ESSCaSS 2026 - Käsmu, North Estonia

• Dates: 18-21 of August, 2026 (Tue-Fri)
• Location: Lainela Resort

The scope

The Estonian Summer School in Computer and Systems Science is an annual international event for PhD and MSc students, postdocs, and faculty members. ESSCaSS promotes the interdisciplinary education of graduate students specialising in (but not limited to) computer science, systems science, software engineering, artificial intelligence, and bioinformatics. These schools play an essential role in doctoral education in Estonia.

• Visit ESSCaSS Facebook page to see pictures of previous summer school.
• ESSCaSS 2025 photos on Flickr
• Videos of ESSCaSS 2025 lectures

Academic lectures

• Andrea Stocco - (TBC: SE+AI)
  Technical University of Munich Homepage, Google Scholar
• Pan Hui - (TBC)
  University of Helsinki Homepage, Google Scholar
• Vaclav (Vashek) Matyas - (TBC)
  Masaryk University Homepage, Google Scholar
• Michael Felderer - LLMs in software, systems and quantum engineering
  DLR Institute of Software Technology and Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Cologne Homepage, Google Scholar
• Anastasija Nikiforova - Governing AI in Practice: Responsible Adoption, Human-AI Delegation, and Sustainable AI Lifecycle
  University of Tartu Homepage, Google Scholar
• A session (90 mins) on Verification (schedule TBD)
• Poster Session and Student talks

Student sessions

There are "Student talks" and "Poster session" planned. The main aim of these activities is to get students actively involved in shaping summer school. We hope these sessions allow them to improve their skills in presenting their topic, managing daily tasks more effectively, and sharing essential information.

Social activities

One of life's most valuable resources is your network of contacts! Thus, we have organised some social activities to stimulate mingling, getting to know each other, and exchanging your ideas.

Contacts: If you have any questions or problems regarding summer school, don't hesitate to get in touch with us:

• E-mail: esscass@ut.ee
• ESSCaSS Facebook page
  

Sponsors:

The event is supported by the Ministry of Education and Research Centres of Excellence grant TK213 (Estonian Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (EXAI)).

Project “Cooperation between universities to promote doctoral studies” (2021-2027.4.04.24-0003), co-funded by the European Union.

The event is supported by the Horizon Europe project CHESS (Cyber-security Excellence Hub in Estonia and South Moravia).