Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Geometric and functional inequalities, function spaces and PDEs

International conference dedicated to the 60th birthday of Andrea Cianchi will take place in the Institute of Mathematics CAS on February 6-8, 2023. The purpose of the conference is to bring together experts in the fields mentioned in its title. The programme will consist of invited lectures and a poster session. Students and young researchers are welcome. No conference fee is required.

HR Excellence

The recent goal of the Institute of Mathematics is to design and implement new strategic management following the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The Institute received the HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission on October 5, 2021.

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Nezkreslená věda VI: Superpočítače

Pracovníci Střediska společných činností AV ČR ve spolupráci se studiem Maur Film vyrobili krátký animovaný popularizační film nazvaný Superpočítače. Komentář namluvili Barbora Hrzánová a Radek Holub, odborným garantem byl Jakub Šístek z Matematického ústavu AV ČR. Film vyrobený v rámci programu Strategie AV21 je volně přístupný na YouTube.

Matematika pro poučení i pro zábavu

Pracovníci Matematického ústavu AV ČR připravili webové stránky, na kterých žáci, studenti, učitelé a všichni zájemci o matematiku mohou najít popularizační přednášky, zábavné úlohy a další zajímavé odkazy týkající se matematiky.

Video promoting cooperation with Doosan-Bobcat EMEA in Dobříš

Institute of Mathematics prepared a promotional video presenting its cooperation with the company Doosan-Bobcat EMEA in Dobříš within Strategy AV21 on mathematical models of processes needed for the development of new compact excavators and loaders. The video is in Czech and presents successful solutions for problems concerning material fatigue, engine cooling, corresponding noise and phase transitions during windshield defrosting.

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Martin Markl received the Bernard Bolzano honorary medal

Today, on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, professor Eva Zažímalová, the president of the Czech Academy of Sciences, awarded Dr Martin Markl the Bernard Bolzano Honorary Medal for Merit in the Mathematical Sciences. The proposal to decorate Martin Markl was prepared and approved in 2020. However, due to the epidemy of covid-19, a dignity event could not be organized until today. The festive ceremony in the historical building of the Czech Academy of Sciences was attended by the highest representatives of the Czech Academy of Sciences, members of the Academy Council, directors of academic institutes and distinguished guests. Martin Markl is a world-renowned expert in algebra, geometry, topology and their applications to mathematical physics and madam president acknowledged his essential contributions. Sincere congratulations.

Pavel Pudlák received the highest honorary medal of the Czech Academy of Sciences

On Monday, July 27, 2022, the president of the Czech Academy of Sciences, professor Eva Zažímalová presented Pavel Pudlák with the honorary medal De scientia et humanitate optime meritis. Pavel Pudlák received this highest honorary award of the Czech Academy of Sciences for his tireless service to science and remarkable contributions to logic and foundations of computer science. The medal awarding ceremony in villa Lanna started with the talk of professor Samuel Buss from the University of California, San Diego, and continued with the laudation by professor Jaroslav Nešetřil from the Charles Univeristy, and reception. This special event opens the workshop Complexity Theory with a Human Face organized by Pavel Hrubeš, Michal Koucký, Navid Talebanfard, and Neil Thapen and devoted to Pavel Pudlák, who is turning 70.

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Jan Papež received the Otto Wichterle Award

Professor Eva Zažímalová, the president of the Czech Academy of Sciences, granted Dr Jan Papež, the promising researcher of the Institute of Mathematics, the Otto Wichterle Award on June 20, 2022, during the ceremony in Villa Lanna. Dr Jan Papež was among 25 perspective researchers who received the Otto Wichterle Award this year. Czech Academy of Sciences grants this honourable award to stimulate and encourage selected, exceptionally outstanding scientists under the age of 35, employed in the institutes of the Academy, for their remarkable contributions to the advancement of scientific knowledge in their areas of science. Sincere congratulations.

The eighteenth Eduard Čech Lecture: Ramamohan Paturi (University of California, San Diego)

Professor Ramamohan Paturi delivered the representative lecture on Monday, May 16, 2022, at 10 am, in the blue lecture room of the Institute of Mathematics. The lecture was streamed live via Zoom and its recording is available on YouTube.
The distinguished Eduard Čech Lectures are held to commemorate one of the most eminent Czech mathematicians and a founder of the Institute and are directed to a general mathematical audience.
Professor Ramamohan Paturi is the fifth Eduard Čech Distinguished Visitor. The eighteenth Eduard Čech Lecture is a part of his research programme at the Institute of Mathematics.

Invitation to the Eduard Čech Lecture

Details of the lecture

Michal Hrbek received the Czech Mathematical Society Prize

The president of the Czech Mathematical Society, Prof Luboš Pick, awarded Dr Michal Hrbek the Czech Mathematical Society Prize for Young Researchers during the ceremony at the Conference of Czech Mathematicians in Ostrava on April 5, 2022.
The aim of the prize is to support undergraduate and graduate students and younger researchers in their interest in theoretical and applied mathematics. The Czech Mathematical Society Prize is awarded once in four years to at most four researchers or teams for papers or collections of research papers in theoretical or applied mathematics published or accepted for publishing in peer-reviewed journals or conference proceedings within the last four years.

Jaroslav Kurzweil passed away

With sorrow, we announce that professor Jaroslav Kurzweil passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2022, at the age of 95. Professor Kurzweil was the first director of the Institute of Mathematics after the Velvet Revolution and then its emeritus researcher. He was one of the outstanding representatives of Czechoslovak mathematics, who significantly contributed to the development of Czech and world mathematics as a pioneer of the theory of generalized integration and a leading figure in the qualitative theory of differential equations. He was recognized even outside of the mathematical community as a person of firm principles and clear opinions. We will miss this excellent colleague, kind and good man. Honour his memory!

Obituary in Czech

Obituary in English

Help for refugees

- Neuron Endowment Fund and IOCB Tech financially support young Ukrainian scientists who seek refuge in the Czech Republic. Institute of Mathematics welcomes this initiative and is ready to cooperate for project implementations.
- Offers of European Research Centres on Mathematics (ERCOM) to mathematicians fleeing from the recent war
- Refugee facilities administration of the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic
- Assistance portal of the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic (Czech and Ukrainian)
- Stand with Ukraine
- Help for Ukraine, web portal of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- Science for Ukraine, job offers in science and research

Podpora Ukrajině / Support of Ukraine

Matematický ústav AV ČR odsuzuje agresi Ruské federace proti Ukrajině, plně se ztotožňuje s prohlášením Akademie věd ČR o podpoře Ukrajiny a vyzývá k okamžitému ukončení bojů a zahájení mírových jednání.
Matematický ústav se dále ztotožňuje s výzvou ukrajinských matematiků (k dispozici také níže). Výzva uvádí sedm konkrétních bodů, jak Ukrajinu podpořit, včetně odkazu na petici vyzývající NATO k ochraně vzdušného prostoru Ukrajiny.
Dále vítá statečné iniciativy ruských kolegů, kteří proti válce otevřeně protestují. Zaznamenali jsme otevřený dopis ruských matematiků prezidentu Putinovi (původní verze ze dne 28.2.2022), otevřený dopis vědeckých novinářů (původní verze ze dne 24.2.2022) a prohlášení studentů a pracovníků Lomonosovy univerzity.
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Institute of Mathematics condemns the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, fully endorses the statement of the Czech Academy of Sciences supporting Ukraine, and calls for instant termination of fights and opening of peace negotiations.
Institute of Mathematics further endorses the Appeal from Ukrainian mathematicians (available below). The appeal lists seven specific points on how to support Ukraine, including a reference to a petition calling on NATO to protect Ukraine's airspace.
The Institute also welcomes the brave initiatives of Russian colleagues who openly protest against the war. We are aware of the open letter from Russian mathematicians to President Putin (original version from February 28, 2022), the open letter from scientific journalists (original version from February 24, 2022) and the statement by students and academic staff of Lomonosov University.

Appeal from Ukrainian mathematicians

Open letter from Russian mathematicians to Putin

Interview with Jakub Šístek about supercomputers

The reporter of the Czech Academy of Sciences made an interesting interview on supercomputers with Jakub Šístek, member of the Department of Constructive Methods of Mathematical Analysis. In the interview Jakub is giving an idea what is a supercomputer, how it is designed and what it is used for. The interview is accompanied by a presentation from the popularization series Science not misrepresented. The interview and presentation are in Czech.

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What is a vortex? A successful grant project

The exact mathematical and physical answer to the question “What is a vortex?” is subject of research for several decades. The research was subject of the successful project Advanced flow-field analysis led by Ing. Václav Kolář, CSc., from the Institute of Hydrodynamics CAS and Ing. Jakub Šístek, Ph.D., from the Institute of Mathematics CAS. The Czech Science Foundation funded the project in the years 2018-2020 and listed it among the selected successful projects of the Czech researchers.

Czech Science Foundation about the project

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Academic Award – Praemium Academiae for Šárka Nečasová

Academic Award – Praemium Academiae is a programme running since 2007 in the Czech Academy of Sciences. It is a rigorously selective tool for financial and moral support of scientific excellence at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, which aims to assist outstanding scientific personalities who are researchers at the top international level and create conditions for them in which they can better develop their potential for the Academy of Sciences and all the sciences. Up to four grants with generous support are awarded each year for a period of six years. Šárka Nečasová will use the support for the research focused on mathematical analysis of models in fluid mechanics and dynamics of solids. Problems of this type occur naturally in industrial applications, biomedicine (blood flow) and environmental sciences (oceanography, meteorology).
This is already the third Praemium Academiae awarded to a researcher from the Institute of Mathematics. The previous two were Eduard Feireisl (2007) and Martin Markl (2018).

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Institute of Mathematics received the HR Excellence in Research award

On October 5, 2021, the Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences received the HR Excellence in Research award. European Commission provided the Institute with this prestigious award after a thorough assessment by independent reviewers. The award reflects the Institute's commitment to continuously improve human resource policies in line with the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, notably the commitment of fair and transparent recruitment and appraisal procedures. The Institute is now listed on the EURAXESS portal among the HR Acknowledged Institutions and the HR Award logo will decorate the Institute's vacations advertised at the EURAXESS job portal. The Institute can now use the HR Excellence in Research award to promote its stimulating and favourable work environment.

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