SHORT BIOS


1) My name is Vojtech Suchanek, and I am a Ph.D. student at the [INS: C :INS] [DEL: c :DEL] enter
of [INS: C :INS] [DEL: c :DEL] ryptography [DEL: research :DEL] [INS: Research :INS] [INS: and
Security :INS] [INS: ( :INS] CRoCS[INS: ) :INS] . I did both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in
Mathematics at MU. My bachelor’s thesis focused on permutation groups in number theory. I continued
my focus on number theory in my master’s thesis, which was done at the Faculty of Informatics. The
thesis topic was isogeny volcanoes in cryptography, where I studied modern isogeny-based protocols
and their usage in post-quantum cryptography. After graduating, I joined the CROCS team as one of
the experts in mathematical cryptography. I am currently working on the analysis of isogenies of
standardized elliptic curves and general algorithms relating to the RSA cryptosystem.


2) Lukáš Sadlek is currently pursuing [DEL: the :DEL] [INS: a :INS] [INS: [LŠ1]  :INS] [INS: :INS]
Ph.D. degree in computing technology and methodology with the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk
University, where he is a researcher with the Institute of Computer Science and a member of the
University's Security Team (CSIRT-MU). Since 2017, he [INS: has :INS] cooperated [LŠ2] with
CSIRT-MU on a research project as a junior cybersecurity researcher and developer where he was
responsible for [INS: the :INS] design and development of tools for cyber situational awareness and
decision support in the protection of critical infrastructures. During his Ph.D. study, he attempts
to improve security operations management using his experiences with programming theory, modern
technologies, theoretical computer science and statistics gained during previous studies. His
research interests also include cyber situational awareness and vulnerability management.


3) My name is Miriama Jánošová. I am a PhD candidate at the Laboratory of Data Intensive Systems
and Applications (DISA), Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno. I [DEL: have :DEL]
joined[LŠ3]  my current team during my Master's Degree studies. At that time, I [DEL: have :DEL]
focused on creating algorithms for the selection of representatives of multidimensional data
clusters. The analysis of unstructured data has remained the focal point of my efforts during my
PhD studies. At the moment, I am dedicated to the cluster analysis of the motion capture data. My
goal is to propose new approaches to Similarity-based Data Analytics that would lower the
computational demands.


4) My name is Jan Jancar and I am a PhD candidate at the Centre for Research on Cryptography [DEL:
(CRoCS)  :DEL] and Security [INS: (CRoCS)  :INS] at Masaryk University[INS: , :INS] [DEL: in :DEL]
Czech Republic. My [DEL: past :DEL] [INS: previous :INS] work at CRoCS has focused on elliptic
curve cryptography (ECC) and security of programmable smartcards. This research resulted in the
discovery of several real-world vulnerabilities, of which the most impactful was the Minerva
vulnerability, which [DEL: was :DEL] [INS: is? :INS] [INS: [LŠ4]  :INS] [INS: :INS] a group of
side-channel vulnerabilities in implementations of the ECDSA cryptosystem. [DEL: Nowadays :DEL]
[INS: Currently :INS] [INS: [LŠ5]  :INS] , I am working in the field of constant-time cryptography
and side-channels.


5) My name is Antonín Dufka, and I am a Ph.D. student at the Centre for Research on Cryptography
and Security (CRoCS). I obtained a bachelor’s and [DEL: a :DEL] [INS: a :INS] master‘s degree in
computer science with a focus on information security at Masaryk University. In my master’s thesis,
I worked on multi-party computation using Schnorr signatures with smartcards in the context of
Bitcoin. The experience from this work evolved into my interest in [LŠ6] the area of secure
multi-party computation. My current research focuses on secure multi-party protocols executed by
secure but resource-constrained devices like smartcards, smartphones, and hardware cryptocurrency
wallets[LŠ7] [INS: . :INS]


6) My name is Michal Ajdarów, and I am a PhD candidate at the department of computer science of
Masar[INS: y :INS] [DEL: i :DEL] k Univer[INS: s :INS] [DEL: z :DEL] ity. During my Master's Degree
studies[INS: , :INS] I [DEL: started :DEL] [INS: began :INS] [INS: [LŠ8]  :INS] [INS: :INS] working
on the area of various stochastic systems with energy constraints[INS: . :INS] [DEL: , :DEL] [INS:
M :INS] [DEL: particularly for m :DEL] y master’s thesis [DEL: I :DEL] focused on [INS: the :INS]
Partially-observable Markov decision processes with consumption objectives[INS: :INS] [INS: in
:INS] [INS: particular :INS] . I continued with this area for my PhD studies. Currently[INS: ,
:INS] I am focusing on designing new algorithms for determining the termination complexity of
Vector addition systems with states. [INS: Other :INS] [INS: a :INS] [DEL: A :DEL] reas [LŠ9] of
interest also include game theory and probability theory.


7) Filip Opálený is a Ph.D. student with research interests [DEL: of :DEL] [INS: in :INS] molecular
visualizations. Affiliated with Visitlab, [INS: the :INS] Department of Visual Computing, Faculty
of Informatics, MUNI, Brno[INS: , :INS] he is collaborating on various projects with multiple
research teams at [INS: the :INS] Faculty of Science, MUNI, Brno. His current projects include
developing a visual tool for [INS: the :INS] rational design of aperiodic structures in proteins,
researching novel visualisation methods for [INS: the :INS] exploration of genomic data and
chromatin structures.


8) Krištof Anetta is an interdisciplinary researcher at the Natural Language Processing Centre,
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University. His current research focuses on knowledge extraction
from electronic health records.

His qualifications include a master’s degree in [DEL: cognitive :DEL] [INS: Cognitive S :INS] [DEL:
s :DEL] cience (MEi:CogSci at the University of Vienna), a master’s degree in English [INS: L :INS]
[DEL: l :DEL] anguage and [INS: L :INS] [DEL: l :DEL] iterature (Masaryk University), and a
bachelor’s degree in  [INS: P :INS] [DEL: p :DEL] sychology (Comenius University in Bratislava).
Before becoming a researcher, he spent several years working as a programmer [DEL: in :DEL] [INS:
for :INS] international companies, acquainting himself with a rich assortment of technologies and
frameworks.

Outside [INS: of :INS] computer science, literature and writing constitute [INS: his :INS] [DEL: a
:DEL] major field[INS: s :INS] of interest and engagement. He is an occasional translator and
teaches college-level literature and history courses



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 [LŠ1]It is better to use ‘a’ not ‘the’ in front of PhD, as there is probably more than one option
for PhD study in this field.

 [LŠ2]According to the “since” and the content, it seems the event is still impacting on “now”, so,
it is better to use present prefect “he has co-operated” … alternative spelling)

 [LŠ3]The time that you joined the team has completely finished even though you are still there,
so,  past simple could be used.

 [LŠ4]I suggest “is” as it seems the “Minerva vulnerability” still exists … but if it is not the
case, then, “was” is perfectly fine.

 [LŠ5]‘Nowadays’ is little bit informal.


 [LŠ6]It might be better to say ’this experience developed my interest in…’

 [LŠ7]I presume, it is a technical term. 😊


 [LŠ8]This is more formal.

 [LŠ9]In order to connect the ideas more clearly, an addition of ‘other’ or an adjective is needed.