On the 14th December, Hina Anwar defended her PhD thesis on “Towards Greener Software Engineering Using Software Analytics”, which evaluates the energy impact of various code smell refactorings and third-party libraries used in Android apps. Based on the results, two tools, ARENA and REHAB, were developed to help developers and researchers improve the energy efficiency of […]

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 […]

In short: IMP now lasts two semesters (i.e., one year) Four students currently doing their internship at Pipedrive, one at Eesti Energia, one at Reach-U IMP internship pilot for manufacturing companies still on-going in cooperation with Columbus Estonia and Barrus Getting hands-on experience at companies is still the main motivator for enrolled students Submission of […]

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 […]

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 […]

21-23 January Estonian partner of the InnoCAPE project, the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science, kicked-off the series of InnoCAPE hackathons. Preparation of the event took 5 months and 4 strong and motivated partners –  University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science, an institute that is recognized as number 176-200 by the prestigious Times […]