Topic: entrepreneurship

This year marks the 10th anniversary of sTARTUp Day, and to celebrate the occasion, the Institute will be prominently represented at the conference.

Have you ever been curious about the wizardry behind computer graphics in classes or within industry giants? On 23 January, from 13:00–17:00, the "Computer Graphics Expo 2026" will be held in the corridor of the second floor of the Delta building. Here, students will showcase their projects and companies will present their work. Come and find out for yourself!

Researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science, Junior Research Fellow of Artificial Intelligence Joonas Ariva and Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence Dmytro Fishman, together with radiologists from Tartu University Hospital and engineers at Better Medicine, have developed an AI-based tool that accelerates the detection of kidney cancer. Its effectiveness was validated in a study published in Nature Communications Medicine.

The project proposed by Swedbank Life Insurance focused on improving the customer experience when signing a life insurance contract in a digital environment.

On 27 October from 13–18, the University of Tartu development conference “A university for us, Estonia and the world” took place in the university assembly hall and online. Keynote speakers were Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Kersti Kaljulaid and Kristina Kallas.

We are inviting companies and organizations to partner with us in the Digital Innovation Industry Project (DIIP) course.