Open Science II Conference

Lead project manager of the EOSC-CZ, integration manager of the Czech e-infrastructure e-INFRA CZ, and Executive Director of one of its three partners, CERIT-SC, established at the ICS of MU. As part of his work, he led the development of a platform for coordinating IT service management at MU, the SensitiveCloud environment for handling sensitive data, and other solutions. His research focuses on the management and analysis of complex and high-dimensional data using AI techniques.

Václav works at CESNET, where he leads a research and development team focused on tools supporting cybersecurity. He has extensive experience in research and development in network traffic monitoring, cybersecurity, and threat intelligence sharing, and has participated in a number of national and international projects.

She specializes in the ASEP repository system. She focuses on open science, research data management, and open academic software. She lectures on data management and best practices in research data management. She is involved in designing the architecture of the new ASEP API and is part of the methodological team for the core repository systems of the National Repository Platform (NRP).

She serves as a methodology specialist for the CESNET Invenio repository system within the NRP project. Her role is to guide user communities through the process of developing new domain-specific repositories within the NRP environment. She also has experience in building repositories for the humanities using the Islandora system within the Digitalia MUNI ARTS infrastructure and is part of the team working on the pilot repository ArchaeoVault.

He leads the Bioinformatics Core Facility at CEITEC MU. Within ELIXIR CZ, he serves as the strategic lead for the human data domain and is a key contributor to the Genomic Data Infrastructure project. In the Open Science II project, he coordinates the development of the OmiCZ repository, created in collaboration with ELIXIR CZ partners as part of EOSC CZ. He is also involved in implementing Trusted Research Environments, including integration with the European federated archive infrastructure FEGA.

A biochemist at the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, focusing on imaging immune cells and research data management. Since 2022, he has served as an ambassador of the Research Data Alliance for the materials science and engineering domain. Within EOSC CZ, he chairs the relevant working group and leads a team focused on automated data management. He is also the supervisor of the DANTEc repository for materials science and related fields.

He specializes in the CLARIN-DSpace repository system. His work focuses on transparency and reproducibility in science, FAIR data, and research data management. He has contributed to the implementation and operation of open-source tools for search and digital libraries in academic libraries. He is part of the methodological team for the core repository systems of the National Repository Platform (NRP).

A data scientist with over 15 years of experience in analysing complex datasets, dynamic processes, and strategic business intelligence. He combines deep academic expertise from the Santa Fe Institute with hands-on development in R, Python, and SQL. He currently focuses on machine learning, GenAI, and LLM augmentation.

Professor of environmental chemistry and Director of the RECETOX centre at the Faculty of Science of MU, focusing on the relationship between environment and human health. She is involved in international projects and initiatives and coordinates research in the human exposome. She has experience leading EU projects and developing research infrastructures. Within the EOSC CZ initiative, she has led a working group and contributes to the development of environmental data and information systems.

Director of the Institute of Sociology of the CAS. A sociologist focused on methodology, data quality, and research infrastructures. He founded and led the Czech Social Science Data Archive. He led one of CESSDA ERIC’s four strategic pillars, focused on collaboration. He is a member of the Social Sciences and Humanities Strategy WG at ESFRI and the Council for Large Research Infrastructures at MEYS. He is the national coordinator of ISSP and a member of the ISSP Methodology Committee.

Works in information science, focusing on information practices, knowledge organization, and information ethics in data management and access in the digital humanities. Focuses on data, memory, and annotation practices and their role in data creation, interpretation, and sharing. Author/co-author of studies on digital archives, research infrastructures, and research data management. Contributes to infrastructure development in LINDAT/CLARIAH-CZ, specifically the Digitalia MUNI ARTS node.

Head of the Laboratory for Advanced Data Analytics and Simulations at IT4Innovations. He focuses on advanced data processing using AI and ML, orchestration for HPC/Cloud/Big Data, and simplifying access to computing infrastructure, including data distribution. Extensive experience leading national/international projects. He coordinated the European LEXIS project on large-scale data processing using supercomputers and cloud technologies, as well as the follow-up EXA4MIND project.

He currently serves as Director of CERIT-SC and a board member of e-INFRA CZ. Since 2021, he has been Chair of the Board of ELIXIR CZ and represents Czechia on the ELIXIR Board. After serving on the EOSC Steering Board, he now represents CESNET, the Czech mandated organisation in EOSC Association, contributing to the strategic development of EOSC in the Czechia. He has long been involved in national and international projects, including EOSC-Future, EOSC-Life, and GDI.

He studied English and Czech language and literature at the Faculty of Arts of MU. Since 2004, he worked at the Faculty’s IT Centre, contributing to language corpora, e-learning, and the development of the Digitalia MUNI ARTS infrastructure. He works as an IT architect at CERIT-SC within the ICS MU, focusing on data-intensive research. In the NRP project, he leads the pilot repositories activity, which tests solutions for the management, sharing, and long-term preservation of research data.

A botanist and Head of Herbarium Collections at Charles University, studying plant diversity, distribution, and the broader use of herbarium collections beyond taxonomy. Within the NRP, he coordinates the development of biodiversity data repositories.

Heads the Department of Software Engineering at MFF CUNI, where he teaches software engineering and architecture. As a data expert, he collaborates with the Ministry of the Interior and, since 2024, with the Digital and Information Agency (DIA), which took over digitalisation tasks in public administration. He has participated in EU research projects, worked with the private sector, and was a visiting professor at the University of Passau. Since 2026, he serves as Vice-Rector for IT and Digitalisation at CUNI.

He focuses on botanical databases and enjoys finding ways to integrate existing solutions. He leads the development of a herbarium repository.

A data steward at CEITEC Masaryk University, focusing on research data management and FAIR data implementation. He contributes to the development of a national repository for molecular dynamics simulations and supports researchers in adopting best practices for managing and sharing complex scientific data. His PhD research explores how molecular dynamics data can be standardised and shared in a reproducible, machine-actionable way.

Researcher at the Institute of Computer Science of MU, leading the Advanced Data Management Department. Focuses on research data management, protection, access, and coordinates open and FAIR data activities. Within OpenAIRE, he heads the Czech National Open Access Desk and is a member of its Executive Board. In the NRP project, he leads work packages on FAIR data services and contributes to Trusted Research Environments for sensitive data within Open Science II.

She works as a curator and manager of the emerging Pilot Repository for imaging biology data. Within the NRP project, she is responsible for the repository’s modelling, coordination, and organisational agenda. She focuses on activities surrounding the technical development, including designing the conceptual metadata model, engaging the research community in the repository’s development, and addressing administrative and legal aspects.

Head of the Library at the Institute of History of the CAS, where she also coordinates open science and research data management. Her work focuses on implementing open science principles and developing data management plans (DMPs) in the humanities, particularly in history. She studied history, specialising in economic history and the history of science and technology, at the Faculty of Arts of CUNI. In her free time, she enjoys molinology, mixology, badminton, and playing drums.

She works at the Institute of Sociology of the CAS in the Czech Social Science Data Archive department and is also active in CESNET, contributing to the development of the NDI. She focuses on FAIRification of research data, as well as their management, sharing, and reuse. She is involved in national and international Open Science and EOSC initiatives, contributing to the development of methodologies and tools for implementing FAIR principles, and supports science communication and open access.

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He works as a data analyst at the Institute of Physics of the CAS. Since November 2025, he has been involved in developing the Fysics repository, built on the Invenio RDM platform. He graduated from the University of Economics in Prague and has a background in reporting, automation, and data analysis. Within the Open Science II project, he serves as a repository manager, contributing to its operation and further development, including collaboration on metadata models for experimental data.