2026-08-10
How VU's Supercomputer Is Helping to Advance Speech Research
Improving speech-hearing, speech-understanding and speech-producing technologies requires supercomputers with real computing muscle – machines that can do what an ordinary computer would either do slowly or not manage at all. "The importance of improving speech signal quality is growing," says Justina Ramonaitė, a PhD student in the Image and Signal Analysis...
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2026-08-10
VU MIF PhD Student Receives Best Presentation Award at FM 2026
PhD student Daniel Daukševič from the Institute of Computer Science, Vilnius University Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (VU MIF), received the Best Presentation Award at the Doctoral Symposium held in conjunction with the 27th International Symposium on Formal Methods (FM 2026). From left to right: Prof. Cyrille Artho (KTH Royal Institute...
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2026-07-24
First Arqus MICAC Graduation
On 10 July 2026, the first cohort of the International Master's Programme in Cybersecurity and Cyberintelligence graduated at the University of Minho's School of Engineering in Guimarães, Portugal. The joint Arqus Alliance Master's Programme in International Cybersecurity and Cyberintelligence (MICAC) is delivered by four European universities: Vilnius University (Lithuania), the University...
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2026-07-13
Statistics in the Age of Uncertainty and AI
When artificial intelligence (AI) can produce confident-sounding answers in an instant, a conversation with a statistician can feel almost sobering. In science, the goal is not certainty or omniscience – it is doubt. EYSM opening session, Vilnius University Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics "If you're a researcher, you have to question everything...
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2026-07-02
Graduation at the VU Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
On 26 June, graduates of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics at Vilnius University (VU MIF) were awarded their Bachelor's and Master's degrees during a formal graduation ceremony held at St John's Church. The event brought together graduates, their families and friends, members of the VU MIF community, and the...
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2026-06-22
Vaida Masiulionytė-Dagienė – New Doctor of Technological Sciences at VU MIF
We congratulate the newly awarded Doctor of Technological Sciences in Informatics Engineering, Vaida Masiulionytė-Dagienė, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, Modelling of Computational Thinking Automated Assessment, at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of Vilnius University (VU MIF). Pictured (left to right): doctoral defence committee member Prof. Dr Tomas Blažauskas, doctoral...
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2026-06-05
Dr. M. Motiejauskas's Dissertation – A Landmark Event
Congratulations to Modestas Motiejauskas, the newly conferred Doctor of Natural Sciences in the field of Informatics, who successfully defended his dissertation on 25 May entitled "Convolutional Neural Network Architectures and Training Improvements: Visual Emotion Recognition Case". (from right to left) Dr Modestas Motiejauskas and Prof. habil. Dr Gintautas Dzemyda, photo VU...
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2026-06-05
Breakthrough for the Lithuanian Language in AI: 10 000-Hour Speech Corpus Develo…
The development of the Large Lithuanian Language Speech Corpus LIEPA-3 has been completed in Lithuania. Researchers from Vilnius University, Vytautas Magnus University, and the Institute of the Lithuanian Language have collected and annotated 10,000 hours of Lithuanian speech recordings, equivalent to more than one year of continuous speech. It is...
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2026-06-03
Science Fair at the Institute of Computer Science, Vilnius University Faculty of…
On 21 May, the science fair 'Exchange of Ideas in Computer Science ' at the Vilnius University Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics Institute of Computer Science brought together students, researchers and technology professionals for discussions on cyber security, artificial intelligence, large language models (LLMs) and machine psychology. Students from the Arqus...
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2026-06-01
From a DIY Radio to a Nation of Programmers
Associated Professor Dr. Gintautas Grigas and the unlikely story of how a tiny country under soviet occupation became a computing pioneer. Assoc. prof. dr. Gintautas Grigas This year marks 45 years since the first programming problems appeared in the Lithuanian press and the Young Programmers' School (JPM) was founded, and 40 years...
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2026-05-26
VU MIF Graduation Ceremony (INFORMATION AND PROGRAMME)
We invite graduates to a graduation ceremony on 26 June at 10:00 am at St. St. John's Church! The ceremony will include the awarding of diplomas to graduates of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, congratulatory speeches and a musical performance. The ceremony welcomes not only graduates, lecturers, and honourable...
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2026-05-11
VU MIF researchers honoured for outstanding scientific achievements
The Vilnius University awards for significant scientific achievements in 2025 have been announced, recognising the authors of the best scientific publications. In the category of best publication in the natural, technology, medical, health, and agricultural sciences, the award has been granted to Dr. Linas Stripinis and Prof. Dr. Remigijus Paulavičius from...
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