Reports
How does a crowd of people react under stress? Can an evacuation be simulated? And what can ordinary walking reveal about us? These and other questions were addressed at the international scientific conference Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2025 (PED 2025), which brought together 137 participants from all over the world. They are engaged in interdisciplinary research on human movement – from physical modeling and simulations, through the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning, psychology, or virtual reality, to applications in fire safety and urban planning. The event took place on September 9–12, 2025, at the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT CTU) and the Faculty of Civil Engineering (FCE CTU) in Prague.
The Summer School on Safe Uranium Production and Radiation Safety has successfully concluded, leaving a significant impact on professionals and experts dedicated to advancing safe uranium exploration, production and radiation safety practices. Over four intensive weeks, participants engaged in a comprehensive curriculum that combined theoretical knowledge, practical training, and insightful technical visits, making SUPARS 2025 a standout event in the field of nuclear safety and uranium exploration and production.
The eForce Prague Formula team has wrapped up this year’s racing season in style. In August, with their CTU.25 formula car, the team achieved third place in the autonomous category at Formula Student Germany (FSG), the most prestigious student competition in Europe. The eForce Prague Formula team is made up primarily of students from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at CTU and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at CTU.
In August 2025, the Czech Technical University in Prague welcomed a high-level delegation from the Republic of Kazakhstan, led by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Czech Republic, H.E. Bakyt Dyussenbayev.
A total of 19 universities from the Czech Republic participated in the largest academic mission to Asia in history. CTU was represented at this event by Vice-Rector Radek Holý and Jiří Jakovenko from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science CTU. During the two-week trip, they visited Taiwan and Japan, where we established new partnerships, strengthened the exchange of students and academics, and opened the doors to unique research projects.
The Alquist Coder team, composed of students from the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics (CIIRC) and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE) at the Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague, secured an impressive second place in the international Amazon Nova AI Challenge. Competing against more than ninety elite university teams from around the world, they stood out as one of the best so-called defending teams in developing trusted AI tools for assisted programming.
Hundreds of students from around the world will learn to program drones for robotic tasks at the IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems, which begins on July 30 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of CTU (FEE). The seven-day programme offers interesting lectures, seminars, and practical exercises. This year, the summer school will also conclude with the traditional drone competition on Císařský ostrov in Prague. The organizing team has prepared one novelty.
Prof. Radek Holý, Vice-Rector of Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), and Prof. Jiří Jakovenko, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, visited National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) on July 17 to discuss cooperation on semiconductors and bilateral talent cultivation.
Fast, durable, and designed for demanding conditions. The new Helhest tactical robot, developed by scientists from Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Czech Technical University in Prague, is proving its potential not only in the laboratory, but also in demanding tests in the Austrian Alps. The technology capable of autonomous movement in difficult terrain has given rise to the first CTU spin-off in the field of robotics, and in record time: it took just one month from the first consultations to the establishment of the company at the notary's office.
Last week saw the ninth edition of the popular suburban camp organized by Czech Technical University in Prague for pupils in grades 1–8 of elementary schools. Once again, more than 300 children took part in the CTU Children's University. The rich program, which includes educational activities at CTU faculties and regular sports activities, begins with the matriculation of camp participants and culminates in a graduation ceremony at the Bethlehem Chapel.