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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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!
Charles University has defended its international position among the world's top research-oriented universities. In the Best Global Universities ranking it has been ranked as the 210th best university. In addition, it ranked among the top 100 in subjects such as mathematics, physics, botany, and zoology.
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics announces with deep sorrow the passing away, on October 14, 2020, of prof. RNDr. Ivan Netuka, DrSc., professor of Charles University and dean emeritus of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University.
