Faculty news

The annual hit to the global economy from cybercrime was estimated at more than $6 trillion in 2021. If that were a nation, then the country of cybercrime would be the world's third-largest economy after the United States and China, notes Cybercrime Magazine. Contributions from the EEA and Norway Grants have created a team to investigate human behaviour in cybersecurity and formulate methodologies to fight back. The project Advancing Human Performance in Cybersecurity (ADVANCES) has a spin that will change the way cybercrime is battled.

Artificial Intelligence often alarms and creates uneasiness in the society because of competition for human brain and taken job vacancies in the future – for many these images still seems like a part from science-fiction movies. Researchers from the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics at Vilnius University (VU MIF) aim to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in solving one of the most frequent causes of death in Lithuania – heart and cardiovascular diseases.

The Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of Vilnius University introduces its Endowment Subfund and invites the public, faculty partners as well as alumni community to contribute to the training and education of future specialists in mathematics, data science, computer sciences, computer engineering and teachers in mathematics and informatics by donating online.

The Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA) invites startup teams and those with innovative ideas to register to the “TechHub” pre-accelerator. During 12-week program selected startups will participate in a three-month training course, develop their ideas and present them to investors. The sixth cohort of the program will begin in May and it is expected to be the last one so far.

Ministry of Education, Science and Sport invites the most talented students of Lithuanian higher education institutions to apply for Nominal Scholarships of the Presidents of the Republic of Lithuania Antanas Smetona, Kazys Grinius, Aleksandras Stulginskis, Jonas Žemaitis, Algirdas Brazauskas (hereinafter – the Scholarship).

On March 18-19, Vilnius University invites all students to a virtual study fair. 

The Lithuanian University Conference strongly condemns the military actions of the Russian Federation against the independent state of Ukraine. Furthermore, Lithuanian universities show solidarity with Ukrainian universities, their staff, lecturers, students, and the entire Ukrainian nation.