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The presentation contest 8 of BUT has found its two winners. A shared first place was awarded by the jury to Magdaléna Buzová, a student of the Faculty of Architecture, and to Son Hai Nguyen, a student of the Faculty of Information Technology. The FIT student managed to explain the intriguing topic of his thesis "Insertion of 2D Graphics into a Scene Captured by a Stationary Camera" to general public through an attractive presentation sparkled up by his charm and humour. His work attracted some attention earlier this year at the student conference Excel@FIT where he received praise from the jury, partners and the public.

8 of BUT is a presentation competition of the best Bachelor's theses wrote by the students of all faculties of BUT in the last academic year. The theses and their authors are nominated by the management of individual faculties.

Vojtěch Mrázek of FIT received the most prestigious Czech award for science and research, the Česká hlava award. He received the Doctorandus award for technical sciences for his research on formal errors in integrated circuits at the gala evening held this Sunday. You can watch the record of the event on the Czech Television website. More information about Vojtěch Mrázek and his research is available HERE.

The Česká hlava awards have been granted since 2002 and are considered the most prestigious award for the Czech authors of discoveries, patents and new technologies.

Ralph Ford of Penn State Behrend College received an honorary degree of doctor honoris causa at BUT. A nomination for the award of the doctorate was submitted by the Faculty of Information Technology, which has been closely co-operating with Ford for twenty years. Ralph Ford is the author of over 40 publications, the Dean of the Penn State Behrand College and a renowned scientist. He received the honorary degree during the ceremonial meeting of the Scientific Board of BUT. Read more about the topic in the article.

The honorary degree of doctor honoris causa is awarded at BUT to both Czech and foreign personalities who have substantially contributed to the development in an area that stands in the focus of the university's long-term efforts. The award of the honorary doctorate is based on the decision of the Scientific Board of BUT. Together with Ralph Ford, it was awarded also to Professor Ulrike Diebold of TU Wien.