Reports

President of the Republic Petr Pavel handed over the appointment decrees to three new professors from the CTU.

It offers 400 courses of study, a choice of 20 undergraduate and graduate specializations, has built more than 20 laboratories and 13 research groups. It has educated over 4500 graduates. It provides studies in all areas of information technology, at the highest level in state-of-the-art classrooms. Faculty of Information Technology of CTU in Prague (FIT CTU), which has just celebrated its 15th anniversary since its establishment on 1 July 2009, when it became an essential part of the CTU University, has managed to do all this. The aim of the new faculty was to provide quality studies in all areas of computer science and at all levels of study. In just 15 years, it has become the most sought-after faculty at CTU.

The Vice Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of CTU for cooperation with industry and commercialization, Professor Jan Vobecký, has been inducted into the ISPSD (International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices & ICs) Hall of Fame. ISPSD honours individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of power semiconductor technology and/or to maintaining the success of ISPSD.

The "matriculation" of children participating of this year's CTU suburban camp was held this morning, in the presence of CTU Vice-Rector Radek Holý, Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering Petr Páta, the main organizer of the Children's University Michaela Kostelecka and other guests.

CTU in Prague hosted the international conference ICAReAlumni 2024 on 13-14 June. This prestigious conference connecting experts in alumni relations from universities around the world was held for the first time in the Czech Republic. At the Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies, representatives of universities shared their experiences and discussed the latest trends in alumni relations.

The Czech Rectors' Conference has prepared the project "Universities for Society". On its fcb profile it publishes texts of individual schools according to pre-selected topics. Our university has chosen the theme: 'CTU - education for all generations'. We present the text below, it will appear on the fcb of the ČKR on July 10 - so give us a like :-)

Handling hazardous materials, building specific structures, diagnosing structures, locating people during unexpected events, automation, increasing productivity, higher levels of work safety, reducing errors, connection to modern BIM technologies and in the future to artificial intelligence and much more. All this was addressed by leaders of the Czech construction industry and representatives of academia at the Josef Underground Laboratory at the "Robotics in Underground" event, which focused on the possible future challenges that robotics opens up in this environment. The event was jointly organised by the Centre for Experimental Geotechnics of Faculty of Civil Engineering, the Experimental Centre of Faculty of Civil Engineering, the National Centre for Construction 4.0 and representatives of partner companies.

The first International Quantum Hackathon at FIT CTU attracted 44 young talents from all over the world. Nine student teams worked for two days on solving problems using quantum technologies. The topics ranged from mine detection in the seas, to technologies in medicine, security in the energy sector and space technologies. The winning team consisted of students from Faculty of Information Technology of Czech Technical University in Prague and a high school student from the Secondary School of Economics in Pilsen (SPŠE Plzeň). Results were announced at the follow-up conference Quantum Day on 26 June 2024. Faculty of Information Technology (CTU FIT) and Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering (CTU FJFI) were the CTU organizers of both events together with the CzechInvest agency and partners IBM and Tensor Ventures.

The new autonomous electroformula developed by the eForce Prague Formula student team has several major differences from last year's model. For example, the technological innovations improve the aerodynamics of the car. Today, the team members presented the Formula at a ceremony in the Škoda Museum in Mladá Boleslav. In July, the first of a series of four races awaits the pilots of the team, consisting mainly of students of Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

Digitisation represents a major opportunity for the Czech Republic, which could help it to become one of the most developed countries in the world. Traditionally, the international conference Digital Czechia helps to achieve this goal. This year for the ninth time.