Jaak Vilo, Kallol Roy Algorithmics (MTAT.03.238) is an obligatory course in the Computer Science MSc curriculum. As such it is intended to remind everyone of the foundations of algorithms and data structures but also to go beyond and teach some more advanced concepts (like succinct data structures, for example).  The course aims at linking different […]

On the 13th of December Lidia Feklistova defended her PhD thesis on „Learners of an introductory programming MOOC: background variables, engagement patterns and performance” We constantly improve our knowledge and skills to be successful. Participation in massive open online courses (MOOCs) supports ongoing professional development and lifelong learning. Keeping in mind the huge number of participants in […]

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 […]

Estonia does not have many natural minerals or a significant population like many wealthy countries, but it has the most unicorns per capita globally. As most unicorns use technology to offer solutions for solving problems, we need more IT practitioners who can use computation power to solve various algorithmic issues.  “Thinking computationally is not anymore […]

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 […]

Ülikooli rahastus pole mõeldud töökohtade hoidmiseks, vaid ikka eelduste loomiseks ja riigi arendamiseks. Oma koht on siin ka välistudengitel ja rahvusvahelistumisel. Selgitan seda informaatika kõrghariduse näitel. On suurepärane, et meil toimub arutelu kõrghariduse ja teaduse rolli üle Eesti riigi, kultuuri ja rahvuse säilimisel. Just selles kontekstis vastan Jaak Valge küsimusele «Kas välisüliõpilasele stipendiumi maksmine tõstab […]

Digital games producer Edvin Aedma tells us how one presentation from Keith Devlin inspired him to take up teaching game development and how it affected UniTartuCS. Sometimes before 2012, Keith Devlin visited Institute of Computer Science at University of Tartu and gave a rather fascinating lecture about the synergy between teaching mathematics and videogames. I […]

On the 15th of March, our doctoral student Yauhen Yakimenka defended his PhD thesis on the intersection of two different fields of computer science: error-correction codes and compressed sensing. Most of the information on the internet is now transmitted over fibre optics. It’s extremely fast, but it comes with a price: now the erros also […]

Institute of Computer Science Professor of Engineering Dietmar Pfahl has co-authored a paper “Status Quo in Requirements Engineering: A Theory and a Global Family of Surveys”. This publication is an outcome of the NaPiRE (Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering) project. The objective of the NaPiRE project is to establish a valid foundation for a […]