Reports

The vanished historical buildings and landscape of the royal city of Hradec Králové are coming to life thanks to the unique project The Dowry Cities of Czech Queens. Historians and IT specialists have managed to virtually reconstruct the history of the city dedicated to the Czech queens, create 3D models of historical buildings and objects and make them accessible to the Czech public using augmented virtual reality and a mobile application. The project is carried out by Faculty of Information Technology of Czech Technical University in Prague (FIT CTU) in cooperation with University of Hradec Králové, Museum of East Bohemia in Hradec Králové and Historical Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences.

Artificial intelligence (AI) poses a number of risks, while offering many opportunities across society. However, there has been no comprehensive analysis of AI in the context of human rights. Starting in 2021, joint research by FEL CTU, MUNI, Ambis and prg.ai aims to do just that.

Quacquarelli Symonds has published its global university rankings for 2024. CTU in Prague has maintained its position as the third best school in the Czech Republic compared to last year and has seen significant improvements in areas such as academic reputation, teacher-student ratio and employer reputation. However, the new methodology launched by QS this year has introduced several new indicators that pose challenges for both CTU and Czech universities in general.

In response to a proposal of the Scientific Council of CTU in Prague, seven new professors have been appointed. President Petr Pavel handed the decree of appointment to them in person in the Carolinum in Prague on Wednesday, June 21st. A total of 92 new professors were appointed.

The CzeCCAM (Association for Autonomous and Cooperative Mobility) non-profit organization was set up in the Czech Republic in January 2023. Its main aim is to support the development of autonomous technologies. The main partners are the Faculty of Transportation Sciences of CTU in Prague and VDT Technology, Yunex, SÜD, Smart Plan, the Prague Advanced Technology and Research Innovation Centre (PATRIC), and IDIADA.

In the course of last year, the Department of Cybernetics of FEE CTU decided to remove the computers from two of its classrooms and donate them to an institution that could find better uses for them.

Nearly twenty students of Faculty of Electrical Engineering supplemented by students of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering had a unique opportunity to look into the background of the research, development and production centre of Robert Bosch, spol. s r.o. in České Budějovice.

The aim of the motivational scholarship of CTU Faculty of Civil Engineering is to support high school students who excel in mathematics and who have made an excellent start to their undergraduate studies at the faculty. This year, 100 students of the first year of bachelor's degree programmes received the motivational scholarship, and a total of CZK 757,500 was paid to them. The scholarship is also ready for students entering the new academic year; those interested in studying can now take advantage of the 2nd round of the admission procedure, and they can apply to study until 31 July 2023.

Although it was held on a hot day that ended with a cloudburst, the was attended by crowds of visitors. In the morning, this popular science event was visited above all by large numbers of basic school pupils and middle school students. CTU, one of the co-organizers of the event, presented itself to the public on eleven stands and in two half-hour presentation blocks on the podium.

Visitors to the Giant Mountains will be able to cross mountain streams and gullies safely and with dry feet. Six new footbridges were designed and built by student teams from Faculty of Architecture of Czech Technical University in Prague. They were presented to the public on Tuesday 20 June in the presence of the project partner, the Krkonoše National Park Administration. The footbridges will be on display in front of the faculty building throughout the summer, and will span the mountains in spring next year.