For those students who want to get a credit in the current semester for
"Vědecký seminář" (6/7ODS1/2, 6/7VES1/2/3/4, 8VSD1/2/3/4, or
whatever other fancy abbreviation it might have).
If you already have a supervisor of your diploma/thesis work, the whole thing
can be handled either by your supervisor, or by me. If you do not have a
supervisor, it is handled by me. If in doubt, consult with
your supervisor first. Below are my requirements for getting a credit.
The requirement is to attend 4 talks in any seminar of your choice, per
semester. The seminar can be "real", like the department seminar, or
seminar at Fuzzy, or
one of the seminars at VŠB,
or at any other place in the Czech Republic or the whole world.
Or, as it is customary now in our post-coronavirus world, the seminar can be
virtual: browse through
researchseminars.org for an
impressive list of seminars worldwide, or, say, google for "zoom" (most of the
online math seminars are delivered via zoom) + keywords of your choice.
The only requirement is that the talk should be in mathematics (all branches
of mathematics, pure and applied, will do), research-level, and "live". Talks in
applications, history and philosophy of mathematics, and math education are
accepted as long they have a non-trivial mathematical content.
Just watching recorded talks of past seminars is usually not ok. In exceptional
cases (for example, a high relevance to your diploma work), watching a recorded talk may be
acceptable. If in doubt, consult with me first.
Some suggestions of talks which might be (partially) accessible for students
without prior research experience (or just can be entertaining):
For each particular seminar, read carefully instructions for online access,
they vary from seminar to seminar. In case of doubt, do not hesitate to write
to the organizer(s).
While attending the talk, try to be not merely a passive listener; try to find a
connection with the things you already know and/or interested in, try to
formulate question(s) to ask at the end of the talk (as any dutiful member of
the audience should do).
On each attended talk, you have to report verbally
(5-10 minutes conversation with me). For each semester, the deadline is the end of examination period.
Do not delay everything till the last moment, and do not report about everything
at once, but try to distribute the load over the whole semester.
For any questions, including appointments for reports, please
contact me.
Created: Tue Jun 16 2020
Last modified: Thu Mar 12 2026 13:58:42 CET
Pasha Zusmanovich