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The Brno-based software company GINA, founded by Brno University of Technology (BUT) graduates, together with its Italian partner Beta 80, received a grant from the European Space Agency for the development of a technology which should be of great help to Italian paramedics in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The first version is expected to be deployed by the end of this year. "This year marks the tenth anniversary of our establishment; ironically, this anniversary came at a time when our products might be needed more than ever," says Zbyněk Poulíček, one of the company's founders and a FIT graduate.

The BUT Student Entrepreneurial Spirit Award competition, which was held by BUT for the very first time this year, was won by the Discyo application, a project of four students from the Faculty of Information Technology. Their solution can give the user advice on what film to watch, what podcast to listen to or what videogame to play. The algorithm can tell what are the user's preferences across various media and what the user might like. The competition of student ideas is held by the Brno University of Technology in co-operation with the South Moravian Innovation Centre. For more information, read the article. 

Eight individuals associated with FIT chosen from among its students, employees, or co-workers, have been awarded by the Rector Petr Štěpánek at the CeremonialAcademic Assembly of BUT. The annual ceremony, announcing the Best Teachers Award winner and honouring selected individuals associated with the university, was scheduled for 24 November, but was cancelled due to the current situation. On these grounds, students and academics who took part in the "VUT pomáhá" (BUT Helps) project and contributed to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, symbolically received the awards and a thank you from the Rector in a video message and a booklet, which can be found HERE.

FIT BUT Awardees:

Silver Medal

• prof. RNDr. Alexandr Meduna, CSc. - for outstanding academic achievement in teaching, research and scientific work.
• doc. RNDr. Jitka Kreslíková, CSc. - for significant contribution in the area of teaching.

Memorial Medal

• prof. Hao Liu, Ph.D. - for fostering co-operation between FIT BUT and Beihang University, Beijing University of Technology, and Xihua University
• Ing. Marcela Oravcová - for long-term exceptional achievement in organisational activities.

BUT Helps - honourable mention

• Ing. Radek Hranický

Award of the Rector for students of BUT

• Ing. Roman Andriushchenko - for outstanding academic achievement in the Master's programme.

Best teacher according to BUT students

• doc. RNDr. Dana Hliněná, Ph.D. - best teacher as selected by BUT students in the Bachelor's studies category, BUT Faculty of Information Technology
• doc. Ing. Jiří Jaroš, Ph.D. - best teacher as selected by BUT students in the Master's studies category, BUT Faculty of Information Technology