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22nd Estonian Summer School on Computer and Systems Science
On 18–21 August 2025, the 22nd Estonian Summer School on Computer and Systems Science (ESSCaSS 2025) will be held at the University of Tartu’s Delta Center. The scope The Estonian Summer School in Computer and Systems Science is an annual international event for PhD and MSc students, postdocs, and faculty members. ESSCaSS promotes the interdisciplinary…
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Ethics of AI. Navigating Challenges to Values, Society, and Human Welfare
On 25–26 August, the workshop on the ethics of artificial intelligence, “Ethics of AI: Navigating Challenges to Values, Society, and Human Welfare,” will be held at the University of Tartu. As artificial intelligence (AI) – and even more so, general artificial intelligence (AGI) – becomes increasingly embedded in decision-making, public services, education, healthcare, and everyday…
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Robert Ranisch’s presentation on artificial intelligence in medicine
On Monday, 2 June at 16:15 an English-language colloquium will take place at the University of Tartu Delta Centre (Narva mnt 18–1008) and on Zoom, discussing the adoption of generative AI in medicine as a large-scale social experiment. The presentation will highlight the need for ethical conditions that support responsible and gradual implementation. The presentation „Generative…
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May Thorseth’s lecture on „Why AI and Surveillance Capitalism Is a Threat to Democracy?”
May Thorseth (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, philosophy) will give a lecture “Why AI and Surveillance Capitalism Is a Threat to Democracy?” on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, at 16:15–17:45 in Narva mnt 18-1025. The talk explores how surveillance capitalism and AI algorithms restrict individual autonomy by turning human behaviour into data that is predicted,…
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Public lecture by Turing Award winner Robert Tarjan: My Life with Data Structures
Robert Tarjan will give a lecture “My Life with Data Structures” on Monday, 12 May, at 16:15 in the Delta Study Building, room 1021. All are warmly invited to attend. Robert Tarjan reflects on over five decades of research in algorithm design and data structures. He will share key milestones, from foundational breakthroughs like union-find…
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Andra Siibak’s Lecture on Growing Up in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
On Tuesday, 8 April, at 16:15, an Estonian-language colloquium will take place at the University of Tartu’s Delta Centre (Narva mnt 18, room 1008) and in Zoom, discussing the impact of artificial intelligence on childhood. The lecture, “Children and young people in the world of artificial (un)intelligence”, will examine the influence of AI on children and provide…
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Nikhil Mahant lecture on dogmas of AI doomsayers
On March 3 at 16:15, at Delta, room 1008 (Narva mnt 18), Dr. Nikhil Mahant will deliver a talk titled “Two Dogmas of AI Doomsayers”. The lecture can also be followed live via Zoom. Dr. Nikhil Mahant is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow at Uppsala University and is currently a resident at Susimetsa Philosophicum. Abstract: The argument for the…
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Dr. Frank Ursin and Dr. Cristian Timmermann will give a lecture on medicine and artificial intelligence
On Monday, 3 February, at 16:15, a lecture on medical artificial intelligence will take place in the University of Tartu Delta Study Building (Narva mnt 18-2048). The speakers are Dr Frank Ursin and Dr Cristian Timmermann from Germany. Dr Frank Ursin is a researcher at the Institute for Ethics, History, and Philosophy of Medicine at Hannover…
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A nationwide network for the development of AI ethics has been established
The Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu has brought together a nationwide cooperation network focused on AI ethics. The inaugural meeting and launch of the AI ethics network took place as part of the Estonian Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (EXAI). The network aims to coordinate and unify activities related to AI…
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Seminar “Ethics of AI: A hindrance of innovation or an engine of good research?“
We invite you to a public seminar titled “Ethics of AI: a hindrance of innovation or an engine of good research?“ on 28 November at 10:00 in the UT Delta Study Building room 1006. Unfortunately, the seminar is now fully booked, but we offer the chance to follow the event online. If interested, then register…