Dear friends of hikes and mathematics,

you are cordially invited to a hike that will take place on Saturday, May 16, 2026.

We will meet at 8:30 at the bus stop Líšeň, hřbitov.

The planned route follows less-known paths, has a length of 11 km and an elevation of +470 -440 m. Buses back to Brno go regularly, once per hour.

During the trip, it will be possible to engage in one of the following activities:

1) A guided tour through the Ochoz cave. Compulsory equipment: an arbitrary helmet; a headlamp or a flashlight. The admission fee is voluntary (expected to be similar to the show caves' admission fees).
2) Spelunking in two nearby caves. Compulsory equipment: an arbitrary helmet; a headlamp; a change of clothes, ideally a coverall (it will be entirely covered with mud).

We look forward to seeing you!

Pavel Francírek and Michal Kunc, organizers

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Invitation to the thesis defence of Reza Dastranj

We would like to invite you to the defence of thesis entitled Applications of Advanced Regression models in Actuarial Mathematics in the field of study Probability, Statistics and Mathematical Modelling.

The thesis defence will take place on Monday, May 4, 2026, 4 p.m. at Meeting room, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics.

The thesis and reader’s reports are available at IS MU.

Supervisor: Martin Kolář

Committee:
Zdeněk Pospíšil (chair, local)
Zuzana Hübnerová (FME BUT in Brno)
An Chen (Ulm University)
Jan Koláček (local)
David Kraus (local)

On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at the opening ceremony of the academic year, the rector's awards for outstanding teachers were presented. Two of the prizes were received by our colleagues from DMS dr. Marie Budíková a prof. Michal Veselý.

Marie Budíková



She has worked at the faculty since 1980. Her focus is on teaching statistics and probability, as well as preparing future secondary school mathematics teachers.

Michal Veselý



He teaches courses focused on mathematical analysis. Students rate his lectures highly for their engaging and clear nature, and for his ability to combine theory with practical examples.


Congratulations!

More can be found at the link here.

A list of electronic math magazines available at MU (more than 650 titles) can be found HERE .

However, magazines from the EBSCO and ProQuest megadablets are not included in this list.

But, it is possible to search for mathematical journals directly in these databases, for example:


EBSCO

http://search.ebscohost.com → EBSCOhost Research Databases → select Publications tab in the top bar → select databases (the most comprehensive is Adamic Search Ulitmate) → in the field Browsing Select By Subject & Description and enter a keyword in the field (eg Mathematics)


PROQUEST CENTRAL

https://search.proquest.com → select Publications in the upper bar → enter a keyword (eg Mathematics) in the search box and choose where we want to search (eg in subject) to Scholarly Journals