Jozef Hrbček studied information and safety-related systems at the University of Žilina and graduated with master’s degree in 2004. In 2008, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Žilina in the field of automation focused on predictive control systems. Since 2020, he has been an associate professor at the Department of control and information systems of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology in the University of Žilina. His work at the university focuses on control systems, advanced methods of automatic control, safety systems, and programming of the PLC.