Vojtěch Čermák defended his Ph.D. thesis

Vojtěch Čermák successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis Fine-grained recognition of animals in the wild and was awarded the Ph.D. title in the Computer Science doctoral study program. Supervisor: Ing. Lukáš Neumann, Ph.D. Supervisor specialist: Mgr. Lukáš Adam Congratulations!

Michal Neoral defended his Ph.D. thesis

Michal Neoral successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis Dense Motion Estimation in a Monocular Video and was awarded the Ph.D. title in the Computer Science doctoral study program. Supervisor: Prof. Ing. Jiří Matas, Ph.D. Supervisor specialist: Mgr. Jan Šochman, Ph.D. Congratulations!

Prof. Jiří Matas: The Highest-Ranked Czech Computer Scientist

Prof. Jiří Matas: The Highest-Ranked Czech Computer Scientist
According to international scientific rankings, computer science and robotics at FEE CTU rank among the top in Europe. The three highest-ranked Czech computer scientists are all affiliated with CTU. The highest-ranked Czech computer scientist has long been Prof. Jiří Matas CSRankings is widely recognized as a reputable and transparent resource for assessing research performance in …read more

VRG team succeeded at the European Healthcare Hackathon

VRG team succeeded at the European Healthcare Hackathon
Congratulations to the team, which won 2nd place in the category “InterSystems challenge: Best use of GenAI or FHIR using InterSystems technology” at the prestigious European Healthcare Hackathon. The event was attended by sixty of the most talented ethical hackers and was held from Friday, 7 to Sunday, 9 March at the Institute of Clinical …read more

Interview with professor Matas on Czech radio

Interview with professor Matas on Czech radio
Very interesting interview with prof. Jiří Matas on a popular Czech radio show Host Lucie Výborné. interview is in Czech only at https://radiozurnal.rozhlas.cz/nejvetsi-riziko-ai-ze-vytvori-pohodlny-svet-ze-ktereho-se-nam-nebude-chtit-9442850

Interview with Prof. Matas on Aktuálně.cz

Interview with Prof. Matas on Aktuálně.cz
An interesting interview with Prof. Matas on the Aktuálně.cz SPOTLIGHT program on February 27, 2025. In the half-hour interview, Prof. Matas discussed various topics related to AI and visual recognition, such as how to protect privacy from the negative impacts of artificial intelligence or how AI can be used in criminology and medicine. You can …read more

Bill Psomas Awarded MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024

Bill Psomas, a post doc at VRG, has been awarded the prestigious MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024 for his project RAVIOLI (Retrieval-Augmented VIsion-Language Models for Open-vocabulary LocalizatIon). Hosted at the Visual Recognition Group (VRG) under the supervision of associate Prof. Giorgos Tolias, RAVIOLI aims to advance open-vocabulary segmentation by integrating retrieval-based predictions with vision-language models. The project seeks to enhance segmentation accuracy …read more

Jan Čech on detecting fake videos and photos

Jan Čech on detecting fake videos and photos
Jan Čech /VRG/ appeared on a Czech Television program Události and commented on the development of detecting fake videos and photos, noting the improving trend.

Jonáš Šerých defended his Ph.D. Thesis

Jonáš Šerých successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis: Visual Tracking with Segmentation and Geometry Estimation and was awarded the Ph.D. title in the Artificial Intelligence and Biocybernetics doctoral study program. Supervisor: prof. Ing. Jiří Matas, Ph.D. Congratulations!

Tomáš Jeníček defended his Ph.D. Thesis

Tomáš Jeníček successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis: Image Retrieval Across Challenging Conditions and was awarded the Ph.D. title in the Artificial Intelligence and Biocybernetics doctoral study program. Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Ondřej Chum, Ph.D Congratulations!
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