"In our work, we look for conditions under which two events have a common cause. We took a philosophical topic with a mathematical formalization, through which we were also able to discover something in this interdisciplinary field using classical mathematical methods," the students described.
The award-winning work was supervised by Professor Mirko Navara and Professor Pavel Pták from the Machine Learning research group in the Department of Cybernetics. The award-winning team began researching this topic with Prof. Navara in the Team Project course more than a year ago. They subsequently published their results in the respected journal Mathematica Slovaca. They also presented them at the IQSA international conferences in Brussels and Katowice, as well as at the First Independent Home Seminar (FIHS) student conference.
Jan Ševic, a student of the Open Informatics programme, commented on the success that it brought the team joy and a feeling of a well-done job. Dominika Burešová, a student of the Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management programme, hopes that their success will inspire other FEE students to enter future years of the competition. "The works that ranked even higher than ours were truly outstanding. As a scientist, I am delighted that we have such talented individuals and that there is a competition that can recognise and reward them. Above all, I am delighted that I have been able to share my success with colleagues and friends who have been great to work with," said the young scientist.
“Participating in SVOČ was an opportunity for me to listen to presentations of high-quality research papers and to meet other students interested in research,” said Kamila Houšková, who is studying the Open Informatics programme. "It was also an opportunity to spend a great couple of days with friends. The placement was more like a bonus and symbolizes the successful conclusion of a chapter in my life," added Kamila Hloušková, who, like Dominika Burešová and Jan Ševic, is finishing her Master's studies this year.
Jan Ševic (OI)
He teaches the Algorithmization course and helped with the preparation of the XP33CHM (Chapters in higher mathematics) course. He has presented at the Future Education 2024 conference and co-authored several publications. His research interests include decomposition methods in combinatorial optimization. "What I enjoy about the topic is the connection to practice and the vision of societal benefit. For example, making production lines more efficient can lead to lower electricity consumption and lower emissions," the student described. He is preparing for his PhD studies at CIIRC CTU, where he will work in the Industrial Informatics group of Prof. Zdeněk Hanzálek under the supervision of Associate Professor Přemysl Šůcha.
Dominika Burešová (EEM)
She has been involved in research for several years, has presented at a number of international conferences, and is the main author of several publications. One of her most notable achievements is placing in the Global Undergraduate Awards 2023. She is one of the teachers of the XP33CHM course, lectures focused on deeper problems in a number of mathematical disciplines, and she is also involved in the organisation of FIHS and other projects. "I now have ideas in my head for further results that are waiting to be realised after the state final examination, and since ideas are the main thing in mathematics, I won't reveal them. But I can reveal that one is in the field of MV-algebra and the other is related to the so-called Kalmbach embedding. I don't stick to just one topic; rather, I work by discovering the beauty of mathematics that I can see," she stressed. Dominika Burešová is heading for her PhD studies in the Machine Learning group at the Department of Cybernetics under the supervision of Professor Pták.
Kamila Hloušková (OI)
She won bronze with her bachelor's thesis in the 2023 Rektorys Competition. Like her colleagues from the award-winning team, she is actively publishing. "My research work focuses primarily on fuzzy and quantum structures. In particular, Prof. Navara and I are now working on the topic of generalized probabilistic models. What I like about the research is that the mathematics is inherently unambiguous, and the proofs cannot be fooled. It's a great feeling when you get into the theory, start to see the connections between different properties, and use them to prove other facts," she said. Kamila Houšková is also vice-president of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) club at CTU in Prague. She co-organises the FIHS conference mentioned above and works at ČSOB.
Photo: Student competition in Research Activities in Mathematics and Informatics
