Reports

The Engineers Prague team dominated the capital when they defeated the rival UK Hockey Prague in a sold-out Hvězda stadium at the Battle of Prague on 24 september. Seven goals were taken care of by Veber, 2 x Suda, Janata, Fabiánek, Kadlec and Raiterman.

From 16 to 20 September, two events called Orientation Week were held at CTU in Prague. One will focus on students who have come to CTU for an exchange stay, the other on self-paying students studying in foreign language programs.

Leading experts on Radon Radiation Protection met at RADON2019 in Prague for a week on 16 September to share their latest findings on the biological effects of radon conversion products, radiation measurement and assessment, epidemiological studies, the behavior of radon in homes and in the workplace, or modeling the impact of radiation on the human body.

The Upsilon Pi Epsilon scholarship was awarded to Bc. Šimon Mandlík, who studies the Open Informatics Master's program and cooperates in research at the Center of Artificial Intelligence at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Only thirty students from all over the world receive the award. In the UPE Executive Council Awards, whose scholarship holders receive the second highest $ 2,500 prize, Mandlík was among only three other students.

Martin Mazanec and Matouš Skála from the Faculty of Information Technology are developing applications that help millions of people around the world in their desire for a healthier life. The new Fitify application proposes an effective, personalized workout plan, tailored to the user and guides the user through each video session. The students founded Fitify Workouts, which now includes a team of more than 15 developers, designers, physiotherapists and fitness trainers. The technical aspect of the matter is mainly taken care of by FIT students and graduates. So far, it has been able to reach out to over eight million people around the world.

58 students from 9 Czech and Slovak faculties enrolled in the 7th year of the Building with Wood Fragrance contest who prepared 38 works. Sharing prizes for 200,000 crowns, 7 winners were selected by the jury and the public and partners of the competition. Students competed in two categories: Wooden constructions - small and Wooden constructions - large. Tereza Krákorová from the Faculty of Architecture won the Professional Jury Award for her design of a mountain buffet under Velká Deštná summit. Dávid Ferčák from the Faculty of Civil Engineering won the Kronospan Prize for the use of OSB boards in a family house in the Křivoklátsko Protected Landscape Area.

The already 21st edition of the biggest cycling race in Prague - Author Prague Fifty - launched on 21 September as part of the prestigious Author Maraton tour series. Cyclists traversed a 50 km long track, which led from Prague 6 to Okoř castle and back. A rich accompanying program for children and adults was prepared at the Dejvice Campus. This year, the race was connected with the Experience the City in a Different Way festival, so all-day activities and concerts were prepared for the competitors. This year, CTU also cooperated in organizing the race and CTU rector doc. Vojtěch Petráček also actively participated. Paralympic cyclist Jiří Ježek was the ambassador of the race.

On 10 September, the Czech Technical University in Prague received a prestigious HR Excellence Award from the European Commission in the field of human resources, which reflects the quality of the environment for researchers and guarantees its further development. The certificate can attract even more foreign scientists to the university and increases the overall prestige of the university.

The groundbreaking Data Stewardship Wizard web portal, developed at the Faculty of Information Technology, CTU, facilitates the work of researchers and data administrators in the current trend of massive data volume growth. It is an extraordinary cooperation of Czech and Dutch institutions to solve one of the pressing issues of the present and near future - big data.

The Faculty of Architecture will open a new studio led by Lukáš Kordík from GutGut the Slovak architectural studio with a clear minimalist low-tech style handwriting. Kordík atelier will replace the studio of emeritus dean Zdeněk Zavřel at the Institute of Design II.