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Machine learning researcher and PhD candidate at the Center for Machine Perception, Czech Technical University in Prague.
Experience
Researcher and PhD Candidate
2022–presentCenter for Machine Perception, Czech Technical University in Prague
Research on uncertainty quantification, prediction under distribution shift, reject-option prediction, and computer vision. Work on facial analysis within the FACIS project and CTU participation in the NIST Face Analysis Technology Evaluation.
Visiting Researcher
2026LMU Munich, Prof. Eyke Hüllermeier's group
Research stay focused on uncertainty quantification in machine learning.
Machine Learning Engineer
2021–2024Porsche Engineering via CIIRC CTU, Prague
Perception algorithms for adaptive cruise control, radar-based road-shape estimation, and camera-based road-surface analysis.
Teaching
Teaching Assistant, Machine Learning Fundamentals
2026–presentCzech Technical University in Prague
Leading the graduate seminars and running the homework assignments and Kaggle challenges.
Teaching Assistant, Statistical Machine Learning
2023–2025Czech Technical University in Prague
Leading the graduate seminars and running the homework assignments.
Thesis Supervision
Czech Technical University in Prague
Master's theses: Radim Průdek, real-time visual localization for UAVs (2026); Vojtěch Vaněček, weakly supervised age estimation (2026). Bachelor's thesis: Jakub Adamec, automated recognition of trading cards (2026, Dean's Award). All graded A.
Education
PhD Programme in Machine Learning
2022–presentCzech Technical University in Prague
Master's in Cybernetics and Robotics
2020–2022Czech Technical University in Prague
Bachelor's in Cybernetics and Robotics
2017–2020Czech Technical University in Prague
Awards
Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching, FEE CTU
2026Awarded in the teaching assistant category for the winter semester 2025/26, selected by a dean's commission primarily on the basis of student evaluations.
Minister of the Interior Award, FACIS project
2025Top Reviewer, NeurIPS 2025
2025Dean's Award for Master's thesis
2022Service
Reviewer
2025–presentNeurIPS 2025–2026 · AAAI 2026–2027 · ECCV 2026 · WACV 2026–2027
Contact
paplhjak@fel.cvut.cz
paplham.jakub@gmail.com
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