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The Institute of Information Theory and Automation (UTIA) is a public non-university research institution which administratively falls under the Czech Academy of Sciences. UTIA conducts fundamental and applied research in computer science, signal and image processing, pattern recognition, system science, and control theory. In addition to its research activities, UTIA is engaged in undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate education. It also publishes the journal Kybernetika and acts as a certified forensic expert institution. UTIA consists of eight scientific departments, computer centre, library, facility maintenance department and business administration department. UTIA is managed by the Director and the Board.

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The Winter School of the Department of Decision-Making Theory is a popular meeting of students and researchers from the department and collaborating researchers from several Czech institutions as well as guests from abroad. This year, it is organized by  M. Studený, J.Vomlel, and J.Outrata. The scientific program covers the research interests of the department MTR UTIA and of our invited guests.

The Board of the Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Ústav teorie informace a automatizace AV ČR, v. v. i.) announces an open competition for the position of the Director of the Institute.

Prof. Ing. Vladimir Kucera, DrSc., dr. h. c. is an Emeritus Scientist of the Czech Academy of Sciences and served as the Director of the UTIA from 1990-1998. He has been a longtime excelent researcher at the Department of Control Theory, his scientific activities in UTIA range over 50 years. More about the prize on https://www.ciirc.cvut.cz/en/profesor-vladimir-kucera-ziskal-nejvyssi-vedecke-vyznamenani-ceskou-hlavu/

Photo: BcA. ONDŘEJ KALMÁN

Jiří Wolker, student maturitního ročníku Technického lycea SPŠ stavební v Havlíčkově Brodě, se druhým rokem účastní v ÚTIA stáže, lektorované Janem Schierem z oddělení Zpracování obrazové informace. V letošním roce samostatně vyvinul akcelerovaný prohlížeč 3D+t rastrových snímků "HyperStackView", primárně určený pro rychlou interaktivní vizualizaci dat ze SPIM mikroskopu a hodnocení kvality jejich segmentace.

VŘSR is a traditional workshop sequentially organized by colleagues from UTIA, IRAFM Ostrava University, and UI. The meeting is focused mainly on the presentation of fresh (inter) results of participating doctoral students and their subsequent discussion in a wider plenary of experienced science matadors. Contributions traditionally come from different areas of uncertainty processing.

The Sixteenth European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty (ECSQARU 2021) will be organized by our institute on September 21-24, 2021.

The Director of the Institute has appointed Sergej Čelikovský new Editor-in-Chief of the Kybernetika Journal upon Radim Jiroušek's decision to retire from this position. On this occasion she expressed her gratitude to Radim Jiroušek for his good work for the Journal and she wished Sergej Čelikovský every success in following up on the work of his predecessor.

The department of Decision-Making Theory organizes a Mini-Symposium dedicated to three exceptional speakers: Silvia Carpitella, Tobias Boege, and Michael Mandlmayr. The Mini-Symposium is organized in a hybrid form. It is possible to participate either in person or connect virtually using the Zoom application. 

Prof. Ing. Vladimir Kucera, DrSc., Dr. h. c. is the Czech Academy of Sciences Emeritus Staffer and the emeritus member of the Department of Control Theory of our Institute. He was Director of our Institute 1990-1998 and long serving Research Fellow of the mentioned Department. More about the nomination on the website of the Government of the Czech Republic: