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Faculty of Arts and HumanitiesDean's Office, Faculty of Arts and HumanitiesJakobi 2, r 116-121 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of History and ArchaeologyJakobi 2 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of Estonian and General LinguisticsJakobi 2, IV korrus 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of Philosophy and SemioticsJakobi 2, III korrus, ruumid 302-337 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of Cultural ResearchÜlikooli 16 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of Foreign Languages and CulturesLossi 3 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0School of Theology and Religious StudiesÜlikooli 18 50090 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Viljandi Culture AcademyPosti 1 71004 Viljandi linn, Viljandimaa EST0Professors emeriti, Faculty of Arts and Humanities0Associate Professors emeriti, Faculty of Arts and Humanities0Faculty of Social SciencesDean's Office, Faculty of Social SciencesLossi 36 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of EducationJakobi 5 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Johan Skytte Institute of Political StudiesLossi 36, ruum 301 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0School of Economics and Business AdministrationNarva mnt 18 51009 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of PsychologyNäituse 2 50409 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0School of LawNäituse 20 - 324 50409 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of Social StudiesLossi 36 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Narva CollegeRaekoja plats 2 20307 Narva linn, Ida-Virumaa EST0Pärnu CollegeRingi 35 80012 Pärnu linn, Pärnu linn, Pärnumaa EST0Professors emeriti, Faculty of Social Sciences0Associate Professors emeriti, Faculty of Social Sciences0Faculty of MedicineDean's Office, Faculty of MedicineRavila 19 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of Biomedicine and Translational MedicineBiomeedikum, Ravila 19 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of PharmacyNooruse 1 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of DentistryL. Puusepa 1a 50406 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of Clinical MedicineL. Puusepa 8 50406 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of Family Medicine and Public HealthRavila 19 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of Sport Sciences and PhysiotherapyUjula 4 51008 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTProfessors emeriti, Faculty of Medicine0Associate Professors emeriti, Faculty of Medicine0Faculty of Science and TechnologyDean's Office, Faculty of Science and TechnologyVanemuise 46 - 208 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of Computer ScienceNarva mnt 18 51009 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of GenomicsRiia 23b/2 51010 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTEstonian Marine Institute0Institute of PhysicsInstitute of ChemistryRavila 14a 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of Mathematics and StatisticsNarva mnt 18 51009 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Institute of Molecular and Cell BiologyRiia 23, 23b - 134 51010 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTTartu ObservatoryObservatooriumi 1 61602 Tõravere alevik, Nõo vald, Tartumaa EST0Institute of TechnologyNooruse 1 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTInstitute of Ecology and Earth SciencesJ. Liivi tn 2 50409 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTProfessors emeriti, Faculty of Science and Technology0Associate Professors emeriti, Faculty of Science and Technology0Institute of BioengineeringArea of Academic SecretaryHuman Resources OfficeUppsala 6, Lossi 36 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Area of Head of FinanceFinance Office0Area of Director of AdministrationInformation Technology Office0Administrative OfficeÜlikooli 17 (III korrus) 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Estates Office0Marketing and Communication OfficeÜlikooli 18, ruumid 102, 104, 209, 210 50090 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Area of RectorRector's Strategy OfficeInternal Audit OfficeArea of Vice Rector for Academic AffairsOffice of Academic AffairsUniversity of Tartu Youth AcademyUppsala 10 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Student Union OfficeÜlikooli 18b 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Centre for Learning and TeachingArea of Vice Rector for ResearchUniversity of Tartu LibraryW. Struve 1 50091 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0Grant OfficeArea of Vice Rector for DevelopmentCentre for Entrepreneurship and InnovationNarva mnt 18 51009 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Botanical GardenVanemuise 46 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0International Cooperation and Protocol Office0University of Tartu MuseumLossi 25 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST0
Professor Jaak Vilo
On February 9 professor Jaak Vilo was submitted as a candidate by the council of the Faculty of Science and Technology.
Jaak Vilo is a Professor of Bioinformatics and Head of the Chair of Data Science at the University of Tartu. He was born in 1966 and completed his secondary education at Tallinn 2nd High School (currently Tallinn Secondary School of Science). In 1991, he graduated from the University of Tartu cum laude with a degree in applied mathematics. His university years included two years of compulsory military service (1984–1986) and a year as an exchange student at the University of Helsinki (1989–1990). After graduation, he took up doctoral studies at the University of Helsinki, where he defended his thesis in 2002. From 1999–2002, Jaak Vilo was a researcher at the European Bioinformatics Institute in the UK. In the summer of 2002, he returned to Estonia and, as the Director of Informatics at AS EGeen, started to develop the Estonian Biobank and the necessary IT infrastructure and data analysis capacity. At the same time, Vilo worked at the Estonian Biocentre and started teaching and supervising at the University of Tartu, where he was soon elected to the positions of senior research fellow and associate professor.
In 2007, he became a professor of the University of Tartu and in 2012 was elected to be a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. His research is related to computer science and its applications, the development of algorithms and data analysis solutions, and open infrastructure and services. The created software has enabled discoveries in biology, such as regarding the regulation and function of genes, the work of receptors, and the analysis of the links between various omics and diseases, as well as contributed to the research of other scientists. He has also compiled glossaries and promoted Estonian language technology for over ten years. Vilo has brought dozens of international grants to Estonia and led more than 70 projects.
Jaak Vilo has supervised 15 doctoral theses (incl. as a co-supervisor), more than 30 master's theses and several bachelor's theses and other student papers. He led the Institute of Computer Sciences for 12 years (2011–2022), helping to raise the university's scientific level and teaching capacity and contributing to the rapid development of the UT and the whole of Estonia. He has been a member of the UT senate and a member of the evaluation committee of the Estonian Research Council. In addition to his 12 years of experience in Finland and the UK, he has initiated the ELIXIR bioinformatics research infrastructure in Estonia established by international agreements, has been a board member of Informatics Europe, a promoter of Estonia's accession to the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), and is currently an Estonian representative to the EMBL Council. Jaak Vilo has contributed to the development of innovation and entrepreneurship, having been an active creator of Estonian Internet in the 1990s, co-founder of the first Internet companies Teleport and Meediamaa and a developer of their services, and a member of the top management of EGeen. EGeen grew into the IT company Quretec; activities in the field of e-dictionaries became Keelevara. With the support of Enterprise Estonia, Jaak Vilo and Marlon Dumas founded the technology development centre STACC for applied research based on the needs of Estonian IT companies.
Jaak Vilo has been awarded the Estonian Order of the White Star, 3rd class, and the University of Tartu Medal. The Minister for Education and Research has given him letters of appreciation for the research awards for supervised students. In 2013, he was named Person of the Year by the Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications. In 2020, the Association for Computing Machinery gave him the status of a senior member.
See also Jaak Vilo' CV in the Estonian Research Information System