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Methods of forensic work with fingerprints and face images created by the STRaDe research group in co-operation with the police of the South Moravian Region caught the attention of INTERPOL. Martin Drahanský, who is leading the group focusing on research and development of security technologies at FIT, presented these methods at the INTERPOL General Secretariat in Lyon. "Practical examples were based mainly on the work of Ondřej Kanich and Tomáš Goldmann. Both presentations had a wonderful response from the audience and we managed to establish contacts with a number of foreign police departments and forensic laboratories," said Martin Drahanský.

An article titled "Chain-Free String Constraints" and its authors Lukáš Holík and Petr Janků from the VeriFIT research group won a prestigious Best Paper Award at the ATVA'2019 conference in Taipei. Their contribution introduces an algorithm for the solution of the satisfiability problem for string constraints that can be used, for example, to verify programmes manipulating the strings, such as web applications, or to verify the absence of certain kinds of security vulnerabilities, such as the Cross Site Scripting.

The full article can be found HERE.

At the Academic Assembly on Thursday, 14 November, the Rector Petr Štěpánek awarded prizes to selected personages of Brno University of Technology. The ceremony took place on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of BUT, the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and the 80th anniversary of the closure of Czech universities during the Protectorate. He also awarded prizes to a number of FIT personages.

Professor Václav Dvořák received a gold medal for his contribution to the development of computer technology and international co-operation at FIT. Professors Lukáš Sekanina and Tomáš Vojnar received silver medals for their work in the areas of teaching, research and development. A commemorative medal was awarded to Associate Professor Vladimír Drábek and to Torsten Meisner, who co-operates with the faculty.

The Rector also presented awards to the winners of the student poll for the best teacher. The students of FIT have chosen Tomáš Milet in the Bachelor's programmes category and Milan Češka Jr. in the follow-up Master's studies category.