Best student projects in 2026 selected

On 3 June, the poster session of the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science Student Project Contest took place in the Delta study building, where the best student projects were selected. During the poster session, the authors of 44 projects presented their work, and a jury consisting of representatives from the institute’s chairs determined the winners.

A total of 4 projects competed in the first-year Bachelor’s category, 22 projects were entered in the Bachelor’s category, and 18 projects were submitted in the Master’s category. The prize fund in each category was €2,400: €1,000 for first place, €800 for second place, and €600 for third place, awarded to the entire team. As in previous years, the Audience Award was also presented, with the winner determined by a public vote. In addition, awards were given for Best Demo and the Wolfram Special Prize. The teams receiving special awards were awarded €500 each. A separate €300 recognition prize was awarded to the project that was presented in the best way on the institute’s new project platform.

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Winners of the First-Year Bachelor’s Category
1st place: PunanePastakas – Karl Elmar Vikat, Elias Mikael Teikari, Oliver Iida
2nd place: Little Lilies – Tuuli-Mia Haas, Eleonoora Kõrge
3rd place: Self-hostable Male Server – Artus Leo Marco Klemm, Kirke Karolin Tark, Madis Roosmaa

Winners of the Bachelor’s Category
1st place: Kultuuriajakirja AKADEEMIA kaardistamine – Hendrik Matvejev, Riki-Taavi Nurm
2nd place: Automated Swimming Analysis – Philip Paškov
3rd place: BACHLOG. Veebirakendus bakalaureuse õppeplaani koostamiseks ja valideerimiseks Tartu Ülikoolis – Alexandra Voit

Winners of the Master’s Category
1st place: Kidney Tumor Conditional Generation via Latent Diffusion – Salme Ussanov
2nd place: AlignXAI: Aligning Local Explanation Rankings with User-Specific Preferences – Kelem Negasi Amare
3rd place: Player-Prompted 3D Model Generation Game Mechanics – Henri Sellis

Audience Award
Development of a Nvidia Jetson platform for the KuupKulgur prototype – Jako Aimsalu

Best Demo
Magnetroid: Magnetic Precision Platformer – Richard Miikael Jaks

Wolfram Special Prize
ZK-proctor – Sofia Scalzo

Best Presentation on the New Project Platform projects.cs.ut.ee
Reflexions 2.0 – Gesture-Based Interactive Art – Elina Meier

The student project posters will remain on display until 12 June. See additional information about all projects that participated in the contest.

All projects

A big thank you to all participants, and congratulations to the winners!