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Charles University Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in the world in conti ...
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: ''Matematicko-fyzikální fakulta Univerzity Karlovy'' or ''Matfyz'') was established on September 1, 1952, in
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, Czech Republic. Since that time, the faculty has been represented by its students and professors both at home and abroad.


Activities and achievements

Among the recent collaborations belongs a participation in the development of the ''Solar Wind Analyser/Proton and Alpha Sensor'' (SWA-PAS) onboard the ''
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'' spacecraft, launching an educational game project based on comics simulations called ''Czechoslovakia 38–89'' in cooperation with The Faculty of Arts and subsequent developing of a PC game '' Attentat 1942'', making an AI translator called ''CUBBITT'', which can compare to professional English human translators, establishing of the ''Malach Center for Visual History'' or the collaborating on a project dealing with AI system called ''DeepStack'', which defeated professional poker players in 2016. Moreover, The Faculty of Mathematics and Physics is a birthplace of ''
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'', IP routing daemon running mainly on Linux/UNIX-like operating systems etc., which began as a school project. Additionally, Matfyz also stood by a student project called ''Xelfi'', which evolved in the Java integrated development environment known as ''
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''. The Faculty of Mathematics and Physics has been also among teams of ''The
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Experimental Programme'' for a long time and the participation in the programme is guaranteed for both the academic employees and the students. In 2021, the cooperative team of Matfyz, Švandovo divadlo and
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worked on the first theatre play written by AI, which had its premiere on the February 26, 2021. The faculty produces approximately 25% of all research outputs of Charles University.


Alumni/Graduates

Notable graduates of Matfyz are for example astronomer
Jiří Grygar Jiří Grygar (; born March 17, 1936, in Heinersdorf, Germany, now Dziewiętlice, Poland) is a Czech astronomer, popularizer of science and Kalinga Prize (1996) laureate. Career After studying physics at the Masaryk University in Brno and as ...
or scientist
Jiří Bičák Jiří Bičák (7 January 1942, Prague – 26 January 2024) was a Czech physicist at Charles University, fellow of the American Physical Society and President of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic The Learned Society of the Czech Republic ...
, who was awarded by the Neuron Fund for his contribution to global science in 2014. In 2007, a minor planet '' 55844 Bičák'' was named after him. Further, Martin Klíma, a co-founder of a video-game developer
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known for a game '' Kingdom Come: Deliverance''. Alice Valkárová, a former student and current professor of physics at Matfyz, was appointed as a member of the
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(ERC) in 2021. Miloslav Feistauer, who is currently teaching at Matfyz as well, is a member of
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uniting significant Czech scientists.Feistauer Miloslav
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Departments

* School of Physics ** Astronomical Institute of Charles University ** Institute of Physics of Charles University ** Laboratory of General Physics Education ** Department of Physics Education ** Department of Surface and Plasma Science ** Department of Physics of Materials ** Department of Low Temperature Physics ** Department of Condensed Matter Physics ** Department of Macromolecular Physics ** Department of Geophysics ** Department of Chemical Physics and Optics ** Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics ** Department of Atmospheric Physics ** Institute of Theoretical Physics * School of
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** Department of Software and Computer Science Education ** Department of Applied Mathematics ** Department of Distributed and Dependable Systems ** Department of Software Engineering ** Department of Theoretical Computer Science and Mathematical Logic ** Network and Labs Management Center ** Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics ** Computer Science Institute of Charles University * School of Mathematics ** Department of Algebra ** Department of Mathematics Education ** Department of Mathematical Analysis ** Department of Numerical Mathematics ** Department of Probability and Mathematical Statistics ** Mathematical Institute of Charles University


Photos

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Karlín Karlín () is a cadastral area of Prague, part of Prague 8 municipal district, formerly an independent town (which became part of Prague in 1922). It is bordered by the river Vltava and Holešovice to the north, Vítkov hill and Žižkov to t ...
- School of Mathematics Image:Profesní dům (Malá Strana).jpg,
Malá Strana Malá Strana ( Czech for "Little Side (of the River)", ) or historically Menší Město pražské () is a district of the city of Prague, Czech Republic, and one of its most historic neighbourhoods. In the Middle Ages, it was a dominant center o ...
- School of Computer Science Image:Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague.jpg, Troja - School of Physics


References


External links


Official Website
{{Commonscat, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University Charles University Educational institutions in Prague Universities and colleges established in 1952 1952 establishments in Czechoslovakia