The JUNIOR STAR Grants, awarded on 31 October 2024 by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GA ČR), are intended to promote excellence in budding outstanding scientists. It will enable Ing. to fund his basic research project, which is expected to have a significant scientific impact on a global scale, over the next five years. Tomáš Báča, Ph.D. from the Department of Cybernetics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of CTU.
 

A few minutes of a phone call - that's all it takes for a unique Czech app to detect incipient Parkinson's disease. The special software analyses the caller's speech during the conversation and can detect even subtle changes in the voice that indicate the onset of the disease. A team of scientists and physicians from the National Institute for Neurological Research, the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University is working on the development of the app. Their discovery could help with early diagnosis of the disease, which is crucial in Parkinson's disease. If the disease can be caught at an early stage, doctors can deploy targeted therapy that can slow the progression of an otherwise incurable disease.

Quantum technologies are booming. Along with it, the number of scientific publications exploring this technology is growing significantly. From hundred-page articles admitting that the algorithms will be deployable in ten years at the earliest, to three-page reports announcing successful implementation of the algorithms, but with very limited results. Few technical articles do both, and so it is challenging even for many experts to navigate the issues surrounding algorithms for quantum computers. A new review paper by Jakub Mareček from the Centre for Artificial Intelligence at the CTU FEE and 44 other authors from universities and the private sector tries to fill this gap. The study, entitled "Challenges and Opportunities in Quantum Optimization", was published by the renowned journal Nature Reviews Physics.

Dear All,

starting Monday, December 2, 2024, the main entrance to the building will be accessible through turnstiles using employee and student cards or chips. For public events such as Open Days, Physics Thursdays, and Researchers' Night, free access will be maintained. Until and including December 8, 2024, students can also enter the building via the side entrance A4 from Šolínova Street.

Visitors to the building must register through the Visitor Registration form for the FEE building. Based on the registration, a guest card will be issued at the reception.

Lenka Vožická, Head of Technical Department
 

On 7 and 8 November 2024, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE) of the Czech Technical University in Prague hosted the finals of the 7th edition of the Energy Olympiad, organised by the Energy Literacy Society. The winner was a team of students from the PORG gymnasium in Prague, who developed a project on how to contribute to decarbonisation through active customers. The high school students came up with a proposal to convert surplus energy from photovoltaic power plants into heat and store it in sand instead of conventional lithium-ion batteries.

This year one of the prizes of the "Josef, Marie, and Zdeňka Hlávka Foundation" is going to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University (FEL CTU). Ing. Michal Šimek was awarded in the student section for his work on research on speech symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Ing. Šimek is studying for a PhD in Bioengineering and works at the Department of Circuit Theory. He received the award on Saturday 16 November during a ceremony at the castle in Lužany.
 

A lecture on 6G networks led by Prof. David Gesbert, Director and Dean of the French university and research centre EURECOM, you can hear on Monday 25 November at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the CTU in Prague - Dejvice. Prof. Gesbert will speak on developing 6G networks and aerial robots. The event will take place in room C3-132 from 16:00. 

How can the new ombudsperson contribute to making people at FEE CTU feel better? What are her priorities for the coming period? What can be gleaned from the results of the mental health survey - are our students different from other schools? Come and meet our new ombudsman, Dr Zuzana Labudova, who took up her post at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at CTU in September.

The results of the questionnaire survey on the mental health of students provide feedback to both male and female respondents and the entire academic community of FEL CTU. The new ombudsperson, Dr. Zuzana Labudová, will also work with the collected data. The independent ombudsperson will present herself to the academic community for the first time on Wednesday, 27 November at 4.15 pm in lecture room 209 in Technická street. Interpretation of the survey results will be one of the main items on the meeting's agenda.

We cordially invite you to a panel discussion featuring the candidates in the upcoming elections for the Academic Senate of CTU and the Academic Senate of FEE. The event is scheduled for November 20, 2024, from 16:15 to 17:45 in the room T2:D3-209. For those who cannot attend in person, the discussion will also be available online. This year, one student representative from FEE will be elected to AS CTU for a two-year term, five students to AS FEE for a two-year term, and thirteen academic staff members to AS FEE for a three-year term.
 

Working in the power industry today requires graduates to have not only classical power engineering knowledge, but also knowledge of industrial ICT. Students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of CTU will be able to try out the most modern devices used in current practice during their regular teaching thanks to the newly opened PRE laboratory.

The jury at the international conference NANOCON 2024 awarded Ing. Michal Kočí from the Department of Microelectronics at FEL CTU for presenting a new type of hybrid gas sensor. This achievement confirms the importance of research and development in gas sensors, especially hybrids that allow for faster and more accurate air quality assessment.

The elections for the CTU Academic Senate (AS CTU) and the student section of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering Academic Senate (AS FEL) are approaching. If you want to influence the future of the university and our faculty, submit your candidacy by November 15th or come to vote. Voting will take place electronically from November 26th to 28th, 2024, at https://volby.cvut.cz.

The entrance hall of the FEL CTU building in Dejvice is undergoing modernization, so the main entrance is temporarily closed.

We would like to inform you that the opening is scheduled for Monday, November 18, 2024. The installation of turnstiles will increase security within the faculty premises and allow controlled access for the public. The project is being coordinated with the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering CTU, which will implement similar measures next year.

We look forward to the opening of the modernized entrance, which will meet your needs. Thank you for your patience during the reconstruction period.