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On Wednesday, March 19, the Werner von Siemens Prize for 2024 was awarded. This was the twenty-seventh time that the Czech Siemens has recognized talented students, young scientists and teachers. The best teacher for 2024 is Jiří Jaroš from our faculty. He was nominated for the Werner von Siemens Award for his outstanding contribution to science, education, innovation and the development of Brno University of Technology.

Associate Professor Jaroš is a renowned figure in the field of supercomputing, and his career includes cutting-edge research, excellent teaching and an active role in academic leadership. He is the co-founder of the k-Wave project, which has become the global standard in medical ultrasound modelling for academia and industry over the past fifteen years. The software currently has more than 25,000 users and supports the development of personalized medicine. However, Jiří Jaroš is also, and perhaps above all, an innovative educator who continuously enriches his courses with the latest findings from research and practice. He is not afraid to introduce new methods into his teaching and motivates his students by participating in international projects. It was he who made national supercomputers available to all students of the faculty, thus enabling them to work with cutting-edge technologies.

Thanks to Michal Rozsíval, the Faculty of Information Technology also won the third place in the category of the best diploma thesis on Industry 4.0. His diploma thesis entitled "Simulated insertion of errors in network communication" was created under the supervision of Dr. Aleš Smrčka.

We congratulate all the winners and wish them much success in the future.

Become a speaker at the largest event for developers, administrators, and users of Linux and open source in Central Europe – DevConf.cz 2025. The conference will take place from June 12-14 at FIT VUT in Brno. Like every year, DevConf.cz welcomes new speakers.

Do you lack experience in public speaking but are currently working on an interesting project, a bachelor's or master's thesis, or are you simply interested in open source technologies? Submit your idea and share your knowledge and interests with the open source community in the form of a 15-minute lightning talk or a 35-minute talk. Learn more about the conference, its content, and how to submit a talk proposal here. All talks, presentations, and workshops will be conducted in English.

The deadline to submit your proposal is March 2; you can find all the information on the conference website.

If you want to learn more about what the conference looks like, browse through photos, the schedule, and recordings of talks from 2024.

Food and the ways in which we obtain it can seem like an utterly mundane matter, associated with necessity rather than creativity. For many people on the planet, regular access to food is not a given, and for those who have it, it is associated with mundanity. In a world that is facing ever new challenges in the context of climate change and the rapid transformation of the landscape, particularly ever accelerating urbanisation, we need to find ways to feed a growing population. It is time to think differently about agriculture and to take new approaches. Bringing together seemingly disparate fields such as science, AI, modern technology and art to find solutions for a sustainable agriculture of the future is the main idea behind the Hungry Ecocities project, coordinated by Associate Professor Smrž from FIT BUT.

The project started in 2022 and consists of a consortium of eight research institutes. "Digital technologies and applications can lead to a reduction in food waste and to more sustainable values, an ecological approach and more ethical food consumption. In addition to universities, the project involves a number of leading European agricultural companies with the aim of developing a healthier, more sustainable and affordable agricultural or food system for all," said Associate Professor Smrž from FIT BUT in the project abstract.

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