Taylor's University Expert Visits FIM to Strengthen Research Cooperation

During his stay, Dr Murugesan met with Prof. Blanka Klímová, Vice-Dean of FIM, and colleagues from the Department of Information Technologies, including Assoc. Prof. Pavel Čech, Dr. Tereza Otčenášková, Assoc. Prof. Kamila Štekerová, Dr. Karel Mls, and Dr. Tomáš Nacházel. The meetings provided an opportunity to present current research activities at both institutions and discuss possibilities for future cooperation in research and education.

The academic programme included a series of lectures delivered by Dr Murugesan for FIM students. Among the topics were for example “Transaction Verification by Blockchain light nodes: Challenges and Opportunities”, “Fake News Detection on Social Media using Trust Index, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Blockchain” or “Learning and Reasoning in Cognitive Computing”.

The visit contributed not only to the internationalisation of FIM but also to strengthening ties with one of Malaysia's leading universities. Such academic exchanges create valuable opportunities for sharing expertise, developing international partnerships, and enriching the educational environment for both students and staff.

Mr. Raja evaluated his visit in the following words:

From 3rd to 10th November 2026 visited the Faculty of Informatics and Management at the University of Hradec Králové. Met with Prof. PhDr. Blanka Klímová, the Vice-Dean for Foreign Relations, Prof. Pavel Čech, the Head of the Department of Information Technologies and his colleagues Ing. Tereza Otčenášková, Dr Daniela Ponce and Ing. Karel Mls. The discussion was mainly on furthering the international cooperation beyond staff and student mobility between the Faculty of Informatics and Management at UHK and the Faculty of Innovation Technology especially the School of Computer Science at Taylor’s University, Malaysia.

Promising were the opportunities to submit joint applications for international research grant funding, joint Masters and PhD supervision, PhD thesis examination, FIM at UHK sending their PhD students for internship to Taylor’s for a maximum of one month. The most interesting topic was looking at joint/dual award at UG, graduate and PhD level. Need to see the business case for both the universities to see the viability of offering dual awards. FIM’s research projects on transportation and cybersecurity were very interesting as there are a lot of commonalities that we work at in Taylor’s. I could see a lot of potential and opportunities to work together in these areas. Research using mathematical modelling done at FIM-UHK is quite interesting. We at Taylor’s could leverage FIM-UHK expertise and strength in mathematical modelling in the joint research.

The interest shown by colleagues at FIM-UHK was amazing. It was beyond my expectations to see their interest in operating some of these as soon as possible. The vibrant culture at FIM-UHK cultivates an inspiring environment for academic growth and collaboration.

The staff and students at FIM are very friendly, very respectful, humble, and helpful. Surprising were all the students at FIM were keen listening to my talks on Blockchain and Cognitive Computing interacting during the lecture asking questions to learn more. I could say boldly that none of them were occupied with their own devices (laptop, or mobile phone or tablet). This is very unusual to me especially with today’s gen Z.

My homework is now to see how at least some of these can be operationalized as soon as possible, bringing together the key people from both the institutions once I return to Taylor’s.

We thank Dr Raja Kumar Murugesan for his visit and look forward to future cooperation between Taylor's University and the Faculty of Informatics and Management.