Reports

There are dozens of different types of bins on the streets of Prague. The city has long been looking for a way to unify its outdoor furniture, and in addition to a representative design, it wants to take into account practical and economic aspects. The solution is offered by a waste bin designed by Matěj Nedvěd at the Fišer-Nezpěváková design studio of CTU Faculty of Architecture.

A National Competence Centre for Semiconductors should be established in the Czech Republic as early as next year to support the objectives of "Chips for Europe", the first pillar of the European Chips Act (ChipsAct). The centre will integrate the Czech Republic into the emerging European network of competence centres. In line with the draft National Semiconductor Strategy, a consortium of universities, companies, the Semiconductor Cluster and the Innovation Agency is preparing the Czech National Competence Centre for Semiconductors.

The collection of Essays on Consciousness with the subtitle Towards Artificial Intelligence by the editors Vladimír Mařík, Tat'ána Maříková and Miroslav Svítek was christened at the CTU Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics by the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences Eva Zažímalová. The book, which fills a certain debt on the Czech book market, tries to show human consciousness through the eyes of five different scientific disciplines. Among the authors of the individual essays are a number of prominent figures of Czech science, led by microbiologist Václav Pačes, neurosurgeon Vladimír Beneš and the most cited Czech scientist Tomáš Mikolov.

On 17 June 2024, the Faculty of Transportation Sciences of CTU in Prague and the company AŽD inaugurated the new modern Competence Centre Dětenice. The specialised teaching workplace especially for students of railway disciplines was created on the experimental line Kopidlno - Dolní Bousov in the Hradec Králové Region in less than 12 months by revitalising the original service warehouse at the Dětenice railway station.

The finals of the Pangea mathematics competition took place today in the new building of the National Museum. The results were then announced in the late afternoon at the Karlín Music Theatre.

This week, experts from the Department of Nuclear Reactors (KJR) at Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering took over a new device from the Korean company KHNP - the APR1000 reactor simulator, which the company designed in the tender for the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant. The powerful and realistic model for teaching reactor physics has been acquired by the university as part of extensive scientific and educational cooperation between CTU and Korean partners from nuclear companies, scientific institutes and educational institutions. The simulator from KHNP will be used not only by students of the Nuclear Reactor Department, but activities on the simulator will also be included in educational courses organised by the KJR.

CTU Faculty of Transportation Sciences started cooperation with the Secondary Industrial School of Transport, which became its first faculty school. Together they want to promote technical education in the field of transport.

The Real Estate Development - Location lifelong learning course connects different areas of the real estate market. Participants learn to use the skills they have learned to benefit the city and private companies. They can apply them in the preparation of their own investment projects and in negotiations with partners. The training was provided by Faculty of Architecture of CTU in cooperation with the Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies.

There's no hiding caries from artificial intelligence. The most prevalent disease, affecting approximately half of the world's population, can be diagnosed by AI from X-rays as effectively as by experienced dentists. The automated method for detecting cavities based on deep learning was developed by a team of researchers from CTU Faculty of Electrical Engineering and the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University.

CTU had the honour of being part of the prestigious international conference NAFSA 2024, which took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 28 to 31 May. This event is a top gathering in the field of international education, attracting thousands of academics and university representatives from all over the world. This year, it managed to connect up to 9,500 professionals over four days.