Illia Volkov, a student of the bachelor’s program Open Informatics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEL), received the Stanislav Hanzl Award for talented students of CTU. Nine awardees accepted the prize at the end of November in Bethlehem Chapel.

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering at CTU has two new professors. The President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, appointed Doc. Ing. Martin Hromčík, Ph.D., and Doc. Ing. Martin Saska, Dr. rer. nat., both in the field of cybernetics and robotics. They received their appointment decrees on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at a ceremony in the Great Hall of Karolinum, attended by Minister of Education, Youth, and Sports Robert Plaga.

The research group of Prof. Jan Kybic is offering 2 PhD and 2 Postdoc positions in the field of medical image processing.

The project, Embryo quality estimation from time lapse images for assisted reproduction, supported by the Czech Health Research Council (AZV ČR), focuses on predicting the genetic quality of human embryos from time-lapse videos of embryo development. This includes, among other things, the problem of automatic classification of developmental stages, utilization of temporal coherence, compensation for differences between imaging systems, automatic segmentation of individual parts, creation of clinically motivated and automatically learned descriptors, and the combination of all relevant data for the final prediction. This project is primarily focused on the application and adaptation of existing methods to new problems.

The project, "Leveraging expert knowledge for medical image segmentation," supported by the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR), will seek to improve the quality and efficiency of automatic segmentation using expert-defined constraints concerning invariance, topology, dimensions, position, number, shape, and other properties. New methods should be more robust and require a smaller volume of training data. We will attempt to connect deep learning-based segmentation methods with optimization methods under constraints, or alternatively, ensure that conditions are met through suitable parameterization or network architecture. This project is focused more on the development of new methods than on a specific application and is therefore suitable for candidates with deeper knowledge of mathematics and algorithmization.

Both projects require a good knowledge of programming and methods for image processing and machine learning, including deep learning. Start date as soon as possible.

A total of 167 kit-built robots from across the Czech Republic entered this year’s 17th edition of the Robosoutěž for high school teams organized by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, CTU in Prague. Today, the traditional grand final took place on the faculty’s premises, with 33 of the best teams advancing from four qualifying rounds. The winner was a “Tetris player” built by team K-2SO from Nový PORG grammar school, while second place went to the robot vehicle developed by team WIP from Benešov Grammar School. A full recording of the final is available on YouTube.

The long-standing popularization activities of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE) of the Czech Technical University in Prague were recognized by the Czech Physical Society, a section of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists. Doc. Vratislav Fabián received the award for his long-standing significant work in popularizing physics for organizing the Physics Thursdays series at FEE.

The Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), DefSec Innovation Hub, Quanti, and the University of Defense presented a prototype of the AR RESCUE system at the CTU Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE CTU). A workshop with target users was held at the Department of Computers at FEE ČVUT with the aim of gathering ideas for the final phase of development.

The dean awarded the teachers for their outstanding pedagogical achievements based on the recommendations of a committee established by him. The committee drew on the results of the student survey, placing emphasis on students’ verbal feedback, as well as on nominations from department heads. It also took into account factors such as the quality of teaching materialsand the how demanding the teacher is. In its evaluation, the committee selected from among instructors who had not been awarded in the same category within the past three years.

In the finals of the FEE ČVUT Robosoutěž high school competition, 33 robots will compete this Friday in a task inspired by the well-known video game Tetris. These are the best robots that advanced from four preliminary rounds in November out of a total of 167 entries. This year's 17th edition of the traditional competition is also characterized by its multi-platform nature – teams can build robots from several kits, including this year's BRIAN kit from FEE ČVUT. The event is open to the public and can be watched live on YouTube.

On December 4, 2025, Doc. Ing. Julius Foit, CSc., a long-time educator and prominent figure at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague, passed away at the age of 93. His professional life was closely linked to the development of electronics and, above all, microelectronics at CTU, where he was one of its founders.

Researchers from the Multi-robot Systems Group (MRS) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague and the innovative spinout Fly4Future won the prestigious AI Awards 2025. In the category AI in Research and Development, the jury recognized their extraordinary achievements in the field of autonomous flying robots, where they have been among the world's absolute leaders in recent years.

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague achieved extraordinary success in this year's grant procedure of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic. In the field of technical sciences (OK1), a total of 72 standard projects were supported, 9 of which were from FEE CTU. This success is further underscored by the award of a grant in the Postdoc Individual Fellowship – Outgoing category. FEE CTU has thus confirmed its leading position in computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and other dynamically developing areas of technical sciences.

At the end of November, approximately thirty students and researchers from the Department of Microelectronics at FEE CTU participated in the prestigious Taiwan–Europe Chip Innovation Forum (TECIF) in Dresden. The event, which is one of the most important European-Taiwanese meetings in the field of chip design and development, attracted around 300 experts from academia and industry this year. FEE CTU gave three lectures and five joint Czechia-Taiwanese projects were presented in the form of posters.

On Wednesday, November 12, 2025, the 3rd Faculty Electro-Waltz, a ball organized by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague, took place at the National House in Vinohrady. The Great Wings big band played music for dancing. The program again featured performances by students and employees of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University.

We invite all those interested to an informative webinar on the Joint International Master’s Programme - SpaceMaster, which will take place on December 17, 2025, from 14:00 to 15:00. The webinar will present multidisciplinary and research-oriented aspects of this master programme in space science and technology, providing an overview of the second-year study options and potential career paths.