CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 1 Czech Technical University in Prague A Brief Introduction Josef T. Kolar CS & Eng Department

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 2 Overview CS & Eng department staff and students study programmes research groups faculty, university Czech educational system Czech Republic – basic facts

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 3 Department (of CS&Eng) academic staff cca 60 (including research) technical & administrative staff cca 30 (including part-time) students –E+I BSc Programme 250 – 300 a year (approx. 650) –STM BSc Programme (to start in Fall 2006) 600+ students –E+I MSc Programme 150 – 200 a year (approx. 350) –Ph.D. Programme 50+

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 4 E+I Bachelor Program (BSc) Practical background Software tools from MS Windows & UNIX operating systems Hardware design instrumentation Courses as Algorithms (in Java) IT Applications Data structures and Algorithms Computer Systems Architectures Database Systems Software Engineering Theoretical Computer Science Programming Languages (C, C++) Computer Logic Design etc.

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 5 STM Bachelor Program (BSc) Software technologies and management Software tools from MS Windows & UNIX operating systems Hardware design instrumentation Courses as Algorithms (in Java) OO Programming Data structures and Algorithms Web Applications Design Database Systems Software Engineering Theoretical Computer Science Programming Languages (C, C++) Multimedia etc.

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 6 Master Program (MSc – Ing) Engineering principles of modern technologies Computer Graphics Courses as: Computer Graphics Algorithms Data Structurs in CG Computational Geometry Applications of CG Virtualí Reality Computer Networks & Internet Modern Internet Technologies Distributed Systems and Computations Local Networks Neuron Networks and Neurocomputers System programming Languages and Translations Software Technologies Textual Information Systems Paralel Systems and Algorithms Data Coding Software Engineering Administration of SW Products Database Systems Software Technologies SQL Software System Architecture Digital Systems Design Courses as: VHDL Modern Design of Digital Circuits Advanced Computer Architectures Computer Arithmetics Microcomputer systems Design Simulation and 3D graphics

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 7 Doctoral study program (Ph.D.) 60+ Ph.D. students carry out research in important areas of computer science As postdocs, they are welcome in research centers abroad, as e.g. in Max-Planck Institute (Germany), TU Delft (Netherlands), VRVis (Austria), ITESM (Mexico), and others. Design systems – Xilinx ISE, HDL Designer, Synopsys Virtual Reality

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 8 Research Groups Computer Graphics Distributed Computations and Networks Languages, Translations and Stringology Software Engineering VLSI Design Parallel Systems Web Engineering Cryptography and Error-Free Computations Telematics

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 9 Computer Graphics ComputerGraphicsGroup -Virtual reality in web-based presentations of cultural heritage, urban environment and other complex, interactive, and animated 3D scenes -Visualization of technological processes -Mobile computations using multi-modal approaches -User interfaces for handicapped users -Web Engineering, novel methodologies and principles for web applications development

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 10 Distributed Computations and Networks - Effectiveness of networking protocols in high speed networks - Measurements and effectiveness in distributed applications - Availability of distributed services - Support for personal communication and embedded systems

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 11 Languages, Translations and Stringology ­String and sequence matching, exact, approximate, one- or more-dimensional, in compressed text - Finding repetitions and palindromes, exact and approximate - Efficient implementation of factor, subsequence and dictionary automata - Parallel parsing, fast parsing, parsing of cyclic strings

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 12 VLSI - Digital System Design ­BIST optimization ­On-line testing ­Dynamic reconfiguration ­Physical design algorithms for FPGAs ­Error-free computation of numerical problems leading to a system of linear equations ­Technology-oriented logic optimization, Boolean minimizers ­Cryptographic algorithms and cryptographic processors ­System on chip (SoC) architecture ­Experimental platforms: FPGAs, ASICs, CPUs

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 13 Parallel Computing -Design and analysis of efficient parallel algorithms for combinatorial and graph-theoretical problems and linear algebra -System software design for nondedicated clusters -Theory of interconnection networks -Design of efficient algorithms for fundamental communication operations in parallel computers -Design of processor architecture with memory protection and support of HLLs

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 14 Neural Computing NG C NG C - Data mining with neural networks - Blind signal separation - Neural networks in simulation -Binary, GMDH, recurrent, and modular neural networks -Self-organized neural networks and interval clustering -Neural network implementation -Neurocomputers

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 15 Faculty of Electrical Eng. 18 departments + 3 centers students (almost) no girls

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 16 Faculty of Electrical Eng.

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 17 Faculty of Electrical Eng. Echo-less chamber (for anthene measurements)

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 18 Czech Technical University CTU Faculties Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Civil Engineering Architecture Transport Engineering Nuclear Physics Engineering profesores students

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 19 Czech Technical University

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 20 Czech Educational System primary school secondary grammar/high school...4 university (BCs study)... 3 university (MSc study)...2 university (Ph.D. study)..3

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 21 Czech Republic - basic facts

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 22 Important Dates 1918 Czechoslovakia is born 1938 Germany occupies Sudetenland 1939 German occupation (Protektorat) 1945 End of 2 nd World War 1948 Communist Takeover 1968 Prague Spring & Russia (Warsaw Treaty) Invasion 1989 Velvet Revolution 1993 Czech – Slovak (Peaceful!) Separartion

CTU in Prague – A Brief Introduction 23 Geography Population: 10.2 million Surface: cca square kilometers Neighbors: Poland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia Historical countries: Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia Largest cities: –Prague, Pilsen, České Budějovice, Ústí n.L., Liberec, Hradec Králové, Pardubice,... –Brno, Ostrava, Olomouc, Opava