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Prof. Satish Srirama led Mobile & Cloud Lab at Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu (UT), got funding for their EU H2020 project, RADON (Rational decomposition and orchestration for serverless computing).

The opening assembly of the University of Tartu of the Republic of Estonia on 1 December 1919 marked the establishment of an Estonian-language university that was above all designed for Estonian students and to serve Estonian society. The centenary of the national university is celebrated throughout the year with a nation-wide cultural programme, an opinion festival and the largest gathering of alumni to date. The anniversary year draws to a close in December.

Associate Professor Raimundas Matulevičius is part of a project team that seeks to create BlockChain Network Online Education for interdisciplinary European Competence Transfer (BlockNet).

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On Saturday, 1 December, the University of Tartu celebrates the 99th anniversary of the Estonian national university. At the anniversary ceremony, doctorates and honorary doctorates are conferred and the award for contribution to national identity is presented. During the week, many fascinating anniversary events take place at the university – for students, alumni and all those interested.

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Rat Relay is a unique three-day global product design hackathon organized in collaboration with the Universities of the Design Factory Global Network.

UT Institute of Computer Science is a partner institution in EU co-financed Erasmus+ project BLISS, which involves the development of new Vocational and Education programmes for ICT professionals. The first set of the Open Educational Resources of the project are expected to be delivered early 2019.

Three University of Tartu (UT) teams participated in the Nordic Collegiate Programming Contest on October 6. One UT team was the best among Estonian participants, accomplishing 11th position of overall 140 teams.

Institute of Computer Science Cyber Security alumnus Ilhan Çelebi won the Swedbank employees' technical thesis award for his work on privacy modelling language for GDPR compliance.

Today, on 26 April 2018, the 263-member electoral council elected Professor of Neurosurgery Toomas Asser as rector of the University of Tartu with 187 votes.

Info sessions for first year students will take place in the following locations: First year Bachelor's students: Computer Science (BSc) - 3.09 at 14.00 - 16.00 Vanemuise 46-225 First year Master's students:: Computer Science (MSc) - 3.09 at 12.00 - 14.00 J.Liivi 2-405 Software Engineering (MSc) - 3.09 at 14.00 - 16.00 J.Liivi 2-405 Conversion Master in IT (MSc) - 13.09 at 9.00-10.00 Liivi 2-206

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The University of Tartu team ResDec received a second place at the pitching competition of the international business development programme Network Globally, Act Locally (NGAL®) and award of $ 2,500.

This year, an exclusive business development program NGAL® (Network Globally, Act Locally) takes place from 4th to 15th June, engaging five universities from USA and Estonia. The program starts with the boot camp at UT IdeaLab and ends with a launch-camp in Nebraska, USA. University of Tartu will be represented by two teams: STARTER program graduate CarZam and the rEstFind.

Taxify and the University of Tartu (UT) Institute of Computer Science (UT ICS) have signed a cooperation agreement this month to bring innovative solutions to urban mobility and to millions of Taxify users around the world. “The cooperation between Taxify and University of Tartu will be a two-way process. On one hand, Taxify will be able to bring to the table problems that have a direct and daily impact on millions of Taxify users around the world.

At a festive ceremony held on 6 April President Kersti Kaljulaid presented Leopold Parts, Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of Computer Science, and Mark Fišel, Chair of Natural Language Processing, with this year’s Young Scientist Award and Young IT Scientist Award respectively.

UT Institute of Computer Science is a partner institution in EU co-financed project BLISS, which involves the development of new Vocational and Education programmes for ICT professionals that aim to further strengthen their key competences and update their digital skills related to advancements and applications of blockchain technology.

EstLat-Accelerate pre-acceleration program for Estonian and Latvian early-stage start-ups invites all new business owners to apply for its second season before March 11. The program suits best early-stage startup projects, who need to validate their idea and test the team before diving into the process with full speed. EstLat-Accelerate consists of joint workshops both in Tartu and in Riga on topics such as business development, marketing, and pitching, followed by one-on-one mentoring speed sessions and meetings with a coach to monitor your process.

On 20 February, UT Professor of Software Engineering Dietmar Pfahl delivers his inaugural lecture “Data-driven Decision Support in Software Engineering and Management” in the university assembly hall.