Institute Annual Seminar 2026
Date: January 29, 2026
Organiser: Department of Software Science
The Institute’s Annual Seminar brings colleagues together to reflect on current developments at the institute, discuss topical issues, and engage in in-depth conversations on research and academic work.
The seminar day includes presentations, thematic seminars, a panel discussion, and opportunities for networking and informal exchange.
Programme
Host: Riina Palu
09:00 Arrival and coffee
09:30 – 10:15 | Institute updates and current topics
10:15 – 10:30 Movement break
10:30 – 12:00 | Thematic seminars
Artificial Intelligence - location: Klubituba, session moderator: Gert Kanter
10:30–11:00 Solving speech understanding problems with AI agents - Aivo Olev
11:00–11:30 Läbipaistvad ja privaatsed TI-assistendid - Markko Liutkevicius
11:30–12:00 AI-based Personal Student Assistant - Jaak Kütt
Challenges of the Digital Society - location: Peosaal, session moderator: Innar Liiv
10:30–11:00 The Agentic State Vision: Reflections on Agency and Emerging Digital Orders - Florian Marcus
11:00–11:30 Kui läbipaistev on internetivalimiste tehnoloogia? - Tarvo Treier
11:30–12:00 Kuidas oleks mõistlik käsitleda masinõppe jaoks söödavate andmekogumite planeerimist ja käsitlust? - Mart Pöör
Programming Language Theory - location: Näitlejate tuba, session moderator: Amar Hadzihasanovic
10:30–11:00 Probabilities without measures and within categories - Vincent Moreau
11:00–11:30 Categorical message passing language - Priyaa Varshinee Srinivasan
11:30–12:00 Are sea traffic regulations safe enough for autonomous ship? - Jüri Vain
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
"HOW TO CONDUCT MEANINGFUL RESEARCH IN THE AGE OF AI"
13:00 – 14:00 | Aleksei Tepljakov
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Research in the Age of AI
14:00 – 14:30 Coffee break
14:30 – 15:30 | Tarmo Uustalu
What a fossil thinks research might be
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 | Panel discussion
Panelists: Tarmo Uustalu, Jarek Kurnitski, Aleksei Tepljakov, Ülle Kotta, Ando Saabas
Moderator: Tanel Alumäe
17:30 – 22:00 Dinner