Topic: research
University of Tartu researchers have found a way to give old smartphones a new life
A recently published article by researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science introduces a novel approach to reducing electronic waste and advancing sustainable data processing: turning old smartphones into tiny data centres
The University of Tartu High Performance Computing Center obtained the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification
The internationally recognised standard confirms that the University of Tartu High Performance Computing Center adheres to the highest data protection and security procedures. This achievement is the result of years of work by the team at the High Performance Computing Center to create an effective security system to protect computing infrastructure.
Doctoral defence: Kateryna Kubrak "Towards user-centered prescriptive process monitoring systems“
On 13 June 2025 at 14:15 Kateryna Kubrak will defend his doctoral thesis "Towards user-centered prescriptive process monitoring systems“.
Mathias Juust will defend his doctoral thesis „Dynamic effects of trade shocks“
On 18 June at 10:30 Mathias Juust will defend his doctoral thesis „Dynamic effects of trade shocks“ for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Economics)
PhD defence: Eerik Muuli “Automating the assessment and feedback processes in IT teaching – improving creation and maintenance from the teaching staff perspective“
On 2 June 2025 at 12:15 Eerik Muuli will defend his doctoral thesis “Automating the assessment and feedback processes in IT teaching – improving creation and maintenance from the teaching staff perspective“
Doctoral defence: Alireza Akhavi Zadegan "A Multimodal approach for refining Mapping and Localization by Integrating Generative AI and Pedestrian-Centric Data"
Doctoral defence: Alireza Akhavi Zadegan "A Multimodal approach for refining Mapping and Localization by Integrating Generative AI and Pedestrian-Centric Data".
Help choose the best Estonian-speaking AI
Estonian researchers have created the AI Barometer where users can compare the responses of language models and assess their proficiency in Estonian. Everyone is welcome to try out the barometer at baromeeter.ai. The researchers aim to collect at least 50,000 comparisons by the end of June.
Public lecture by Turing Award winner Robert Tarjan
Robert Tarjan will give a lecture titled “My Life with Data Structures” on Monday, 12 May, at 16:15 in the Delta Study Building, room 1021. All are warmly invited to attend.
Luca Alfieri will defend his doctoral thesis „Forecasting Business Cycles and Financial Crises with Machine Learning“
On 19 May at 14:00 Luca Alfieri will defend his doctoral thesis „Forecasting business cycles and financial crises with machine learning“
Doctoral defence: Andre Tättar "Multilingual machine translation for under-resourced languages"
23. mail 2025 kell 10.15 kaitseb Andre Tättar doktoritööd „Multilingual machine translation for under-resourced languages“ („Mitmekeelne masintõlge ressursivaestele keeltele").
