FIT BUT is the Faculty of Information Technology of Brno University of Technology, located in Brno, Czech Republic, that is particularly well-established in areas including machine learning, speech and image processing, computer graphics, computer network security, knowledge technology, biometrics, automated analysis and verification, embedded systems, hardware-accelerated and high-performance computing, and evolutionary technologies.

Brno University of Technology (BUT) was founded in 1899 as the first Czech higher education institution in Moravia. Currently, more than 24,000 students are enrolled at BUT at 8 faculties and 2 university institutes. The Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) of BUT was established on 1st January 2002. It was developed from the former Department of Computer Science and Engineering established in 1964 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and later transformed into the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. FIT BUT thus has an almost 50-years long tradition in research and teaching in computer science and engineering. Currently, FIT BUT ranks among the Czech and, in various specific IT areas, also among the world’s leaders. These areas include machine learning, speech and image processing, computer graphics, computer network security, knowledge technology, biometrics, automated analysis and verification, embedded systems, hardware-accelerated and high-performance computing, and evolutionary technologies. In these areas, FIT BUT has participated on numerous successful Czech, European (including H2020) and—which is uncommon in the Czech Republic—also American (DARPA and IARPA) projects.