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Ralph Ford received an honorary doctorate of BUT. He has been co-operating with FIT for over 20 years

14 November 2019

Ralph Ford of Penn State Behrend College received an honorary degree of doctor honoris causa at BUT. A nomination for the award of the doctorate was submitted by the Faculty of Information Technology, which has been closely co-operating with Ford for twenty years. Ralph Ford is the author of over 40 publications, the Dean of the Penn State Behrand College and a renowned scientist. He received the honorary degree during the ceremonial meeting of the Scientific Board of BUT. Read more about the topic in the article.

The honorary degree of doctor honoris causa is awarded at BUT to both Czech and foreign personalities who have substantially contributed to the development in an area that stands in the focus of the university's long-term efforts. The award of the honorary doctorate is based on the decision of the Scientific Board of BUT. Together with Ralph Ford, it was awarded also to Professor Ulrike Diebold of TU Wien.

Odkaz: https://www.fit.vut.cz/fit/news/2595/

Dean of the FIT presented Merit Medals for the contributions to the development of the faculty

13 November 2019

At the invitation of the Faculty of Information Technology, more than twenty guests from abroad attended the celebrations of the 120th anniversary of BUT. Representatives of universities from Europe, the USA, Africa and China as well as important industrial partners also attended today's Merit Medals award ceremony, where the Dean Pavel Zemčík awarded prizes to 26 personages of FIT who contributed greatly to the development of the faculty. Gold medals were awarded to Petr Hanáček, Zdeněk Kotásek, Jan Maxmilián Honzík and Jiří Kunovský (in memoriam).

Gold medals: doc. Dr. Ing. Petr Hanáček, prof. Ing. Jan Maxmilián Honzík, CSc., doc. Ing. Zdeněk Kotásek, CSc., doc. Ing. Jiří Kunovský CSc.

Silver medals: Ing. Vítězslav Beran, Ph.D., doc. Ing. Lukáš Burget, Ph.D., prof. Ing. Adam Herout, Ph.D., doc. Ing. Jiří Jaroš, Ph.D., doc. Ing. Jan Kořenek, Ph.D., Ing. Pavel Mikula, doc. Mgr. Adam Rogalewicz, Ph.D, doc. Ing. Zdeněk Vašíček, Ph.D.

Bronze medals: Ing. Michal Bidlo, Ph.D., doc. Ing. Martin Čadík, Ph.D., Sánchez Mireia Diez, M.Sc., Ph.D., Ing. Marie Gaďorková, Mgr. Lukáš Holík, Ph.D., Zdeněk Juříček, Ing. Martin Karafiát, Ph.D., Ing. Lukáš Kekely, Ph.D., Ing. Tomáš Martínek, Ph.D., Ing. Pavel Matějka, Ph.D., Ing. Vojtěch Mrázek, Ph.D., Sylva Otáhalová, Mgr. Jana Skokanová, Ing. Aleš Smrčka, Ph.D.

Odkaz: https://www.fit.vut.cz/fit/news/2594/

The Dean of FIT to Award Medals of Merit this Wednesday

11 November 2019

Dean Pavel Zemčík will award the FIT personalitites who have contributed to the development of the faculty this Wednesday. They will receive the FIT medals at a ceremony which will take place from 16:15 in the "D" auditorium with the following program:

16:15-16:25 welcome drink
16:30-17:00 medal awarding ceremony
17:00-18:00 raut

All FIT staff and PhD students are warmly welcome.

Odkaz: https://www.fit.vut.cz/fit/news/2590/

An award-winning application of a FIT graduate saves eyesight

8 November 2019

On Thursday, 7 November, an award ceremony of Atlas Copco and Edwards Awards took place at Atlas Copco's Sky Club. It was a great success for students of BUT. The Edwards Award rewards theses focusing on technical topics. This year, a total of 37 diploma theses applied for the recognition. Pavel Hřebíček, a FIT BUT graduate, whose Eye Check application caught some attention earlier this year at the Excel@FIT conference, won the second place. The application enables detection of an eye disease leukocoria. "Leukocoria is the whiteness of the pupil that may appear in a photograph taken with a flash. Early detection of this symptom can save the patient's eyesight," explained Pavel Hřebíček, adding that his application works with a 98% accuracy. Learn more about the mobile app detecting leukocoria from a photo of a patient's face on the website of Eye Check.

Odkaz: https://www.fit.vut.cz/fit/news/2589/

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology held a presentation acquainting students with the Design Thinking method

5 November 2019

How to develop a business idea by making a game or playful simulation out of it? Our students had the opportunity to find out under the supervision of international experts from the area of business modelling at EIT Digital - within this interactive workshop, Márton Bélik, a lecturer from EIT Digital, helped the participants to create and develop their own ideas using the Design Thinking method. The workshop was held on Wednesday, November 27, as part of the Star(t)up@FIT program.

Odkaz: https://www.fit.vut.cz/fit/news/2585/

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