About the project
Our team
The project involves several UPJŠ departments and researchers with relevant expertise.
Involved workplaces
CSIRT-UPJS
CSIRT-UPJS is an academic security team which is an integral part of the central IT workplace – CIaKT. The task of this team is to prevent security incidents and, if they are identified, to carry out an adequate response. As part of their activities, they search for security vulnerabilities, educate employees and students in the field of KIB, as well as spread security awareness among the general public. At the same time, members of this team propose and help implement security measures to prevent security incidents. This team has knowledge and experience in solving real security incidents. A more detailed description of the involved researchers is contained in chapter no. 6.2.2. of this project.
The Center for Lifelong Learning and Project Support of UPJŠ
The Center for Lifelong Learning and Project Support of UPJŠ (hereinafter referred to as "CCVaPP", established in 2016), through the Project Support Department (hereinafter referred to as "OPP"), provides central support for the preparation and implementation of national and foreign projects at UPJŠ in Košice and monitoring their sustainability after the completion of the projects. OPP fully implements the management and administration of grant scheme projects through project/financial managers and relevant administrative support, in particular: structural funds, recovery and resilience plan, national schemes (APVV, VEGA, KEGA, development projects), grants from private sources of financing, cross-border sources (ERDF), foreign (HORIZON EUROPE, DIGITAL, ERC) and others. OPP creates and professionally coordinates relevant project teams at the university-wide level. The number of successfully implemented projects to date has exceeded 100. Professional employees of the Education Department (hereinafter referred to as "OV") and the Economic and Technical Section (hereinafter referred to as ETÚ) of CCVaPP will also be involved in the main activities of the project in connection with the performance of activities in activities A1 and A7. This is personnel who has many years of experience in the educational field and the development and management of internal systems/portals that are used both for the educational field and for other support activities. Typical activities of the OV: educational programs and courses for state and local administration, testing for obtaining international ICDL certificates, popularization activities for secondary and elementary school students (lectures, workshops/webinars, summer camps, clubs), education of elementary and secondary school teaching and professional staff, LMS management for further education, LMS management for university studies at UPJŠ, university staff education programs to achieve the required professional standards, creation of study materials, methodological and technical support for e-learning, technical support for UPJŠ portals under the management of CCVaPP.
Information and Communication Technology Center (CIaKT)
The project involves employees of this department with experience in the management and security of WAN networks, LAN networks and workstations. Several of them also have experience in training employees and the public in their domain.
Faculty of Science, UPJŠ
Employees of the Institute of Informatics of the Faculty of Science, UPJŠ participate in the project. They provide teaching of subjects in the study programs of informatics, applied informatics and data analysis and artificial intelligence. At the same time, as part of their research activities, they are dedicated to several topics of information and cybersecurity, especially the analysis of digital traces, automation of response to security incidents and digital forensic analysis, multi-stage attacks and prediction of situational awareness in cybersecurity. At the same time, members of this institute are dedicated to formal concept analysis, graph theory and various machine learning methods, which they apply to the field of information and cybersecurity as well as the analysis of legal texts. A more detailed description of the involved researchers is contained in chapter no. 6.2.2. of this project.
Faculty of Law, UPJŠ
The project involves researchers from several departments of the faculty, which ensures a comprehensive approach to the analyzed issue of information and cyber security, which has a criminal, commercial, civil, constitutional, financial and theoretical legal dimension from the point of view of law. For this reason, experts from the Department of Commercial Law and Economic Law, the Department of Civil Law, the Department of Criminal Law, the Department of Financial Law, Tax Law and Economics, the Gustav Radbruch Institute of Legal Theory and the Department of Legal Clinics were involved in the project. A more detailed description of the researchers involved is contained in chapter no. 6.2.2. of this project.
Faculty of Arts, UPJŠ
The project involves researchers from several departments of the faculty, which also documents the interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach to the issues that are the subject of the project in the case of this faculty. Experts from the Department of Political Science, the Department of Educational Psychology and Health Psychology, and the Department of Philosophy will be involved in the project. A more detailed description of the involved researchers is contained in chapter no. 6.2.2. of this project.
Faculty of Public Administration, UPJŠ
The project will involve experts from the Department of Public Policy and Theory of Public Administration, whose expertise suitably complements and specifies the researched domain for the area of public administration. A more detailed description of the involved researchers is contained in chapter no. 6.2.2. of this project.
Faculty of Medicine, UPJŠ
The Institute of Medical Informatics and Simulator Medicine is participating in the project. As part of its pedagogical activities, this department provides teaching of informatics in all study fields offered at the Faculty of Medicine. In selected study fields, it provides teaching of information systems intended for the field of healthcare and mathematical and statistical processing of medical data. The scientific and research activities of the institute are focused on supporting electronic education, creating multimedia works, using videoconferencing technologies, mathematical and statistical processing of experimental data, developing and operating a computer network, implementing information systems and introducing modern information and communication technologies into research, pedagogical and clinical processes implemented at the faculty. As part of the project, members of this department will participate in educational activities aimed at public administration employees, recommendations for public administration, as well as preparing a subject for future KIB specialists.
Personnel matrix
Bc. Zuzana Hennelová
is an IT professional who performs analytical work within the CSIRT-UPJS security team, mainly focusing on resolving security incidents. Within the project she will participate in activities: A3, A5, A6 and A8.
Mgr. Jakub Mohler
is an IT professional who performs analytical work within the CSIRT-UPJS security team, mainly focusing on the analysis of security vulnerabilities and measures to resolve security incidents. Within the project he will participate in activities: A3, A5, A6 and A8.
Bc. Michal Šafranko
is an IT professional who performs analytical work within the CSIRT-UPJS security team, mainly focusing on resolving security incidents, identifying security incidents and performing digital forensic analysis. Within the project he will participate in activities: A3, A5 and A6.
Mgr. Miroslav Baranko
works as a system programmer and within the project will act mainly as a network security trainer (Activity A6). He will also participate in the system and network support of the project and in providing expert activities - security incident response (Activity A5).
Ing. Miroslav Pomikala
acts as the head of the local support department and the administrator of operating systems and will provide local system support within the project (Activity A1). At the same time, he will act as a trainer for public administration employees - training for professional employees (lay people) (Activity A6).
Doc. RNDr. Ľubomír Antoni, PhD.
is an associate professor at the Institute of Informatics at the Faculty of Science and will be involved in research activities within the project. His participation in the preparation of the new study program will be particularly important.
RNDr. Tomáš Bajtoš
works as an IT professional and will participate in educational activities and the preparation of a new study program within the project.
RNDr. Peter Gurský, PhD.
works as a professional assistant for the project and will participate in research activities (Activity A4) within the project, mainly related to the analysis of legal texts in the field of cybersecurity.
Prof. RNDr. Stanislav Krajči, PhD.
is a professor at the Institute of Informatics at the Faculty of Science and will participate in research activities (Activity A4) within the project, mainly related to the automation of forensic analysis and the analysis of legal texts in the field of cybersecurity.
Doc. RNDr. Ondrej Krídlo, PhD.
is an associate professor at the Institute of Informatics at the Faculty of Science and within the project, he will participate in research activities (Activity A4), mainly related to the automation of forensic analysis and analysis of legal texts in the field of cybersecurity. He will also be responsible for Activity A4 as a whole.
RNDr. Rastislav Krivoš-Belluš, PhD.
works as a professional assistant for the project and will participate in educational activities, the creation of methodologies, educational materials and documentation (Activity A2) within the project. At the same time, he will participate in educational activities for public administration employees in the position of a lecturer (Activity A6).
RNDr. PhDr. Peter Pisarčík
is a researcher. Within the project, he will participate in educational activities, creation of methodologies, educational materials and documentation (Activity A2). At the same time, he will participate in educational activities for public administration employees in the position of lecturer (Activity A6).
RNDr. Richard Staňa
is an IT professional and within the project will participate mainly in scientific activities focusing on situational awareness in cybersecurity (Activity A4) and in activities related to the establishment of the KB Center (Activity A1).
Mgr. Ján Vavrek (planned position)
works as a high school teacher focusing on professional IT subjects. Within the project, he will mainly participate in educational activities (Activity A3 and A6) focusing on teaching computer networks.
RNDr. Mária Vavrová (planned position)
works as a high school teacher and also as the head of the high school cyber team at the cooperating high school. As part of the project, she will participate in the creation of educational materials and documentation and in educational activities aimed at high schools (Activity A3 and A6).
Doc. JUDr. Renáta Bačárová, PhD.
associate Professor of Civil Law specializing in the field of information technology law and intellectual property law. She will participate in educational activities (Activities A3 and 26) and expert activities (Activity A5). She will also be involved in the preparation of educational materials and documentation (Activity A2).
JUDr. Laura Bachňáková Rózenfeldová, PhD.
researcher specializing in the field of information technology law and personal data protection. She will participate in the project in scientific research (Activity A4) and expert activities (Activity A5).
Prof. JUDr. Gabriela Dobrovičová, CSc.
professor of State and Law, specializing in the protection of human rights in the context of cybersecurity. She will participate in scientific research activities (Activity A4) in the project. She will also participate in cooperation with foreign partners (Activity A8).
PhDr. Juraj Furda (planned position)
an expert with experience in the field of negotiation with a special focus on security teams. His participation in the project is planned mainly in educational activities (Activity A3 and A6).
JUDr. Ladislav Hrabčák, PhD., PhD.
a researcher specializing in financial and tax law. The project will involve educational activities (Activity A6) and the preparation of educational materials (Activity A2). At the same time, he will also carry out research activities (Activity A4).
Doc. JUDr. Regina Hučková, PhD.
associate Professor of Commercial and Financial Law, focusing on liability issues, especially in the field of information technology law. She will participate in activities in the field of scientific research (Activity A4), deepening relations with foreign partners (Activity A8) and education (Activity 6).
JUDr. Daniela Lamačková, PhD.
associate Professor of Commercial and Financial Law, focusing on liability issues, especially in the field of information technology law. She will participate in activities in the field of scientific research (Activity A4), deepening relations with foreign partners (Activity A8) and education (Activity 6).
Prof. JUDr. Sergej Romža, PhD
professor of Criminal Law specializing in cybercrime, will participate mainly in educational activities (Activity A6) and the preparation of educational materials and documentation (Activity A2), especially in the field of criminal law and cybercrime.
Mgr. Simona Rudohradská, PhD.
assistant professor specializing in the field of information technology law. She will participate in educational and expert activities within the project. She will also be involved in the preparation of educational materials and documentation.
Doc. JUDr. Diana Treščáková, PhD.
associate Professor of Commercial and Financial Law specializing in the problems of information technology law, electronic contracting and electronic signatures. Within the project, she will participate in educational (Activities A3 and A6), research (Activity A4) and expert activities (Activity A5). She will also be involved in the preparation of educational materials and documentation (Activity A2).
Mgr. Peter Dubóczi, PhD.
assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science specializing in the issue of hoaxes and disinformation. He will be involved in the project mainly in educational activities (Activities A3 and A6).
Mgr. Tomáš Dvorský, PhD.
assistant Professor of the Department of Political Science specializing in the issues of conspiracy theories, hoaxes and hybrid threats. He will be involved in the project mainly in educational activities (Activities 3 and 6).
Doc. Mgr. Adriana Jesenková, PhD.
associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, her research interests focus on the intersection of information technology and ethics. The project will focus on educational activities (Activity A6) and international cooperation (Activity A8).
PhDr. Dušan Hruška, PhD.
assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, specializing in the issues of ethics in the application of information technologies in his scientific research activities. The project will focus mainly on educational activities (Activity A6) and foreign cooperation (Activity A8).
Mgr. Ondrej Kalina, PhD.
assistant Professor at the Department of Educational Psychology and Health Psychology. He will participate in educational activities (Activity A6) as part of the project.
PhDr. Anna Janovská, PhD.
assistant Professor at the Department of Educational Psychology and Health Psychology. She will participate in educational activities (Activity A6) as part of the project.
Ing. Andrea Kačmariková, PhD.
assistant Professor at the Institute of Medical Informatics, within the project she will participate mainly in educational activities (Activity A3), creation of methodologies and documentation (Activity A2) and expert activities (Activity A5).
Doc. Ing. Jaroslav Majerník, PhD.
associate Professor at the Institute of Medical Informatics, within the project he will participate mainly in educational activities (Activity A3), creation of methodologies and documentation (Activity A2) and expert activities (Activity A5).
Ing. Lenka Urbanská, PhD
assistant Professor at the Institute of Medical Informatics, within the project she will participate mainly in educational activities (Activity A3), creation of methodologies and documentation (Activity A2) and expert activities (Activity A5).
PhDr. Miroslav Fečko, PhD.
assistant Professor at the Department of Public Policy and Public Administration Theory specializing in the issue of communication in public administration. He will participate in educational activities (Activities A3 and A6) and research activities (Activity A4) in the project.
PhDr. Ondrej Mitaľ, PhD.
assistant Professor at the Department of Public Policy and Public Administration Theory specializing in the issue of communication in public administration. He will participate in educational activities (Activities A3 and A6) and research activities (Activity A4) in the project.
RNDr. Peter Matta, PhD.
professional employee of the Center for Lifelong Learning and Project Support; in the positions of lecturer, materials creator, project manager, IT technologist and technician; currently works as an operating systems administrator, materials creator and lecturer; within the project, he will participate in educational activities (including accredited ICDL tester), creation of methodologies and documentation as a professional solver.
Mgr. Eva Ružičková
professional employee of the Education Department of the Center for Lifelong Learning and Project Support; works in the creation and coordination of education systems focused on human resource development, implementation of educational programs, tutoring courses focused on the use of ICT, creation of content of study materials and methodological materials for training and courses; within the project, will participate in educational activities (also accredited ICDL commissioner), creation of methodologies and documentation.
Bc. Martin Tomko
professional employee of the Education Department of the Center for Lifelong Learning and Project Support; works in the creation and coordination of education systems focused on human resource development, implementation of educational programs, tutoring courses focused on the use of ICT, creation of content of study materials and methodological materials for training and courses; within the project, will participate in educational activities (including accredited ICDL tester), creation of methodologies and documentation.
RNDr. Simona Rindošová, PhD.
professional employee of the Horizon Office of the Support and Projects Department of the Center for Lifelong Learning and Project Support; has been working at UPJŠ since 2021 as a project and financial manager and provides professional advice primarily in the preparation and implementation of projects of the so-called Brussels calls such as Horizon2020 European Research Council; in the project, he will act as a senior expert with coordination activities in activity A9.
Ing. Jozef Jantošovič
is the head of the Information and Communication Technologies Center and will participate in organizational and professional activities related to the establishment of the Competence Center (Activity A1) within the project. He has more than 10 years of experience in managing an IT workplace and implementing the infrastructure part of projects.
Mgr. Miroslav Baranko
works as a system programmer and within the project will act mainly as a trainer in the part of the training related to network security. At the same time, he will also participate in the system and network support of the project (Activity A1). He has experience in managing a large computer network with over 8,000 devices, central network services and other systems (e.g. Microsoft 365).
Bc. Jana Berezňáková
is an IT professional and will provide local system support (Activity A1) within the project. He has experience with endpoint support and configuration and management of various types of devices and operating systems.
Ing. Ján Ondrej
works as a system programmer and will work mainly on system and network support of the project. (Activity A1). He has experience in managing a large computer network with over 8,000 devices, central network services and other systems based mainly on the Linux operating system.
Ing. Miron Kuzma
works as the head of the Center for Applied Informatics of the Faculty of Information Technology. He has also worked as a system programmer and systems administrator, and in his leadership position he is also involved in the architecture of various ICT systems. As part of the project, he will participate in supporting the operation of the Competence Center infrastructure (Activity A1).
Bc. Roman Varga
works at the Center for Applied Informatics of the Faculty of Philosophy as a system programmer and systems administrator. Within the project, he will participate in supporting the operation of the Competence Center infrastructure (Activity A1). He has several years of experience in implementing and managing various types of technologies and operating systems.
Ing. Tomáš Tkáčik
works at the Center for Applied Informatics of the Faculty of Philosophy as a system programmer and systems administrator. Within the project, he will participate in supporting the operation of the Competence Center infrastructure (Activity A1). He has several years of experience in implementing and managing various types of technologies and operating systems.
Mgr. Eduard Dvorný
professional employee of the Center for Applied Informatics, where he provides software and hardware support for various types of ICT classrooms. On the project, he will provide support for the operation of the Competence Center infrastructure (Activity A1) and will participate in educational activities. He has experience in supporting endpoints and configuring and managing various types of devices and operating systems.
Ing. Ivan Svatuška
works as a computer network administrator at the Faculty of Law and will participate in the project's system and network support. (Activity A1). He has experience with end-station support and configuration and management of various types of devices and operating systems.
RNDr. Peter Matta, PhD.
professional employee of the Center for Lifelong Learning and Project Support; in the positions of lecturer, materials creator, project manager, IT technologist and technician; currently works as an operating systems administrator, materials creator and lecturer; within the project, he will participate in educational activities (including accredited ICDL tester), creation of methodologies and documentation as a professional solver.