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The Faculty of Information Technology is one of the initiators of the new Brno-based artificial intelligence platform - Brno.AI. Its purpose is to offer the opportunity for companies, universities and public administration to meet and connect and thus create an open community that will help bring AI into the real world. On Wednesday, 11 November, the historically first meetup took place, during which the participants could learn about opportunities for new AI projects, practical examples of the use of artificial intelligence and successful research projects. Vítězslav Beran, Senior Lecturer and Vice-Dean of the faculty and one of the guests of this online event introduced the most interesting people from FIT. The event was organised by the South Moravian Innovation Centre (JIC) in co-operation with other partners.  

The awards for best teachers at the faculty will go to Dana Hliněná for Bachelor's study programmes and Jiří Jaroš for Master's study programmes. These two teachers have received the most votes from students in the best teacher survey for the academic year 2019/2020. Tomáš Milet and Jan Černocký for Bachelor's study programmes and Milan Češka and Tomáš Vojnar for Master's study programmes also received many votes. The competition was announced in May by the Rector of BUT with the support of the Academic Senate; complete results can be found HERE.  

The new regulation of the Government of the Czech Republic, with effect from 14th October 2020, allows the personal presence of university students at examinations, with a maximum of 10 people during examinations. Also some BUT canteens cannot be opened due to a government regulation from 14th October 2020. The canteen window in the Pod Palackého vrchem complex will remain in operation, and canteens of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication BUT will be available only for employees.

The government's measures newly prohibits the accommodation of students from the Czech Republic on university dormitories, however, it is possible to consider the specific situation of the student. However, the restriction does not apply to foreign students with permanent residence outside the Czech Republic.