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PhD research seminar at GFÚ and seminar by Václav Kuna at Albertov
On Wednesday, Oct 19, five presentations of our PhD students are scheduled between 13:00 and 14:15 at the lecture hall. It is an opportunity for doctoral students to share their research ideas and progress. Schedule of PhD seminar at GFÚ: 13:00 Martin Labuta...
“Early Ice Sheets” project fieldwork completed for 2022
GFÚ researchers, Lotta Ylä-Mella and Kaleb Wagner, sampled ancient glacial deposits at field sites stretching from Denmark to Lithuania this summer as part of their GAČR-funded PhD projects. Members of the Surface Processes & Paleoclimate team completed the first...
Invited lecture: Gylfi P. Hersir – Oct 5 / 15:00
GFÚ hosts a guest talk by Gylfi P. Hersir from Iceland GeoSurvey (ÍSOR) with his lecture " The Reykjanes Peninsula, SW-Iceland: Increased seismicity and surface deformation followed by volcanic eruptions. What is going on there?“ GFÚ Lecture Hall - 3 pm
Supercomputers help geophysicists
There are fields of geophysics, that rely on numerical modeling or the analysis of huge datasets. With the help of supercomputing, we are able to model complex systems or make sense of large and complicated datasets. IT4Innovations (IT4I) is a Czech national research...