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Machines Learning Physics
December 7, 2021

Nowadays, artificial intelligence can detect fraud, predict Alzheimer's disease, or even beat a person at poker. Could it one day also discover the laws of physics? Martin Žonda and Pavel Baláž are trying to answer this question by exploring the potential of using AI in physics. Under their leadership, a new scientific group focused on machine learning is currently emerging at Matfyz.

Open Day: What Did You Want to Know the Most?
November 29, 2021

Matfyz brings you the summary of Q&A part of the online Open Day programme, which is related to the information about application, learning intensity, or study programmes in general. We wish we could answer as many questions as possible to make your decision process easier. Here we go!

Charles University to Expand Graphics & Lighting Innovations through oneAPI
October 27, 2021

Computer Graphics Group will innovate sky model lighting, & 3D & AI capabilities using Intel® oneAPI Rendering Toolkit, & extend its visualization technologies to be cross-architecture-ready through oneAPI.

Matfyz leads a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie training network
October 1, 2021

A Matfyz-coordinated research project in the prestigious Marie-Skłodowska Curie programme of the EU is celebrating its 1st anniversary. The PRIME (Predictive Rendering in Industrial Manufacturing) project, which started in October 2020, brings together a multi-national consortium to work on image synthesis which is so accurate that it can be used for reliable prediction of object appearance. Alexander Wilkie, the head of the Computer Graphics Group at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, managed to secure funding for this project in a very competitive call, where only 8,9 % of proposals were funded. PRIME was also the only newly awarded ITN last year which is led by a Czech institution.

More precisely defined Kondo's temperature
August 5, 2021

A team of physicists from the theoretical section of the Department of Condensed Matter Physics of Matfyz, in collaboration with experimenters from the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the University of Aachen, has uncovered an ambiguity of the Kondo temperature determination, a key parameter for describing electron transport via organic molecules adsorbed on conductive surfaces. Their study was published in July by The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.

Maxwell's Demon Helps With Active Particle Research
July 9, 2021

Physicists from the University of Leipzig and Charles University have brought new information about the behaviour of artificial active particles. Using a special experimental method, they were the first to obtain reliable data on reorientation and particle density in active-passive landscapes.

Dr. Sebastian Schwarzacher wins ERC CZ grant
June 3, 2021

In May, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports published the results of the sixth ERC CZ Grant Call. Among the six successful projects to receive support from the Ministry, belongs a research made by Dr. Sebastian Schwarzacher of CUNI MFF’s Department of Mathematical Analysis.

AI accelerated appearance prediction for color 3D printing
May 28, 2021

The Computer Graphics Group (CGG) from Matfyz published an article with a new method for improving full-color 3D printing technology. The new technique results in 3D printer output which achieves a far more accurate match between user input and final object appearance than current commercial software. The method leverages machine learning techniques to improve the runtime and practicality of a previously published algorithm by the same authors.

MGML part of European Magnetic Laboratory Network
May 14, 2021

Large research infrastructure MGML (Materials Growth & Measurement Laboratory), which operates at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University and whose partner institution is Institute of Physics of Czech Academy of Science, has become part of the prestigious network of European laboratories focused on research of materials in magnetic fields, led by EMFL – European Magnetic Field Laboratory.

Earth’s Stratosphere has been and will continue contracting
May 7, 2021

It has been known since the early 2000s that the troposphere of our planet is expanding because of climate change. At the same time, it has been hypothesized that the Stratosphere (the part of the atmosphere between 20 km and 60 km) should contract, something that was partially due to the loss of the ozone layer.

Matfyz Physicists Detailed Quantum Turbulence
April 23, 2021

In a new study published in the prestigious American journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists from Matfyz in collaboration with a colleague from New York University, summarize experimental findings on quantum turbulence from the past few decades. Their work should, among other things, contribute to a better understanding of fluid turbulence as such, which is considered the last unsolved problem in classical physics.

Study Physics in Prague: There Is No Science Without Students
April 12, 2021

In 2021 Matfyz is opening a new English Master programme, and international students thus have a chance to study physics at one the most prestigious universities in central Europe. What do students and teachers think about our new programme? How difficult is the study? How expensive it might be? And what can you get from studying at Matfyz?

Marie Píchová: Women have doors open to Microsoft
April 1, 2021

Software engineer Marie Píchová spent ten years researching technologies around toll gates. But two years ago, Microsoft recruited her to its team. “I'm learning a lot of new things, that I haven't experienced for long time,” says Marie, an alumnus, and our new faculty mentor.

Siemens Awarded Matfyz Graduates
March 26, 2021

Markéta Bocková and Libor Šmejkal, graduates of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the UK, took the prestigious Werner von Siemens Awards. Both succeeded in the category of best dissertations, Dr Bocková also won an award for best scientific work written by a woman.

#ChooseToChallenge as a Theme of 2021 International Women’s Day
March 9, 2021

The 11th of February has become The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the 8th of March is celebrated worldwide as The International Women’s Day and March turned into Month of Women’s History in many countries all over the world. Hence, it seems to be perfect time to present and appreciate our smart scientists, who achieved to fulfil this year’s IWD theme #ChooseToChallenge. Let’s get inspired by their contributions to science.

Become Master of Physics at Charles University!
January 27, 2021

The Faculty of Mathematics and Physics is finally opening English Master studies of Physics! Added to this, the program is going to accept new students already from the following winter semester 2021!

 

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