News and events archive

The Faculty of Informatics of Masaryk University (FI MU) hosted the 31st edition of the Central European Olympiad in Informatics (CEOI 2024) on 24-29 June. Representatives of Israel and Hungary shared the victory with the same number of points. Previous experience has shown that the best participants have the potential to join prestigious universities, excellent scientific institutions and global companies.

Another session of the Algomanet course took place in Krakow at the end of May 2024, hosting lectures of prominent academics Pablo Candela and Joel Moreira. The topics covered included higher-order Fourier analysis and ergodic Ramsey theory, engaging all participants in fruitful discussions and networking. We asked Alexandru Malekshaian, one of the participants, to share his insight on the event with us.

Read an inspiring interview with Sofija, a talented student from Serbia who decided to study in the Czech Republic and has achieved many successes at the Faculty of Informatics of Masaryk University.

His interest in machine learning and probability systems led him to science during his undergraduate studies. He is part of a team that has created a new algorithm for optimizing decision-making processes and recently presented this result personally at the prestigious 38th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Vancouver. In the interview, Vojtěch Kůr gave us details of his research, his experiences in Canada and the importance of scientific work for his future career.

Students of the Faculty of Informatics of Masaryk University (FI MU) have succeeded in the finals of the prestigious NXP Cup competition in Hamburg. The silver FiCar team, consisting of Lukáš Poul, Martin Klimes and Matyáš Hlavinka, completed the course in just over 15 seconds. The EmCar team, consisting of Adam Mydla, Adam Valt and Vojtěch Szotkowski, placed ninth.

A research team from Masaryk University (MU) has introduced a new bioinformatics innovation - AlphaFind, a web-based tool designed to simplify the search for proteins in the AlphaFold database (AlphaFold DB). It promises faster orientation in large-scale data, the possibility of 3D visualizations, as well as general accessibility and user-friendliness.

The exhibition can be visited from 17 May to 2 July in the Kumst creative hub.

We invite all students and staff to a Schrödinger barbecue with the dean.

On 15 May 2024, the stage of the magical Cabaret des Péchés in Brno was taken over by the theatre group proFIdivadlo (“proFItheatre”) with their adaptation of the iconic film Smoke.

On Tuesday, May 7, the NXP CUP competition took place at the Faculty of Informatics, where students demonstrated their technical skills and innovation ability. The competition aimed to build an autonomous car capable of traversing a racing circuit quickly while detecting and stopping before an obstacle.