Research Center for Informatics

Czechia: Prague

Overview

Research Center for Informatics (RCI) Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) operates under the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) and focuses on the following topics: artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision and pattern recognition, robotics and autonomous systems, parallel computing for large data analysis, theoretical computer science, bioinformatics, medical information processing, graphics, visualization and HCI, and embedded security. RCI excellence is based on the existing impact in the research and application areas.

This research output stands on top of high quantity of research results published at international conferences and workshop, where the researchers will collect feedback from the community and will spread reputation of RCI. RCI members have founded Open Informatics, a unique in the Czech Republic, research oriented computer science undergraduate and master degree at CTU that features fields of study such as: Software, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Games, Embedded Systems, Computer Grpahics, Software Engineering, Data Science, Cyber Security, Bioinformatics, Computer Vision and Human-Computer Interaction.

RCI is involved in international collaborations with leading research centers in respective areas. Just examples of our key partners are the following: ETH Zurich, Switzerland, University of Oulu, Finland, University of Surrey, UK, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK (MCR) and North Carolina University at Chapel Hill (NCU), TECHNION I.I.T., Israel, Oxford University, United Kingdom, University of Edinburgh, Center for Intelligent Systems and Applications, AIAI, Stanford University and more others, see our web pages for more details.

RCI enables valuable cross sector collaborations that better facilitates transition of research excellence across different partners from research and application areas. Currently existing core of industrial partners are for example: Valeo, Adobe, IBM, CISCO, Microsoft Research, OPTIMITIVE S.L.U. and Foxcon. RCI has also established the Industrial Advisory Board. Besides direct industrial contracts, RCI members demonstrated capability to engage in technology transfer by means of building startup companies, so common at leading computer science departments at e.g. Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley or MIT. Throughout their career there have been established numerous successful startup companies that are either co-owned by the university or the university licensed the required IP to the startups. CISCO Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) has successfully acquired one of the CTU startup companies, Cognitive Security in 2013. As common in California, the founding professor rejoined the university soon after the transaction. Other example is Company EyeDea s.r.o, where the CTU has 10% share. Digital technologies.

Sectors
Construction - Construction of buildings - Civil engineering - Specialised construction activities - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - Water supply; sewerage; waste managment and remediation activities - Water collection, treatment and supply - Sewerage - Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery - Remediation activities and other waste management services - Accommodation and food service activities - Accommodation - Food and beverage service activities - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products - Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products - Manufacture of electrical equipment - Manufacture of food products - Manufacture of beverages - Manufacture of tobacco products - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials - Other manufacturing - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
Technology
Sensory systems - Cyber physical systems - Robotics - Internet of things - Artificial intelligence - Interaction technologies - Cyber security - Advanced, or high performance computing - Big data, data analytics, data handling - Virtual, augmented and extended reality - Simulation, modelling and digital twins - Cloud computing - Logistics - Internet services - New media technologies