Projects and achievements that have advanced science and research at FIT

Firmly on the world map of research

Today, its speech recognition technology puts BUT among the five most important institutions, alongside Google, Facebook and IBM. It earned its firm place on the world research map in 2006. This was when the newly formed Speech@FIT group won a competitive evaluation organised by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in speaker recognition. Since then, the group has had countless successes at world competitions and a number of successful projects.

New patented method for augmented reality

The Computational Photography research group from FIT BUT in collaboration with Adobe Research has introduced a new method for augmented reality. The new tool, which was subsequently patented in the United States, was presented at the prestigious ECCV conference. The software can refine the position and orientation of the camera, and then offer various information about the surroundings via augmented reality in a mobile app.

Surgery without a scalpel

The Supercomputing Technologies SC@FIT group has been working for several years on an international project aimed at simulating ultrasound propagation in living tissues and planning non-invasive ultrasound surgery. Using these simulations, doctors could, for example, remove a tumour from the patient's body without a single incision. Today, the project has almost 20 thousand registered users.

From academic research through a spin-off company to becoming a global leader

Founded in 2007 as a university spin-off, it is now one of the fastest-growing technology companies in its field. The founders of the company, originally called INVEA-TECH and born out of academic research, were FIT employees. The company was later split into two companies - Flowmon Networks, which was recently acquired by the US-based company Kemp Technologies, and Netcope Technologies, in which BUT still has an ownership interest. This feedback from the market then brought a number of other successes to the faculty - from the development of one of the first 100Gb cards to the successful commercialisation of P4 and receiving the Ministry of the Interior Security Research Award.

Fighting cybercrime

The NES@FIT group has completed a ground-breaking project to research and develop next-generation tools to fight cybercrime on the Internet. It focused mainly on network traffic monitoring, analysis of network traffic logs and methods of local network security.

3D technology for breast cancer diagnosis

Collaboration between FIT researchers and several European institutions has led to the development of a new breast cancer diagnostic device. This 3D technology could replace conventional ultrasound and X-ray mammography in the future as it is more accurate and presents no radiation hazards.

Books from prestigious international publishers

In addition to many articles in peer-reviewed journals, the Formal Model research group headed by Professor Alexander Meduna has published ten books with leading international publishers such as Taylor & Francis, WIT Press, Springer and Wiley.

FIT in media: 

•      FIT-developed system for answering human questions succeeded in a trivia quiz: it competed against both machines and humans
•      FIT computer science program sculpts implants for head injury patients
•      Brno team investigates mysterious voices, works for the US military and Facebook
•      FIT research brings new effective tools to IoT security
•      FIT researchers working on a new platform to help analyse space data
•      Who is the leader in AI development? Czechia!
•      The gold medal at the International Engineering Fair won by a BUT robot: It can find a person under rubble or in an avalanche
•      Brno scientists teach computers to put licence plates in focus, read blurry old books and recognise faces in crowds
•      Scientists in Brno have created a realistic model of the lungs for use in drug testing
•      A robotic workplace of the future is being built in Brno: even a layman can run it
•      Czech idea will help fight counterfeit paintings
•      A Czech student in the US helped to expose the weaknesses of virtual reality
•      Precision without radiation: researchers at FIT are developing a device that could revolutionise mammography
•      New laser backpack creates state-of-the-art maps
•      FIT researchers used artificial intelligence to save energy in computers
•      Researchers from FIT BUT are working to effectively connect data from smart cars and buildings
•      Czech algorithms from FIT aid digitalisation of Finnish timber industry
•      FIT scientists working on development of an app aiming to make psychological care more effective
•      Overloaded emergency lines? AI will help.
•      New technology from FIT to help with pilot training
•      Google, Facebook, IBM and Brno - BUT ranks among the world's top five institutions in speech recognition
•      European project involving FIT will provide smart content to help content creators and game developers
•      FIT researchers developed a new method for augmented reality
•      Virtual reality as a form of psychotherapy: a special program under development at FIT