Third place in the Joseph Fourier Prize 2025 competition goes to Anton Firc from FIT BUT

On Thursday, June 26, 2025, the winners of the Joseph Fourier Prize received their awards at a ceremony held at the French Embassy. Third place in the competition and a special prize went to Anton Firc from the Institute of Intelligent Systems and the Security@FIT research group for his research in the field of cybersecurity focused on voice deepfakes. The ceremony was presided over by the French Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Mr. Stéphane Crouzat, and Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry and initiator of the entire event.

Every year, this prestigious scientific competition rewards doctoral students for their research work in the field of computer science and informatics. The competition brings together the authors of the best works with a special focus on the design and use of computationally intensive algorithms and methods, simulations and modeling, and the manipulation of large volumes of data. Anton Firc focuses on the security implications of voice deepfakes. It should be noted that FIT VUT doctoral students have repeatedly celebrated successes in this competition in recent years.

More information about Anton Firc's award and his scientific work can be found HERE.