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 […]

Risto Hinno on hea näide sellest, kuidas karjäär võib võtta põneva pöörde. Varasemalt digiteenuste tellijana töötanud Risto otsustas süvendada oma teadmisi IT-valdkonnas ning asus õppima Tartu Ülikooli arvutiteaduse instituudi magistriõppekaval „IT mitteinformaatikutele“ . Õpingute käigus avanes talle arenduse ja andmeteaduse maailm sedavõrd kaasahaaravalt, et see viis ta lõpuks ka idufirmasse tööle. Oma kogemusloos jagab ta ausalt teekonda […]

Toomas Gross on suure ja mitmekülgse akadeemilise kogemusega antropoloog, kes on töötanud aastaid õppejõu ja teadlasena. Oma töös jõudis ta arusaamani, et nüüdisaegne teadus ja õppetöö eeldavad üha enam ka tehnoloogilist ning andmeteaduslikku kirjaoskust. Soov end proovile panna ja intellektuaalsest mugavustsoonist väljuda viis ta Tartu Ülikooli arvutiteaduse instituudi magistriõppekava „IT mitteinformaatikutele“ alusel õppima. Kogemusloos kirjeldab […]

Kaspar Kala läbis Tartu Ülikooli arvutiteaduse instituudi magistriõppekava „IT mitteinformaatikutele“. Varem on ta õppinud õigusteadust nii Eestis kui ka Hollandis ning praegu töötab projektijuhi, analüütiku ja majasisese juristina. Kaspar on justkui sild kahe valdkonna, IT ja õiguse vahel. Loe Kaspari kogemuslugu informaatika õppimisest. Enne informaatikaõppesse kandideerimist määratlesin end eelkõige juristina. Lõpetanud õigusteaduse bakalaureuseõpingud Tartu Ülikoolis ja […]

Tartu Ülikooli arvutiteaduse instituudi doktorant Mari-Liis Allikivi ja lektor Ardi Tampuu alustavad uue õppeainega „Tehisintellekti rakendamise projekt“, kus nad õpetavad üliõpilasi kasutama tehisaru päriselu probleemide lahendamiseks. Mida see uus projektipõhine aine üliõpilastele annab ja kas see võiks huvi pakkuda ka ettevõtetele, uuris andmeteaduse õppetooli juhataja professor Jaak Vilo. Avate peagi täiesti uue õppeaine – seda ei […]

Kaur Alasoo, Associate Professor of Bioinformatics at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu, has combined computer science and molecular biology in his research to find new ways of predicting the effects of genetic variants and to better understand rare diseases. He was interviewed by Professor Jaak Vilo, Head of the Chair of Data […]

Djeane Debora Onthoni has joined the Health Data and AI research group at the University of Tartu’s Institute of Computer Science, bringing international expertise in applying AI to health data analysis and precision medicine. He was interviewed by professor Jaak Vilo, Head of the Chair of Data Science. You recently came to Estonia to the […]

The 25th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES) took place in Tartu from December 2–4, 2024. The conference brought more than 50 internationally renowned researchers and industry practitioners to Tartu, for interesting talks and discussions. Most participants came from Europe, mainly from Austria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden, but there were also participants from […]

Imagine a room with millions of mysterious switches and hundreds of ceiling lamps. You don’t know which switch does what, but you’re curious. As you experiment with different combinations, the lamps’ brightness varies. This scene is a simple metaphor for the complex challenge of genomics research – understanding how different genetic ‘switches’ affect our health. […]

Together with colleagues from the UK and Sweden, the  UT Institute of Computer Science is organizing the first international workshop on the Testing of Automated Driving Systems (TestADS). The workshop takes place in Toronto, Canada, as part of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST’24). The TestADS workshop aims to […]

With the development of Online Social Media (OSM) platforms like Twitter and Facebook, the way individuals connect and exchange information has changed dramatically. These platforms have, however, also led to the problem of misinformation, which can quickly spread on a global scale, and once it has been disseminated, it can be hard to stop. It […]

Introduction: Privacy-preserving computation is a crucial discipline that protects the privacy of confidential data while facilitating secure analysis. In graph problems, secure multiparty computation (SMC) presents a promising approach to performing these functionalities. This article delves into the notable advancements in privacy-preserving parallel algorithms recently introduced in a Ph.D. thesis. By integrating graph algorithms with […]