28 Jul 2023

Project team from ICS MUNI mapped user requirements of the Security Dashboard platform

The outputs of the project include a methodology according to which a user survey was conducted among members of the IT community at Masaryk University. In addition, the project team developed a list of required features, a library of visual components and a set of interactive prototype screens of the Security Dashboard user interface.

4 Jul 2023

Experts from Masaryk University are Developing an Environment to Protect Sensitive Data

IT experts from Masaryk University's Institute of Computer Science have tested how well they can defend against cyber-attacks. Using a cyber-attack simulation, they have checked the security of highly protected information, so-called sensitive data, in a unique environment known as SensitiveCloud. The results of the latest testing will help improve the security of this environment for storing and processing sensitive data and advance cybersecurity research.

29 Jun 2023

We Have Created a Data Lake for Storing Operational Data of Masaryk University

The team headed by Jindřich Zechmeister managed to create a functional Data Lake, which is used to store operational records (logs) for IT service administrators at Masaryk University. Thanks to a successful project, they do not have to deal with their own storage and significantly save time and resource capacity.

27 Jun 2023

Couple Šárka and Jaromír Ocelka: A Quarter of a Century Together not only at ICS

For over 25 years, they have shared not only their work, but also their family life together. This year, Šárka and Jaromír Ocelka are celebrating both a personal jubilee and a common quarter century at the institute. In an age of frequent employee fluctuation, especially in the IT industry, this is uncommon and rare. Their example shows that it is possible to combine family life with a career, and that creating an ideal environment for employees does not have to be so difficult.

22 Jun 2023

Improving Sample and Data Documentation Through Standardization in Biotechnology

We were devoted to the success of our research-oriented staff in the field of provenance information in the previous article. Recently, they managed to follow it up with the publication of the ISO standard, in which their work outputs are applied, and with an article describing the standard in the Learning Health Systems journal.

16 Jun 2023

Experts Lectured on Open Science to More than a Hundred Participants

The university-wide Open Science Workshop 2023 - a meeting of those interested in open science - took place at MU for the fourth time. The importance of sharing scientific information, even with regard to data sensitivity, became a topic.

9 Jun 2023

By Images: Know-how and Upcoming Plans Were Shared at the IT Community Meeting

On Thursday, June 8, experts and specialists from various IT centers across Masaryk University had the opportunity to meet in person. The second meeting of the IT community mainly included the evaluation of the past six months, but also upcoming plans and other topics, such as news in cybersecurity, service monitoring or practice phishing campaigns at MU.

8 Jun 2023

Representatives from across Europe Met for the First National EOSC Tripartite

Open science and research data. They were the topics of the first-ever National EOSC Tripartite Event. More than 150 representatives of Czech and international organizations actively supporting the open science and the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) project met at the National Technical Library in Prague.