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At the Academic Assembly on Thursday, 14 November, the Rector Petr Štěpánek awarded prizes to selected personages of Brno University of Technology. The ceremony took place on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of BUT, the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and the 80th anniversary of the closure of Czech universities during the Protectorate. He also awarded prizes to a number of FIT personages.

Professor Václav Dvořák received a gold medal for his contribution to the development of computer technology and international co-operation at FIT. Professors Lukáš Sekanina and Tomáš Vojnar received silver medals for their work in the areas of teaching, research and development. A commemorative medal was awarded to Associate Professor Vladimír Drábek and to Torsten Meisner, who co-operates with the faculty.

The Rector also presented awards to the winners of the student poll for the best teacher. The students of FIT have chosen Tomáš Milet in the Bachelor's programmes category and Milan Češka Jr. in the follow-up Master's studies category.

At the invitation of the Faculty of Information Technology, more than twenty guests from abroad attended the celebrations of the 120th anniversary of BUT. Representatives of universities from Europe, the USA, Africa and China as well as important industrial partners also attended today's Merit Medals award ceremony, where the Dean Pavel Zemčík awarded prizes to 26 personages of FIT who contributed greatly to the development of the faculty. Gold medals were awarded to Petr Hanáček, Zdeněk Kotásek, Jan Maxmilián Honzík and Jiří Kunovský (in memoriam).

Gold medals: doc. Dr. Ing. Petr Hanáček, prof. Ing. Jan Maxmilián Honzík, CSc., doc. Ing. Zdeněk Kotásek, CSc., doc. Ing. Jiří Kunovský CSc.

Silver medals: Ing. Vítězslav Beran, Ph.D., doc. Ing. Lukáš Burget, Ph.D., prof. Ing. Adam Herout, Ph.D., doc. Ing. Jiří Jaroš, Ph.D., doc. Ing. Jan Kořenek, Ph.D., Ing. Pavel Mikula, doc. Mgr. Adam Rogalewicz, Ph.D, doc. Ing. Zdeněk Vašíček, Ph.D.

Bronze medals: Ing. Michal Bidlo, Ph.D., doc. Ing. Martin Čadík, Ph.D., Sánchez Mireia Diez, M.Sc., Ph.D., Ing. Marie Gaďorková, Mgr. Lukáš Holík, Ph.D., Zdeněk Juříček, Ing. Martin Karafiát, Ph.D., Ing. Lukáš Kekely, Ph.D., Ing. Tomáš Martínek, Ph.D., Ing. Pavel Matějka, Ph.D., Ing. Vojtěch Mrázek, Ph.D., Sylva Otáhalová, Mgr. Jana Skokanová, Ing. Aleš Smrčka, Ph.D.

On Thursday, 7 November, an award ceremony of Atlas Copco and Edwards Awards took place at Atlas Copco's Sky Club. It was a great success for students of BUT. The Edwards Award rewards theses focusing on technical topics. This year, a total of 37 diploma theses applied for the recognition. Pavel Hřebíček, a FIT BUT graduate, whose Eye Check application caught some attention earlier this year at the Excel@FIT conference, won the second place. The application enables detection of an eye disease leukocoria. "Leukocoria is the whiteness of the pupil that may appear in a photograph taken with a flash. Early detection of this symptom can save the patient's eyesight," explained Pavel Hřebíček, adding that his application works with a 98% accuracy. Learn more about the mobile app detecting leukocoria from a photo of a patient's face on the website of Eye Check.