Václav Hlaváč, member of the CTU Academic Senate and member of CIIRC Assembly, suggested an item to June 27, 2018 regular meeting of CTU Academic Senate. The item title is the „Unexpected removal of CIIRC director Prof. V. Mařík by CTU Rector Assoc. Prof. V. Petráček and its consequences“.
We created a dedicated web page (in Czech only, unfortunately) providing...
CIIRC CTU Assembly Resolution from June 15, 2018
The extraordinary meeting of the CIIRC Assembly dealt with the situation, which occurred after the Rector doc. V. Petráček removed the director of CIIRC Prof. V. Mařík from his office on June 4, 2018
CIIRC CTU Assembly approved the following public resolution related to the matter and addressed it mainly to the Academic...
On 13.6.2018 the extraordinary meeting of CTU Board of Directors was held to understand the current situation at CTU which damages the reputation of the university both in the Czech Republic and abroad. This situation arises from the removal of Prof. Mařík from direction of CIIRC.
The Board of Directors found the removal of Prof. Mařík as unjustified and rash and asks the Rector Vojtěch...
PDF of CIIRC Annual Report 2017 available at the following link (in English only).
CIIRC Annual Report 2017
Dear CIIRC ČVUT colleagues,
CIIRC temporary director Prof. Vladimír Kučera and the removed ex-director Prof. Vladimír Mařík thank for your strong support on Friday June 8. They both appeal to you for keeping the usual work activity. Negotiations continue. A meeting of the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Ing. Robert Plaga, Ph.D. with CTU Rector Doc. Vojtěch Petráeček and...
Two students and friends the Ph.D. student Mr. Michal Polic (FEE, employed on IMPACT project in CIIRC) and MSc. student Mr. Radim Špetlík (FEE) liked to understand the context of the film "A člověk stvořil robota". Their way to understanding was asking relevant people. They summarized the answer with the expectation in provides a more objective view on the...
Appeal to the CIIRC Staff
Please come to the meeting with the Rector doc. V. Petráček, on Friday June 8, 2018, at 01:30 p.m. to the Red lecture hall, CIIRC JP:B.246.
We have a fundamental question to the discussion:
Does the Rector REVOKE HIS DECISION ON DISMISSAL OF PROF. MAŘÍK FROM THE FUNCTION OF THE CIIRC CTU DIRECTOR
YES / NO?
If there is...
Rector of CTU Vojtěch Petráček took over the open letter from the heads of CIIRC on 6.6.2018.
Otevřený dopis vedoucích pracovníků CIIRC rektorovi ČVUT
CIIRC CTU director and founder Prof. Vladimír Mařík was removed from his office by CTU Rector Assoc. Prof. Vojtěch Petráček unexpectadly on a meeting of his board on Mon June 4, 2018 at 11:00. He read his statement (in Czech) at the end of the meeting.
CIIRC employees expressed their disagreement with this CTU Rector's act by issuing...
27.5.2018 - The reaction of film director Zora Cejnková in Radiožurnál
The whole interview avaibale here (Czech only)
31.5.2018 - Lidové noviny responded to the current situation at CTU related to the events surrounding the TV broadcast of the CIIRC document A člověk stvořil robota.