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Defense on 20.02.2018, room 512 at 14.15: Financial Mathematics (119157), Master's Thesis Olesia Kucheryk "Application of optimal control theory in finance and economy". Supervisors Jaan Lellep and Ella Puman. Reviewer Julia Polikarpus. Mathematical Statistics (2611), Master's Thesis Sven Erik Ojavee "Päritolu hindamine geeniandmete põhjal: TÜ Eesti Geenivaramu andmete analüüs". Supervisor Krista Fischer.

With great sorrow, the University of Tartu announces the unexpected death of Rector Volli Kalm on Saturday, December 23. Volli Kalm was born on February 10, 1953 in Vändra. He graduated from the University of Tartu in 1976 with a degree in geology. In 1984, Kalm earned his PhD in geology from the Estonian Academy of Sciences after successfully defending his doctoral thesis "Formation, composition and usage of glaciofluvial deposits in Estonia." From 1988-1989, he attended postdoctoral studies in the geology department of the University of Alberta.

At the extraordinary senate session on 27 December, the senate of the University of Tartu unanimously appointed professor Tõnu Lehtsaar as the acting rector. In his speech to the senate, Lehtsaar said that his primary goal as the university’s acting rector is to maintain stability and find a new rector. “We will keep the university going. I asked members of the Rector’s Office at the meeting this morning if they were willing to continue in their office. I didn’t expect them to answer right away, but they confirmed that we will go forward together,” he said.

Professor Volli Kalm, Rector of the University of Tartu (10 February 1953 – 23 December 2017)

Friday, December 1 2017 marks the 98th birthday of the Estonia’s national university in Tartu. To celebrate the event, several events take place during the week-long celebrations – honorary doctorates and doctorates are conferred, the University’s honorary member named and the laurate of The University of Tartu Award for Contribution to Estonian National Identity named.

Meelis Luht, former management board member of Eesti Meedia Group, will start work as the Director of Administration of the University of Tartu on 21 August. Rector Volli Kalm said the new director of administration has been in charge of several different areas of activity in his career and is a top leader with international work experience. We can see his capability as well as his desire and ambition to actively contribute to the implementation of the university’s development goals.

As a result of a naming competition, the new academic and research building of the Institute of Computer Science, the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics and the School of Economics and Business Administration to be completed in autumn 2019, will be named Delta.

According to the recent issue of the world’s one of the largest university rankings QS World University Rankings, which was published just today, UT has improved its position and is now among the first 500 universities, which places UT on position 461-470 (in 2012, UT was placed between 500 and 550).

Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Graduation Ceremony for BA and MA Studies June 27, 2014 at 16.00 in the Assembly Hall Graduating students enter the Assembly Hall National anthem Opening of the graduation ceremony - Dean professor Tõnu Kollo Welcoming words - Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Martin Hallik Ceremony speech - professor Marlon Dumas Bestowing diplomas for MA students

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 2014 Academica Week conference “Young People as Constructors of Our Future. Trowel, Computer, Compass – to Whom and Why?“ Assembly Hall of University of Tartu (Ülikooli 18, Tartu). 14th of October, at 12.15

On Sunday, November 9th at 11:30-19:00 at the UT Economics Faculty (Narva mnt 4-A314, Tartu) takes place University of Tartu Idea Lab "Idea Killing Sunday". What is happening? - Different tracks for newcomers, Vega teams, and active Tramm11 teams. - Meeting with mentors from different fields - Training and practice about building a minimum viable product: example of the landing page - Pitching competition

Konstantin Tretjakov, Research Fellow in Bioinformatics at the University of Tartu, won the third place at the international competition of big data analytics TEXATA among more than 2000 competitors.

Prof Marlon Dumas received recognition for laudable outcome in devoted action as programme manager for Software Engineering international Master's programme, a joint curriculum in the University of Tartu and in Tallinn University of Technology which the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science in UT is coordinating. Dumas was entitled "Aasta programmijuht" (program manager of the year). See also further information about Master of Science in Software Engineering.

Erasmus exchange students of the Institute of Computer Science of the University of Tartu have demonstrated that it is possible to fully take over the control of commercial drones. Weak drone security leads to cyber attack opportunities against drones.

The European Union has emphasised that Europe needs new and geographically more dispersed centres of excellence in research. Proceeding from that, the UT, the TUT and the University of Edinburgh submitted a proposal to the European Union to create the IT competence centre in Estonia. The idea to create the centre of excellence was successful in the first round of the competition.

The new call for applications of the Vega fund of the SEB and UT Idea Lab is open until 1 March. This time, only development projects are supported. On 20 February at 14, an information event is held at the Idea Lab that gives an overview of the conditions of applying for the Vega fund development project support. So far, Vega fund has supported the development of eight prototypes: the first time with 14,300 euros and the second time with 22,900 euros.

In Estonia, the public and private sector have databases the merging and analysis of which could help the state and enterprises make better management decisions. However, such consolidation of data would be a serious threat to privacy and violate data protection rules.

On 9 March, the University of Tartu launched its MOOC “About Programming” that is very popular among learners. Together with the MOOC “Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis” that started last week, the free e-courses of the University of Tartu have attracted more than 1000 people from Estonia and 70 other countries. The leader of the first Estonian-language MOOC, lecturer of the Institute of Computer Science Eno Tõnisson said that as many as 650 people registered for the MOOC “About Programming” in only a couple of days.

From 8 to 15 March, students of Marymount University participate in the international continuing education programme on cyber security at the University of Tartu. Participants of the programme visit the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Estonia as well as Skype, Microsoft and other enterprises in Estonia and Finland. The 24 students participating in the programme come from various countries, including the USA, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Barbados, India and Ethiopia.

On 19 May, a seminar on intellectual property (IP) in software development will be held at the University of Tartu main building, Ülikooli 18-232.