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Opening of the Estonian Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence

Opening of the Estonian Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence on 28 May.

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15.05.2024

Vabariigi Presidendi Kultuurirahastu preemiate laureaadid

Awards of the Cultural Foundation of the President of the Republic given to Hedvig Tamman and Liisa Rätsep

The Young Scientist Award was given to Associate Professor in Genetics Hedvig Tamman and the Young IT Scientist Award to Head of Applied Natural Language Processing Liisa Rätsep.

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09.05.2024

International Experts Discuss Enhancing Community Crisis Preparedness in Tartu

On May 6th and 7th, Tartu will host over 40 experts from both Estonia and beyond to exchange insights on enhancing community crisis preparedness.

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08.05.2024

Ülo Mander was elected as member of the Academy of Sciences in global change

At an annual meeting of the general assembly of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Ülo Mander was elected as a member of the academy in the field of global change.

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18.04.2024

University brings top professionals and future technologies to Ida-Viru County

Alongside the creation of new technologies, Ida-Virumaa's transition to a sustainable economic model requires diversified skills and support for the development of research-intensive businesses.

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16.04.2024

The Inaugural Conference of the Baltic Network of Women's History gathers in Tartu

On 8 April, the conference “Out of the Shadows. Unearthing Women’s Stories of the Past” will be held in the main building of the University of Tartu.

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03.04.2024

Findings from the Deep Transitions research project help drive sustainable change in Estonia and globally

Achieving a sustainable society requires groundbraking changes comparable to the industrial revolution, suggested by the University of Tartu Deep Transitions research group in a recently completed research project.

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29.02.2024

Professor of Geoinformatics Evelyn Uuemaa speaks in her inaugural lecture about how AI can help get a better picture of the state of the environment

Evelyn Uuemaa will deliver her inaugural lecture “Use of spatial data and artificial intelligence in environmental monitoring” in the university assembly hall on Wednesday, 13 March at 16:15.

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08.03.2024

Development of efficient and environmentally friendly ski wax

Scientists Janno Torop and Kaija Põhako-Esko from the Institute of Technology secured the Experimental Development Grant for the development of an environmentally friendly, fluorine-free ski wax.

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29.02.2024

ERC project will integrate above- and below-ground plant traits for improved ecological forecasting

Integrating data on plant traits from the top to the roots will allow researchers to predict the effects of different global change scenarios on plant communities and their functioning across scales.

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19.02.2024