University News
Intelligent Governance: Democratic Governance That Involves Citizens, Algorithms, and Human Sensitivity
"[Crises demand] solutions that are flexible and oriented to current issues and needs, to technological and other changes. That is exactly what intelligent governance is for", explains Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jurga Bučaitė-Vilkė, Head of the Department of Sociology at VMU and Acting Director of the Vytautas Kavolis Institute for Interdisciplinary Research.
VMU to Hold Online Language Tasters
As every semester, the Institute of Foreign Languages invites you to ‘taste’ lesser-known languages by taking part in online events, finding out new things about languages and cultures and maybe even learning new words or phrases.
Dr. Una-May O’Reilly from MIT: AI Can Help Address Tremendous Challenges in the World Today
“Have you ever used an AI system, such as a language model? Doesn’t it persuade you that it's very intelligent or that it actually kind of likes you? It seems like it has emotion and an attitude. I think that's one of the challenges: people create a persona around chatbots, but they’re still machines”, says Dr. Una-May O’Reilly from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Online Discussion “Theater, politics and war”
Scholars at Vytautas Magnus University are continuing to investigate forms of cultural diplomacy. Culture, as a powerful means of communication across borders and a soft power instrument for states, draws our attention in moments of conflict and war.
T4EU Week in Kaunas: A Renaissance of the Liberal Arts and a Diversity of Experiences
From 20 to 24 October, the Transform4Europe (T4EU) European University Alliance held its T4EU Week “TransformEd: Renaissance of Liberal Arts” at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU).
International Conference Inspired Discussions of Europe’s Resilience: Universities are Crucial in Uncertain Times
Former President of Finland Sauli Niinistö, the special adviser to the President of the European Commission, delivered the keynote address at VMU during T4EU Strategic Policy Conference “Universities Shaping the Future: Building Resilient Societies through Innovation and Global Impact”.
