Reports

Tomáš Trejdl, a student of FEE CTU, is in this year's ranking of 30 under 30 in the czech edition of Forbes magazine! The twenty-five-year-old Trejdl's place in the prestigious list of 30 talented people from the Czech Republic under 30 was earned by his collaboration on the Wrest. He and his friend Vasil Kostin, a medical student at the 3rd Faculty of Medicine at Charles University, developed a special mouse pad to prevent carpal tunnel syndrome.

Students of the PhD programme at the Institute of Energy Engineering of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering help to teach and popularise nuclear energy. After their experience with the creation of a virtual model of the Cenelín nuclear reactor, they are now working on a virtual model of the Fúzelín fusion reactor. The team is led by a PhD student of the Institute of Energy Ing. Vojtěch Smolík, who can best explain the importance of the model.

Three faculties of Czech Technical University - Faculty of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Faculty of Electrical Engineering - participate in the three-year professionally oriented Bachelor's degree programme in Scenic Technologies, which applicants can enrol in at Faculty of Civil Engineering. Cooperation has also been established with the National Theatre, Czech Television and Barrandov Studios, where students of the programme will have professional practice as part of their education. The first students will be able to take a seat in the lecture halls already this September.

If you are interested in the issue of information exchange in medicine, we offer an elective course Data Integration in Healthcare, which is open to students of all years and faculties.

The Vzlusat-2 cubesat has been in Earth orbit for more than a year and contains, among other things, two detectors developed and finalised at Jaderka (Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering) and the Centre for Applied Physics and Advanced Detection Systems (CAPADS). The CAPADS detectors are also on the Socrat-R satellite, which was launched into orbit in July 2019.

The National Centre for Industry 4.0 has a new director, who is the current deputy Robert Keil. Jaroslav Lískovec coordinates the establishment of the European Centre for Digital Innovation (EDIH CTU), which cooperates intensively with the NCP 4.0 in the field of using academic infrastructure for digitalization of companies and uses its established ecosystem. Lískovec will also consult on the strategic direction of the centre. The next term of office has also been approved by the Board of Directors, with the Chairman Jiří Kabelka (DEL a.s.) and the Vice-Chairman Petr Šimoník (VŠB-TUO) defending their positions. Jana Polášek Filová (Škoda Auto a.s.) was unanimously elected to the newly created position of Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors. The new position was created in view of the growing areas of activity of the Centre.

The cyber threat is no longer just a concept from science fiction literature or film. Hacker attacks on institutions, companies and individuals are on the rise, and the attackers who mine and misuse our personal data are becoming more and more dangerous. In the Czech Republic, there is a noticeable shortage of experts who can predict and prevent a hacker attack or who can find and eliminate vulnerabilities in computer and network systems in cyberspace. Faculty of Information Technology of Czech Technical University in Prague (FIT CTU) prepares just such experts who will have a mindset of a hacker.

It was decided to grant the accreditation to the new Scenic Technology study programme at the end of January. This inter-faculty programme was jointly prepared by Faculty of Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Applications to the programme can be submitted from 14 February 2023.

The search for a lost miniature source of radioactive caesium-137 has managed to keep authorities and emergency services in Western Australia busy in recent days. The source of the dangerous beta and gamma radiation was finally found after an intensive deployment of rescue and firefighters and special equipment, but the alarming incident will continue to raise many questions.

Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalization and Minister for Regional Development Ivan Bartoš and Director of Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics of CTU Ondřej Velek signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of building construction development on 30 January 2023. This will be implemented in particular by National Centre for Construction 4.0, which operates at the Institute. The cooperation will contribute to the development of information technologies in the construction industry and their integration into practice. Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Bartoš also discussed with representatives of the building construction sector current issues in the industry.