PROTECT 2024

The Current and Future Roles of AI in Protecting Critical Infrastructure

The workshop focuses on the current and future roles of AI in improving the methods for protecting critical infrastructure and other designated areas. The workshop brings together researchers and practitioners in the field and provides an informal platform for exchanging ideas and initiating new collaborations.

Date: November 15, 2024
Place: KYPO, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Botanická 68a, 60200 Brno, CZ
Organizers: Formela Laboratory (FI MUNI), Regional Military Command Brno
Contact: Patrik Herynk (KVV Brno), Antonín Kučera (FI MUNI), Alois Matýzka (KVV Brno), Vojtěch Řehák (FI MUNI)

The workshop addresses the following key issues:

The current methodology for protecting critical infrastructure and other designated areas. What are the best practices and the main problems?
What is the envisioned role of artificial intelligence and robotic devices? How should AI interact with humans? Is our legislation ready?
What state-of-the-art AI methods are ready to deploy? What are their benefits? What can be expected in the near future?

The Program includes invited presentations and tool demos. Coffee, light snacks, and lunch are provided by the organizers, and there is enough space for informal communication. The communication language of the workshop will be Czech.

The List of Confirmed Participants includes representatives of the following institutions and companies:

Formela laboratory at FI MUNI,
Regional Military Command Brno,
Institute of Law and Technology at PrF MUNI,
University of Defence,
AI Center at Czech Technical University in Prague,
Department of Crisis Management and Defense at South Moravian Region,
Fire Rescue Service of South Moravian Region,
NÚKIB,
Police of the Czech Republic,
Správa železnic, s.o.,
Čepro, a.s.,
EG.D, a.s.,
Cyber-TBD s.r.o,
D.I.SEVEN,a.s.,
G4S Secure Solutions (CZ), a.s.,
HSF spol. s r. o.,
M2C Group,
S.B.S. SECURITY s.r.o.

Registration for the workshop is free. Due to the venue's limited capacity, an explicit registration request sent to one of the contact persons is required (a simple email is sufficient).

The Program

8:40 - 9:00	Registration
9:00 - 9:10	Opening
9:10 - 10:30	Physical patrolling – theory and practice chair: Antonín Kučera Patrik Herynk (KVV Brno): Patrolování Vojtěch Řehák (FI MU): Automatická konstrukce a optimalizace patrovacích strategií Roman Široký (S.B.S. SECURITY s.r.o.): Fyzická ostraha objektů a její význam v moderním zabezpečení Panel discussion
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00	Technology for protection I chair: Patrik Herynk Petr Stoklasa (Cyber-TBD s.r.o.): Zasklení pro věk digitalizace Tomáš Metz (HSF s.r.o.): Detekce a mitigace nežádoucích dronů Johnson Darkwah (Gauss Algorithmic, a.s.): Poznatky z praktických implementací umělé inteligence Panel discussion
12:00 - 13:15	Lunch (preceded by a group photo)
13:15 - 14:15	Technology for protection II chair: Vojtěch Řehák Karel Slavíček (ÚVT MU): Senzory využívající optická vlákna Martin Pecka (FEL ČVUT): Fyzikální intuice v hlubokých neuronových sítích Oldřich Plchot (FIT VUT): Problém určování identity mluvčího Panel discussion
14:15 - 14:45	Coffee Break
14:45 - 16:00	Legal and social framework chair: Patrik Herynk Alois Matýzka (KVV Brno): Kritická infrastruktura z pohledu legislativy Martin Fajčík (FIT VUT): Velké jazykové modely v češtině Radim Polčák (PrF MU): Právní regulace umělé inteligence v kritických infrastrukturách Panel discussion
16:00	Closing

The event is funded by the European Union under the Grant Agreement No. 101087529.