Reports

EuroTeQ Engineering University, an alliance of leading European technical and business universities recently celebrated its 5th anniversary with a special and intensive meeting in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from October 1 to October 3, 2025. The event brought together colleagues from all partner institutions—fostering better relationships, driving a renewed sense of energy, and setting concrete steps toward making EuroTeQ a benchmark for European University alliances.

The goal of the Steel Hall 4.0 project for sustainable development of industrial construction, a collaboration between the University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings at the Czech Technical University in Prague and the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague with the companies PROMSTAL Engineering and Industrial Design & Service a.s., is to develop a design methodology and software that will take into account the contribution of cladding behavior to the stabilization of steel structures in the event of a fire, as well as aspects of the building's impact on the environment.

Employees and students of the Faculty of Information Technology at the Czech Technical University in Prague (FIT CTU) played a key role in organizing the 19th edition of the prestigious ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2025), which took place on September 22–26, 2025, under the auspices of Czech President Petr Pavel. More than 1,000 participants from around the world came to the capital to present the latest research results and industrial applications in this field. The A-rated conference accepted only 19% of submissions, underscoring its quality and prestigious nature.

The Prague Innovation Institute and the City of Prague have launched the Prague Game Accelerator for the first time this year, an intensive three-month educational program focused on supporting young game developers. The Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague has achieved significant success, with its students making up five of the ten teams selected by a panel of experts. As part of the program, student teams will receive not only mentoring from industry professionals, but also financial support and access to a network of experts.

Today, October 8, the CTU Lions team ceremoniously unveiled their new competition motorcycle for the prestigious international MotoStudent competition. The event was attended by sponsors, faculty representatives, the media, and other guests.

On Monday, October 6, 2025, Veronika Vymětalová, Ph.D., a long-time member of the Department of Natural Sciences at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague, passed away unexpectedly. With her enthusiasm for the field, her honest approach to teaching, and her selfless willingness to help colleagues and students, she contributed significantly to the development of the faculty. Everyone who knew her agrees that she was a very decent and exceptionally dedicated lady. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was not just her workplace, but a matter close to her heart, to which she devoted her energy, time, and extraordinary commitment. Veronika Vymětalová was also a member of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and CTU; in September of this year, she was elected chair of the CTU Academic Senate, after serving as its first vice-chair. Thanks to her long-term efforts in the CTU Academic Senate, she contributed to improving the quality of university teaching, education, and research, as well as to actively promoting and enhancing the prestige of the FBMI and the entire university. Her enthusiastic work in the courses of the University of the Third Age at the FBMI CTU should also not be overlooked.

On October 6, 2025, the Faculty of Information Technology of the Czech Technical University in Prague (FIT CTU) opened a new research Laboratory of Algorithms (AlgoLab), established within the Department of Theoretical Computer Science. The laboratory focuses on the development of efficient algorithms – procedures that enable modern technologies to operate faster, more reliably, and to handle massive amounts of data.

Nuclear physicist, chairwoman for the State Office of Nuclear Safety, politician, science popularizer. Dana Drábová was born on June 3, 1961, in Prague. After graduating from the Faculty of Nuclear and Physical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague in 1985 with a degree in nuclear physics, she took up her first job. She began her professional career at the Radiation Hygiene Center, where she worked on protection against the harmful effects of ionizing radiation.

The problem with international repercussions was successfully resolved by staff at the CTU CIC.

From 1 October 2025, Assoc. Ing. Prof. Jan Janoušek, Ph.D., will become the new Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology CTU in Prague (FIT CTU). He was elected by the Academic Senate of FIT CTU for the 2025–2029 term. In leading the faculty forward, his key priorities will include enhancing the quality of education, strengthening student support and fostering of the development of top research teams, and advancing the internationalization of the faculty. He will succeed Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Ing. Marcel Jiřina, Ph.D., who has led the faculty for two consecutive terms since 2017.