Doc. RNDr. Sergej Čelikovský, CSc. was awarded Guest Professor of Wuhan University, China.

Wuhan is the metropolis and most populous city of central China and lies at the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han River. Wuhan University (http://w3.whu.edu.cn/en/) belongs too the most important universities of China with a rich tradition. The award is a prize of appreciation for the long scientific cooperation of ÚTIA and Sergej Čelikovský with china institutions and their experts in nonlinear dynamical systems.

The IEEE TPAMI selected the article:

Filip J., Haindl M.:Bidirectional Texture Function Modeling: A State of the Art Survey. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 31, no. 11, pp. 1921-1940, Oct. 2009

as a featured article of the November issue.

Akademická rada Akademie věd ČR, na základě návrhu poroty pro udělování Prémií Otto Wichterleho mladým vědeckým pracovníkům v AV ČR, udělila Prémii Otto Wichterleho v roce 2009

Ing. Tomáši Kroupovi, Ph.D.

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Akademická rada Akademie věd ČR, na základě návrhu poroty pro udělování Prémií Otto Wichterleho mladým vědeckým pracovníkům v AV ČR, udělila Prémii Otto Wichterleho v roce 2008

Ing. Filipu Šroubkovi, Ph.D.

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President of the International Association for Pattern Recognition IAPR prof. Rangachar Kasturi presents at Cambridge to Dr. Michal Haindl the IAPR Fellow award for contributions to the theory and practice of model-based pattern recognition.

The IAPR Fellow award is conferred on persons to acknowledge their distinguished contributions to the field of pattern recognition and to IAPR activities.

President of the International Association for Pattern Recognition IAPR prof. Horst Bunke presented to prof. Pavel Pudil the IAPR Fellow award for contributions to statistical pattern recognition.

The IAPR Fellow award is conferred on persons to acknowledge their distinguished contributions to the field of pattern recognition and to IAPR activities.

Hlávkovu cenu pro mladé vědecké pracovníky získal v roce 2005

Ing. Tomáš Kroupa, Ph.D.

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Cena je určena pro talentované studenty v bakalářském, magisterském nebo doktorském studiu, kteří prokázali výjimečné schopnosti a tvůrčí myšlení ve svém oboru, do 33 let jejich věku.

In 2006, Professor Vladimír Kučera was awarded the prestigious medal Chevalier dans ľordre des Palmes Académiques established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1808. See the ceremony picture.

Professor Vladimír Kučera was awarded the Gold Felber medal of the Czech Technical University in 2006.

Petr Augusta was awarded a Diploma in the Scientific Section of the XIth International Student Olympiad on Automatic Control for Theoretical Contribution in Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17–19, 2006.