The 2019 Prize

Applications

1. Dr. Andrea Giusti (1991) presented the thesis On the corpuscular theory of gravity defended in November 2018 at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
2. RNDr. Ondrej Hruska, PhD. (1991) presented the thesis Investigation of geometrical and physical properties of exact spacetimes defended in September 2019 at the Charles University in Prague
3. RNDr. Michal Kloc, PhD. (1989) presented the thesis Quantum phase transitions in systems with a finite number of degrees of freedom defended in September 2018 at the Charles University in Prague
4. Mgr. Ivan Kolar, PhD. (1990) presented the thesis Spacetime with symmetris in a general dimension defended in July 2019 at the Charles University in Prague
5. Dr. Alexey A. Melnikov (1989) presented the thesis A physics approach to classical and quantum machine learning with applications in quantum experiment defended in July 2018 at the University of Innsbruck
6. Dr. Miroslav Rapcak (1991) presented the thesis The vertex algebra vertex defended in July 2019 at the University of Waterloo
7. Mgr. Stanislav Stefanik, PhD. (1990) presented the thesis Study of high energy cosmic gamma rays defended in June 2019 at the Charles University in Prague

Jury

With a deep sorrow the steering committee announces that Olga Rossi, our dear colleague who did a lot for the community and for the Votruba Prize in particular, passed away on October 17

• Doc. RNDr. Vladimir Balek, CSc.
• Prof. RNDr. Ladislav Hlavaty, DrSc.
• Prof. RNDr. Peter Presnajder, DrSc., chair
• Prof. RNDr. Olga Rossi, DrSc.

The verdict

At its closing session on November 28, 2019, the jury decided to award the main prize to

• Dr. Andrea Giusti
  for the thesis On the corpuscular theory of gravity representing and important contribution to the theory of black holes and cosmology in the corpuscular version of the gravity theory

The jury also decided to give honourable mentions to the theses of

• RNDr. Ondrej Hruska, PhD.

entitled Investigation of geometrical and physical properties of exact spacetimes, making contributions the theory of gravity, in particular, by investigation properties of Plebanski-Demianski class of solutions, and

• Dr. Miroslav Rapcak

entitled The vertex algebra vertex, a thesis containing both research results and a review in an important area of mathematical physics.