Spring school
Department of Algebra

Jáchymov, 2nd to 5th May 2024

What is going on

Spring school is a traditional seminar for students of the Department of Algebra at MFF UK. Part of the program consists of lectures in English on interesting topics given by students and (foreign) guests, insights of experts and discussions with graduates. There is also time for sport activities in the surrounding countryside.

When and where

This year from Thursday 2nd May to Sunday 5th May. For those interested it will be possible to arrive on Wednesday in the evening. The event will take place at Hotel M&M in Jáchymov.

Who is the event for

For master and doctoral students and for all active students of the third year of bachelor study at the Department of Algebra, for guests from related fields and partner institutions, all members of the Department of Algebra are invited.

Registration

Contact e-mail skolavprirode@karlin.mff.cuni.cz

Registration survey:

  • Name:
  • E-mail:
  • Do I have any special dietary requirements?
  • If I am PhD student, do I want to give a lecture? (Lecture is obligatory for master and bachelor students)
  • Do I want to talk on my own topic, or do I want to be assigned a topic? (For questions about the topic of your lecture please contact Michael Kompatscher, more information about the lectures is below)
  • I do/do not mind having lecture in english.
  • How long do I want my lecture: 25/40 minutes (+ 5 minutes for discussion). (We prefer and recommend 25 minutes.)
  • Date of expected arrival (whether you want to arrive earlier on Wednesday, or whether you already know that you will arrive later than on Thursday)

The registration fee is 600,- Kč, the price includes accommodation and meals (starting on Thursday lunch, ending with Sunday breakfast, or starting on Wednesday dinner for those who want to arrive on Wednesday evening).

The application need to be submitted until April 1st.

We will send you details of how to pay the registration fee after you have submitted your application.


The spring school is financially supported by the SVV project.

Participants lectures

Program will consist of 25 or 40 minutes long lectures given by participants on various topics. Lectures and discussions will be held in English, exceptionally in Czech (ask on skolavprirode@karlin.mff.cuni.cz if you insist on that). Lectures are obligatory for bachelor and master students. You can choose your topic yourself, but it is necessary to have your topic approved by Michael Kompatscher (kompatscher@karlin.mff.cuni.cz). The other option is to have the topic assigned, in that case, please contact your favourite teacher or consult it with Michael Kompatscher. Ask him any question related to the topic of your lecture. Any other questions please send to the email of the school (skolavprirode@karlin.mff.cuni.cz). Every lecturer have to prepare short (5 to 10 lines) abstract to his lecture in advance (plain text, you can use basic LaTeX commands.)

Presentation equipment

There will be a notebook with at least: TeX, AdobeAcrobat and LibreOffice (possibly Mathematica). There will be data projector, flip chart and markers. We recommend preparing slides in PDF format.

Participants

Organizational team

Ondřej Ježil

Ondřej Ježil

Mykyta Narusevych

Mykyta Narusevych

Michael Kompatscher

Michael Kompatscher

Martin Borýsek

Martin Borýsek

David Stanovský

David Stanovský

Johanka Čablíková

Johanka Čablíková

List of participants

Employees of KA
    Zuzana Patáková
    Štěpán Holub
    Jun Maillard
    Pavel Příhoda
    Bernardo Rossi
    Souvik Dey
    Jan Šťovíček
    Jan Kotrbatý
Visitors and graduates
    Maroš Grego
    Marcel Šebek
    Igor Khavkine
    Daniel Ondus
Students of MFF UK
    Filip Jankovec
    Helena Krejčí
    Matěj Doležálek
    Matouš Menčík
    Dominik Krasula
    Filip Filipi
    Gabriel Krejčí
    Mavis Otrubů
    Tomáš Hebelka
    Yağmur Sak
    Ondřej Chwiedziuk
    Alina Yan
    Om Prakash
    Anna Mlezivová
    Radek Olšák
    Zdeněk Pezlar
    Maryia Kapytka
    Arina Beck
    Jindřich Novák
    Ondřej Macháč
    Adam Klepáč
    Simona Hlavinková
    Daria Dunina
    Félix Gerardo José Cabaña Zuloaga

Legendary photos from previous years

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Past schools

Fall school 2023

Spring school 2023

Spring school 2022

Fall school 2021

Spring school 2019

Fall school 2018

Fall school 2017

Spring school 2017

Fall school 2016

Fall school 2015

Fall school 2014

Spring school 2013

Spring school 2012

Spring school 2011

Fall school 2010

Spring school 2010