Reports

The largest event of its kind in the Czech Republic, was officially launched at the Rudolf Gallery at Prague Castle on Monday 7 October, the 9th annual Innovation Week

The 600th anniversary of the death of the Hussite leader Jan Žižka is approaching. The author of the Hussite Odyssey project Zdeňka Čechová, in cooperation with students of Faculty of Information Technology and Faculty of Electrical Engineering of CTU, projected a unique video mapping on the facade of the Bethlehem Chapel yesterday.

The Peugeot brand in the Czech Republic and the Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies at CTU in Prague are launching a joint creative and educational project called "Capture Allure". The aim is to encourage creativity and innovative ideas among students, which can contribute to personal development and expansion of students' professional competences, as well as to strengthen the image and perception of the Peugeot brand. The project should also help raise general awareness of electromobility and familiarise young people with the benefits and specificities of electric cars.

The Dejvice campus was transformed into a racing circuit on Wednesday, 2 October 2024. The eForce Prague Formula and the CTU Lions electric motorbikes were presented to the public; the teams are composed of students from CTU.

How to initiate new projects and promote innovation in security solutions? Collaboration between industry and research in academia is an important part of this. At CTU in Prague, this was the impetus for the Cybersecurity Horizons 2024 conference - an innovative forum for discussion and presentation of new trends in the field of cybersecurity.

The planned completion of the nuclear blocks at Dukovany is approaching and with it the interest of students in nuclear fields is also increasing - almost 40% increase in enrolment has been registered by Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of CTU in Prague (FJFI), which has been a leading institution in the Czech Republic and Central Europe in the field of education of nuclear engineers since its foundation. FJFI students can now look forward to one new feature - the APR1000 complex nuclear reactor behaviour simulator from KHNP, which should be at the heart of the new blocks at the Dukovany II nuclear power plant.

Thank you to all those who came to CTU during the Night of Scientists. This year's subtitle was "Transformation", and there were a lot of transformations to see at CTU.

On Thursday, 26 September 2024, the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation Marek Ženíšek (TOP 09) visited the University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings of Czech Technical University. For the UCEEB, the Minister's visit was primarily an opportunity to present to a member of the Government the cutting-edge results of the research carried out by the Centre. Among the best known to the public is the S.A.W.E.R. system, which can extract water by condensation even from desert air.

Students of Faculty of Information Technology of CTU in Prague (CTU FIT) proposed how to make the House of Lobkowicz's Young Curator (HoL) curriculum globally available online and modernize it. They gave a presentation during the five-day Design Sprint course, which was held place on 16-20 September 2024 at the faculty.

Employees of the International Department of the Rector's Office of CTU in Prague and representatives of Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Faculty of Civil Engineering attended this year's 34th edition of Europe's largest conference and international fair for the internationalization of higher education, EAIE 2024, held in Toulouse, France, from 17 to 20 September 2024.