How can a student project evolve into a tool that helps researchers harness artificial intelligence? Romana Ďuračiová from CERIT-SC at Masaryk University presented Foldify at Dell Technologies Forum, a web application she began developing during her bachelor's studies at the Institute of Computer Science at Masaryk University.
Dell Technologies Forum, held on 5 November 2026 at O2 universum in Prague, showcased the latest trends in artificial intelligence, modern IT infrastructure and their practical applications. Invited by the organisers, Romana Ďuračiová demonstrated how student ideas can evolve into fully functional technological solutions.
Foldify is a web-based application for predicting three-dimensional protein structures using AI models such as AlphaFold 2, AlphaFold 3 and ColabFold. It allows researchers to run computations and interactively explore predicted structures directly in their browsers, without installing specialised software. The computationally intensive tasks run on the Czech national research infrastructure e-INFRA CZ.
During her presentation, Romana also shared insights from real-world operations. When one researcher submitted approximately 2,000 computational jobs within a short period, the infrastructure reached its capacity limits. However, implementing a job queue system and allocating dedicated computing resources made it possible to handle a similar workload within 24 hours instead of the previous week.
CERIT-SC's participation in Dell Technologies Forum demonstrated how student projects can grow into tools used by researchers in their everyday work. It also provided an opportunity to showcase university-developed technologies to the wider technology community and share practical experience in running AI applications on high-performance computing infrastructure.
Lukáš Hejtmánek and Ivana Křenková attended NVIDIA AI Days 2026, where they shared insights into developing and operating AI services for the Czech research community.
At Brno.AI Meetup #11, Terézia Slanináková from CERIT-SC at Masaryk University presented the AI inference services operated within e-INFRA CZ, demonstrating that these are not just emerging technologies but services already used by thousands of researchers and other users.
