Reports

For the first time, astronomers have used an artificial intelligence method called active deep learning. Scientists from the Faculty of Information Technology of the Czech Technical University with the active participation of students and in cooperation with the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences used the potential of artificial intelligence for the first time in the history of astronomical research.

On the occasion of a new series of online discussions of important personalities in industry - the Barometer of Czech Industry - the National Center for Industry 4.0 prepared a new analysis. Its results were published on 13 January. The analysis is based on data obtained during 352 interviews with key representatives of selected companies in the Czech industry during October to December 2020.

The graduates of the Faculty of Architecture, Julie Kopecká, Vojtěch Rudorfer, Tomáš Pevný and Tomáš Rain and Jakub Vašek from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, were awarded in the competition presentation of diploma theses Diploma 2020 announced by the Czech Chamber of Architects.

Kristýna Gincelová from the Department of Dosimetry and Ionizing Radiation, Pavel Vrbka from the Department of Nuclear Reactors and Jan Mazáč from the Department of Mathematics are the authors of the best diploma theses for 2020 of the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering CTU in Prague.

On the roof of the Buštěhrad laboratories of the CTU University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings, a solar chimney runs in full operation. This device uses the accumulated heat from solar radiation for natural ventilation of buildings. Thanks to this, it is possible to ventilate for a longer period without the need for electricity.

Among this year's five winners of the Award of the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports for outstanding educational activities at the university is the theoretical physicist prof. RNDr. Petr Kulhánek, CSc., from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

The book Unbuilt / Built Architecture of the 1980s is a joint work of a team of authors from the Faculty of Architecture edited by Petr Vorlík and Klára Brůhová. It represents, as the name implies, unrealized architectural and urban designs created in the 1980s.

The design of the LUNA portable night light brought Lucia Koháková, junior student of the Design program at the Faculty of Architecture in the Graduation Projects 2020 international competition in the 3D Design category. Her classmate Jan Kulhánek from the master's degree program finished second with his diploma thesis, in which he designed a ferry for Prague - Vokoun.

The CoroVent ventilator, developed at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague by a team of prof. Karel Roubík and manufactured by MICo Medical, was delivered to several hospitals throughout the Czech Republic during the autumn. These lung ventilators were paid with money from citizens and companies in a public collection earlier this spring. 106 of these fans will now be delivered to the State Material Reserves Administration.

A new publication entitled “Architektura na červeném seznamu / normální je nebourat” is published, which will please not only experts but also laymen interested in architecture. Its authors are experts from the Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and students of the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in Prague. On specific examples, they describe the mechanisms of the demise of Czech architecture in the post-war period and call for public discussion. The book was published in Czech Technology - CTU Publishing House.