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The 2025 Olomouc Region Hackathon Winners Announced!
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A new Associate Professor at the Department of Geoinformatics!
Our colleague Stanislav Popelka has successfully defended his habilitation thesis titled “The evaluation of cartographic visualization methods and interactive map interfaces through eye-tracking technology” .
He will thus become the next Associate Professor at the Department of Geoinformatics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc.
Congratulations on this important academic achievement, and best wishes for many more successes ahead!
EUDIS Defence Hackathon
At the Prague Innovation Institute, in cooperation with the EU Defence Innovation Scheme, we are organizing the EUDIS Defence Hackathon from October 17–19, 2025. This isn’t just a technological challenge—the goal is to connect the civil and defense sectors and jointly seek innovative solutions that will help increase our security in the space and aerospace fields, not only here in the Czech Republic but throughout Europe. This year, the hackathon is also a part of Czech Space Week.
More information can be found here: https://eudis-hackathon.eu/
WHAT PARTICIPANTS CAN GAIN
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The best teams can look forward to an attractive financial prize with a minimum total value of 3,000 EUR, plus prizes tailored to their projects.
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The winning projects will receive expert support and acceleration.
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They will advance to the European finals, where they will present their project, solution, or idea to stakeholders from EU member states.
WHAT AWAITS THEM
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The opportunity to choose the challenge they want to focus on:
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Challenge 1: Protection of space assets – detect, analyze, and counter threats in space
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Challenge 2: Space for defense – Earth Observation, Navigation, Communication, and coordination of multi-domain military operations
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Challenge 3: Sovereign Aerospace – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Management, Production, and Countermeasures
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A weekend full of networking with experts from the civil and defense sectors.
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The chance to gain valuable contacts for their projects and ideas.
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No need to worry about food or lodging—everything is available in one place.
INFO WEBINAR FOR THOSE INTERESTED: 23. 9. 2025 at 5:30 PM
We are organizing an online information webinar for all potential participants from the Czech Republic, where all the important details will be announced.
You can register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsCgAAc8mAJaSQh7NuJmP2y6JS-8n59YG1oGsuJ1gGdSdc9g/viewform
Another successful PhD graduate from the Department of Geoinformatics!
Tereza Pohanková has successfully defended her dissertation “Modelling Spatiotemporal Variability of Evapotranspiration and Cooling Function of Vegetation using Remote Sensing Methods” and passed the final state examination.
She has thus been awarded the academic degree Ph.D.
Congratulations on this remarkable achievement, and best wishes for her future academic and personal journey!
Take part in the Olomouc traffic survey!
The city of Olomouc regularly collects residents’ opinions on traffic every three years – your voice helps shape the city we live in.
The survey is conducted both in the field and online, and completing the questionnaire takes only about 10 minutes. It is carried out by Palacký University Olomouc, Department of Geoinformatics.
Share your opinion and help improve traffic in Olomouc!
Complete the survey: http://tiny.cc/pruzkumol
Thank you for your time and participation!
We have a new RNDr.!
Congratulations to Jiří Komínek on successfully completing his rigorous exam and earning the RNDr. title!
His thesis is titled: “Analysis of Cyclist Movement Data in the City and Its Integration into Urban Transport Planning in Brno”
We’re proud to see how data, mobility, and urban planning come together in such meaningful work!
The EnCLOD project delivers the first outputs from the smart sensor network in Olomouc!
As part of our joint effort to build a data-driven city, we have made the first public dashboards from the new sensor network available. You can now explore:
- Traffic data dashboards – offering both current and historical views of selected traffic patterns in the city:
https://olomouc.digital/data-aplikace/#data
- A dedicated dashboard with open data from Olomouc’s microzones –
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/71442d500c424230b0b917e8363a7d1d
As part of the activities, we also hosted an educational workshop focused on the use of open data for urban development planning. Thank you to all participants for the inspiring discussions!
Watch the recording here: https://youtu.be/hhFDKmGsGMM?si=oCPZE-svMXceoI-4
All outputs are also available at – https://olomouc.digital/