Topic: AI

The aim of the MindTitan Scholarship is to support the studies of Bachelor’s and Master’s level students at the Institute of Computer Science. The scholarship amount is 2500 euros.

The recipient of the Young Scientist Award of the Culture Fund of the President of the Republic is Anni Allikalt, the Young IT Scientist Award was granted to Marharyta Domnich, and the Young Environmental Scientist Award went to Jeffrey Carbillet.

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.

Heisi Kurig, Head of the Institute of Computer Science, writes that AI will not take jobs from those who understand how it works.

Marina Lepp, Associate Professor of Informatics at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science, together with co-author Joosep Kaimre examined in a research article the impact of artificial intelligence tools on students’ academic outcomes. A total of 231 students took part in the study.

Researchers from the University of Tartu’s Institute of Computer Science, in collaboration with health tech company Medisoft, tested the potential of artificial intelligence to assist family doctors with documenting patient visits as part of the AIRE demo project.

The Institute of Computer Science at the University of Tartu validated a novel AI-based quality control system in collaboration with Nõo Meat Factory as part of the AIRE demo project. This system helps detect production errors in real time.