Student of Applied Informatics at the Faculty of Science at UJEP advanced to the finals of the Cyber Competition
Bc. Jakub Kopecký, a 1st year student of the Master’s degree in Applied Informatics, advanced to the national finals of the Cyber Security Competition! The final of the 9th year of the Cyber Competition will take place on 9th and 10th April 2025 in Brno. 53 male and female students in three age categories have been invited to the national finals.
The organizer and executive guarantor of the Cyber Competition is the Cyber Security Centre, z.ú., the main expert guarantors are the Cyber Security Centre, z.ú. and the National Office for Cyber and Information Security (NUCSIS).
The competition was open to any student between the ages of 9 and 24 studying at a primary, secondary or higher education institution in the Czech Republic, regardless of the school’s focus. The cyber competition is a knowledge and skills competition in the field of cyber security and information and communication systems. The competition produces materials that can serve as a methodological tool for educating students in cybersecurity, information and communication technologies and programming, not only for secondary school teachers.
Contestants are judged in three separate categories: juniors, high school students and college students (see more in the contest rules). The national round of the competition, which will take place in April in Brno, was preceded by two rounds of competition. The first “SELECTION” round took place online from September 10 to October 21, 2024. The second “SELECTION” round took place online from December 21, 2024 to January 11, 2025.
Our university has traditionally and long-standing participation in the competition. This year the competition was again under the auspices of the Rector of UJEP, doc. RNDr. Jaroslav Koutský, Ph.D. A member of the competition committee this year is RNDr. Jan Krejčí, Ph.D., from the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, UJEP. Our students also regularly participate in the competition (last year’s final was also held with our participation). We informed you about the success of our students in the first round of this year’s competition HERE.
This year’s finalist, Bc. Jakub Kopecký, was awarded the Dean’s Prize of the Faculty of Science of UJEP at the end of last year for outstanding results obtained in the field of mathematics and computer science. We congratulate Jakub on his progress and wish him good luck for the final round and further success.