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Conference FRUCT 33

We invite you to the FRUCT 33 conference, which will take place from tomorrow (May 24) at our faculty. Don't miss the presentations of the latest information technology research. We also invite you for the keynote speeches done by the colleagues from our faculty and Polytechnic Šibenik.

On Thursday 25.5. from 1:00 p.m., the Oracle Cloud Analytics Day will take place as part of the conference, during which there will be presentations about the Oracle Academy, Oracle for Research, Oracle Cloud, analytics in the cloud and APEX.

Event schedule: https://www.fruct.org/conferences/FRUCT33_Program.pdf

You are invited.

Traditional faculty hiking to Minčol peak - the 33rd anniversary of the faculty

From 6 May to 8 May, a traditional faculty hiking to Minčol peak (Mala Fatra mountains) took place on the occasion of the founding of the Faculty of Management and Informatics of UNIZA. This year we are celebrating our 33rd anniversary. This time the hiking was organised in the beautiful locations of Javorníky, Strážovské vrchy a Malá Fatra. Participants could admire beautiful views and nature on the way to Minčol. We thank to our colleague, Prof. Janáček for the excellent planning of the routes for the three day hiking. We wish our faculty much success, smart students, satisfied employees and reliable partners.

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Professor Karol Matiaško died at the age of 70

On Wednesday, 10 May 2023, a prominent expert in the field of information and communication technologies, long-time Dean of the Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, Vice Rector for Information Systems of the University of Žilina, Professor Karol Matiaško, died at the age of 70.

He belonged to the recognized experts in the field of informatics (computer science) in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. He was born on 11 August 1952. First, he studied at the University of Transport in Žilina - VSD (1970), in the field of Cybernetics in Transport and Communications. After completing his studies (1975), he joined Transportation Research Institute (VUD). In 1990, he started working at the University of Transport and Communications (VSDS). His professional and scientific interest mainly included the field of software technologies with an emphasis on database technologies, distributed data processing and data modelling.

You can express your sincere condolences and your memory of Professor Matiaško in the electronic condolence book.

Rest in peace.

Invited lecture - Machine learning models with application s in Fintech AI

We are glad to invite you to the invited lecture of Mr. Davor Škobića from the College Logos Centar in Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina. Mr. Škobić is the host lecturer from 09 May to 13 May 2023 in the frame of the Erasmus+ project - 2020-1-SK01-KA107-077885 - cooperation with the Erasmus+ programme partner countries.

Place: RA101 room
Time: 11:30 AM
Date: 10.05.2023

Missing Maps Mapathon in Prague with participance of teacher and students from our faculty

Last week, the Missing Maps Mapathon event took place in Prague, which was held at the premises of Seznam.cz company.

On behalf of the Faculty of Management and Informatics of UNIZA, the Vice Dean for International Relations, Mr Peter Márton, and our students, Maroš Gorný and Filip Cirbus. The Mapathon was attended by 60 mappers who mapped more than 12,000 buildings in support of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) project in the Republic of Niger.

We thank our colleagues and students for their involvement and support of this great project that helps people in crisis areas.

Oracle Cloud Analytics Day

Transnational project meeting - Erasmus+ project EverGreen

On March 16, 2023, a transnational project meeting of the Erasmus+ project EverGreen project was held at our faculty under the leadership of assoc. prof. Michal Kvet. The project deals with the data analytics with an emphasis on green projects and sustainability. The project team includes the University of Žilina (Slovakia), Veleučilište near Šibenik (Croatia), University of Maribor (Slovenia), University of Pardubice (Czech Republic), Inkubator za nove tehnologije Trokut Šibenik d.o.o.. (Croatia), Oracle and Knauf Insulation.

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FRI faculty annual hiking event

Dear colleagues, students, let's look at the 33 years of our faculty with distance and respect from the mountains of Mala Fatra and especially from the Minčol hill - on May 6 - May 8, 2023. We invite you to the traditional Faculty hiking - Minčol 2023.

More information can be found in the attached file.

Route - on the web map

Mapathon for Syria and Turkey

Students of the Palacký University in Olomouc, Copernicus Master in Digital Earth, are organizing a mapathon today to help earthquake-affected Syria and Turkey.

We invite everyone from FRI UNIZA to get involved and help update geospatial data in OpenStreetMap.

Room: RB052
Time: 15:00 - 18:00 h
Day: 23/02/2023 (Thursday)

Successful implementation of the CTF (Capture the Flag) event for future SOC analysts at UNIZA

At the end of the Handling of Security Incidents (HSI) course, students of the study programm Information and Networking Technologies tested their skills in the investigation of cyber security incidents. It was a very good experience for the students in preparation for a possible job in the Cybersecurity Operation Center. Thanks to Mr. Andraško from the company BinariConfidence, which has long-term experience in providing SOC as a Service, certified audits, security management, but also in the preparation of such competitions in the form of Capture the flag (CTF).

The students played with searching the logs and events in the SIEM tool ELK, which as a result had to be assembled into a comprehensive view of a serious cyber security incident and how the attacker moved in the network and what traces he left behind. The most persistent participants left after 3 hours with sweaty foreheads, but collected flags and nice prizes.

Thanks to the management of FRI, which recognizes the awardees in their studies and gives the opportunity to get industrial, globally valid certifications, 4 students who finished the HSI course were given the opportunity to refinance the CyberOps Associate certification exam fee, after successfully passing it:

Premianti RBI 2023

We are looking forward to similar events, and we hereby bring to your attention a future event in which everyone will be able to participate - Guardians 2023, which is scheduled for October. It will be an online competition of the blue team in the form of CTF, in which it will be possible to test your skills in the field of digital forensic analysis, response to cyber security incidents and threat hunting.