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EUDIS Defence Hackathon

15.9.2025

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

 

  • 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.

  • The winning projects will receive expert support and acceleration.

  • 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

 

  • The opportunity to choose the challenge they want to focus on:

    • Challenge 1: Protection of space assets – detect, analyze, and counter threats in space

    • Challenge 2: Space for defense – Earth Observation, Navigation, Communication, and coordination of multi-domain military operations

    • Challenge 3: Sovereign Aerospace – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Management, Production, and Countermeasures

  • A weekend full of networking with experts from the civil and defense sectors.

  • The chance to gain valuable contacts for their projects and ideas.

  • 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!

9.9.2025

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!

8.9.2025

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.!

27.6.2025

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!

26.6.2025

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/

Hackathon 2025

19.6.2025
The Olomouc Region Hackathon is back after a year!
 
Do you want to change the world around you? Sign up for the third edition of the three-day Olomouc Region Hackathon, taking place in Olomouc and focused on improving the quality of life in our region! 
 
We’re looking for high school and university students, enthusiasts, IT experts, and creatives from all disciplines. Work in a team or individually, get support from mentors, use open data, and come up with solutions that have real impact.
 
This year’s themes: transportation and climate change
Compete for prizes worth over CZK 100,000!
Registration opens on September 1, 2025
More info: https://hackathon.upol.cz
 
Follow us on social media:
– Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hackathon.olk
– Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/6CSLYVAnZ
– Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hackathon_olk
 
Be part of it and help shape a better Olomouc Region – for the third time!

New article in International Journal of Digital Earth

11.6.2025

A review article has been published in the Q1 journal International Journal of Digital Earth, focusing on the use of eye-tracking in interactions with digital maps.

  • The first systematic analysis has been conducted on how gaze can be used to control and adapt digital maps.
  • A typology of gaze-based map interactions has been introduced.
  • 25 studies using eye-tracking for map interaction have been included.
  • Results are presented through an open-source interactive dashboard.

Read the article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17538947.2025.2510563

GISáček 2025 has its winners!

20.5.2025

The Department of Geoinformatics at VSB–Technical University of Ostrava, under the auspices of the Czech Association for Geoinformation, hosted the traditional student conference GISáček 2025, where talented students presented the results of their academic work in the field of geoinformatics 

And how did our students do? Here are the results!

BACHELOR’S SECTION

1. Vojtěch Svoboda (Palacký University Olomouc) – Evaluation of population distribution using mobile operator data

2. Štěpán Čech (Palacký University Olomouc) – Impact of climate change on overwintering success of the honeybee in the Czech Republic 

3. Natálie Lípová (Palacký University Olomouc) – Spatial analysis of sustainable mobility of Olomouc residents 

MASTER’S SECTION

3. Jiří Vysloužil (Palacký University Olomouc) – Evaluation of the effectiveness of visualization tools for comparing sociological data 

Congratulations to the winners and all participants!