AI4Talents: a day full of artificial intelligence for high school students

The fourth edition attracted more than 200 students to VIDA!

On Friday, November 14, the Faculty of Information Technology at Brno University of Technology, together with the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University, organized another edition of the AI4Talents event, which is part of the Days of AI festival. More than 200 high school students arrived at the VIDA! science center in Brno, eager to try their hand at working with artificial intelligence and get a glimpse into the world of academic and corporate research.

The program was opened by Prof. Honza Černocký (Speech@FIT) with a lecture on the truths and myths of AI and the role of mathematics and critical thinking. Doc. Kamil Malinka (Security@FIT) followed with a lecture on the use of AI in cybersecurity. At the same time, lectures by FI MUNI focused on the ecosystems of the future and the use of AI in healthcare.

In the afternoon, students had the opportunity to try out practical workshops – from creating a website with the help of AI, to recognizing a speaker by their voice, to analyzing media using machine learning. The program also included lectures on the use of AI in orbit and working with open-source models.

Visitors could also get a glimpse into the work of the Security@FIT and NES@FIT research groups, which presented technologies for detecting deepfakes and cracking passwords using the Fitcrack tool.

We would like to thank all the partners who participated in the program, especially AT&T, Phonexia, Newsmatics, Red Hat, SAP, Zaitra, Kyndryl, NXP, and VIDA! Science Center, for their expert support and inspiring demonstrations. More information about the event and photos from the event can be found here.