Small and medium-sized enterprises developing AI-powered technological solutions for industry now have a unique opportunity to receive significant financial support. Thanks to the TEF initiative and the European AI-MATTERS network, companies can take advantage of advanced industrial testbeds at leading technical universities in Prague, Brno, and Ostrava under exceptional conditions. In the Czech Republic, a budget of CZK 200 million from European and national sources has been earmarked for these purposes, which companies can draw on in the coming years for highly professional services.

On October 15, 2024, CTU Erasmus Day took place in the atrium of the Faculty of Architecture. After being welcomed by the institutional coordinator, Mgr. Helena Houšková, the representative of the garagErasmus foundation from Italy, Ms. Ilarie Ballarini, presented the foundation's activities and the Erasmus+ Laissez-Passer competition with the possibility of winning 3000 EUR for students who share their experiences from a stay abroad. Then came the most important thing – information about the selection process for the Erasmus+ program.

The Advanced Chip Design and Research Center (ACDRC) was opened on Friday, 18 October in the premises of the Cyber Security Hub, z.ú. (CSH) in Brno. The Centre was established as a concrete initiative to develop relations between the Czech Republic and Taiwan. It represents one of the pillars of this cooperation in the field of semiconductors. On the Czech side, the project is implemented by experts from three leading Czech universities - Brno University of Technology, Czech Technical University in Prague and Masaryk University. The aim is to educate new professionals and promote innovation and research in the semiconductor industry, with applications in areas such as cyber security, automotive, energy, biomedicine and telecommunications.

Scientists from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE), Czech Technical University (CTU) and experts from the Czech Aerospace Research Centre will collaborate with global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin to support academic research into high maneuverability unmanned aerial vehicles capable of flying at low altitudes near obstacles without global navigation support. The respective organizations signed the mutual cooperation agreement today and will collaborate on the project over the next five years. On behalf of the Czech Technical University in Prague the agreement was signed by the rector doc. Vojtěch Petráček.

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