M. Czuba

Below is an overview of my academic activities and a concise outline of my university career. For my industrial experience please refer to the LinkedIn profile.

Academic Appointments

  1. Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney; Sydney, Australia; 11.2024–02.2025 and 01.2026–02.2026
  2. Research and Teaching Assistant (pol. asystent badawczo-dydaktyczny), Department of Artificial Intelligence, Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WUST); Wrocław, Poland; since 01.2026

Degrees

  1. Master of Science (pol. magister inżynier); Mechatronics (individual course of study); Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, WUST; Wrocław, Poland; 02.2018-07.2019
  2. Bachelor of Science (pol. inżynier); Computer Science; Faculty of Computer Science and Management, WUST; Wrocław, Poland; 10.2016–06.2020
  3. Bachelor of Science (pol. inżynier); Control Engineering and Robotics; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, WUST; Wrocław, Poland; 10.2014–02.2018

Grants

  1. Overcoming Multilevel Information Overload (OMINO); Horizon Europe (European Union); MSCA 101086321; Wrocław, Poland, Sydney, Australia; 11.2024-12.2026; Contractor
  2. Control and Spreading Processes in Multilayer Networks; National Science Centre (Poland); OPUS 2022/45/B/ST6/04145; Wrocław, Poland; 04.2023-10.2025; Contractor
  3. Vestigit Watermark on the Edge — Platform for Securing Streaming in Multi-CDN Environments Using Content Adaptive Fast Watermark (CAFW); National Centre for Research and Development (Poland), Vestigit sp. z o.o.; POIR.01.01.01-00-0090/22; Wrocław, Poland; 01-12.2023; Data Scientist
  4. Adspective — AI-Powered Automation Platform for High-Quality Multimedia Advertisement Creation; National Centre for Research and Development (Poland), Vestigit sp. z o.o.; POIR.01.01.01-00-0218/21; Wrocław, Poland; 01.2022-09.2023; Senior Developer
  5. Commercialisation of Lightweight ROVs with ML-based Operator Assistance Systems; Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, SeaMore sp. z o.o.; POPW.01.01.02-06-0114/20-00; Puławy, Poland; 07.2021–09.2023; Project Manager
  6. PWr Diving Crew; Wrocław University of Science and Technology, National Centre for Research and Development (Poland); P/0180/387/2018; Wrocław, Poland; 12.2016–09.2018; Project Manager

Published Papers

  1. Łukasz Kraiński, Michał Czuba, Piotr Bródka, Paweł Prałat, Bogumił Kamiński, François Théberge; Multilayer Artificial Benchmark for Community Detection (mABCD); Expert Systems with Applications; vol. 307, pp. 130920; 2026; 10.1016/j.eswa.2025.130920
  2. Michał Czuba, Mingshan Jia, Piotr Bródka, Katarzyna Musial; Applicability of the Minimal Dominating Set for Influence Maximization in Multilayer Networks; Journal of Complex Networks; vol. 13, no. 6, pp. cnaf036; 2025; 10.1093/comnet/cnaf036
  3. Michał Czuba, Mateusz Stolarski, Piotr Bielak, Piotr Bródka; Identifying Super Spreaders in Multilayer Networks; Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (Proc. of ECAI ‘25); pp. 2195-2202; 2025; 10.3233/FAIA251060
  4. Karol Dykiert, Mateusz Stolarski, Michał Czuba, Wojciech Cieżak, Piotr Bródka; Implementing Network Science to enhance water distribution network pipe roughness calibration; Proc. of 21st Computing and Control in the Water Industry Conference (CCWI); pp. 1-6; 2025; 10.15131/shef.data.29920964
  5. Piotr Bródka, Michał Czuba, Łukasz Kraiński, Bogumił Kamiński, Paweł Prałat, François Théberge; The Multilayer Artificial Benchmark for Community Detection (mABCD); Modelling and Mining Networks; pp. 172–188; 2025; 10.1007/978-3-031-92898-7_12
  6. Michał Czuba, Piotr Bródka; Rank-refining seed selection methods for budget constrained influence maximisation in multilayer networks under linear threshold model; Social Network Analysis and Mining; vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 46–25; 2025; 10.1007/s13278-025-01454-7
  7. Michał B. Paradowski, Piotr Bródka, Michał Czuba, Nicole Whitby; Peer Interaction Dynamics and Second Language Learning Trajectories During Study Abroad: A Longitudinal Investigation Using Dynamic Computational Social Network Analysis; Language Learning; vol. 74, no. S2, pp. 58–115; 2024; 10.1111/lang.12681
  8. Michał B. Paradowski, Piotr Bródka, Michał Czuba, Nicole Whitby; Dynamic computational social network analysis of language learner interactions: Novel insights for study-abroad second language acquisition; Society for Computation in Linguistics; vol. 7, no. 1; 2024; 10.7275/scil.2218
  9. Michał Czuba, Mateusz Nurek, Damian Serwata, Yu-Xuan Qi, Mingshan Jia, Katarzyna Musial, Radosław Michalski, Piotr Bródka; Network Diffusion — Framework to Simulate Spreading Processes in Complex Networks; Big Data Mining And Analytics; pp. 1–13; 2024; 10.26599/BDMA.2024.9020010
  10. Piotr Kawa, Marcin Plata, Michał Czuba, Piotr Szymański, Piotr Syga; Improved DeepFake Detection Using Whisper Features; Proc. of INTERSPEECH 2023; pp. 4009–4013; 2023; 10.21437/Interspeech.2023-1537
  11. Michał Czuba, Piotr Bródka; Simulating Spreading of Multiple Interacting Processes in Complex Networks; Proc of. 9th International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA); pp. 1–10; 2022; 10.1109/DSAA54385.2022.10032425
  12. Michał Czuba, Damian Brzoza, Jakub Chmielewski, Mateusz Zimoch; The future of underwater exploration; Proc. of 9th Symposium Science & Swimming; pp. 1–10; 2018; ISBN 978-83-944871-6-4

Contributed Conferences

  1. Michał Czuba, Mateusz Stolarski, Piotr Bielak, Piotr Bródka; Identifying Super Spreaders in Multilayer Networks; ECAI (28th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence); Bologna, Italy; 25-30.10.2025; oral presentation
  2. Michał Czuba, Mateusz Stolarski, Piotr Bielak, Piotr Bródka; Identifying Super Spreaders in Multilayer Networks; PSSI (Polskie Sympozjum Sztucznej Inteligencji); Wrocław, Poland; 11-12.09.2025; oral presentation
  3. Piotr Bródka, Michał Czuba, Łukasz Kraiński, Bogumił Kamiński, Paweł Prałat, François Théberge; The Multilayer Artificial Benchmark for Community Detection (mABCD); WAW (20th Workshop on Modelling and Mining Networks); Vilnius, Lithuania; 30.06-03.07.2025; oral presentation
  4. Michał Czuba, Mateusz Stolarski, Piotr Bielak, Piotr Bródka; Identifying Super Spreaders in Multilayer Networks; NetSci (International School and Conference on Network Science); Maastricht, Netherlands; 02-06.06.2025; poster presentation (best poster award)
  5. Michał B. Paradowski, Piotr Bródka, Michał Czuba, Nicole Whitby; Dynamic computational social network analysis of language learner interactions: Novel insights for study-abroad second language acquisition; SCiL (7th Meeting of Society for Computation in Linguistics); Irvine, USA; 27-29 2024; poster presentation (virtual)
  6. Michał Czuba, Mateusz Nurek, Damian Serwata, Yu-Xuan Qi, Mingshan Jia, Katarzyna Musial, Radosław Michalski, Piotr Bródka; Network Diffusion — Framework to Simulate Spreading Processes in Complex Networks; IC2S2 (International Conference on Computational Social Science); Philadelphia, USA; 17-20.07.2024; oral presentation
  7. Michał Czuba, Mateusz Nurek, Damian Serwata, Yu-Xuan Qi, Mingshan Jia, Katarzyna Musial, Radosław Michalski, Piotr Bródka; Network Diffusion — Framework to Simulate Spreading Processes in Complex Networks; NetSci (International School and Conference on Network Science); Quebec, Canada; 16-21.06.2024; poster presentation
  8. Michał Czuba, Mateusz Nurek, Damian Serwata, Yu-Xuan Qi, Mingshan Jia, Katarzyna Musial, Radosław Michalski, Piotr Bródka; Network Diffusion — Framework to Simulate Spreading Processes in Complex Networks; WAW (19th Workshop on Modelling and Mining Networks); Warsaw, Poland; 03-06.06.2024; oral presentation
  9. Piotr Kawa, Marcin Plata, Michał Czuba, Piotr Szymański, Piotr Syga, Improved DeepFake Detection Using Whisper Features; 24th INTERSPEECH Conference; Dublin, Ireland; 20-24.08.2023; co-authored paper
  10. Michał Czuba, Piotr Bródka; Seed Selection for Linear Threshold Model in Multilayer Networks; NetSci (International School and Conference on Network Science); Vienna, Austria, 10-14.07.2023; poster presentation
  11. Michał Czuba, Piotr Bródka; Seed Selection for Linear Threshold Model in Multilayer Networks; Sunbelt (International Network for Social Network Analysis); Portland, USA; 27.06-01.07.2023; oral presentation
  12. Michał Czuba, Piotr Bródka; Network Diffusion — a package for simulating spreading of multiple interacting processes; DSAA (9th International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics); Shenzhen, China; 13-16.10.2022; oral presentation (virtual)
  13. Michał Czuba, Damian Brzoza, Jakub Chmielewski, Mateusz Zimoch; The future of underwater exploration; 9th International Symposium Science & Swimming; Wrocław, Poland, 24-25.05.2018; oral presentation

Engineering Competitions and Fairs

  1. Damian Broza, Michał Czuba, Michał Pogoda, Mateusz Zimoch; Flights Predictor; AI Games; Gdańsk, Poland; 17-19.01.2020; 2nd place
  2. Damian Brzoza, Michał Czuba, Michał Pogoda, Dominik Wasiółka, Mateusz Zimoch; cardless; Open Banking Hackathon; Warsaw Poland; 22-24.11.2019; 2nd place
  3. Michał Czuba, Damian Brzoza, Piotr Górski, Exibition of Lower Silesian R&D Advancements; Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA); Berlin, Germany; 04-06.09.2019; booth presentation
  4. Damian Brzoza, Jakub Chmielewski, Michał Czuba, Tomasz Debudaj, Łukasz Józefowicz, Dominik Wasiółka, Piotr Zieliński, Mateusz Zimoch; Underwater drone - “ROV2”; 21st RoboSub Competition; San Diego, USA; 30.07-05.08.2018; award for the best use of simulation
  5. Damian Brzoza, Jakub Chmielewski, Michał Czuba, Daria Juzak, Mateusz Zimoch; Underwater drone - “ROV2”; Robotic Arena; Wrocław, Poland; 02.12.2017; 3rd place

Scientific Scholarships and Awards

  1. Doctoral Scientific Scholarship Programme of the Municipality of Wrocław; Wrocław, Poland; 2025
  2. TUD/excite Summer School Patents in Search of New Business by Technische Universität Dresden; Hoyerswerda, Germany; 25-31.08.2024; award for the best business model for the project of Gustav Bieberstein, Michał Czuba, Fedir Lavryk
  3. Scholarship 100/100 im. Haliny Konopackiej i Ignacego Matuszewskiego by Totalizator Sportowy Sp. z o.o. and the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland; Warsaw, Poland; 12.2018-11.2019; scholarship programme for 100 students to commemorate the centenary of Poland’s regained independence