Czech president awards Medal of Merit to Word2Vec co-creator Mikolov
Original title: Tomáš Mikolov awarded the Medal of Merit by the President of the Czech Republic
Brno University of Technology graduate Filip Maleňák was also honored for the Záchranka emergency app at the October 28 ceremony.
On October 28 in Prague Castle’s Vladislav Hall, the President of the Czech Republic awarded state honors, including the Medal of Merit, to two Brno University of Technology graduates. Tomáš Mikolov was recognized in science for natural language processing work, including co-creating Word2Vec, and runs BottleCap AI on more efficient language models. Filip Maleňák was recognized in technology as creator of the Záchranka app, which contacts emergency medical services, shares location, and locates nearby defibrillators. The university says 51 people received honors.
- The ceremony was held on October 28, the Czech national holiday.
- Mikolov previously received the Neuron Award and works through BottleCap AI.
- Záchranka is used daily to call for help, the university says.
- A full list of all 51 recipients was published by the university.
- Organizations
- Brno University of TechnologyBottleCap AI
- Countries
- Czech Republic
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3 min read at vut.czAmong the personalities honoured by the President of the Czech Republic on the occasion of the national holiday on 28 October this year are two graduates of Brno University of Technology. Tomáš Mikolov, a renowned expert in artificial intelligence, and Filip Maleňák, creator of the Záchranka mobile app, received state honors for their outstanding contributions to science, research and technology.
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