The Institute of Computer Science will once again be taking part in the entrepreneurship conference sTARTUp Day

This year marks the 10th anniversary of sTARTUp Day, and to celebrate the occasion, the Institute will be prominently represented at the conference. On the second day of the event, 30 January, Professor of Artificial Intelligence Meelis Kull will participate in the panel discussion “The Creative Scientist: Why the future of deep tech depends on imagination”. On 29 January, cybersecurity specialist Mari Seeba will lead a seminar entitled “We'll Deal With Cybersecurity Later – Strategy or a Ticking Time Bomb?”.

In the exhibition area, we will showcase Psyrreal, a virtual reality experience that simulates the effects of psychedelics. We will also introduce a smart ring developed by our Distributed and Pervasive Systems research group, which can detect narcotic substances in the wearer’s drink.

On the conference pre-event day, 28 January, we will organise our traditional Data Science Seminar, now held for the 44th time, entitled "AI for SE: Do you have the right vibe?". The seminar will explore how rapidly evolving generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools can be used to analyse and improve the quality of software applications—whether they are created manually, using GenAI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Gemini or ChatGPT, or through a combination of both. The seminar is open to all interested participants, and a sTARTUp Day ticket is not required.

We look forward to meeting you at sTARTUp Day at the end of January!