cv
Below you can find my current CV. For prettier PDF click the button on the right.
Basics
| Name | Filip Kučera |
| Label | PhD Student @ JMU Würzburg |
| f.kucera _at_ media-bias-research.org | |
| Url | https://media-bias-research.org/ |
| Summary | Highly self-motivated, curiosity-driven student with a strong passion for understanding machine learning models inside-out; focused on bias detection and mitigation in vision-language models using mechanistic interpretability. |
Work
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2025.06 - Present PhD Student
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Bias Detection and Mitigation in Vision-Language Models using methods of mechanistic interpretability; collaborating with the Media Bias Research Group (MBG) and invited as guest researcher at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Tokyo (from August 2025), supported by a DAAD IFI scholarship for a 1-year stay.
- Mechanistic interpretability for uncovering and mitigating bias in multi-modal models
- Collaboration with MBG; guest researcher at NII Tokyo
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2023 - 2024 External Teacher (Computer Architectures – B0B35APO)
Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), FEE
Taught lab sections for Computer Architectures.
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2022 - 2023 External Teacher
Gymnázium Nad Kavalírkou (Grammar School)
Led non-compulsory robotics class (Raspberry Pi & electronics, LEGO robotics and LEGO competition prep, Java & Processing).
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2022 - 2025 Lecturer
National Library of Technology (Prague)
Co-created and lectured robotics workshops for high-school groups and companies (Robotis Premium robots).
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2022 - 2025 Research Fellow
Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), Center for Machine Perception (CMP) – Visual Recognition Lab
Research Fellow in VR lab headed by Prof. Jiří Matas.
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2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Research Fellow
CTU – Computational Robotics Lab (COMROB)
Developed FPGA DSP for real-time LiDAR data processing and odometry from point clouds (Bachelor thesis).
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2018 - 2019 Software Content Engineer (Internship)
Autodesk (Děčín, CZ)
C++ work in Inventor Content Center team: bug fixes and ribbon prototypes using Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) library.
Volunteer
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2019 - 2025 Prague, Czech Republic
Systems Administrator; later Head of Sysadmin Division
Sincoolka Dormitory Clubs (CTU)
Network and systems administration (Juniper switches, Ruckus routers, Linux, networks, PHP & PostgreSQL, AP installation/placement, 3D printing access, PR, events).
Education
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2022 - 2025 Prague, Czech Republic
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2022 - 2025 Prague, Czech Republic
Master
Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Open Informatics – Computer Engineering
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2019 - 2022 Prague, Czech Republic
Bachelor
Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Open Informatics – Computer Science (ELMG)
Awards
- 2019.2019
Graduated with Honors (Bachelor)
FEE CTU
Publications
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2025 Visual predictor of local surface maps in front of a vehicle.
Master Thesis, CTU FEE
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2022 FPGA-based Processing of LiDAR Data.
Bachelor Thesis, CTU FEE
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2022 Single Session Walking Robot Workshop for High School Students
International Conference on Robotics in Education
Skills
| Machine Learning | |
| Mechanistic Interpretability | |
| Bias Detection & Mitigation | |
| Deep Learning |
| Programming | |
| C++ | |
| Python | |
| GPGPU | |
| Parallel & Distributed Computing | |
| FPGA / Digital Design |
| Linux | |
| Systems Administration | |
| Networking |
Languages
| Czech | |
| ★★★★★ |
| English | |
| ★★★★☆ |
| Japanese | |
| ★☆☆☆☆ |
Projects
- 2022 - 2025
Walking Robot Workshops
Robotics workshops (Robotis Premium) for high-school students and companies.
- 2021 - 2022
FPGA DSP for Real-time LiDAR Processing
FPGA-based processing pipeline for LiDAR data and odometry from point clouds (Bachelor research).
- 2025 - 2025
Visual Surface Map Prediction in Front of a Vehicle
ML pipeline to predict local surface maps ahead of a vehicle for safety system efficiency (Master thesis).