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01 Academia & research

Where the signal lives.

I work at the Department of Information Technologies, Prague University of Economics and Business. My core domain is Intelligence Studies in Business: competitive intelligence, technology intelligence and open-source intelligence (OSINT), including their use in due diligence. I also research how large language models and agentic systems apply across these fields. I've published in peer-reviewed journals since 2016, present regularly at international conferences, and work as part of research and project teams.

Research focus

  • Competitive and technology intelligence processes
  • Weak signals and wildcards in strategic analysis
  • Multi-agent systems for analyzing the external data environment
  • Automated patent and trademark analytics
  • Advanced search across surface and deep web (OSINT)
  • AI-driven decision support in innovation and public policy
  • Governance of advanced technologies, including AI systems

Selected publications

  1. 2027Automating Trademark Intelligence: An LLM-Based Multi-agent Framework.Černý J · Recent Trends and Challenges in Information Systems and Technologies
  2. 2026A multi-stage agentic AI system for extracting information from large digital archives: case study on the Czechoslovak year 1968 in CIA's FOIA collection.Černý J, Avramov K, Pendse LR · The Electronic Library
  3. 2026Fostering organizational resilience in the age of hypercompetition: unpacking the role of competitive intelligence through the dynamic capabilities view.Černý J, Potančok M, Novotný O et al. · Review of Managerial Science
  4. 2025AI-Driven Generation of Key Intelligence Topics and Questions: Enhancing the Work of CI Professionals.Černý J · ECKM 2025
  5. 2025AI-Driven Patent Claim Construction: Opportunity or the Dawn of Inventive Cannibalism?Černý J · Business Information Systems
  6. 2024Prompt engineering: Tactics and techniques in open-source intelligence.Černý J · Journal of Information Warfare 23
  7. 2024Implications of large language models for OSINT: Assessing the impact on information acquisition and analyst expertise in prompt engineering.Černý J · ECCWS 2024
  8. 2023Information literacy in international masters students: A competitive and business intelligence course perspective.Černý J, Potančok M · Cogent Education 10
  9. 2022Toward a typology of weak-signal early alert systems: Functional early warning systems in the post-COVID age.Černý J, Potančok M, Hernandez Castro E · Online Information Review 46
  10. 2020Patent families in technology intelligence processes.Černý J, Potančok M · IMES 2020
  11. 2020Competitive technical intelligence: Using patent data to determine smart city trends.Potančok M, Černý J · Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis XII
  12. 2019Using open data and Google search data for competitive intelligence analysis.Černý J, Potančok M, Molnár Z · Journal of Intelligence Studies in Business 9
  13. 2018Open Human Medicine Data in European Union.Černý J, Molnár Z, Potančok M · IDIMT-2018
  14. 2017Using Competitive Technical Intelligence patent search methods to uncover automotive industry trends.Molnár Z, Černý J · IMES 2017
  15. 2016Open Access Intellectual Property Systems: A comparison to commercial solutions in Competitive Intelligence.Černý J · Journal of Systems Integration 7

Projects & grants

  • 2026–2028SEUDIPO: societal resilience, critical thinking and the EU contextOP JAK (Jan Amos Komenský programme), VŠE Prague · Project lead
  • 2026–2027TAS AI Builder: automated design of business processes using AI (LLM)Neit Consulting s.r.o. & VŠE Prague, applied research · Principal investigator
  • 2023–2025AI-driven marketing content automation: Incomaker NEXTTA ČR (TREND FW programme) · Researcher, Technology Intelligence, IP analysis
  • 2022–2023Strengthening Slovakia's resilience to hybrid threatsSlovak Ministry of the Interior · Expert, OSINT monitoring and training
  • 2018Smart AcceleratorESF (CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/15_004/0000367) · Subject lead and competitive intelligence instructor
  • 2014–2015Education by Touch: cybercrime and cyberbullyingESF (CZ.1.07/1.3.00/51.0031) · Project lead, lead instructor, content author

Invited talks

  • 2025Artificial Intelligence in Intellectual PropertySlovak Open Science Forum · Bratislava, SK
  • 2025Open Data, Open Access: Super-sources for Competitive IntelligenceData Festival VŠE · Praha, CZ
  • 2025AI-Driven Generation of Key Intelligence Topics and QuestionsEuropean Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2025) · Lahti, FI
  • 2025Clustering Global Innovation Activity in LLMs via Patent DataIDIMT-2025 · Hradec Králové, CZ
  • 2025AI-Driven Patent Claim Construction: Opportunity or Inventive Cannibalism?Business Information Systems (BIS 2025) · Poznań, PL
  • 2025Current Trends in AI & Core Concepts in Prompt EngineeringInnovative Library In Digital Era 2025 · Jasná, SK
  • 2024Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) a globální výzvyInformačné interakcie · Bratislava, SK
  • 2024Implications of Large Language Models for OSINTEuropean Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS 2024) · Finland
  • 2023From Data to Action: Harnessing Open Data and OSINT for Environmental ManagementIFLA E4GDH Satellite Meeting · Rotterdam, NL
  • 2022The Librarian: One of the Best OSINTersUC San Diego Library Talk · San Diego, US

What it builds on

The research doesn't sit in a vacuum. It builds on an established tradition of intelligence studies and management research: from Ansoff's weak signals to WIPO's standards for patent analytics. The method is summarized on the Methodology page.

Full methodology →

Research FAQ

Where do you work academically?

I'm an Assistant Professor and Lecturer at the Department of Information Technologies, Prague University of Economics and Business, where my research focuses on Competitive Intelligence, weak signals, and the use of multi-agent systems for analyzing the external data environment. I previously also lectured at the Czech Technical University in Prague.

What are weak signals and wildcards?

Weak signals are early, incomplete indications of emerging change; wildcards are low-probability, high-impact events. My research is about capturing them systematically before they reach the mainstream, and building functional early-warning systems on top of them.

Can I read your publications?

Yes. Most work is available via DOI or open repositories; you'll find my profile on Google Scholar and ORCID. Key papers appeared in The Electronic Library, Online Information Review and Review of Managerial Science.

What are multi-agent systems for analyzing the external environment?

Systems where several specialized AI agents divide the work of the intelligence cycle: one collects data from patents and open sources, another verifies, a third synthesizes findings for a decision. My research asks how to design that division of labor so the output stays verifiable and defensible, so AI speeds up analysis without vouching for the truth in place of a human.

Do you collaborate with companies on research?

Yes. Typically as applied research on a company's real question: a joint project, contract research or a grant collaboration (TA CR, Horizon Europe). The company gets a methodologically grounded solution; the research gets real data. If that sounds interesting, write to me and we'll see whether your topic makes research sense.

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