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Czech Technical University in Prague A Brief Introduction

Czech Technical University in Prague A Brief Introduction. Josef T. Kolar CS & Eng Department. Overview. CS & Eng department staff and students study programmes research groups faculty, university Czech educational system Czech Republic – basic facts. Department (of CS&Eng).

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Czech Technical University in Prague A Brief Introduction

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

  2. Overview • CS & Eng department staff and students • study programmes • research groups • faculty, university • Czech educational system • Czech Republic – basic facts

  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+

  4. 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. E+I Bachelor Program (BSc) Practical background Software tools from MS Windows & UNIX operating systems Hardware design instrumentation

  5. 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. STM Bachelor Program (BSc) Software technologies and management Software tools from MS Windows & UNIX operating systems Hardware design instrumentation

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

  7. Doctoral study program (Ph.D.) Design systems – Xilinx ISE, HDL Designer, Synopsys Virtual Reality 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.

  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

  9. Computer Graphics Group Computer Graphics • 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-modalapproaches • User interfaces for handicapped users • Web Engineering, novel methodologies • and principles for web applications • development

  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

  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

  12. VLSI - Digital System Design • BIST optimization • On-line testing • Dynamic reconfiguration • Physical design algorithms for FPGAs • Error-free computation of numerical problemsleading 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

  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

  14. C C N G N G Neural Computing • - Data mining with neural networks • - Blind signal separation • - Neural networks in simulation • Binary, GMDH, recurrent, and modular neural networks • Self-organized neuralnetworks and interval clustering • Neural network implementation • Neurocomputers

  15. Faculty of Electrical Eng. • 18 departments + 3 centers • 6 300 students • (almost) no girls

  16. Faculty of Electrical Eng.

  17. Faculty of Electrical Eng. Echo-less chamber (for anthene measurements)

  18. Czech Technical University • CTU Faculties Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Civil Engineering Architecture Transport Engineering Nuclear Physics Engineering • 3 000 profesores • 22 000 students

  19. Czech Technical University

  20. Czech Educational System • primary school . . . . . . .5 • secondary . . . . . . . . . .3 • grammar/high school . . .4 • university (BCs study) . . . 3 • university (MSc study) . . .2 • university (Ph.D. study) . .3

  21. Czech Republic - basic facts

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

  23. Geography • Population: 10.2 million • Surface: cca 90 000 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

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