Researcher

"Do your research." 

My main research areas are software-defined networking, computer networks, cyber security, programmable data planes, eBPF, industrial networks and critical infrastructure resilience.

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Biography

I have started my specialization at the school of electrical engineering, where I quickly figured out that the hardware field is not for me. I continued at the University of Pardubice, where I chose information technology instead. The focus on software was a much better fit and I have completed a BSc, an MSc and a PhD. I enjoyed programming, but computer networking even more. I have become fascinated with Cisco Networking Academy and completed all CCNA and CCNP courses (some of them during a one-year exchange at Northumbria University where I studied Computer Networks MSc). Later, I got Cisco certified and become a Cisco Networking Academy instructor.    

During my PhD studies, I have integrated skills in programming and computer networks in pursuing software-defined networking (SDN). I learned the technology at Lancaster University during several internships. This helped me to finish my thesis and to continue in research focused on applicability in various areas including cyber security of smart grid and IoT networks. 

After spending two years as an assistant professor at the Research Center of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, where I was working on various research projects and was teaching the course Modern Trends of Computer Networks, I have accepted a postdoc position at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where I developed an emulator of smart grid communication for cyber security awareness - SGSim - and was also training business professionals in courses focused on cyber security. 

I then got an offer to work as a research associate on fully programmable data planes for critical infrastructure resilience at the University of Glasgow where I am currently based. At the same time, I got an associate professor position at NTNU which I currently support remotely and will start full-time from the summer 2026. My research at the University of Glasgow is focused mostly on eBPF-based programmable nodes with custom cyber security functionality suitable for protection of industrial networks. 

Projects

  • High integrity EGNSS Layer for Multimodal Eco-friendly Transportation – HELMET, Horizon 2020, participant, 2020 - 2021.   
  • An intelligent firewall for industrial networks, The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Programme ZETA, leader, 2018 - 2019. 
  • Intelligent Smart Grid networks protection system, using SDN, The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Programme GAMA, participant, 2016 - 2017. 
  • Software methods for analysis and control of data networks, Student Grant Competition, leader, 2018.
  • Usage of ambient intelligence in information systems and their communication, Student Grant Competition, leader, 2017. 
  • Security of smart grid networks and cloud computing, Student Grant Competition, leader, 2015.