University News
A call for early-career researchers: “My First Research Team”
Vytautas Magnus University announces a call “My First Research Team” which is addressed to 9 early‑career researchers - Principal investigators (PI). The announced call creates conditions for nine researchers to establish their first independent research groups and implement independent research projects.
Entrepreneur Gediminas Kvietkauskas: “You Won’t Find Me Where There Are Boundaries”
“It’s very sad to see businesses that lack creativity. These are often large, overgrown organisations run by technocrats with no wings, no drive,” says entrepreneur Gediminas Kvietkauskas, who ranks among the 500 wealthiest Lithuanians. A philologist by vocation and an engineer by education, he sees business as a creative project, because where there is no creativity, there is no freedom to advance.
Chairman of the Kaunas Regional Court Marius Bartninkas: “Law Is Not Mathematics, Where Two Plus Two Equals Four”
“Could we really, and would we want to, entrust artificial intelligence with resolving disputes? Law is not mathematics, where applying a formula yields a single, clear answer, as we all know that two plus two equals four. What formula should be used to decide which parent a minor child should live with? Can a computer impose a sentence on a person who has committed a crime?” asks Marius Bartninkas, Chairman of the Kaunas Regional Court, when speaking about the use of artificial intelligence in judicial proceedings.
VMU to Host Screening of ‘Bucha’
On Thursday, 22 January, at 3:30 p.m., screening of the film Bucha and a meeting with the film’s protagonist Konstantin Gudauskas will take place at VMU Senate Hall (S. Daukanto g. 28).
Director of VMU Institute of Foreign Languages Dr. Teresė Ringailienė: Foreigners are Intrigued by Our Language
“No technology can replace human interaction, regardless of how fascinating someone may find robots or avatars”, Director of VMU Institute of Foreign Languages Dr. Teresė Ringailienė says. For her activities promoting multilingualism, the Transform4Europe Alliance has nominated Dr. Ringailienė in the Heroes of the Year Awards.
T4EU European University Open Call for Student Initiatives
The Transform4Europe Alliance (T4EU) has officially launched the third open call for student initiatives.
