On 7 October, Mayowa Olaide Olapade defended his doctoral thesis “Human-centered autonomous drone systems”. We asked Mayowa to reflect on his doctoral journey. If you had to describe your PhD in one sentence today, what would it be? “How can autonomous systems work?” to, “Okay, but can they actually behave properly in the real world, […]

Ahead of my doctoral thesis1 defense on September 4, 2026, I have thought a lot about the daily paradox surrounding us: we are world-class in Estonia regarding the use of digital solutions, but sometimes quite beginners when it comes to understanding and dealing with cyber threats. This creates a situation where legislation requires the implementation […]

9. aprillil 2026 kaitses Hele-Andra Kuulmets oma doktoritöö „Cross-Lingual Transfer Learning and Evaluation in Low-Resource Settings“(„Keeltevaheline siirdeõpe ja selle hindamine väheste ressurssidega oludes“, juhendaja Mark Fišel). Küsisime, kuidas Hele-Andra teekond teadusmaailmas on kulgenud. Mida tundsid oma esimesel päeval doktorandina? Ma ei mäleta oma esimest päeva doktorandina, sest ametlikult algasid mu õpingud märtsi alguses, mil kevadsemester oli […]

On 28 April 2026, Tarun Khajuria defended his doctoral dissertation titled “Scene understanding in human and computer vision” (supervised by Jaan Aru). On this occasion Laura Altin, communication manager at the Estonian Centre of Excellence in AI (EXAI), spoke with Tarun about his journey into research and the possible next steps in his professional path. […]

On 25 January, Mahir Gulzar defended his doctoral thesis „Addressing Real-world Scenarios via Motion Prediction in Autonomous Driving“. To mark the occasion, Professor Jaak Vilo, Head of the Institute of Computer Science, interviewed Mahir about how his journey in the world of research has unfolded. If you had to describe your PhD in one sentence […]

Artikkel avaldati algselt Novaatoris. Ehkki tehisaru teeb üha rohkem inimeste elu mõjutavaid otsuseid, ei suuda see neid alati inimesele arusaadavalt põhjendada. Tartu Ülikoolis kaitstud doktoritöö osutab, et inimesed ootavad masinalt realistlikke ja usaldusväärselt mõjuvaid seletusi. Tehisaru teeb järjest rohkem otsuseid, mis mõjutavad inimeste elu. Seda kasutatakse haiglates diagnooside toetamisel, pankades laenutaotluste hindamisel ning hariduses õppijate […]

On 13 January, Viacheslav Komisarenko defended his doctoral thesis “Aligning Training Loss to Evaluation Metrics in Deep Learning”. To mark the occasion, Professor Jaak Vilo, Head of the Institute of Computer Science, interviewed Viacheslav about how his journey in the world of research has unfolded. What did you enjoy about working with formal models, proofs […]

Radwa El Shawi shares her journey and research at the University of Tartu, at the Chair of Data Science, where she focuses on democratizing machine learning to make AI more accessible, explainable, and human-centered. She was interviewed by Professor Jaak Vilo, Head of the Institute of Computer Science. How did you start doing science and […]

On 15 January 2026, Marharyta Dominich defended her doctoral dissertation titled “Advancing human-centric counterfactual explanations in explainable AI” (supervised by Raul Vicente and Eduard Barbu). On this occasion, Professor Jaak Vilo, Head of the Institute of Computer Science, spoke with Marharyta about her journey into research so far and the possible next steps in her […]

20. jaanuaril kaitses Heidi Taveter oma doktoritööd „Using programming-process data of introductory programming courses: finding solver types, giving feedback, and detecting plagiarism“ („Programmeerimisprotsessi andmete kasutamine sissejuhatavatel programmeerimiskursustel: lahendajatüüpide leidmine, tagasiside andmine ja plagiaadi tuvastamine“). Sel puhul uuris arvutiteaduse instituudi juhataja professor Jaak Vilo intervjuus, kuidas on kulgenud Heidi teekond teadusmaailmas. Kui peaksid oma doktoriteed ühe […]

Mohamed Abdelrahman shares his journey as a PhD student in the Data Systems Group at the University of Tartu, where he focuses on Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) and aims to make AI more trustworthy and accessible. His story was introduced by Professor Jaak Vilo, Head of the Institute of Computer Science. Describe your thoughts when […]

Meelis Kull on Tartu Ülikooli arvutiteaduse instituudi tehisintellekti professor, Eesti tehisintellekti tippkeskuse juht, vast valitud akadeemik ning kolleegide ja tudengite poolt tunnustatud õppejõud. Teda usutlesid tehisintellekti tippkeskuse kommunikatsioonijuht Laura Altin ja andmeteaduse õppetooli juhiabi Kaia Kask. See intervjuu on pisut teistsugune kui tavaliselt. Viisime professor Meelis Kulli põgenemistuppa – temale oli see esimene selline käik. Väljapääs […]