Students of the Faculty of Information Technology at CTU (FIT CTU) — Tadeáš Tichý, Teodor Fišer, Lukáš Walter, Viet Cuong Nguyen, and Jakub Skopal (FI MUNI) — achieved significant success at this year’s Mobility Hackathon, where, as Team VIBECODE, they won second place. Competing against sixteen teams from across the Czech Republic and abroad, they impressed the jury with the quality of their technical solution, their innovative approach, and their ability to respond to real-world challenges in modern urban mobility. The hackathon, organized by SIT Port, took place on February 13–14, 2026, at the TechTower technology center in Pilsen.
This year’s Mobility Hackathon theme was “Digital Breakdown,” a scenario in which a city finds itself in digital darkness and key systems fail. The competing teams were tasked with designing solutions to ensure the continued operation of transport, crisis management, and public communication even when standard technological infrastructure stops functioning. Students therefore had to think not only technically but also strategically — how to design systems resilient to outages while remaining practically applicable in real-world environments.
In their solution, Team VIBECODE focused on supporting crisis management and security forces, specifically on the detection and localization of drones using a smartphone. The developed application combines camera image analysis with sound frequency processing, enabling it to identify potential threats and determine their location. The collected data can then be shared, improving situational awareness and coordination of response efforts in crisis or outage scenarios.
“The whole event was quite intense for us, but also very beneficial. In addition to valuable experience, we’re taking away new friendships. It was a great opportunity to test teamwork in practice and move ourselves a step further,” says Teodor Fišer, a member of Team VIBECODE and a FIT CTU student.
The hackathon was also held in cooperation with the European SPARROW project, focused on crisis situation simulations and mobility testing in demanding scenarios. Participants had the opportunity to consult their solutions with experts involved in the project and gain valuable practical feedback.
“A total of 72 students from secondary schools and universities took part in the hackathon. We were also very pleased to test the hybrid format of the hackathon for the first time, meaning the involvement of international teams working remotely on their projects. This year, for the very first time, one team participated online from France, which added an international dimension to the entire event,” says Mgr. Aneta Chodorová, the event’s project manager.
