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Intel CitCUsing Image Recognition and Visual Search API for Business – CitC Episode 224Michal Lukac, co-founder and machine learning engineer at Ximilar, joins host Jake Smith to talk about how the artificial intelligence (AI) startup uses Intel Xeon Scalable processors and the Intel OpenVINO toolkit to increase performance and lower latency for the company’s computer vision platform. The two discuss the many applications for image recognition and visual search in a variety of industries and how Ximilar has benefited from being a part of the Intel AI Builders program.
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2021-02-2514 min
Chronica BoemorumPrecipitousness UttermostIt is a period of great changes, with Middle Ages giving way to the Modern Era. While explorers are establishing new maritime trade routes, the Czechs are struggling to combine their heritage of religious liberty with international acceptance. The House of Jagello is not long for this world, and the kingdom will soon need to pick a new royal house for the third time in as many centuries. But will they be able to find a leader who will both respect the kingdom, and earn its respect in return? Dramatis Personae Vladislav Jagelonský Maxmilián...
2020-02-0134 min
Chronica BoemorumTo The End of the WorldThe Hussite Wars are over. Peace and freedom of confession were bought at the cost of a fratricidal battle, but both are still fragile as the king-emperor Zikmund died shortly after the Compacts of Basel were declared. The Czechs have to figure out how to make the small island of tolerance in the heart of Europe last against the overwhelming might of the papacy, and to do that they need to get lucky with the choice of their new ruling dynasty. How far will they need to go to find one? Dramatis personae
2019-12-0543 min
Chronica BoemorumAgainst AllIt is 1422. Thrice now the Czechs have beaten a Crusade called to subjugate them under the yoke of Zikmund of Luxemburg and the papacy he controls. But what will they do with this victory? What *can* they do and how did this happen in the first place? Join us in this action-packed episode concluding the Hussite wars.
2019-10-3037 min
Chronica BoemorumWarriors of GodVáclav IV., Czech and Roman King, is dead. A stroke killed him only weeks after the tensions between reformists and papal loyalists broke into open conflict. His heir is his half-brother, Zikmund, King of Hungary and Croatia; but Zikmund had spent the past ten years reconsolidating the fractured Latin church under his own thumb and isn't going to just agree to reform. In addition, many of the Czech nobles blame him for having Master Jan Hus, the unifying figure of the reform movement, killed in the process. In the past, Zikmund has s...
2019-09-2935 min
Chronica BoemorumChronica Boemorum Ep. 10 - Seek the Truth and Defend the TruthThe Golden Age of Czech Kingdom is coming to an end. Between a disease epidemic, economic struggles, political machinations and religious schism, there is enough to weigh down the Luxemburgs' crowned heads. And it is obvious, none of Karel IV.'s sons took after their father. As they fumble through a situation that only seems to go from bad to worse, one of them turns to hunting and frivolity, while the other prefers abductions and intrigue - which earns them the respective nicknames of "the Drunkard and the Fox". While the two rival brothers ponder...
2019-08-3048 min
Chronica BoemorumPater PatriaeEvery motherland needs its father - and in 14th century the Czech lands are about to get one of their very own. Despite not being a Přemyslid in the male line, "the foreigner king's" son will embrace the heritage and legacy of his mother's house and build the declining kingdom back up. With the imperial political scene tangled and pulled every which way, the papacy "held hostage" in Avignon, the domestic royal coffers all but depleted and the Czech nobility as recalcitrant as ever, it will be no small feat to get everything back on...
2019-07-2845 min
Chronica BoemorumGod ForbidA seven-year-old king without a proper regent sounds like a recipe for disaster. But in the Czech kingdom of late 13th century one such young man - Václav II. - grows up into a surprisingly accomplished ruler, who is able to remedy the sins of the lawless years. As the face of the central European politics once again changes, the crown of Poland and crown of Hungary just might land on Přemyslid heads as well... if they play the political cards right. But what will happen to the kingdom, when Václav III. sur...
2019-06-2942 min
Chronica BoemorumThe King of Iron and GoldWhen the first hereditary Czech king - Přemysl I. Otakar - dies, the reigns of the realm are taken by his son Václav I. Will he be enough to fill his great late father's shoes and hold on to the royal crown? The realm is facing foreign invasions from eastern nomads, southern newly minted dukes and south eastern rivals. When the dust settles on battlefields, there are still dynastic interests to protect and power hungry noblemen to corral and manage. And just as everything finally seems headed in the right direction, personal tragedy throws yet an...
2019-05-2938 min
Chronica BoemorumLion ArgentIn the 11th century, the Czechs have proved themselves mighty warriors, as well as a cohesive, self-aware nation. The neighbouring German Roman Empire lost its ruling dynasty and two families are vying for the throne. With political tensions and demand for military power rising on all sides the Czech princes see an opportunity for their own advancement. Meanwhile the social landscape in the Czech lands begins to shift and change, as the administrators become nobility and new settlers populate areas that were previously vacant. Join us on the tumultuous journey through 12th century court intrigues...
2019-03-2743 min
Chronica BoemorumCrowning GloryIt is the year 1000AD, and the Czech lands are now united under the rule of the Přemyslid dynasty of Bohemia. From humble origins, the Přemyslid princes have created a unitary Christian monarchy that was strong enough to preserve its autonomy and Slavic culture against both raids by warrior nomads from Hungary and repeated invasions from the Holy Roman Empire. But this is a fragile state; the country is held together not yet by a shared national identity, but merely by shared loyalty and reverence towards the ruling dynasty. What happens when this dynasty attempts to...
2019-03-0139 min
Chronica BoemorumGood King WenceslasWith Moravia trampled under the hooves of the Magyar steppe warriors and Frankish Empire struggling to pull itself together after yet another succession dispute, the time has come for up until then insignificant tribe settled in the middle of the Bohemian Basin to take the reins of the fate of the Czech lands. From the legendary beginnings through the first historical records, we follow the rise of the Czech tribe and their ruling Přemyslid dynasty of princes on their quest to unite the neighboring tribes and form a successor state to the late Great Moravia.
2019-01-2841 min
Chronica BoemorumMoravia MagnaThe Dark Ages in Europe have ended, and there is a new Roman Emperor in the West; one who has a mutually beneficial understanding with the Pope, and territorial designs on the Czech lands. Under this pressure from the Franks, a dynasty of Moravian princes rises to resist, and consolidates the Slavs in the Czech lands into the first true slavic state - Great Moravia. In this episode, we describe how they laid the foundations of Czech statehood, introduced Christianity to the Slavs at large, and forged a uniquely Moravian culture on par with any...
2018-12-2839 min
Chronica BoemorumFables of the ForefathersIntroducing the Slavs - new inhabitants of the Czech lands, who are here to stay. Legends, fragmentary historical records and archaeology combine to piece together a story of this new ethnic. A society defined by common tongue, tribal in organization and pagan in religion; the Slavs will be joined in rebellion against Avars under a Frankish merchant Sámo, who will become the first person to unite the tribes, not just for a war, but in peace, until his death.
2018-11-2832 min
Chronica BoemorumMammoth HuntersIntroducing the Czech lands and their pre-history. After a brief geographical survey, we will follow the Mammoth Hunters who set up residence there. Their descendants will learn agriculture, pottery and metalworking, eventually mastering the production of iron. These Celtic ironsmiths will give the land its name (in English, anyway) before being replaced by martial-minded Germans, who will keep the Romans out until they themselves vacate these lands to set up residence in former Roman territory. For interested non-Czech-speaking listeners, we have some further reading on English Wikipedia: Geography of the Czech Republic Věstonická Ven...
2018-10-2830 min
Chronica BoemorumForewordWherein we make an effort to introduce our podcast to the listeners, describing the motives which led to its creation as well as a little bit more about what its content will be.
2018-10-2807 min