Reports

In the highly competitive environment of international research, those who secure support from the European Union framework programs hold a significant advantage. These programs play a crucial role in the development of excellent science, the building of strategic partnerships, and the strengthening of long-term institutional reputation. Over the past five years, the Czech Technical University in Prague has confirmed its position among the successful institutions operating in this environment. Between 2021 and 2026, during the current phase of the existing program framework, CTU secured a significant number of projects – whether within Horizon Europe or in other schemes focused on digitalisation, transport, defence, climate, or industrial innovation.

ČVUT Engineers Prague, the university hockey team representing the Czech Technical University in Prague, won two sets of silver medals in the recently concluded season.

The University Center for Energy-Efficient Buildings of the Czech Technical University (UCEEB) and the National Network of Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic (NSZM ČR) have signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at supporting health, quality of life and sustainable development in cities, municipalities and regions of the Czech Republic.

The CTU Seniors Club organizes professional lectures by representatives from various fields of science, arts, and witnesses of important events. It also provides its members with information about events and the development of CTU. The club's chairman is PhDr. Stanislav Horák, Csc.

A builder who was at the birth of prestressed concrete in Czech bridge construction and established himself among the elite as one of the youngest co-authors of the winning design for the Nusel Bridge. Jan Vítek looks back on a century of his life, his professional career connected with the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University, and the key technical decisions that influenced the shape of Czech bridges for decades to come.

How to safely train in working with unexploded ordnance? And how to get a real-time overview of a complex situation in the field? Researchers from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague are looking for answers to these questions. Teams led by Prof. Jiří Žára and Dr. David Sedláček from the Department of Computer Graphics and Interaction are developing two projects that use virtual and augmented reality for training and decision-making in critical situations – from the work of bomb disposal experts to the control of robotic systems in the field.

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University presented a wide portfolio of technologies and research projects at the Defence Research Day event that respond to the current needs of the state's defense, security and resilience. Visitors had the opportunity to see autonomous robotic systems, drones operating without GNSS, tools using artificial intelligence for information space analysis, augmented reality for intervention units, and technologies for testing and securing communication networks.

The Robosoutěž competition for elementary schools and corresponding grades at high schools is in full swing! Between April 22 and 24, three school-level rounds were held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEL) of the Czech Technical University (ČVT), from which the 16 best three-member teams emerged; they will compete in the “superfinal” on May 10 at the Maker Faire Prague festival. This year’s Robocompetition theme is “Tetris Puzzle.” Students assembled and programmed robots using LEGO Mindstorms, LEGO Spike, and the Brian kit, which was developed at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEL) of the Czech Technical University (ČVUT).

The Structure Challenge “Hall of the Year” competition, which has been organized by the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague for forty years, set a record in its entire history. In the competition—which involves designing and building a structural model according to specifications and then subjecting it to a load test in the finals—a record 77 teams competed against each other in the international “Academic” category for university students. The victory went to the Polish team The Adamant from the Warsaw University of Technology, consisting of Adrian Ciura and Kacper Bednarczuk. Their model weighed 269.7 grams and withstood a load of 86.37 kilograms, resulting in an efficiency rating of 319.55. The Junior category for high school students and the Advanced category for doctoral students were also well represented.

Nearly a hundred planned outputs and pilot projects for companies across nine sectors. The National Center for Artificial Intelligence (NCUI) project was officially launched yesterday at the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics, and Cybernetics at the Czech Technical University in Prague (CIIRC CTU). The center builds on cutting-edge academic research and, in collaboration with companies and public institutions, translates it into specific artificial intelligence applications with direct practical applications. NCUI was successful in the SIGMA call for proposals by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and was selected as one of four successful projects out of a total of 19 submitted applications.