Curriculum Vitae

ThLic. Ing. Peter Šantavý, PhD.

Year and place of birth

1969, Skalica, Slovakia

Education

1983 - 1987
F. V. Sasinka Gymnasium in Skalica (High School)
1987 - 1992
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology
Graduated in the field of Technical Cybernetics (degree Ing. [~MSc.])
Master thesis: Image Processing by Methods of Mathematical Morphology
(the thesis received the award of the Rector of STU for an excellently developed diploma thesis)
1995 - 2000
Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology of Cyril and Methodius, Comenius University
Graduated in the field of Catholic theology (degree Mgr.)
Master thesis: The Covenants of the Old Testament and the New Testament
2010 - 2017
Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology of Cyril and Methodius, Comenius University
Licentiate in Catholic Theology (degree ThLic.)
Licentiate thesis: Analysis of Virtual World in the Context of Religious Formation, Activities and Life of the Church
[available in CRZP and directly for download in pdf]
2017 - 2022
Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology of Cyril and Methodius, Comenius University
Doctorate in theology (degree PhD.)
Dissertation work (interdisciplinary): Ethical Issues and Moral Aspects of Current Artificial Intelligence Systems
[available in CRZP and directly for download in pdf]

Additional education

2004 - 2005
Cisco Certified Networking Associate
Networking Basics, Routers and Routing Basics, Switching Basics and Intermediate Routing, WAN Technologies
2019 - 2020
University of Helsinki and Reaktor
Artificial intelligence courses: Elements of AI and Building AI.
2023
Machine Learning College, Prague
Machine Learning Bootcamp (ML, CNN, NLP, TS,...)
2024
Machine Learning College, Prague
Large Language Models for Text Generation (LLMs)

Activities to date

1991 - 1995: software developer
1994 - 1997: leading special courses of software development in the field of image processing at FEI STU
1999 until now: ICT administrator of the FRCTH CU and head of the ICT Center
2000 until now (in aeternum:-): catholic priest
2008 until now (intermittently): guest lectures and research activities at the FRCTH CU
2011 until now: head of the IT Center of the Bratislava Archdiocese
2012 until now: technological consultant for some IT projects of the Conference of Bishops of Slovakia
2018 until now: member of the DPO (data protection officer), data protection team of the Conference of Bishops of Slovakia
2024 until now: member of the Comenius University Information Security Board

Professional knowledge

Membership in professional organizations

Published/updated on 06.03.2024