Ing. Lukáš Herout, Ph.D.

Member of Informatics Department

Lukáš Herout graduated from the Faculty of Education of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice with a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Informatics. He then went on to study Engineering Informatics at the Faculty of Applied Informatics at Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín, where he earned his Master’s degree in this field. He completed his education with a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Education at Charles University in Prague, where his dissertation focused on the use of electronic learning resources in education.

While still completing his studies, he gained valuable work experience outside the academic environment – in international IT companies operating in the Czech Republic (the Taiwanese technology company ASUS and ESET Software, the world leader in security products) and as part of long-term foreign work placements (in the USA, Brazil and elsewhere). As part of his academic career, he regularly lectures at foreign universities, where he focuses on the education of university teachers in the fields of pedagogy, didactics and the use of digital technologies in education.

In his teaching and research activities, he focuses mainly on interdisciplinary topics in information science related to the use of digital technologies in education, project and process management, information security, etc. In 2019–2020, he was a member of the National Advisory and Education Council for Agriculture and Rural Development (an advisory and initiatory body of the Minister of Agriculture). He is also a member of the editorial board of the peer-reviewed journal Socio-economic and Humanities Studies, which is included in the List of Peer-reviewed Journals without an Impact Factor Published in the Czech Republic and in the international databases ERIH PLUS and EBSCO.

Specialization:

• Digital technologies in education, electronic learning resources, part-time and distance education

Courses at Škoda Auto Vysoká škola:

• Informatics I 

• ICT management 

• Project management 

• Planning and management of information systems projects

• Business security and data protection

Ing. Martin Juhas

Member of Informatics Department

Martin Juhas is an expert in information technology and enterprise information systems. Martin has specialised in information technology since the late 1980s. He graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague in the field of Electronic Computers. In his career, he worked as an independent analyst-programmer, lecturer, head of software service department and application consultant. He worked in these positions in an automotive company and in an IT company that develops ERP information systems and offers comprehensive IT solutions. It was especially during his work for this IT company where Martin was able to gain a lot of experience in companies from different industries throughout the Czech Republic. In terms of teaching, he specialises in enterprise information systems, data processing and advanced IT skills. Martin has worked at Škoda Auto Vysoká škola since it was founded in 2000.

Specialisation:

• Information technology, enterprise information systems, database systems, security in IT, digital photography processing

Courses at Škoda Auto Vysoká škola:

• Informatics (Bachelor’s)

• Information Systems (Bachelor’s)

• Computer Presentation and Digital Photography (Bachelor’s, Master’s)

• Informatics II (Bachelor’s, Master’s)

• IT in Business (Master’s)

prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Pokorný, CSc.

Member of Informatics Department

Jaroslav Pokorný has worked for Škoda Auto Vysoká škola since 2019. He graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University in the field of Numerical Mathematics. From 1971 to 1974 he worked as a system programmer at the Research Institute of Mathematical Machines (VUMS). Between 1974 and 1982 he worked at the Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Technical University as a specialist and later as a department head. Since 1982 he has worked in the Department of Software Engineering of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University and since 1999 as a professor of informatics. He also contributed to teaching database courses at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University between 1991 and 2013. From 1993 to 2006 he was the department head at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University. Between 2008 and 2012, he was the Vice-Dean for Science and the Deputy Dean. He has always contributed significantly to research in informatics, as evidenced by more than 350 publications. In terms of teaching, he focuses on database courses, data organisation, query languages, XML, and recently graph databases. He has successfully raised dozens of graduates and doctoral students. He teaches data analysis and databases at the Department of Informatics. Jaroslav's hobbies mainly include music. He is president of the mixed choir Gaudium Pragense.

Specialisation:

• Database technologies, database architectures, graph databases, Big Data

Courses at Škoda Auto Vysoká škola:

• Data analysis and databases
• Data Engineering

prof. Ing. Václav Řepa, CSc.

Member of Informatics Department

Václav Řepa is a long-time university lecturer. He graduated from the Faculty of Management of the University of Economics in the field of Automated Systems of Management (Ing.). In 1992, he received the CSc. degree. In 2000, he was appointed docent of informatics by the Dean of the Faculty of Informatics and Statistics. In 2008, on the recommendation of the Scientific Council of the University of Economics in Prague, he was appointed Professor of Informatics by the President of the Czech Republic. He is a long-time lecturer at the Department of Information Technology of the University of Economics in Prague. In 2007, he founded the multidisciplinary field of study Cognitive Informatics. He taught at the Pan-European University in Bratislava and in doctoral studies at the University of Hradec Králové, University of Pardubice and Technical University of Liberec. He specialises in interfaces between informatics and management, especially in process management and related areas of information systems development and information modelling. He is a co-founder and chairman of the Board of Guarantors CEABPM (Central European Association for Business Process Management), member of the Steering Committee of International Conferences for Business Informatics Research, member of the programme committees of a number of international conferences and on the editorial boards of two international journals. He has worked with Škoda Auto Vysoká škola since 2018, contributing to the concept and accreditation of the Bachelor's degree programme Business Economics and Management Informatics.

Specialisation:

• Business informatics, process management, information systems development, project management.

Courses at Škoda Auto Vysoká škola:

• Basics of process management (Bachelor's)