Who
KInIT is an independent, non-profit institute dedicated to intelligent technology research. We bring together and nurture experts in artificial intelligence and other areas of computer science, with connections to other disciplines:
- Web and user data processing including false information and malicious behavior modeling
- Processing and comprehension of natural language
- Data analysis for green energy
- Information security
- Ethics and human values in intelligent technologies
We are the first independent institute of its kind in Slovakia
KInIT combines the excellent competencies of academic researchers and educators with innovative companies, their needs and experience.
By involving the private sector, we seek to create a healthy research ecosystem that is connected to existing universities, the Slovak Academy of Sciences and above all to the international community.
Our mission
Improve
Slovakia’s competitiveness by amassing diverse talent in a multidisciplinary research environment focused on intelligent technologies
Connect
the private and public sectors through active co-operation, education and support for evidence-based decision-making
Encourage
responsible innovation, expansion of knowledge, talent cultivation
Our values
Quality
We demand the best from ourselves and our partners to ensure that we constantly improve.
Transparency
We make our decisions, verify our hypotheses, and present our results in a transparent manner.
Honesty
We support honesty and fairness in our approach to both people and data. Our research is responsible and we always take ethics into account.
Diversity
We consider our research from various points of view and co-operate with researchers from diverse disciplines. We believe that only a diverse perspective ensures quality.
Curiosity
We are open to questions and new ideas. We seek out challenges and get excited about every new discovery.
Our Goals
TALENT
Increase the availability of talent in Slovakia by giving young people a reason to stay here and build careers that have strong international connections.
WORLD-CLASS, RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH
Build a space that fosters impactful, responsible research, attract and nurture top researchers in their given fields and cultivate expertise that could be transferred into the private sector or used in community development.
R&D&I IN BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Stimulate the best solutions to support the use of intelligent technologies in business through research activities that are connected with the academic sphere.
ECONOMIC
SUSTAINABILITY
Create and apply schemes that allow effective and economically sustainable research and talent development.
KInIT Leadership
Mária Bieliková
Director General KInIT, Board of Trustees Member
Marián Šimko
Deputy Director General KInIT, Board of Trustees Member
Ivan Sokáč
Chief Operating & Strategy Officer KInIT
Diana Lokere
Chief People & Culture Officer KInIT
Michal Kompan
Chief Research Officer KInIT
Richard Marko
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, CEO ESET
Martin Kubík
Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees, CIO Tatra banka
Ján Lunter
Board of Trustees Member, CEO Innovatrics
Michaela Benedigová
Board of Trustees Member, Managing Director & Partner, Seesame
Jakub Šimko
Board of Trustees Member, KInIT
KInIT Team
Konstantine Arkoudas
Visiting Principal Researcher
Viktor Bachratý
Research Consultant
Jozef Barut
Research Intern
Róbert Belanec
PhD Student
Eva Beláková
Office Manager
Ivana Beňová
AI Specialist
Jakub Betinský
Ethics Specialist
Jana Bieliková
Grant Office Lead
Mária Bieliková
Lead and Researcher
Adrián Bindas
Research Engineer
Miroslav Blšták
AI Specialist
Anna Bou Ezzeddine
AI Specialist
Alexander Brecko
Research Engineer
Samuel Budai
Research Engineer
Kamil Burda
Researcher
Ján Cipár
Volunteer
Ján Čegiň
Researcher
Santiago de Leon
PhD Student MSCA Doctoral Network
Milan Diabelko
Supplier Relationship Manager
Ján Dráb
Project Manager
Soňa Dulíková
Research Engineer
Ema Gálová
Partnership Intern
Adrián Gavorník
Ethics Specialist
Martin Gergely
Project Manager
Michal Gladiš
Ethics Consultant
Patrik Goldschmidt
Researcher
Michal Gregor
Researcher
Viktor Gregor
Research Engineer
Gabriela Grmanová
Researcher
Samuel Harvan
Research Intern
Marek Havrila
Research Engineer
Katarína Házyová
Project Administrator
Lucia Hermanová
Research Intern
Dominik Hornáček
Research Engineer
Filip Hossner
Research Engineer
Andrea Hrčková
Researcher
Martin Hriňák
Project Manager
Martin Hyben
AI Specialist
Dominika Chodúrová
Project Administrator
Simona Chovancová
Research Assistant
Daniela Chudá
Researcher
Ján Jakubčík
Research Engineer
Tomas Javurek
Research Engineer
Petra Kasášová
Community Manager
Dominika Klačanská
HR Specialist
Tatiana Kladná
Partnership Administrator
Matej Kloska
Research Engineer
Natália Kňažeková
Research Engineer
Mária Kolesárová
Ethics Specialist
Emma Komárová
Marketing Intern
Michal Kompan
Lead and Researcher
Jakub Kopál
Research Engineer
Jaroslav Kopčan
Research Engineer
Marek Kostolanský
Financial Analyst
Lívia Kostová
Research Engineer
Viktor Košťan
Research Engineer
Lucia Kotuľáková
Partnerships Manager
Hugo Kotúč
Research Intern
Timotej Králik
Research Engineer
Ľuboš Kriš
Research Engineer
Michaela Kršková
Strategy Advisor
Martin Kujan
Innovation Manager
Sebastian Kula
Researcher
Peter Lacko
AI Specialist
Šimon Liška
Research Engineer
Diana Lokere
Chief People & Culture Officer
Marek Lóderer
AI Specialist
Dominik Macko
Researcher
Jozef Magdolen
Research Engineer
Tomáš Majerčík
Research Intern
Alexey Makarov
Research Engineer
Katarína Marcinčinová
Ethics Specialist
Tomáš Matejov
Research Engineer
Roman Matúš
Research Engineer
Miroslav Medveď
Marketing Specialist
Matúš Mesarčík
Ethics and Law Specialist
Philipp Miotti
Research Engineer
Denis Mitana
Research Engineer
Martin Mocko
Researcher
Róbert Móro
Researcher
Matej Mosnár
Research Engineer
Kristína Okasová
PhD Student
Martin Olejník
Research Engineer
Marianna Palková
Communications Specialist
Peter Pavlík
Researcher
Branislav Pecher
Researcher
Ivona Podolanová Klementová
Executive Assistant to CEO
Juraj Podroužek
Lead and Researcher
Petra Polačeková
HR & Marketing Intern
Katarína Polónyiová
Research Administrator
Wanda Pribylincová
Marketing Manager
Veronika Rajner
Senior Project Manager
Andrej Ridzik
Research Engineer
Natália Rišianová
Grant Office Intern
Viera Rozinajová
Lead and Researcher
Peter Sakalík
Research Engineer
Tomáš Sako
Research Engineer
Michal Sandanus
Research Engineer
Natália Slosiarová
PhD Student
Ivan Sokáč
Chief Operating & Strategy Officer
Sára Soľárová
Ethics and Law Specialist
Michal Spiegel
Research Intern
Ivan Srba
Researcher
Jakub Šimko
Lead and Researcher
Marián Šimko
Lead and Researcher
Mária Široká
Project Administrator
Adam Škurla
PhD Student
Martina Šroufková
Project Administrator
Mária Štrbová
Project Administrator
Andrej Šutý
Research Engineer
Martin Tamajka
Technology Lead
Matúš Tibenský
AI Specialist
Matúš Tuna
Research Engineer
Juraj Turan
Chief Financial Officer
Daniela Vacek
Researcher
Petronela Vallová
Graphic Designer
FIlip Veľký
Policy Specialist
Marcel Veselý
Research Engineer
Martin Veselý
Innovation Manager
Kristína Volnerová
HR Operations Manager
Ivan Vykopal
PhD Student
Martin Výboh
Research Engineer
Gabriela Záleská
Project Administrator
Eva Zelizňaková
Project Manager
Peter Zigo
Research Engineer
Aneta Žugecová
Volunteer
Who was Kempelen?
Wolfgang von Kempelen (1743 – 1804) was born in Bratislava. He was an important polyhistor, polyglot, inventor, artist, playwright but also an illusionist. Today we would say that he was a great innovator. Some of his best-known inventions can be described as a breakthrough in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence: a chess machine and a speaking machine. He is also referred to as Bratislava’s Da Vinci.
Founders & Partners
cybersecurity ESET has long supported education, science and research, because we consider these elements as crucial for the development of our society. This is why we supported the establishment of an independent Slovak institute with the goal of performing world-class research in our domain. We also seek to reverse the brain drain, as our company also has to deal with the lack of experts in Slovakia.
Richard Marko
CEO, ESET
banking We consider KInIT to be a unique element of the ecosystem. We believe that the combination of excellent scientists with innovative companies has the potential to create world-class research and development, which will motivate talented students and teachers to stay in Slovakia and increase the competitiveness of the Slovak economy internationally.
Michal Liday
CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Tatra banka
biometrics I am convinced that KInIT will provide a model for Slovakia that will show why it is worth focussing on excellence, innovation and quality, rather than continuing with mediocrity and copying. This goal can only be achieved through an open approach and cooperation – whether with international scientists, or with top European companies.
Ján Lunter
Founder, Innovatrics
Communication We have been fighting misinformation for years and now technology has enabled it to spread far more extensively. Monitoring and minimizing misinformation will reduce its negative consequences on society. We need to cultivate both the information space and public debate, and this is why we want to support research able to contribute to this.
Michaela Benedigová
Managing Director & Partner, Seesame
IT Supporting science, research and intensive cooperation with academia has been part of our business for 30 years. We expect that the first international institute for research into intelligent technologies in Slovakia will help accelerate the needed shift in the Slovak economy towards the creation and application of innovative technologies. We are proud to be involved in the establishment and growth of this institution. We believe that it will be an inspiration and an impetus for further cooperation between science and the private sector in Slovakia.
Peter Morávek
CEO, Softec
Artificial intelligence is likely to become the technology with the biggest impact on our everyday lives in the 21st century, so I believe it is vitally important that Slovakia be home to an institute that brings together our top talent in this area, with the aim of advancing development and finding applications for this new technology in Slovakia. Mária and her KInIT team are without doubt Slovakia’s best chance for seeing such an institute come to fruition.
Andrej Kiska ml.
Partner, Credo Ventures
KInIT is a private non-profit research institute that connects science and industry. Europe and Slovakia need to compete for talent globally. I believe KInIT represents a “breath of fresh air” and a modern approach to attracting outstanding researchers and partners from around the world, and building a sustainable research and innovation hub.
Andrej Danko
Senior Director, ServiceNowWe want to contribute to a better future
By supporting talented students, BrAIn aims to advance the knowledge transfer in the field of computer science and intelligent technologies with connections to the social sciences and humanities.
We believe that multidisciplinarity is a necessary part of ensuring that AI is developed in a manner that benefits everyone.