On October 3, Daria Arkhipova defended her doctoral thesis "How Artificial Intelligence Recommendation Systems Impact Human Decision-Making" in semiotics and culture studies with cum laude at the joint committee of the University of Tartu and the University of Turin.
The competition’s best short lectures focused on innovation in medicine, ancient dental calculus, the theological currents among the Estonian clergy, and six-dimensional imaging.
Piret Viirpalu defends „Teachers’ feelings of curriculum ownership: Estonian schoolteachers as curriculum developers and curriculum users“ for obtaining PhD
22 October, at 16:15, the Professor in Animal Ecology Tuul Sepp will deliver her inaugural lecture "Effects of anthropogenic environmental change on animal health and mitigation possibilities"
On Wednesday, 16 October at 16:15, Gunnar Nurk, Professor of High Temperature Energy Materials at the University of Tartu, will give his inaugural lecture "Possibilities of high-temperature electrochemistry in solving energy problems" in the White Hall of the University Museum.
On Thursday, 10 October, at 16:15, Kirsti Akkermann, the Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Tartu, will deliver the inaugural lecture “Understanding and conceptualising of the nature of mental disorders” in the university assembly hall.
Brüsselis avatud näitusel tutvustatakse Eesti teadlasi, kes on pälvinud Euroopa Teadusnõukogu grandi. Näitusel saab lugeda ka Tartu Ülikooli üheteistkümne silmapaistva teadlase ERC projektist.
From 21 to 24 October, Natalia Levshina from Radboud University will conduct a statistics masterclass covering Bayesian statistics with a focus on language data. The event includes both theoretical and practical sessions.