Success of this year's Summer IT School for Girls

From August 25 to 29, our faculty hosted the traditional Summer School of IT for Girls, the oldest event of its kind in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 2005 by Professor Jan M. Honzík, who drew attention to the underrepresentation of women in IT. More than thirty high school girls participated in this year's edition.

The mission of the Summer School remains the same – in addition to learning about the field, participants also take away the conviction that technology and information technology are open to anyone who is interested. This year, for example, the girls learned to apply the basics of machine learning in Python, tried their hand at designing a mobile application in Figma, and became familiar with embedded systems and working in the MicroBid platform. They also gave positive feedback on the discussion with FIT graduates from leading technology companies.

The summer school attracted the interest of a number of media outlets, including Czech Radio and the Seznam Zprávy news website. You can get a feel for the atmosphere of this year's event in this report by Czech Television.