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Jiří Jarušek passed away

With deep sorrow, we announce that a prominent researcher of the Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Jiří Jarušek passed away on April 19, 2023, at the age of 72 years. His scientific career started at the Institute of Information Theory and Automation in the early eighties after a successful defence of his PhD Thesis under the supervision of Jindřich Nečas. He came to the Institute of Mathematics in 1997, and his dominant research area was the theory of contact problems in mechanics, in which he became an internationally renowned expert. His monograph, written jointly with Christof Eck and Miroslav Krbec, which was awarded the Minister of Education Prize in 2007, became a standard reference source. Jiří Jarušek had an excellent knowledge of functional and convex analysis and was always ready to help his colleagues with problems coming from a broad area of mathematics. In addition to his mathematical competencies, he was an expert in the history of ancient Egypt and, in the eighties, also an enthusiastic nature conservationist. We will miss him very much.

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Professor Ivo Babuška passed away

With deep sorrow, we announce that Professor Ivo Babuška, a world-renowned mathematician and one of the founding fathers of the Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, passed away on 12 April 2023 at the age of 97.
He was born into the family of architect and builder Milan Babuška. In 1949, after studying at the Czech Technical University, he joined the Institute for Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts, now the Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, where he later worked as head of the department. In 1968, under dramatic circumstances, he emigrated with his family to the U.S.A. He worked for many years at the University of Maryland, College Park, and later at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, University of Texas, Austin.
The visions of Ivo Babuška have influenced mathematics and its applications for more than half a century. He was a leading personality connecting rigorous mathematics and engineering applications. His deep mathematical thoughts have proved extremely useful in practice, and his engineering intuition has been a source of fruitful impulses for theoretical mathematics. We are losing an excellent mathematician, kind colleague and good man.
Honour his memory!

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The Abel Prize 2023 to Luis A. Caffarelli

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awards the Abel Prize for 2023 to Luis A. Caffarelli, University of Texas at Austin, USA, "for his seminal contributions to regularity theory for nonlinear partial differential equations including free-boundary problems and the Monge–Ampère equation". This is the very first time an Argentinian-American has been awarded the Abel Prize. Luis A. Caffarelli will receive the prize from His Majesty King Harald at the Abel Prize award ceremony in Oslo on 23 May 2023.

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Olena Atlasiuk has been selected to the EMS Young Academy

It is a pleasure to announce that our colleague Dr Olena Atlasiuk has been selected to become a member of the inaugural cohort of the European Mathematical Society Young Academy (EMYA). The Institute of Mathematics CAS nominated Dr Atlasiuk as an institutional member of the European Mathematical Society. EMYA Selection Committee has chosen Dr Atlasiuk out of nominees from most European countries, specializing in all branches of mathematics. The first meeting of EMYA took place on March 6, 2023. At this meeting, the new members agreed on the founding principles and initial plans of EMYA to strengthen the role and perspective of the young generation of mathematicians in Europe. Let us keep our fingers crossed for them to manage this difficult task, and let us congratulate Dr Atlasiuk on her success.

Dny otevřených dveří v Matematickém ústavu AV ČR | Open Houses in the Institute of Mathematics CAS

Tradiční Dny otevřených dveří v Matematickém ústavu AV ČR jsou součástí Týdne Akademie věd ČR, nejrozsáhlejšího vědeckého festivalu v ČR pořádaného Akademií věd ČR ve spolupráci s dalšími institucemi ve dnech 31. října – 6. listopadu 2022. Široká veřejnost a především studenti středních škol mají možnost nahlédnout do pracoven, laboratoří a knihoven a poznat, jak se dělá věda. Badatelé z výzkumných pracovišť AV ČR připravují širokou nabídku exkurzí, přednášek, výstav a diskusních večerů, ve kterých představí své výzkumné projekty, předvedou nejmodernější vědecké přístroje a experimenty a přiblíží návštěvníkům nejnovější trendy v oblasti vědy. V Matematickém ústavu AV ČR se Dny otevřených dveří uskuteční na pražském pracovišti ve dnech 31. října – 4. listopadu 2022.

Traditional Open Houses in the Institute of Mathematics CAS is held as part of the Week of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the most extensive scientific festival in the Czech Republic, organized by the Czech Academy of Sciences in cooperation with other institutions from October 31st to November 6th, 2022. The scientists from the research workplaces of the Academy of Sciences have prepared a wide offer of lectures, presentations, panel discussions, seminars, excursions, exhibitions and discussion evenings, in which they present their research projects, modern scientific devices and outline the latest trends in science. The Institute of Mathematics will be open to public from October 31st to November 4th, 2022.

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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.

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.

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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