ECCA appoints new President

Ing. Radek Holý, Ph.D., Ing. Paed. IGIP, Feng., has recently been elected as the President of the ECCA Board for a three-year term. Mr. Holý serves as the Vice-Rector for Quality Management at the Czech Technical University in Prague, and he previously held the position of Vice-Rector for Informatics. He has a strong interest in ECCA's work and future, and he will contribute significant leadership and experience to the association's strategic vision. The following is a summary of his research interests, academic services, and other activities;

Research interests: 

· Authentication Technology

· Information Security

Mining Engineering

· Smart Cities

Academic Services: 

· International Advisory Committee, The International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA), Taipei, Taiwan, 2024 

· Scientific Committee, International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology (SPSI-MACRO), India, 2023

· International Program Committee, Conference on Technology, Informatics, Management, Engineering & Environment (TIME-E), Bali, Indonesia, 2024

· Scientific Committee, Computer science, Jihlava, Czech Republic, 2023

· Program Committee, MoodleMoot.cz, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, 2023

· Scientific Committee, Horizons of railway transport, Demänovská Dolina, Slovakia, 2025

· Keynote Speaker, CZECH CYBER SECURITY EXCELLENCE, Haag, Netherlands, 2023

· Keynote Speaker, XX. Annual Conference on Information Security (Tate International), Prague, Czech Republic, 2019

· Keynote Speaker, EUNIS, Špindlerův mlýn, Czech Republic, 2016

Other activities: 

· EUNIS-CZ - Board member

· ECCA - President Board of Directors

· Cesnet - Vice chairman of the Board of Directors

· The Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic - Member

· Czech National Semiconductor Cluster -Vice chairman

· ACDRC (Advanced Chip Design and Research Center) – Director

· TSRI -CTU Joint Research Center – director

· Czech Semiconductor center - Member Steering committee