The research activity of the department is focused before all on intelligent systems, but attention is also paid to systems for specific applications, computer-based systems, interface design and use of multilevel parallelism. The main fields of interest are biometric security systems, wireless networks, security, cryptography, formal specific cation and verification of the design, integration of components into embedded applications, and simulation and prototyping of different configurations.
The department consists of 17 senior researchers and 51 junior researchers. There have been 44 PhD graduates over the past 5 years so far.
Unique know-how of the given research unit:
- International patent No. WO/2010/009683: “A method of biometric identification of persons according to the hand and device for biometric identification of persons according to the hand.”
- International patent No. WO/2007/036370: “Method and Apparatus for Detecting Biometric Features”
- Utility model No. 19364: “Liveness Detection on Fingers by Causation of Optical Changes”
- Industrial model: „Design of Mini-Sumo Robot”
- Specimen: “Sensor Data Acquisition Unit for UAV (SEDAQ)”
- Prototype: “ISTA – image stabilization”
- Legislation for the Czech National Security Authority: “Fingerprint Quality Testing”
Software:
- Clock Domain Crossing Analyzer
- FAST to ARMC Translator
- A tool for Fast Detection of Dominant Strategies
- Tool for Computing Simulations
- Clock Domain Crossing Analyzer
- FDDS-Solver: A tool for Fast Detection of Dominant
Strategies
- Tool for Computing Simulations
Research topics:
- Biometric security systems
- Wireless networks (security, tapping etc.)
- Security and cryptography, Formal verification
- High performance computing
- Intelligent systems, Petri nets
- System modeling and simulation, Robotics
Key research equipment:
Among the key equipment belong various fingerprint readers (sensors) using various technologies and many other biometrical devices, e.g. for iris recognition, 3D face, hand geometry, veins, or handwriting, equipment for cryptography, cryptographic accelerators, and wireless sensors network analysis. There are many other devices in our laboratories covering all research topics we aim at such as:Thermo camera FLIR ThermaCAM E300
- Non-mydriatic fundus camera CANON CR1
- Oscilloscope Tektronix DPO7254
- Various software and hardware development kits
- Signal Analyzer Rohde & Schwarz FSQ8
- Motorised research microscope Olympus BX61
