VRG team succeeded at the European Healthcare Hackathon

Tým z VRG uspěl na European Healthcare Hackathonu
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

Jiří Matas hostem Lucie Výborné
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

Werner von Siemens Awards: Eight out of twenty prizes go to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at CTU

Werner von Siemens Awards: Eight out of twenty prizes go to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at CTU
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering at CTU in Prague (FEL CTU) has once again demonstrated its excellence in scientific research and education. Students and academic staff of the faculty have achieved outstanding success in the prestigious Werner von Siemens Award 2024 competition. This prestigious program annually recognizes the best scientific and technical work by talented …read more

The team from FEL CTU and Fly4Future will fight for the title in the “Champions League” of autonomous drones in Abu Dhabi

Tým FEL ČVUT a Fly4Future bude bojovat o titul v „lize mistrů“ autonomních dronů v Abú Dhabí
The team from the Multirobot Systems (MRS) group at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, CTU in Prague, and Fly4Future has made it to the final of the prestigious Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) in Abu Dhabi. This highly technological autonomous drone race, organized by ASPIRE and the Drone Champions League, is one of the largest events …read more

Interview with Prof. Matas on Aktuálně.cz

Rozhovor prof. Matase v pořadu SPOTLIGHT
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

Jiří Horyna defended his Ph.D. thesis

Jiří Horyna successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis Control and Stabilization of a Swarm of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and was awarded the Ph.D. title in the Computer Science doctoral study program. Supervisor: doc. Ing. Martin Saska, Dr. rer. nat. Congratulations!

Vít Krátký spoke about drones used by heritage conservationists

Vít Krátký spoke about drones used by heritage conservationists
Vít Krátký, in a segment of the Televizní noviny report, the main news program of TV NOVA, spoke about the equipment of drones used by heritage conservationists.

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.

Pavel Petráček received the Dean´s Award for prestigious dissertation

Pavel Petráček získal Cenu děkana za prestižní dizertační práci
The Dean’s Awards for prestigious dissertations were awarded on January 8th at the Scientific Council meeting. Researcher Pavel Petráček from MRS group was awarded for his work Robust UAV Localization in Perception-Degraded Environments under the supervision  Martin Saska. Pavel defended his Thesis in September 2024 and received the Ph.D. title in the new study program …read more
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