Reports

On 4-6 April, a workshop focused on the design of analogue integrated circuits took place at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague. The event, entitled ACDRC Smart EDA & Analog Circuit Design Workshop. Participants had the opportunity to not only delve into the fundamentals of analog chip design, but also to work with advanced tools in hands-on exercises.

The team of the Multirobotic Systems Group (MRS) from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague and Fly4Future achieved extraordinary success in the prestigious Autonomous Racing League (A2RL), a global competition for autonomous drones, held on 11 and 12 April 2025 in Abu Dhabi. In a competition of 210 teams from all over the world, the Czech team managed to fight its way through successive qualifiers to the last four teams in all four disciplines, and in the final achieved a bronze medal in the prestigious drag race discipline, which aims to achieve the maximum speed of autonomous flight.

Security guards recently prevented an unknown man from robbing a female student and moving around campus without permission. "Your vigilance and attention are crucial to the safety of our university. You make entering public areas safe and secure. Thank you!" said the security director.

On 9 April 2025, the area in front of the National Technical Library was transformed into an open-air car show. The freely accessible exhibition offered hundreds of test drives, premieres of several brands and exceptional exhibits including two Tatra trucks.

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague (FEE CTU) becomes one of the main academic partners of the newly established Czech Semiconductor Centre (CSC), which on Monday 7 April 2025 inaugurated its activities in Brno in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and other representatives of the political and academic sphere. The Centre has the ambition to become a backbone institution for the development of the semiconductor ecosystem in the Czech Republic and to link academic research with industrial practice. At the same time, it will become part of a European network of centres that aim to strengthen Europe's technological self-sufficiency.

The Indoor Environment of Buildings research team working at the University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings (UCEEB) of CTU in cooperation with Alkion service s.r.o. experimentally verified the innovative AEROSEAL technology. The test proved the high efficiency of the technology, as it significantly reduces the leakage of pipes. This translates into significant energy savings and improved indoor environmental quality. The new technology is now entering the Czech and European market.

Scientists from CTU are among thousands of researchers from around the world who have won the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for 2025.

For the fourth time, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of CTU hosted the finals of the Technology Olympiad, organized by the company Technological Literacy s.r.o. Almost 1,400 students entered the school round and 72 students and female students from secondary schools and grammar schools from all over the Czech Republic, who were divided into 24 teams, made it to the one-day finals in Prague. During the day, students had to develop a project on one of ten topics that the organisers consider to be current challenges in the world of technology.

The Czech Republic has taken a strategic step to strengthen its position in the semiconductor sector. The newly established Czech Semiconductor Centre (CSC) will connect academia with industry, promote innovation and facilitate chip development for small and start-up companies. It will offer them mentoring, financial advice and access to pilot lines, thus contributing to the development of the semiconductor ecosystem in the Czech Republic. At the same time, it will become part of a European network of centres that aim to strengthen Europe's technological self-sufficiency.

The CLARA Centre, which focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and neuroscience research, has received key funding to upgrade the facilities involved. The total budget is CZK 1.057 billion, of which the European Union has already approved the provision of almost EUR 15 million (CZK 357 million) from the Horizon Europe programme last year. The Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) has now decided on complementary funding for the second part of the budget from the Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme (OP JAK) with eligible expenditures totalling nearly CZK 700 million (EUR 26.4 mil.), of which the subsidy is CZK 665 million (EUR 27.9 mil). The purpose of this part of the budget is mainly to modernise laboratories and build unique infrastructure at research sites in Prague, Brno and Ostrava.