Open day of the Institute of Computer Science CAS 2026
The Open day of the ICS will take place on November 4, 2026 traditionally as a part of the Week of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Invitation: Assessing Human Skills in the Age of AI with Alina von Davier (Duolingo)
How is artificial intelligence reshaping the way we measure and evaluate human skills? Join us on Friday, March 20, for a special Invited Lecture in Artificial Intelligence for Science and Society. We are thrilled to welcome Alina von Davier, Chief of Assessment at Duolingo, to discuss the profound opportunities and ethical challenges AI brings to education, testing, and scientific inquiry.
Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences joins EBRAINS as an Associate Member
The Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences has joined EBRAINS AISBL as an Associate Member, strengthening its links to Europe’s digital research infrastructure for brain science. This partnership opens new opportunities for international collaboration and advanced research.
Award ceremony for the best ICS publication competition for 2024
On Monday, 6 October 2025, an award ceremony was held to honour the winners of the annual ICS competition for the best publications of the previous year. As usual, the winners were selected by an independent expert committee, this time in categories: theoretical output, applied output, and output by young authors.
Adam Přenosil awarded JUNIOR STAR grant
Starting in January next year, the Czech Science Foundation (GACR) will support eighteen new JUNIOR STAR projects. One of the grant recipients is Adam Přenosil from the Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Interview with Jaroslav Hlinka in the current issue of A / magazín
The current issue of the journal / A Magazín of the Czech Academy of Sciences contains an article presenting the research of the COBRA research group led by Jaroslav Hlinka from the Institute of Computer Science. The text describes in an understandable form why epileptic seizures do not always come as unexpectedly as they may seem. You will learn how the modern science could not only predict seizures in the future, but even actively prevent them.
Mgr. Jan Geletič, Ph.D. obdržel Prémii Otto Wichterleho pro rok 2019
Jan Geletič (nar. 1986) je postdoktorand v Ústavu informatiky, kde od roku 2017 působí v pracovní skupině zabývající se modelováním specifik městského klimatu. Vystudoval geoinformatiku na Palackého univerzitě v Olomouci, klimatologickému modelování urbanizovaných území se odborně začal věnovat během doktorského studia na brněnské Masarykově univerzitě. Za disertační práci získal Cenu děkana Přírodovědecké fakulty.
Visit by the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prof. RNDr. Radomír Pánek, Ph.D., to the Institute of Computer Science
On February 19, 2026, the Institute of Computer Science was visited by the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prof. RNDr. Radomír Pánek, Ph.D., together with the Vice-Presidents and members of the Academy Council Presidium, Ing. Miroslava Anděrová, CSc., and Ing. Ilona Müllerová, DrSc.
Jizerka 2019
Ústav informatiky uspořádal každoroční výjezdní zasedání svých pracovníků ve dnech 4.- 6. 9. 2019 na Jizerce.
The Institute of Computer Science co-organizes Horizons: Conference in Honour of Petr Vopěnka
ICS co-organizes Horizons: Conference in Honour of Petr Vopěnka , where invited talks of renowned foreign and local specialists in the areas of set theory, philosophy of mathematics, and history of mathematics will be delivered.
The Institute of Computer Science is implementing the excellent project Brain Dynamics and 8 other P JAC projects
The Institute of Computer Science coordinates the excellent project Brain Dynamics, financed within the call for Excellence in Research of the Programme Johannes Amos Comenius until mid-2028. The Institute is implementing another 8 P JAC projects in the calls for Excellence in Research, Intersectoral Cooperation, MSCA Fellowships CZ, Social Sciences and Humanities.
Invited talk by Professor Raftery
The Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences hosted Professor Adrian E. Raftery , a world-leading expert in Bayesian statistics from the University of Washington. As part of the Institute's 50th anniversary celebrations, he presented his latest research evaluating the real-world outcomes of the Paris Climate Agreement using advanced Bayesian modelling. A full hall and lively discussion highlighted the strong interest in this exceptional event.