Reports

The institutionalization of photography at the Czech Technical University dates back to the end of the 19th century, when the Institute of Practical Photography was founded in 1899 under the leadership of Professor of Fermentation Chemistry and Photography Karel Kruis. The Prague Polytechnic also retains its leadership in the field of higher education of future technical experts for moving pictures for film, television and radio. This year marks the round but unfortunately somewhat forgotten 70th anniversary of the founding of the oldest technically oriented audiovisual field in Czechoslovakia, called Radio, Film and Television Technology (RFT), along with the establishment of the Department of Sound and Film Technology at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, thus putting our alma mater two years ahead of the famous FAMU in Prague. There, the Department of Film and Television Technology was founded by Prof. Jaroslav Bouček in 1956.

Czech Republic will also be represented at the Olympiad by students from CTU. The FBMI is extremely proud of its student Vít Hlaváč, who achieved a fantastic success and qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Three years ago, Vit participated in the Tokyo Olympics, where he finished the 50 km race walk in Sapporo in 43rd place. This year in Paris, he will compete in the mixed relay with Eliška Martínková, a premiere event at the Olympics.

The winners of the DIF 2024 Photo Contest of the subject Digital Photography Processing were announced at the opening of the exhibition TIME & DESTRUCTION on 6 June 2024. The projects of the eight best artists can be seen (and read!) in the next months (probably twelve) in the glass ground floor of the CIIRC, Building A at the cornerstone; the exhibition is freely accessible every weekday through the main entrance from Jugoslavských partyzánů street.

Traditionally, the national competition Lion's Den, organized by the CTU for the fifteenth time for primary school pupils, culminated in a summer camp. It started on Saturday, 13 July in Plasy.

President of the Republic Petr Pavel handed over the appointment decrees to three new professors from the CTU.

It offers 400 courses of study, a choice of 20 undergraduate and graduate specializations, has built more than 20 laboratories and 13 research groups. It has educated over 4500 graduates. It provides studies in all areas of information technology, at the highest level in state-of-the-art classrooms. Faculty of Information Technology of CTU in Prague (FIT CTU), which has just celebrated its 15th anniversary since its establishment on 1 July 2009, when it became an essential part of the CTU University, has managed to do all this. The aim of the new faculty was to provide quality studies in all areas of computer science and at all levels of study. In just 15 years, it has become the most sought-after faculty at CTU.

The Vice Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of CTU for cooperation with industry and commercialization, Professor Jan Vobecký, has been inducted into the ISPSD (International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices & ICs) Hall of Fame. ISPSD honours individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of power semiconductor technology and/or to maintaining the success of ISPSD.

The "matriculation" of children participating of this year's CTU suburban camp was held this morning, in the presence of CTU Vice-Rector Radek Holý, Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering Petr Páta, the main organizer of the Children's University Michaela Kostelecka and other guests.

CTU in Prague hosted the international conference ICAReAlumni 2024 on 13-14 June. This prestigious conference connecting experts in alumni relations from universities around the world was held for the first time in the Czech Republic. At the Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies, representatives of universities shared their experiences and discussed the latest trends in alumni relations.

The Czech Rectors' Conference has prepared the project "Universities for Society". On its fcb profile it publishes texts of individual schools according to pre-selected topics. Our university has chosen the theme: 'CTU - education for all generations'. We present the text below, it will appear on the fcb of the ČKR on July 10 - so give us a like :-)