A Cooperative Center for Advanced Technologies and Future Mobility will also be established as part of the project. It will be located on the VSB – Technical University of Ostrava campus in the new CPIT TL4 building.
Through IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, the Czech Republic will gain access to LUMI-AI, a new European supercomputing infrastructure.
The Czech Republic’s first quantum computer is available to users. Researchers and companies begin working with VLQ
Fraunhofer Innovation Platform at VSB-TUO continues, focusing on AI for industry
Supercomputers, AI, and a Quantum Computer: IT4Innovations Celebrates 15 Years
CEETe II to Strengthen VŠB-TUO Research Infrastructure and Support the Region’s Transformation
Czech AI Factory Launches: Czechia Introduces Its Own AI Services and Supercomputing Infrastructure
IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, part of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, unveils five cutting-edge projects, known as research flagships, which will push the boundaries of high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and quantum technologies in the coming years and support Czech and European research and industry.
Experiment with Nanorobots for Czech Mission to the International Space Station Enters Key Development Phase
Intelligent and sustainable manufacturing, together with modern energy solutions, including hydrogen systems, will take centre stage at the third annual Czech–German Meeting, held on 18 March at VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO).
The search for and research of new materials for battery production will become easier, faster, and more cost-effective thanks to a device developed by a scientific team at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava.
The 10th anniversary edition of the Meat Design Ostrava festival showcased top creations by Czech designers as well as students. VSB – Technical University of Ostrava also presented its art-focused programmes and student works-and achieved great success.
With the growing demand for computing power, particularly due to the development of artificial intelligence, the energy consumption of supercomputers is also increasing.
The Ostrava-based spin-off company autinno has received a prestigious award in the United Kingdom for its research and development of technologies essential for automated driving and advanced driver assistance systems.
VSB – Technical University of Ostrava has once again defended its first-place position among Czech universities highly rated by companies, surpassing the technical universities in Prague and Brno.
In 1945, by decision of the President of the Republic, VSB was relocated from Příbram to Ostrava, marking the beginning of its development.
Ambassadors and diplomats from the embassies of EU member states and the Representation of the European Commission visited VSB – Technical University of Ostrava as part of their trip to the Moravian-Silesian Region.
The results of the latest call for European AI Factories have been announced in Luxembourg, and the Czech Republic is among the successful applicants. The national consortium of six partners, led by VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, will establish the Czech AI Factory (CZAI).
Today, a new quantum computer named VLQ was officially inaugurated at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center in the Czech Republic, in the presence of prominent Czech and European representatives.
One of the most significant ceremonial events in the academic world recently took place at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava: the inauguration of the new rector and vice-rectors.
The Faculty of Safety Engineering (FSE) of VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava has today inaugurated a new Laboratory for Safe Human-Robot Collaboration.
Today, President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel appointed the new Rector of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava at Prague Castle. Prof. Ing. Igor Ivan, Ph.D. will assume leadership of the university on September 1, 2025.
Ostrava-based researchers and doctors are developing a tool that could shorten colon cancer surgeries and reduce the risk of complications for patients.
VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) has been ranked among the world’s top 100 universities making a significant contribution to the development of sustainable energy solutions.
Scientists from VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava have had a significant success in the field of space research. Two projects were selected for implementation on board the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the mission of Czech astronaut Aleš Svoboda.
VSB – The Technical University of Ostrava has seen an increase in interest in studies this year. Applications for study were submitted by 12% more applicants than last year. This is mainly due to the high degree of employability of graduates, which remains one of the main attractions of technically oriented studies.
The Academic Senate of the Mining University – Technical University of Ostrava (VŠB-TUO) has decided on a new rector of the University for the next 4 years. Today, Professor Igor Ivan, an expert in geoinformatics from the Mining-Geology Faculty and a long-time vice-rector for strategy and cooperation, was elected.
A new Protohub Training and Teaching Centre has been established at VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava. This is the result of the university's long-term cooperation with the international leader in 3D printing, Prusa Research. The centre is equipped with state-of-the-art 3D printers and technologies worth over half a million crowns, which provides quality facilities for training and experiments in the field of 3D printing.
This year, the first Czech quantum computer will be installed in the IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Centre in Ostrava.
The end of the first round of admission to the only technical university in the Moravian-Silesian Region is approaching. The university attracts not only new and existing study programmes, but also job security. For undecided applicants, it has also prepared a novelty: virtual assistant Nika.
The Energy Research Centre (ERC), part of the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, has long been involved in the development of energy-saving projects using the Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) method.
Modern laboratories, workspaces, and a unique testing polygon for automated vehicle and mobile robotic systems will be established on the VSB-Technical University Ostrava campus, thanks to the strategic REFRESH project funded by the Operational Programme Just Transition
Over the next two years, the supercomputers Barbora and Karolina at the IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center will be replaced. Like all electronic devices, they become outdated, and after roughly five to six years of operation, they need to be upgraded.
The European AI Factories Call results, which will support Europe's broader deployment of AI tools in society and industry, have been announced in Luxembourg. One of the winning projects is the LUMI AI Factory, based on the successful LUMI consortium.
Brain research requires a fundamental change in research approach. Research teams from four Czech research institutes have come up with a completely new direction, teaming up with French and German scientists and succeeding in a fierce European competition.
Research results from Prof. Jana Kukutschová’s team (VSB – Technical University of Ostrava) were presented for the first time at the world's leading platform TEDxUNYP. Are nanoparticles an invisible miracle or a hidden threat?
The transition of cities and regions towards climate neutrality requires broad cooperation and commitment from all stakeholders. On 9 October, rectors of U!REKA partners got together in Brussels to discuss and move forward.
Scientists from Palacký University Olomouc (UP) and the Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO), in collaboration with colleagues from China, have discovered a groundbreaking method for developing a new generation of antibiotics.
The European Union has taken another step towards enhancing the European quantum computing infrastructure by signing a contract for the acquisition of the LUMI-Q consortium's quantum computer.
The main goal of the international MERGE project, funded by the Horizon Europe program, is to develop eco-friendly, easily recyclable, cost-effective, and efficient single atom catalysts for converting waste biomass into "green" chemicals and biofuels.
This year, the European Sustainability Week also falls on September 20-26, 2024. The only technical university in the region, VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, is also preparing an interesting programme, which includes lectures or a university bazaar.
VSB – The Technical University of Ostrava today festively presented the new building of the Faculty of Economics, which was built on the campus of the University of Ostrava-Poruba.
VSB – The Technical University of Ostrava will host the annual event from 3 to 6 June, which will bring together partners of the U!REKA alliance from practically all over Europe – especially from Finland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, Germany or the United Kingdom.
The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has announced a tender for the installation of a new quantum computer LUMI-Q, which will be located in the Czech Republic and integrated with the supercomputer KAROLINA.
The pioneering EBEAM (Electron Beam Emergent Additive Manufacturing) project, which aims to push the boundaries of materials research, has been officially launched today at the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO).
Virtualisation of railway conditions and implementation of test rides in a laboratory environment. The software simulator, developed by National Supercomputing Center IT4Innovations, is designed to perform all of this and is a key component for the development of a functional sample of a detection system capable of detecting potential obstacles during the train's operation, thus contributing significantly to safer railway operation.
VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, together with its partners from the U!REKA consortium, received support from the European Universities initiative. The European Commission received 39 applications in this year’s call round, from which seven new alliances were selected. The U!REKA Shift project was awarded 88 points out of 100.
On Wednesday, 6 December, the finals of the national popularisation competition Český VŠEVĚD (Czech POLYMATH) took place. Of the six scientists who fought for the victory during the final evening, Oldřich Motyka from VSB – Technical University Ostrava, with his flower Hugo, won the audience’s hearts.
A heat pump and a pellet boiler combined into one device, enhanced with an intelligent control unit — this, in short, describes the hybrid heat source developed by researchers from VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) in cooperation with the company BENEKOVterm. The system is designed for family homes, public buildings, and industrial facilities.
How to abandon the use of fossil fuels and switch to sustainable energy is presented from today by a unique polygon CEETe, which was created by scientists of the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) on the premises of the VSB - Technical University Ostrava.
The international EOSC (European Open Science Cloud) initiative is expanding to the Czech Republic.
Researchers at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB-TUO, in collaboration with the University Hospital Ostrava and Tecpa, have developed a sensory mat that can make MRI examinations faster and more efficient.
The Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) is pleased to announce that its U!REKA SHIFT proposal has been selected by the European Commission for funding in the European Universities Initiative (EUI) call 2023.
The hosting agreement was signed in Luxembourg for the acquisition and operation of a quantum computer by the international LUMI-Q consortium. It will be installed at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center in Ostrava, Czechia, in 2024 and become the first Czech quantum computer, which will also be available to the European research community.
The European Digital Innovation Hub Ostrava kicked off its activities at the beginning of this year. Since then, it has provided all interested clients with a complete portfolio of services.
A unique Global Experts programme, funded by the Moravian-Silesian Region, is being launched to attract the world's top scientists to local universities. The first university involved is VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, specifically IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, which is to host Professor Andrey Rogach.
Scientists from the Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN) at Palacký University Olomouc, together with researchers from the CEET and IT4Innovations research centers at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, have developed a unique technology that enables the transformation of glycerol — a waste product from biodiesel production — into a valuable compound, thereby increasing the efficiency of current biofuels.
In the 25th anniversary edition of the Werner von Siemens Awards for 2022, which recognizes the best students, young researchers, and teachers in technical and natural science fields, representatives of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) achieved great success. In the overall number of awards, the university ranked second, behind the Czech Technical University in Prague and Charles University.
One repaired motorcycle every year. This March, the VSB-TUO Restoration Workshop celebrated its fourth birthday, and on this occasion presented its newest, fourth restored piece in a row - a ČZ 150c motorcycle from 1950.
The Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) of the VSB-TUO hosted distinguished guests on the second Friday of March. Representatives of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, research organisations, and industrial partners and companies gathered on the campus to take part in the Final Project Evaluation of the National Centre for Energy.
The Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) is happy to announce that at the end of January 2023 the U!REKA SHIFT proposal to the European Universities Initiative (EUI) call 2023 was submitted.
The way out of the current energy crisis, but also solutions for long-term energy independence and sustainability in the Czech Republic will be sought by academics in cooperation with commercial partners within the National Centre for Energy II (NCE II) using low-carbon technologies.
On Monday 21 November Ostrava Planetarium is hosting the opening of an exhibition celebrating 100 years of Norwegian-Czech diplomatic relations. It will commence at 14:00 in the presence of the Norwegian Ambassador, Victor Conrad Rønneberg, along with the management of the Faculty of Mining and Geology, the management of the Technical University of Ostrava, and representatives of regional and municipal authorities.
The European Joint Undertaking EuroHPC has selected sites to host new European quantum computers. LUMI-Q consortium is among the projects chosen, and its quantum computer will be located in Czechia at the IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Centre in Ostrava.
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava and the Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre develop SMARAGD to aid the development and prosperity of the Region.
Scientists at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center are developing a specialised software package that will make the study of proteins easier and faster. The advanced research opens up new possibilities for developing cures for diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Starting on 18 July 2022, the Faculty of Mining and Geology of VSB-TUO will be hosting students and teachers from four European universities (Germany, Spain, and Poland). The meeting aims to collaborate on a new course of study.
VSB – Technical University of Ostrava was visited on Thursday, July 7, 2022 by a delegation of nearly 70 members of representatives of the Member States of the European Union. This is the first visit of diplomats from the individual Permanent Representations to the EU in the Czech Republic, which directly follows our Presidency of the Council of the EU.
The LUMI supercomputer is the first pre-exascale supercomputer of the pan-European EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and is now also the most powerful supercomputer in Europe.
On 25-27 May 2022, a workshop within the framework of the NATO project Quantum5 took place at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava.
Data room of IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center boasts not only supercomputers but also high-capacity data storage facilities. The first one is the PROJECT storage, which significantly facilitates the work of researchers who calculate their projects on the Ostrava supercomputers. In the second case, it is the data storage facility of the CESNET association, which is one of the largest in the Czech Republic.
The sun instead of electric furnaces and a cheap nanomaterial instead of gold. This is, in a nutshell, the fundamental principle behind a new process that can speed up and make cheaper the production of a wide range of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, plastics, or dyes.
The date of the science-popularisation event Researchers’ Night falls on the last Friday in September, namely September 30th, 2022. Organisers have revealed the theme of the event that will define the content of the activities presented by the researchers involved. Get all your senses ready, as you are going to need them.
Representatives from the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB-Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) have launched the construction of a new unique CEETe building, which aims to assist industrial entities with the transition to low-carbon energy sources in accordance with the European Green Deal.
The Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB-Technical University of Ostrava celebrated its first birthday with the arrival of the New Year.
The 58th edition of the TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers was announced today in St. Louis, USA. Karolina, the most powerful Czech supercomputer, located at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, was ranked 8th worldwide and 3rd among European supercomputers in terms of the most energy-efficient supercomputers in the world.
Until now, observing subatomic structures was beyond the resolution capabilities of direct imaging methods, and this seemed unlikely to change. Czech scientists, however, have presented a method with which they became the first in the world to observe an inhomogeneous electron charge distribution around a halogen atom, thus confirming the existence of a phenomenon that had been theoretically predicted but never directly observed.
Karolina, the latest Czech supercomputer, located at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center in Ostrava, has reached the 15th place in the Green500 list, which evaluates the most energy-efficient supercomputers in the world.
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava has been ranked in the prestigious Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, for the first time. In this year’s edition of the ranking, which focuses primarily on the scientific and research performance of universities, VSB-TUO ranks 901 - 1000. There are seven Czech universities included in ARWU 2021.
The Czech National Quantum Infrastructure with connections to Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Poland is building a cybersecurity hub through collaboration among the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague (FJFI), the Faculty of Informatics of Masaryk University (FI MU), the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Palacký University in Olomouc (UPOL) and IT4 Innovations of the VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (IT4I VŠB-TUO).
The e-INFRA CZ consortium has implemented quantum key distribution, which has reached primacy in many ways. Communication secured by encryption through quantum key distribution (QKD) represents a new shift in the field of communication security and addresses the risks associated with the advent of quantum computers, which brings with it the real danger of existing encryption methods being cracked more easily.
The Karolina supercomputer located at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center has ranked 70th in the TOP500 list of the most powerful supercomputers in the world.
In the scope of a future-oriented collaboration in the field of industrial production, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is cooperating with the VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO).
In March, a large-scale vaccination centre in Ostrava's Černá louka area became operational. Vaccination according to a simulation prepared by scientists at IT4Innovations can be administered to up to 2,600 people per day. Today's capacity is around 1,000 people, depending on the number of vaccines being delivered.
Online programmes for schools are becoming more and more popular with extended distance learning. Therefore, VSB-TUO academic staff and students are preparing online lectures in various areas suitable for supplementing the teaching of primary and secondary school students.
It has been more than seven years since the very first supercomputer was launched at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center in Ostrava. The Anselm supercomputer, from the company Atos, was launched in 2013 and has since then had its computational resources available for Czech and foreign scientists.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced the winner of the national call for European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH), which, together with European partners, will support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and public administration institutions in the wider integration of digital technologies into manufacturing, commerce, and public services. The Digital Innovation Hub Ostrava (DIH Ostrava) is one of the winners.
In the final quarter of last year there was a competition to name the most powerful supercomputer in the Czech Republic, which will be installed at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center in Ostrava this year. From more than 5,000 submissions sent by over 2,000 people, the name KAROLINA was selected by the jury.
ŠKODA AUTO and the VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava are collaborating on new technologies for assistance systems as part of their joint ‘Follow the Vehicle’ project.
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of VSB-TUO measured obtrusive light in the city districts of Ostrava Třebovice and Krásné Pole on 30 and 31 October 2020.
In early October, a contract to acquire the most powerful supercomputer in the Czech Republic, which will also rank among the most powerful in Europe, was signed.
– IT4Innovations has joined the EuroCC project, the objective of which is to establish the National Competence Centre in high-performance computing (HPC) and implement supporting activities in this field focused on industry, public administration, and academia. The project is aimed not only at sharing knowledge and expertise in HPC across Europe but also to reinforce the technological independence and competitiveness of the EU.
T-Mobile and VSB – Technical University of Ostrava have completed the construction of the first private 5G ready campus network in the Czech Republic. T-Mobile launched the campus network on 8 July 2020 and handed over its functional infrastructure, which is currently operated on 4G frequencies, to VSB-TUO for operation. This will be followed by the development of applications that will use the new technologies supplied in the industry, as well as the commissioning of 5G.
Esports is a global phenomenon, which is watched by 454 million viewers and which often surpasses traditional sports competitions in viewership. In addition, during the crisis, it was one of the few sports to grow.
Imagine that you work in a city that suffers from a lack of parking spaces, so you look for a place to leave your car every morning and evening. You lose valuable time every day.
National coordinators of the Researchers’ Night in Ostrava, in particular the Technical University of Ostrava, managed to receive a grant under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA).
At the University Open Day last year, the Restoration Workshop took over the Jawa 250 motorcycle from 1939. A year later, the workshop team presented the finished restored motorcycle, and they will immediately begin to repair another one.
The Protolab 3D Printing Center, together with the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and the Faculty of Mining and Geology, are embarking on the fight against coronavirus.
Prof. Jana Kukutschová, the Vice-Rector for science and research at VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, handed over the first 60 pieces of specially made protective plastic shields to Dr Ondřej Šimetka, the head of the Maternity Department of the University Hospital Ostrava, which should help to protect staff from the COVID-19 virus.
VSB – Technical University of Ostrava will prepare thousands of litres of disinfection for the Regional Authority of the Moravian-Silesian Region. For this purpose, the university will use all of its laboratories equipped for this purpose.
IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava has offered its users from academic institutions priority access to its computational resources to solve problems regarding COVID-19 disease research.
The restoration workshop of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of VSB-TUO represented the university in February at the Retro Mobile trade fair in Paris. The restoration workshop was part of the exhibition dedicated to the Tatra brand.
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science VSB – Technical University of Ostrava can boast the new laboratory Multimedia Studio for the Production and Distribution of Audio-visual Content.
So far, there is no functional 5G network in the Czech Republic. Its launch will become a reality in the near future. Students, teachers and researchers of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, which has signed a memorandum of cooperation in the area of 5G networks with the T-Mobile company, will be able to see it.
Access to state-of-the-art devices where they can experience theory in practice. VSB-TUO will offer this to its students in the extension of the CPIT TL1 building, which is expected to open on Monday, 25 November at 11.30 am.
After eight months of work, the LEXIS Project started the first of four planned Face to Face Meetings which is under way in Turin from 10th to 12th September 2019, hosted by the LINKS Foundation in the Politecnico di Torino Campus.
They have spent many years developing a new, unique technology. Today they have a certificate for its uniqueness. Researchers from the Institute of Transport and the Department of Applied Mechanics of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at VŠB-TUO have obtained a European patent for the innovative suspension of the motorcycle front wheel.
The 61st International Engineering Fair (IEF) is held at the Brno Exhibition Centre. It started yesterday, Monday 7 October, and will last until Friday 11 October. Visitors can see expositions from 1600 exhibitors who will introduce new technologies. And VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava cannot miss it.
Today marks the launch of a pilot project, OPENQKD, that will install a test quantum communication infrastructure in several European countries. It will boost the security of critical applications in the fields of telecommunications, health care, electricity supply and government services.
In Ostrava, on Wednesday the 2nd of October 2019, the ceremony for the new supercomputer being put into operation at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center at VSB-TUO was held.
It has been five years since IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center moved to a new building on the campus of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava.
This year’s September was marked by several festivities at VŠB-TUO. On Friday, September 18th, the Golden Graduation took place and gathered alumni who graduated in 1965.
The team of the Department of Robotics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, is finalizing the concept of measurement and evaluation of thermal exposure, to which firefighters and members of rescue teams are exposed.
Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 17th April 2015 on the grounds of VŠB-TUO.
Prof. Ing. Vaclav Roubicek, CSc., dr.h.c. died on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, after a long serious illness. His name was closely connected with the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava and the Moravian-Silesian region.