Public and Media
Popularization Events
Science Fair
The Science Fair is the largest popular science event in the Czech Republic, organised annually by the Czech Academy of Sciences.
The Week of the Academy
The largest science festival in the Czech Republic
AI: Words as a Tool
Lecture session on Artificial Intelligence (AI) focused on education
Our Experts in the Media
Experts from our institute are regularly invited to speak to the media on topics related to the research areas of artificial intelligence, signal and image processing, systems theory and applied mathematics. Here are some of their outputs (most in Czech only).
AI is a powerful tool, but still just a tool
In an interview for Centrum Radius, our employee Adam Novozámský, the supervisor of the internship "Segmentation of biological 2D objects", reflects on the role of AI in scientific research.
Scientists save odours threatened by advancing climate change
We can preserve not only historical monuments and traditions, but also fragrances for future generations. Czech experts from the Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the Academy of Sciences are now working on an interesting European odour heritage project.
Banks should move away from voice verification of their customers' identities
Artificial intelligence can nowadays imitate human speech so that we can hardly tell the difference, says Associate Professor Barbara Zitová from the Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
One year has passed since ChatGPT was released to the public
Filip Šroubek speaks in the Czech Radio Plus program "Věda Plus" about the impact of ChatGPT on our society and especially on education.
AI-Generated War Images
The war in Ukraine and the conflict between Israel and the radical Hamas movement is also taking place in the media sphere.
Barbara Zitová tracks down criminals and crooks in the world of photos and videos
She tracks criminals and scammers in the world of photos and videos on the Internet.
Laureate of the GAČR 2022 Chairman's Award - Filip Šroubek
Filip Šroubek graduated in computer science at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University.
Czech scientists use AI to unlock the secrets of Leonardo da Vinci
Using artificial intelligence (AI), scientists at the Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) can detect the lower layers of paintings.
People are being followed voluntarily, said Jan Flusser in Rozstrel (iDNES)
Jan Flusser from the Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the Academy of Sciences explained how accurate face recognition is.
Interviews with AV21 Strategy Coordinators - Jan Flusser
The term digital age has no formal definition, but it generally refers to a time when a substantial amount of information is captured and stored in digital form.
Computer processing and image recognition serves robots and humans - Jan Flusser
Professor Jan Flusser is an internationally recognized expert in digital image processing, image recognition and fusion of images from different sources.
And what if the robots start a war?
Robots are very sophisticated, but they are just programmed machines with no intelligence of their own.
Interview in Czech Radio - Jan Flusser
It was the 1960s, when a major turning point in the history of photography occurred. Computers then began to be able to process images.
The Academy of Sciences Awarded Three Czech Scientists
The President of the Academy of Sciences, Eva Zažímalová, presented prestigious awards to three top scientists this morning.
Czech Television - "Na Plovárně" - Jan Flusser
Our expert Jan Flusser in Interview with Mark Eben.
Playing with Pictures
Often, even with the best efforts, it is not possible to get the perfect shot - the limitations of the equipment itself, the unsuitable environment or the inevitable movement prevent this.