Petr Gajdoš is a researcher at the Department of Computer Science of VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava. He works in the position of Associate Professor. His research and development are aimed at the area of information retrieval, data analysis, large-scaled data processing, parallel programming, and computer graphics. He participates in several running projects and is a member of Amphora Research Group. He plays squash, tennis, golf and chess in his free time, and occasionally you can see him playing the clarinet.