Tartu Ülikooli arvutiteaduse instituudi toetusel toimus 8.-19. novembril informaatikaviktoriin Kobras, millel osales peaaegu 4000 Eesti õpilast rohkem kui 110 koolist. Parimaid ootab uuel aastal ees finaalvõistlus. Viktoriin toimus kolmes vanuserühmas: benjaminid (6.–8. klass), juuniorid (9.–10. klass) ja seeniorid (11.–12. klass). Ühe koolitunni (45 minutit) jooksul vastasid õpilased 15 küsimusele, mille teemaderingi mahuvad küsimused arvutite riist- […]

We are currently in the process of significant changes in the communications paradigms. Among others, one of the changes is moving to cloud-based services instead of using local applications (Office365, Youtube, Spotify, etc.). We can argue about the motivation of this trend, but this allows us to provide the customers with the most up-to-date solutions […]

Researchers from the University of Tartu’s Institute of Computer Science are taking part in the EU Horizon project SPATIAL (Security and Privacy Accountable Technology Innovations, Algorithms and Machine Learning), which aims to develop resilient accountable metrics, privacy-preserving methods, verification tools and system solutions that will serve as critical building blocks for trustworthy AI in ICT […]

The article was translated and published in English by the University of Tartu. It was initially published in Estonian in Eesti Ekspress by Greete Lehepuu. The cover of the September issue of Communications of ACM, the most prestigious journal in computer science, featured an article led by University of Tartu researchers. The article proposes steps to tackle one of […]

The original article (in Estonian) by Airika Harrik was published in Novaator. Estonia has used the ID card system as a means to identify its citizens for almost 20 years. During those years, several security issues have emerged. A new PhD dissertation from the University of Tartu has shed light on those issues and pointed […]

Oma ligi 80-aastase ajaloo juures on elektronarvutid fundamentaalselt muutnud info kogumist, töötlust ja kommunikatsiooni. Kiirete numbriliste arvutuste võimaldajast (computer oli ametinimetus käsitsi arvutajatele, peamiselt tegelesid sellega meestest palju hoolikamad naised) sai kuuekümnendatel ettevõtete andmete, palgatšekkide ja reserveeringute haldaja. Kui 1980ndatel jõudsid personaalarvutid ja tabelarvutus massidesse, kadusid masinakirjutajad. Edasi avas ülemaailmne võrk Internet ligipääsu kaugel olevale […]