51st Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision Colloquium

51st Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision Colloquium
The Colloquium in Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision is a biannual event with a rich tradition dating back to 1998. This esteemed gathering is jointly organized by the Visual Recognition Group and the Department of Cybernetics at the Czech Technical University in Prague, and enjoys the generous support of the Czech Pattern Recognition Society (CPRS). The technical program is …read more

Interview with professor Matas on DVTV

Rozhovor prof. Matase na DVTV
Interview with prof. Matas on DVTV with Martin Veselovský- only in Czech.

Best Paper Award – CVWW2026

 Best Paper Award na konferenci CVWW 2026
Best Paper Award for paper SAM-pose2seg: Pose-Guided Human Instance Segmentation in Crowds was awarded to Constantin Kolomiiets, Miroslav Purkrabek, Jiri Matas at the  CVWW 2026 conference.

Vojtěch Čermák received the Dean´s Award for prestigious dissertation

Vojtěch Čermák získal Cenu děkana za prestižní dizertační práci
The Dean’s Awards for prestigious dissertations were awarded on the 14th of January at the Scientific Council meeting. Researcher Vojtěch Čermák from VRG group was awarded for his work  Fine-grained recognition of animals in the wild under the supervision of Lukáš Neumann and Lukáš Adam. Vojtěch defended his Thesis in June 2025 and received the …read more

Stanislav Hanzl Award for Illia Volkov

Illia Volkov, a student of the Bachelor’s program in Open Informatics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEL), received the Stanislav Hanzl Award for talented CTU students. The award-winning work was carried out under the supervision of Ing. Klára Janoušková and Prof. Jiří Matas from the Visual Recognition Group (VRG). Volkov achieved a significant milestone …read more

Minister of the Interior Award for the Department of Cybernetics Team

Cena ministra vnitra 2025 pro tým z katedry kybernetiky
The FACIS project received the 2025 Minister of the Interior Award for outstanding achievements in the field of security research. The project impressed the evaluation committee primarily with its potential for immediate practical deployment. It comprises a suite of forensic image and video analysis tools designed for use by the criminal police and investigative services. …read more

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
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