PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Vojtěch Bareš

Vojtěch Bareš is a researcher in urban hydrology whose work uses commercial microwave links to monitor rain for urban drainage. A former Czech whitewater slalom representative, he designed a standing wave in Prague and teaches hydraulics and urban hydrology at CTU. A 2014 paper he coauthored received the Poul Harremoës Award, and his 2022 OpenSense research examined rainfall fields and radar comparisons. In 2025, he shared the Best Paper Award for Young Researchers and coauthored an EGU abstract on a Random Forest model for urban runoff prediction. As of October 2026, he works in CTU’s Department of Hydraulics and Hydrology, where he studies rainfall monitoring and urban drainage.

Timeline

  1. 2014

    A Poul Harremoës Award

    With Martin Fencl, Jörg Rieckermann, Petr Sýkora and David Stránský, he coauthors a paper on using commercial microwave links as rainfall sensors. The paper receives the 2014 Poul Harremoës Award.

  2. October 2021

    A standing wave in Prague

    In October 2021, he designs the Vlny Štvanice standing wave in Prague after measuring channel levels and making a 1:10 hydraulic model with students. At CTU, he teaches hydraulics and urban hydrology, leads physical and numerical hydraulic modeling projects, and is a former Czech whitewater slalom representative.

  3. 2022–2023

    OpenSense rainfall research

    In 2022, he coauthors an OpenSense presentation on transboundary rainfall fields generated from two independent commercial microwave-link networks and another comparing link rainfall retrieval with adjusted radar. In 2023, he coauthors a study with Anna Špačková and Martin Fencl that evaluates error components in rainfall retrieval from collocated commercial microwave links.

  4. 2025

    An EGU opening talk

    In 2025, he gives the invited opening talk for EGU’s rainfall and urban hydrology session in Vienna. He discusses progress in opportunistic rainfall sensing and OpenSense’s coordination of international research.

  5. September 2025

    Modelling a Prague slalom course

    In September 2025, he leads CTU’s hydraulic research for a planned 500-metre slalom course at Prague’s Water Sports Park. The team uses a 35-metre physical model to simulate flows and optimize the course’s hydraulics, including waves and recirculating currents.

  6. 2025

    Machine learning for urban runoff

    In September 2025, Ying Song, Martin Fencl and Vojtěch Bareš receive the Best Paper Award for Young Researchers at the 13th Urban Drainage Modelling Conference. In an EGU abstract, Song and Bareš describe a Random Forest model that estimates two-minute urban runoff from raw commercial microwave-link attenuation data.

  7. June 2026

    A habilitation dissertation

    For June 2026, CTU schedules his habilitation lecture on quantitative rainfall estimation from commercial microwave links and the application of these estimates to urban catchment runoff prediction.

  8. As of October 2026

    Urban hydrology at CTU

    He works in CTU’s Department of Hydraulics and Hydrology, where his research focuses on rainfall monitoring for urban hydrology and urban drainage. In 2026, he coauthors a Journal of Hydrology article on data-driven rainfall-runoff modeling with microwave-link attenuation.

  1. The United States employs an estimated 48% of people shaping AIIncludes Czech Technical University in Prague. We estimate where the people shaping AI work today, how universities, companies and research institutes split across countries, and how country shares have changed since the 1960s.
  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Czech Technical University in Prague. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Czech Technical University in Prague. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  4. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Czech Technical University in Prague. We estimate that Google holds the highest combined h-index at 8,016, while universities account for 73% of the deduplicated total across AI organizations.

Sources and credits

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  1. Poul Harremoës Award iahr.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Surfování a divoká voda v centru Prahy. Projekt Vlny Štvanice míří do finále czechcanoe.cz. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. Meet OpenSense at the EGU! opensenseaction.eu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. People hydraulika.fsv.cvut.cz. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. Vyzvaná přednáška Vojtěcha Bareše na mezinárodní konferenci EGU 2025 hydraulika.fsv.cvut.cz. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. Hydraulický model slalomové dráhy pro Park vodních sportů Praha fsv.cvut.cz. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. Best paper award for Ying Song et al. opensenseaction.eu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. Abstract EGU25-11333 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  9. Completed Proceedings portal.fsv.cvut.cz. Checked 21 October 2026.