News 2023

Today, on October 2, at 12 o’clock sharp, the next edition of the successful CTF competition The Catch begins. This time, our colleagues from the Forensic Laboratory will take us on a ship full of sophisticated network technologies, where the contestants will have to master challenging tasks. The ship bears the name of our great colleague Josef Verich – networking guru. Traditionally, the competition is held in October – the cybersecurity month.  

Connecting to the eduroam network is a little easier for users. Now they can use the geteduroamapp to shorten and simplify the whole process. After downloading from Google Play or the Apple App Store, you search for your organization, enter your eduroam name (username@realm.cz) and password, and enable eduroam to be added to WiFi networks. The app is user-friendly and secure. It is available for Android 8 and above or iOS. Read more here.

Do you have a topic or an idea for an interesting lecture? Calls for Abstracts for CSNOG 2024 are open and you can choose from three sections to submit your lecture. Those interested can apply until 31 October directly on the event website.  

Our colleague Jakub Cabal from the Administration and Security Tools Department describes the development of a new 400 GbE FPGA acceleration card in his article on Root. Unlike conventional commodity network cards, FPGA technology provides high flexibility. The FPGA firmware can be easily updated, added with new features or completely changed for a new application. More in the article on Root.

As part of the EOSC project, our colleagues from Brno have prepared a seminar on Legal Aspects of Research Data Management, which will provide you with a basic insight into the issues of personal data management and related intellectual property legal regimes.

More detailed information and registration can be found here.

At the international Network Performing Arts Production Workshop, focused on the use of ICT in education and collaboration in live culture, we demonstrated our MVTP technology for remote collaboration. We connected the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music in Memphis. We connected musicians across the ocean in real time using our unique MVTP technology, based on programmable hardware. Pianist Jan Pudlak and singer Lee Andrew Davidson played jazz compositions such as The Nearness of You and Body and Soul in Prague, along w