Reports

Nowadays, the European manufacturing industry is facing multiple challenges: Increasing international competition, political tensions, material shortages or unpredictable natural events. These factors have exposed the weaknesses of traditional, rigid supply chains. The ability to adapt flexibly to changes is becoming a decisive success factor for manufacturers and suppliers. The new European research project RAASCEMAN addresses these challenges and is dedicated to the question of how supply chains can be made resilient and resistant. For the Czech Republic, the project involves the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics of the Czech Technical University in Prague and its long-standing industrial partner, Continental Automotive Czech Republic, based in Brandýs nad Labem.

Our student Jára is fighting for his life and his mother is asking for a donation for an operation in Germany.

Quantum technologies are booming. Along with it, the number of scientific publications exploring this technology is also growing significantly. These range from hundred-page articles admitting that the algorithms will not be deployable for a decade, to three-page reports announcing successful implementation of the algorithms, but with very limited results. Few technical articles do both, and so it is challenging even for many experts to navigate the issues surrounding algorithms for quantum computers. A new overview paper by Jakub Mareček from the Centre for Artificial Intelligence at CTU FEE and 44 other authors from universities and the private sector tries to fill this gap. The study, entitled "Challenges and Opportunities in Quantum Optimization", was published by the renowned journal Nature Reviews Physics.

An international conference on the topic of 17 November 1939 was held in Bethlehem Chapel. The opening speech was given by Ing. Zdeňka Valouchová, chairwoman of the Association of Liberated Political Prisoners and Survivors, prof. JUDr. Václav Pavlíček, CSc., chairman of the Foundation "Endowment of Josef, Marie and Zdeňka Hlávková", prof. RNDr. Marketa Martínková, Ph.D., vice-rector of Charles University, and doc. RNDr. Vojtěch Petráček, CSc., Rector of Czech Technical University in Prague. The event was held under the auspices of Czech Technical University.

Automation, digitalisation and robotics are areas in the construction industry with significant potential for improving efficiency, quality and safety. The Automation Laboratory, which is being developed at Faculty of Civil Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague, should help their development in the field of student education and practical use in the construction sector. The laboratory is being developed in cooperation with CTU Faculty of Architecture.

The Faculty of Architecture of CTU hosted a ceremony to announce the winning projects of the fourth year of the Dean's Award on Thursday, 21 November. The jury awarded the best studio and diploma works of the past academic year. The final projects are on display at the exhibition on the ground floor of the faculty until 15 January 2025.

Ing. Marek Sokol, a PhD student of the Department of Health Sciences and Population Protection, who in his dissertation is dedicated to the development of technologies for space applications, has become a member of the Antarctic Expedition 2025! Marek will spend almost three months at the Czech Scientific Station Johann Gregor Mendel on James Ross Island, where he will conduct research on the impact of extreme environments on the human body and biomedical technology.

On 20 November 2024, the Dean of Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of CTU (FBMI) Jozef Rosina and the Director of the Central Military Hospital (CMH) Václav Masopust signed an agreement on mutual cooperation. Thanks to the agreement, a joint Institute of Haematology, Transfusiology and Laboratory Medicine of CTU FBMI and the Institute of Hematology will be established at the CMH from 1 April 2025.

The Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Mikuláš Bek presented the Ministry of Education's awards in the field of higher education, science and research in the Liechtenstein Palace on Tuesday 19 November. Three students of the CTU were also awarded.

On Tuesday, 19 November 2024, the University of Health Sciences in Cambodia held the inauguration of a new laboratory that will allow students to gain practical knowledge and skills to work with and maintain medical instrumentation.