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            * Liquid asphalt, molten glass: studying fluid dynamics at the Nečas Centre for Mathematic
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            Mathematic models help us to understand the flow of blood through capillaries, behaviour o

            flow patterns of asphalt and the movement of icebergs or the Earth’s crust. New theoretica
            associated with fluid dynamics and the deformation of various materials constantly crop up
            the most interesting of these are addressed by the internationally recognised Nečas Centre

            Modelling.
            The ceremonial opening of the Centre was held on Thursday 2 May on the premises of the Bar
            Malostranské náměstí in Prague with the participation of Charles University Rector, Profes

            and the Chairman of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Professor Jiří Drahoš, as well as leadi
            from abroad.

            “It is said that the Academy of Sciences and Czech universities do not always see eye-to-e
            Dean of the CU Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (MFF UK), Professor Jan Kratochvíl, addi
            fact that we are now launching a shared centre is proof that we are able to find common gr

            science, research and the education of the younger generation are concerned. I would like 
            Centre a productive future.”
            In the words of Prof. Kratochvíl, the Centre has all the pre-requisites for further expans

            collaboration with real-world organisations. This does not mean that scientists will focus
            do things more quickly or cheaply, but primarily on major theoretical questions, in cooper
            other departments. The research group connects scientists from the spheres of theoretical 

            mathematics, computing science, continuum mechanics and material sciences from three insti
            Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (AV ČR), the Institute of Comput
            the AV ČR and the MFF UK. Apart from creating a shared platform, the Centre represents a u

            support for research and the education of master’s and doctoral students.
            The Nečas Centre [ URL "http://ncmm.karlin.mff.cuni.cz"] is intended to become the Czech R
            representative in European-level cooperation between mathematicians as part of the EU Math

            in Industry project, which is currently in preparation. The Chairwoman of the Commission f
            Mathematics of the European Mathematical Society and president of the French Society for A
            Industrial mathematics (SMAI), Professor Maria J. Esteban (Université Paris-Dauphine) has 

            discussions on this topic with Centre representatives and wishes the Centre members succes
            planned collaboration with other national groups and areas of application.
            Amongst the congratulators from abroad was the founder of the Interdisciplinary Centre for

            Computing (IWR) at the University of Heidelberg, Professor Willi Jäger. It is with the Uni
            Heidelberg that the Centre is preparing a project aimed at the international education of 
            students, who will have supervisors at both their home and our partner university. The cer

            was also attended by a representative of the largest mathematics centre in the Federal Rep
            Professor Jörg Liesen from the Berlin Technical University.
            The gala afternoon was concluded by a congratulatory speech by Professor Jaroslav Nešetřil

            MFF UK Institute for Information Technology (ITI) and DIMATIA centre. The subsequent break
            by a talk by a talk entitled ‘Finite element algorithms for Kolmogorov equations: stabilit
            tractability’ by Professor Endré Süli of Oxford University, who has been a guest professor

            December 2012.




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            * The Nečas Centre for Mathematic Modelling

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            is a continuation of the successful research projects of the basic research centre, which 
            position within the global academic community during its active period between 2006-11.

            Discussions on the re-establishment of the Centre started several years ago. A major contr
            the formation of the Centre was made not only by Dean Jan Kratochvíl, but also the current
            mathematics, Professor Mirko Rokyta.

            The Director of the newly established Centre is Professor Josef Málek of the MFF UK. The r
            is also organised by the Centre committee of Vít Dolejší, Eduard Feireisl, Zdeněk Strakoš,
            Miroslav Rozložník, as well as a committee consisting of Jan Kratochvíl, Dean of the Facul

            and Physics and the Directors of the Institute of Mathematics and Institute of Computing S
            Czech Academy of Science, Pavel Krejčí and Michal Chytil, respectively.
            Professor Jindřich Nečas, after whom the Centre is named, worked in the fields of partial 

            equations, non-linear functional analyses and their application in fluid mechanics.