History of the Institute
The Institute was established on July 1, 1975 as a General Computing Center (GCC) of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (CAS).
On November 1, 1980 it was transformed into a scientific institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.
Since January 1, 1993 it has been called the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
(AS CR).
In 2007, the Institute has became a public research organization.
In the nineteen-eighties the main activity of the Institute concerned the research of technical and programming methods for computation and information systems.
The Institute also provided computing services and methodological support for other institutes of the Academy of Sciences.
During the early nineteen-nineties the Institute was gradually and completely transformed into a scientific institute persuing mainly basic research in Computer Science.
The Institute also takes part in the education of university students and promotes postgraduate studies in Computer Science.
It organizes international scientific conferences and seminars, and collaborates with many universities and research institutes both at home and abroad.