Petr Schwarz

Ing. Petr Schwarz, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Graphics and Multimedia, Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology. He specializes in speech recognition and biometric systems, with a focus on robustness in real-world conditions.

• Current roles: Assistant Professor, Researcher, Project Lead
• Key affiliations: Brno University of Technology (FIT), EU Horizon Europe, Czech Defense Research Program

His research spans speech recognition, language identification, and multimodal datasets for security applications. Recent work includes AI-driven emergency call systems and tools to combat voice deepfakes.

Notable projects include:

• Multilingual and Cross-cultural Dialogue Systems (EU Horizon Europe, 2024-2026)
• Voice Deepfake Detection (Czech Sectech Program, 2024-2026)

His publications analyze Gaussian mixture models, i-vector migration, and phonetic search techniques. Trends emphasize robust algorithms for security-critical domains.

Scientific accolades include the Silver Medal from BUT Rector (2006) and Brno FIT Bronze Medal (2022). He has contributed to open-source tools like Kaldi and developed systems for NIST evaluations.