] Masaryk University [DEL: in :DEL] Brno in the field of Bioinformatics. During his studies, he edited Mathematics textbook for informatics and started tutoring these courses. His [INS: B :INS] [DEL: b :DEL] achelor thesis [INS: was a :INS] [DEL: is :DEL] collaboration with[INS: the :INS] CEITEC biology group and solves [INS: the :INS] bioinformatic problem [INS: facing :INS] [DEL: of :DEL] analysis of next-generation sequencing data for gene expression changes analysis. He has been a member of Laboratory SYBILA FI MUNI since 2013. He is currently [INS: a :INS] doctoral student and [DEL: he :DEL] continues work on his master thesis[INS: , :INS] which was published [INS: i :INS] [DEL: o :DEL] n HSB ([INS: H :INS] [DEL: h :DEL] ybrid [INS: S :INS] [DEL: s :DEL] ystems [INS: B :INS] [DEL: b :DEL] iology[JS13] ) this year. [INS: At present :INS] [INS: Matej :INS] focuses on formal methods for modelling of signalling pathways and for th[INS: ese :INS] [DEL: is :DEL] purposes collaborates with biology groups at [INS: the :INS] Faculty of Medicine. This work is [INS: a :INS] preliminary study for efficient drugs development. In his free time, he studies evolution biology with emphasis on [INS: the :INS] work of Richard Dawkins. Summary of feedback · A strong batch of bio notes, which all giving a flavour of your research interests, experience and abilities, both professional and academic. For me, those that worked best used storytelling to make connections between professional and/or earlier research and recent academic endeavours. This helps create a cohesive, persuasive and logical story about your career. · Introductions: Again the best bio notes started with a clear description, e.g. ‘Jan Novak is a researcher, lecturer and author in the field of biometrics etc….’. Beginning simply with a chronological listing of your degrees is less effective because it lists your lowest qualifications first – as many people have a Bachelor’s degree this is not the best way to stand out from the crowd. · See my edits to use of articles and prepositions throughout. · Choice of verbs: Avoid simple verbs such as ‘do’, ‘got’ or ‘see’ as these can sound quite informal. Instead choose verbs that are descriptive, formal and authoritative, e.g. instead of ‘did research’ carried out/conducted/completed/initiated; instead of ‘got a Bachelor’s degree’, gained/obtained; instead of ‘see’, observe/study/examine etc. · Alternating use of name and pronoun: In written English it is a convention to vary using the subject’s name with the relevant pronoun (e.g. he/his she/her etc). Don’t only mention the subject (in this case your name) once at the beginning of your bio note, as repeated consecutive use of ‘he/his’ etc can sound repetitive. See in the bio notes above how I have introduced your name later in the text. (Note: For more senior academics (especially Profs but also perhaps people with substantial industry experience) it is more common to use academic titles and/or surnames.) · ‘Now’: This is grammatically correct but more formal would be At present or currently. · ‘Try’: In an academic context ‘try’ is too informal and also suggests the possibility of failure (‘he tried but failed’). As academics you want to avoid this kind of professionally damaging suggestion. Instead of ‘Now he is trying to understand…’, I’d suggest several possible alternatives: At present he is working/seeking to understand/uncover/discover/describe…; or simply She is currently investigating/examining/exploring… · UK vs. US English: Note that subtle differences in spelling and usage exist between American and British English (e.g. colour vs. color). You can use either spelling but be consistent (i.e. don’t use both spellings in the same piece of writing). When considering which spelling to use, ask yourself where the discourse in your subject area is happening. What are the most important journals and where are they published? ________________________________ [JS1]I’d suggest ‘gained practical experience…’ as this is more formal. [JS2]Dept? [JS3]Never use ‘etc.’ unless you are 100% your audience understands what you are alluding to. [JS4]See my comments below regarding use of ‘try’ and ‘now’. [JS5]Were you working on DIVINE for the last 4 years? If so, you could join the highlighted sentence to the previous one (‘….Laboratory, in a team working on…etc’). If not then I’d say ‘At present he is the member of team working on….’ etc. [JS6]‘dealing with’ is good; even more formal would be addressing/investigating. [JS7]This isn’t quite clear. Were these robots space probes used to explore the solar system? [JS8]It isn’t clear to me which part of your sentence relates to gardening, 'Other endevors' (i.e. 'Ondrej is also a keen gardener') , or your work on spectroscopic imaging or 'designing algorithms'. [JS9]I’d suggest you be more specific about your research interests, as informatics and biology are both vast fields. You might also want to narrate how your extensive background in electrical engineering and electronics drew you to study informatics and biology. [JS10]You finished your Master’s so you can use the simple past. Again ‘dealt with’ is fine but I’d suggest using a more formal and descriptive verb such as investigated/addressed/examined etc. [JS11]‘Work’ is normally uncountable so more common usage would be ‘pieces of work/research’, or ‘projects’. [JS12]Arguably someone of your professional experience might choose to use their surname, although I’d stress that there are no strict rules here. [JS13]Is this a journal? if so use italics