2026-11-05
VU MIF+ Team SL LAB Wins Hack4Vilnius
How can Vilnius identify urban problems more quickly and determine which ones need to be addressed first? A team from Vilnius University (VU), SL LAB, developed a technological solution: a prototype app called “Vilkas” (Lithuanian for “wolf“) that combines artificial intelligence (AI), citizen engagement, and gamification. Their innovation earned them...
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2026-11-04
New PhD in Mathematics: Dr Simona Jokubauskienė Advances Risk Modeling Research
On 28 October, Simona Jokubauskienė successfully defended her doctoral dissertation in Mathematics, entitled “Multidimensional Compound Poisson and Signed Compound Poisson Approximations”, at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius University (VU MIF). Her research contributes to the development of approximation theory for distributions of sums of multivariate random variables, which...
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2026-11-04
Ask the satellite: Researchers at VU Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics buil…
Satellites photograph all of Europe every few days, and the images are freely available to everyone. Terra AI, a prototype being developed at the Artificial Intelligence Methods Lab (AIML) of the Institute of Computer Science at Vilnius University’s Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, lets anyone ask a question and receive...
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2026-11-03
Brains over AI: The European Cybersecurity Challenge
“Cybersecurity matters more today than it ever has,” says Benas Buškus, a second-year Information Technology student at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics at Vilnius University (VU MIF) and a member of Lithuania’s national youth cybersecurity team. From 12 to 16 October, national teams from 42 countries gathered in Bochum, Germany...
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2026-10-29
Online Seminars for First-Year Students Organized by the Office of the Ombudsper…
The Office of the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures of the Republic of Lithuania invites first-year students to participate in its online seminars on academic ethics. The seminars will take place in November and December 2026 and will be delivered in English. During the seminars, students will be introduced to...
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2026-10-27
VU MIF Researchers Recognized for Their Significant Contribution to Open Science
The winner of Vilnius University’s (VU) competition recognizing significant contributions to open science in the category “Impact of Open Science” is the Center of Excellence of Vilnius University “Data Center for Machine Learning and Quantum Computing in the Natural and Biomedical Sciences”. The winners were announced at Vilnius University Library The Center...
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2026-10-23
VU MIF Cybersecurity Experts and Students Excel at „Amber Mist 2026“ Exercise…
For the second consecutive year, a team led by cybersecurity experts and students from Vilnius University’s Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (VU MIF) demonstrated outstanding cyber defense capabilities at the international cybersecurity exercise Amber Mist 2026. Bringing together VU MIF researchers, students, and IT specialists, the team included staff from...
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2026-10-21
VU MIF Researcher Simona Zavackė: Preparation for the Post-Quantum Era Begins To…
On 7 October, Simona Zavackė, a PhD student at the Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius University (VU MIF II) took part in an international expert panel discussion „Post-Quantum Cryptography: The Next Era of Digital Security“. The event was held in Riga as part of the...
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2026-10-07
Results of the International Erasmus+ AI2SEP Project Presented at VU MIF
On 25 September, the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics at Vilnius University hosted a dissemination event presenting the results of the Erasmus+ project “Developing Talents in Artificial Intelligence to Solve Disruptive Environmental Problems” (AI2SEP). AI2SEP was an international project implemented from 2023 to 2026. Its aim was to improve the quality...
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2026-10-06
VU MIF Students Take First Place at International “HackoWatt 2026” Hackathon
A team of students from the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics at Vilnius University (VU MIF), “MIF'o katinai”, took first place at the international “HackoWatt 2026: AI for Green Energy – Smart Energy Challenge” hackathon, held in Katowice, Poland, on 28–30 September. VU MIF team “MIF'o katinai” The winning five-member team brought...
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2026-09-23
Aleksas Vaitulevičius – New Doctor of Informatics at Vilnius University
We are pleased to congratulate Aleksas Vaitulevičius, the new Doctor of Natural Sciences in the field of Informatics, who has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation “Research and Modeling of Digital Signals for the Detection of Cancerous Areas of Tissue in Different MRI Modalities”. Dr. Aleksas Vaitulevičius and Dissertation Defense Board Aleksas Vaitulevičius’s...
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2026-09-21
VU MIF Artificial Intelligence Methods Laboratory Presented AI Research for Eart…
The Artificial Intelligence Methods Lab (AIML) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of Vilnius University, represented by its Head, Assoc. Prof. Valentas Gružauskas, and project researchers Artiom Hovhannisyan and Evgenij Shapovalov, participated in ESA Industry Space Days on 16–17 September 2026 at ESA/ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. During the...
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