Gathering for the seventh time at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, students demonstrated that their research can hold its own against mature academic work, and that knowledge of informatics is applied far more broadly today than one might expect.
If you aspire to engage with some of the world’s most advanced scientific research, CERN – the European Organization for Nuclear Research – invites undergraduate and graduate students in computer science and engineering to apply for a summer internship. This opportunity will allow you to experience firsthand how groundbreaking scientific discoveries are made.
The Arqus European University Alliance has officially launched the second application call for the 2026–2028 cohort of the Joint Master’s Programme in International Cybersecurity and Cyberintelligence (MICAC), a two-year international degree delivered collaboratively by four leading European universities.
Lithuania has one of the widest gaps in Europe between men and women with higher education. Gender inequality in education – where women often outperform men – is significant, especially when combined with other drivers of inequality such as social class or ethnic background.
Professor Dr. Valentina Dagienė, from the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics at Vilnius University, has been honoured with the Vilnius City Scientists’ Prize. This award is presented by the Municipality of Vilnius to recognize scientists for their long-standing, active, and significant research work, exceptional scientific achievements at both national and international levels, as well as for their innovative ideas and their implementation and dissemination within the city. Prof. Dr. V. Dagienė’s work has made a significant contribution to strengthening computer science and its education in Lithuania and beyond.
We are pleased to congratulate Mindaugas Kepalas, the new Doctor of Natural Sciences in the field of Informatics, who has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation “Searching for Global Solutions of Constrained Location Problems.”
On April 10, at the Q-PrEP webinar, Simona Zavackė, a doctoral student at the Institute of Computer Science of Vilnius University Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (VU MIF II), presented a study on the transition of secure remote access (SSH) services to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) for long-term data protection. S. Zavackė was invited to present at the international seminar as an expert following the publication of the article in the Baltic Journal of Modern Computing[1].
Information about the spring semester examinations for the 2025–2026 academic year has been published.
