Michal Jančošek defended his Ph.D. thesis

Michal Jančošek successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled Large Scale Surface Reconstruction based on Point Visibility (supervisor: doc. Tomáš Pajdla). Congratulations!

Dr. Tomáš Pajdla in Czech Radio

Our colleague, dr. Tomáš Pajdla (Geometry of Vision and Robotics Group), was invited to the Studio Leonardo of the Czech Radio. He discussed (in Czech language) the topic „How difficult it is to program a robot“. Many thanks for the representation of our department!

Vladimír Smutný defended his Ph.D. thesis

Vladimír Smutný successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled Light Propagation in Transport Polyhedra (supervisor: dr. Tomas Pajdla). Congratulations!

Dr. Tomáš Pajdla in Czech Radio

Our colleague, dr. Tomáš Pajdla, head of the Geometry of Vision and Robotics research group, was invited to the Kontakt Dvojky (in Czech) program of the Czech Radio Dvojka channel. He discussed practical applications of computer vision and robotics (in Czech). Many thanks for the representation of our department!

Prof. Václav Hlaváč in Czech Radio

Our colleague, prof. Václav Hlaváč, head of the Center of Machine Perception, was invited to the Trends (in Czech) program of the Czech Radio Plus channel. He took part in a discussion (in Czech) about robotics and its influence to the society. Many thanks for the representation of our department!

Daniel Průša and Tomáš Werner published an article in IEEE TPAMI

December 16, 2014: Daniel Průša and Tomáš Werner published an article entitled Universality of the Local Marginal Polytope in IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. Congratulations!

Best paper honorable mention prize for Zuzana Kúkelová, Martin Bujňák, Jan Heller and Tomáš Pajdla

Paper Singly-Bordered Block-Diagonal Form for Minimal Problem Solvers by Zuzana Kukelova (Microsoft Research Cambridge), Martin Bujnak (Capturing Reality), Jan Heller and Tomas Pajdla received Best Paper Honorable Mention prize at ACCV 2014. Congratulations!

David Hurych defended his Ph.D. thesis

David Hurych successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled Linear Predictors for Real-time Object Tracking and Detection (supervisor: Doc. Tomáš Svoboda). Congratulations!

Face recognition in “Studio 6” report in Czech TV

Studio 6, a Czech TV morning show, broadcasted a report about a scientific fair (in Czech only) (see also scientific fair (in Czech only). The report features (starting at 00:40) the face recognition project, a long-term effort of the Center for Machine Perception, group of prof. Matas. Many thanks for the representation of our department!

Drones and mobile robots at TV Barrandov

On August 18, 2014, a local Czech TV Barrandov broadcasted a short report about drones and mobile robots at our department (in Czech, the report starts at 24:10). Thanks to Michal Reinstein for a representation of our department!
Responsible person: Petra Rosická