A meeting of the Visegrad Group of Academies was held in Třešť on September 23-24 and was hosted by Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The Visegrad Group of Academies was initiated in March 2000 by the Slovak Academy of Sciences which organized the first meeting of the representatives of the V4 Academies in Bratislava. and Robert Zika.
The Academy Assembly held its XLII"d Meeting December 13, 2012 in the Municipal House in Vinohrady. It is the supreme self-governing body of the Academy of Sciences responsible for the foremost priority decisions related to the ASCR. By a secret ballot. the Academy Council (executive body of the ASCR) and Council for Sciences (the ASCRS policy body) were elected by the Academy Assembly for the period 2013-2017. and Luděk Svoboda.
The 38th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science was held in Špindlerův Mlýn on January 21–27, 2012. SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is the annual international winter conference devoted to the theory and practice of computer science. Its aim is to present the latest developments in research for professionals from academia and industry, working in leading areas of computer science. In memory of Alan Turing, whose 100th anniversary is being observed during 2012, SOFSEM 2012 hosted a session on Turing machines. This session consisted of invited and contributed talks on Turing machines as the basic model of computability and complexity. SOFSEM 2012 was among the official Centenary Events of The Alan Turing Year. and Martin Řimnáč.