02/2004

Academic bulletin 02/2004

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SUMMARY

TOPIC OF THE MONTH
Information society in the 21st century – data storage and data protection
Archives of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic communicate very closely with the Czech Commission for UNESCO and with the International Council on Archives, especially with the Section on University and Research Institution Archives.

Doc. Jiří Hořejš – a pioneer of information science
About the founder of the Institute of Computer Science at Masaryk University in Brno.

SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
INTEGRAL (International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory)
Integral is undeniably an international mission with the successful participation of Czech scientists, dedicated to the fine spectroscopy and superior imaging of celestial gamma-ray sources.

About ancient drama in Prague
Prague workshop on ancient Greek theatre today has visited professor Oliver Taplin from Great Britain. An interview.

Together to Modern History of Central Europe
The Institute of History ASCR and Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Brno have organised presentation of recentli published works.

NEWS FROM THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL
A report on the 41st session of the Academic Council of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

RESEARCH AND THE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Account of the 184th session of the Czech Government’s Research and Development Council.

PORTRAITS FROM THE ARCHIVES
Antonín Frinta
Prof. Antonín Frinta (1884–1975), a notable Czech Slavonic authority, was concerned with his mother tongue’s variableness of sound and was interested in phonostylistics. He was one of the representatives of the world-renown Czech phonetic school.

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
This time the section introduces the Czech Learned Society.

CULTURE AND THE SOCIETY
Nečtiny 2004 alias About Communication
Interdisciplinary communication was the topic of the workshop in Nečtiny. Discussion was oriented to global or regional communication in science, culture and society.

Physics is a piece of my world
An interview with Jiří Hron, laureate of the Naděje (Promise) Prize for students of secondary schools.

AWARDS
Czech historiographer dr. Jan Němeček has been awarded the W. Felczak and H. Wereszycki Prize in Krakow for his works in the field of Polish-Czechoslovak relationships during the World War II.
Ing. Jan Zeman, from the Klokner Institute of the Czech Technical University in Prague, has won The professor I. Babuška Prize 2003 for his work entitled Analysis of Composite Materials with Random Microstructure.
Prof. Ivan Hlaváček a Doc. Jiří Kejř have been awarded the medals of honour De Scientia et Humanitate Optime Meritis for their attainment in history.

RESUME

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