Reports

The National Centre for Industry 4.0 in cooperation with almost 60 authors is preparing a publication "Industry 4.0 - the basis of economic transformation", which is a follow-up to the key book on the topic published in 2016: "Industry 4.0 - a vision for the Czech Republic". During the Open Doors Day, which took place at the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics and in cooperation with RICAIP Testbed Prague, five guarantors of the individual chapters - Vladimír Mařík, Jiří Holoubek, Jana Polášek Filová, Eduard Palíšek and Miroslava Kopicová - discussed the topic. Moderator Robert Keil, Director of the National Centre for Industry 4.0, focused the panel on topics such as the impact of digitalization on the labour market, sustainability of industrial production including energy management or new business models. All seen through the practical lens of the current situation and in line with the necessity of the economic transformation of the Czech Republic.

The Association of Research Universities of the Czech Republic (AVUni) had seven members to date. The University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice has joined this grouping of elite domestic higher education institutions. The signing ceremony of the relevant documents took place today at Masaryk University in Brno.

This afternoon, CTU in Prague representatives and the Korean Technical University KETI signed an extension of the Memorandum of Cooperation. The aim of this cooperation is to promote interest in research activities and in the exchange of human resources and knowledge between the two universities in the fields of advanced technologies, digital twins, energy optimization, testing of intelligent systems and robotics.

Participants of this year's StreTech 2024 showcase of high school students' work were greeted by two large exhibits in front of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague on 5 June 2024. The Stirling engine drive in a parabolic mirror and the Model of a single-seater car construction. Another of almost two hundred exhibits were presented by talented high school students in the corridor connecting Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

Yesterday evening, the new QS World University Rankings for 2025 were published. Czech Technical University in Prague was ranked 420th, an improvement of 34 positions. It is also one of the highest rankings for CTU since 2013.

Trends, visions, technological innovations and practical solutions under the Industry 4.0 umbrella developed in the environment of industrial testbeds. These were the themes of the Industry 4.0 Open Day, an event that opened the premises of the RICAIP Testbed Prague at the CIIRC CTU on Wednesday 29 May to directors and managers of manufacturing companies and offered nearly two hundred visitors a series of discussions on digitalization, automation or production optimization. Testbeds at the technical universities in Prague, Brno and Ostrava work together to create an infrastructure that is ready to respond to current and future challenges in manufacturing. Many companies have already tried it out, while many are just learning about the possibilities offered by these workplaces.

CTU Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is one of the first European higher education schools focused on technology. This year marks the 160th anniversary of engineering teaching at CTU in Prague, in direct continuity with the Czech State Polytechnic Institute of 1864. Throughout its history, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the CTU in Prague has educated first-class professionals for industry, science, research and other areas of society. Teachers and scientists follow the development trends in engineering and incorporate new knowledge into study programmes. Through their own development and cooperation with industrial partners, they contribute to the development of new machines, production technologies and energy sources, thus helping Czech industry to maintain its competitiveness.

Last week, on 23 and 24 May, experts from all over the world met for the tenth time to discuss the topics of sustainable transport concepts, quality of life and other areas related to smart cities.

Acknowledgement for the University's contribution to the defence of the Czech Republic in the field of active reserve was received in Vyškov by the Rector of CTU doc. Vojtěch Petráček.

The first micro-certificate course organized by Faculty of Civil Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague was successfully completed by 27 candidates. In the two-semester lifelong learning course "Technical building services for energy efficient and healthy buildings", they focused on the topic of technical systems of buildings in the context of the requirements of the new European Directive on the energy performance of buildings. The expert guarantor of the course was Prof. Karel Kabele from CTU Faculty of Civil Engineering, where lectures and practical teaching in laboratories also took place. The micro-certificate obtained by the graduates is a Europe-wide recognised document and if qualification requirements are needed for certain professions, the micro-certificate proves the person fullfills these requirements.