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The University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science is co-organizing the 27th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE). This top conference in the field of Software Engineering will take place in Tallinn from August 26–30.

On 26 August 2019 at 2.15 p.m., in J.Liivi str. 2 room 405, Tõnis Tasa will defend his thesis "Bioinformatics approaches in personalized pharmacotherapy" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Science). Supervisors: Prof. Jaak Vilo (Institute of Computer Science, UT) Assoc. Prof. Tuuli Metsvaht (Institute of Clinical Medicine, UT) Res. Prof. Lili Milani (Institute of Genomics, UT) Opponents: Prof. Inge Jonassen (University of Bergen, Norway), Prof. William Hope (University of Liverpool, UK).

On 29 August 2019 at 3.15 p.m., in J.Liivi str. 2 room 404, Sulev Reisberg will defend his thesis "Developing computational solutions for personalized medicine" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in computer science). Supervisor: Prof. Jaak Vilo (Institute of Computer Science, UT)

On Monday, August 26, Professor Johann Gasteiger will give a lecture at the Chemicum of the University of Tartu. A professor at Friedrich Alexander University in Germany talks about "Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry - From Drug Design to the Prediction of Material Properties".

On Thursday 1 August at 15:00 p.m., the University of Tartu’s Centre for Entrepreneurship celebrated the completion of the first construction stage. “I am very pleased that construction has so far gone as planned and stayed on schedule,” said Heiki Pagel, Head of the Real Estate Department of the university. “In order to recognise the constructors for achieving the maximum height of the building, we invited the future tenants of the building and all the constructors to the celebration of the completion of the first construction stage.”

Today will start the international Cyber Security Summer School specializing in blockchain technologies. More than 70 cyber security experts, doctoral students and young specialists are gathered in Voore, Estonia from 1-5 July. The event will focus on three sub-topics: legal and economic aspects of using blockchain technologies; blockchain applications; blockchain technologies and cryptography and how they impact the digital transformation in society.

On June 17–19, the University of Tartu student team, Tartu Team is participating in ISC 2019, one of the biggest student cluster competitions in the world, competing with 14 other teams to design and build a cluster to solve computing problems. This is the third time the University of Tartu has taken part in the event.

On June 26 at 14.15 Elena Sügise will defend her thesis on "Integration methods for heterogeneous biological data" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in computer science). The event will take place at J. Liivi 2-405. Elena Sügis supervisors are Prof. Jaak Vilo (Institute of Computer Science UT) and Sen. Res. fellow Hedi Peterson (Institute of Computer Science UT). Opponents are Prof. Laura Elo (University of Turku, Finland and Prof. Ewa Szczurek (University of Warsaw, Poland).

On June 12 at 14:15 Toomas Krips will defend his thesis on „Improving performance of secure real-number operations" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in computer science). The event will take place at J. Liivi 2-405. Toomas Kripsi supervisors are AS Cybernetica senior researcher Jan Villemson and prof Dominique Unruh (Institute of Computer Science, UT). Opponents are associate professor Claudio Orlandi (Aarhus University, Denmark) and associate professor Octavian Catrina (Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania).

On June 14 at 14.15 Vijayachitra Modhukur will defend her thesis on „Profiling of DNA methylation patterns as biomarkers of human disease" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in computer science). The event will take place at J. Liivi 2-405. Vijayachitra Modhukurs supervisors are Prof. Jaak Vilo (Institute of Computer Science UT) and Dr. Balaji Rajashekar (Institute of Computer Science UT). Opponents are Prof. Stephan Beck (University College London, United Kingdom) and Assoc. Prof. Anagha Joshi (University of Bergen, Norway).

On June 7 at 15.00 Mohan Liyanage will defend her thesis on „A Framework for Mobile Web of Things" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in computer science). The event will take place at J. Liivi 2-405. Mohan Liyanage's supervisors are research professor Satish Srirama (Institute of Computer Science, UT) and researcher Chii Chang (Institute of Computer Science, UT). Opponents prof Jussi Kangasharju (University of Helsinki, Finland).

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On 26 March at 10:15 Irene Teinemaa will defend her thesis on „Predictive and Prescriptive Monitoring of Business Process Outcomes " for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in computer science). The event will take place at J. Liivi 2-404. Irene Teinemaas's supervisors are prof Marlon Dumas (Institute of Computer Science, UT) and associate professor Fabrizio Maggi (Institute of Computer Science, UT). Opponents prof Donato Malerba (Bari University, Italy) and prof Myra Spiliopoulou (Magdeburgi Otto von Guericke University, Germany).

On 20 March, the board of directors of the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) approved the University of Tartu as a full member of ECSO. The main objective of ECSO is to support all types of initiatives or projects that aim to develop or promote cybersecurity in Europe. In particular, the organisation deals with the following:

UT Institute of Computer Science is a partner institution in EU co-financed Erasmus+ project BLISS that the past months have worked on developing the projects Open Education Resources. The aim of “BLISS - Blockchain skills for ICT Professionals” is to develop a blockchain course for ICT professionals, updating their key competencies in response to the dynamic penetration of blockchain applications across numerous sectors of the EU economy.

On 15 March at 14:15 Yauhen Yakimenka will defend his thesis on „Failure Structures of Message-Passing Algorithms in Erasure Decoding and Compressed Sensing" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in computer science. The event will take place at J. Liivi 2-405. Yauhen Yakimenka's supervisor is Assoc. Prof. Vitaly Skachek (Institute of Computer Science, UT). Opponents Prof. Jörg Kliewer (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) and Prof. Jens Zumbrägel (University of Passau, Germany). Summary of the Thesis

On 5–9 February, the Student Startup Camp was held in Tartu, where student teams developed their ideas into working prototypes. The winner of the pitching competition was the DreamField team.

Cybersecurity is an urgent and major societal challenge. Highly correlated with the digitalization of our societies, cyberthreats have an increasing impact on our lives. It is therefore essential to ensure digital security and strategic autonomy of the EU by strengthening leading cybersecurity capacities. This challenge will require the coordination of Europe’s best competences, towards common research and innovation goals.

sTARTUp Day Pitching Stage was opened by buesiness ideas competition Kaleidoskoop 11th Finals. Team TRIT that develops a solution for the translation service was selected to be the winner. They wish to make ordering translation service easier. The client receives immediately an estimate of how much time and money it takes to complete the work. The TRIT algorithm also finds the most appropriate professional freelance translator for each project, taking into account different criteria, such as the previous experience of the translator and feedback received for the work.

From 1st to 5th July 2019 the annual Cyber Security Summer School will take place in Voore Guesthouse, Estonia. The focus will be on blockchain technologies and its impact on digital transformation. With experts from various sectors and establishments, Summer School will give a comprehensive overview of different aspects of blockchain technologies. There will be three different subtopics which also serve as the main discussion points for the summer school: