Dexter@FIT Projects

Open Data and Open Government

A typical problem not only for open data is the diversity of its formats. There are very few standards in use, which makes it difficult to create universal tools and to integrate datasets from different sources. Furthermore, datasets often lack checks on the validity of records and their overall quality. Open government data comes from the activities of governments. In our research, we focus on voting data from local councils, as politics at the local level has not been receiving as much attention as at the national level. Many politicians make decisions about our lives, but there is a lack of tools to clearly track our representatives and their decisions.

Open datasets have great potential for further processing and exploitation. That's why we focus on creating applications that could improve people's lives. At the same time, we are also trying to react to the needs of municipalities, which have been producing these datasets to a large extent in recent years. We provide them with feedback and develop ideas for new solutions together. We do not limit ourselves to a specific set of challenges and are open to new ideas and collaborations.

Projects developed so far include a system for visualization of the city councils votes (Zastupko.cz), a system implementing a methodology to assist retailers in making informed decisions about their bussines location and a tool that allows users to search for records of registered pets in real-time (Komu patřím). In our projects we use predominantly web technologies, e.g. Flask, React, PrimeReact, Leaflet.

Selected Products

Analysis and Visualization of the Government Data

Analysis and Visualization of the Government Data

The Retail Site Location Decision System

The Retail Site Location Decision System

Komu patřím

Komu patřím

Recent Publications

Zaklová, K., John, P., Janošík, A., Hynek, J., & Hruška, T. (2025, May). Transparency in Czech Regions: Evaluation of Open Data Availability for Public Awareness. In 2025 Smart City Symposium Prague (SCSP) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
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Turytsia, O., Zaklová, K., Hynek, J., John, P., & Hruška, T. (2025, January). Enhancing Retail Location Decisions in City of Brno: An Application of Geospatial Analysis Tools. In Information Systems Engineering and Management (pp. 469-486). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
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Zaklová, K., Hynek, J., & Hruška, T. (2024, March). Towards Transparent Governance: Unifying City Councils Decision-Making Data Processing and Visualization. In World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (pp. 402-411). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
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External Cooperation

Data.Brno
Most

Cooperation with Students

Each year we supervise a number of bachelor and master theses. We emphasize the applicability of the results to practice and good final grades.

Butok Anastasia: Aplikace pro vizualizaci teploty a kvality ovzduší ve městě Brno. Bachelor thesis. 2025. Supervisor: Ing. Jiří Hynek Ph.D.
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In cooperation with AIR BRNO | MUNI ECON
Etzler Lukáš: User-friendliness of the Council Voting System. Bachelor thesis. 2025. Supervisor: Ing. Kristýna Zaklová.
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The output of this work is refactoring the frontend and improving the user-friendliness of the application
Kodaj Radoslav: The Application Interface of the Council Voting System. Master thesis. 2025. Supervisor: Ing. Kristýna Zaklová.
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The output of this thesis is a server-side system architecture that enables modular growth and provides interactive OpenAPI documentation
Krejčíř Štěpán: Council Voting Management System. Master thesis. 2025. Supervisor: Ing. Kristýna Zaklová.
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The output of this thesis is an administrative module enabling relational database operations, MongoDB backups, and generalized authority management
Lytvynyšynová Marija: Extension of the Council Voting System to the Parliament of the Czech Republic. Bachelor thesis. 2025. Supervisor: Ing. Kristýna Zaklová.
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The output of this thesis is an extension of the voting visualization system to support data from both chambers of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
Polomski Filip: Vizualizace dat ze systému participativního rozpočtu města Most. Bachelor thesis. 2025. Supervisor: Ing. Jiří Hynek Ph.D.
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Excel@FIT poster and paper. In cooperation with the city of Most
Sándorová Daniela: Webová aplikace pro analýzu dat z parlamentu České a Slovenské republiky. Bachelor thesis. 2025. Supervisor: Ing. Jiří Hynek Ph.D.
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Sochacki Marcin: Webová knihovna grafických komponent pro vizualizaci dat z hlasování zastupitelstev. Bachelor thesis. 2025. Supervisor: Ing. Jiří Hynek Ph.D.
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Štěpánek Miroslav: Aplikace pro analýzu dopravních událostí ve městě Most. Master thesis. 2025. Supervisor: Ing. Jiří Hynek Ph.D.
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ArcGIS Storymap. Excel@FIT poster and paper. In cooperation with the city of Most
Krejčí Ondřej: Municipal Management in the Voting System of City Councils. Master thesis. 2024. Supervisor: Ing. Kristýna Zaklová.
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The output of this thesis is an extension of the original system with a module for data management of individual municipalities
Janošík Adam: Tool for Processing Municipal Council Voting Data. Bachelor thesis. 2024. Supervisor: Ing. Kristýna Zaklová.
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The output of this work is a generic tool using a meta model to transform input data into a reference data model
Osinek Pavel: User-friendliness of the City Councils Voting System. Bachelor thesis. 2024. Supervisor: Ing. Kristýna Zaklová.
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The output of this work is refactoring the frontend and improving the user-friendliness of the application
Turytsia Oleksandr: The Retail Site Location Decision System in Brno. Bachelor thesis. 2024. Supervisor: Ing. Jiří Hynek Ph.D.
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Tool Retail Site Decision, Excel@FIT poster and paper

Contact

Dexter@FIT
Faculty of Information Technology
Brno University of Technology
Božetěchova 2, 612 66 Brno, Czech Republic

Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Information Technology