Chair of Programming Languages and Systems

The Chair of Programming Languages and Systems is responsible for the undergraduate programming courses at the University of Tartu and conducts MOOCs to teach programming to the wider public. The chair is headed by Assoc. Prof. Marina Lepp. Research is organized around the following themes:

Didactics of Informatics

Exploring the effectiveness of different educational technologies, such as flipped classrooms, educational software, automated assessment, as well as exploring conceptual models of learning and motivation.

Marina Lepp
Piret Luik
Reelika Suviste
Tauno Palts
Lidia Feklistova
Heidi Meier
Merilin Säde
Marili Rõõm
Eerik Muuli
Kristi Salum
Riin Saadjärv
Kaspar Papli
Priit Paluoja
Mirjam Paales
Rein Prank

Programming, Logic, and Semantics

Concerned with finding better ways to write and understand programs, developing tools and IDEs that facilitate and automate software engineering and reduce software vulnerability.

Varmo Vene
Vesal Vojdani
Danel Ahman
Kalmer Apinis
Simmo Saan
Karoliine Holter
Ahti Põder
Tõnis Hendrik Hlebnikov
Alo Aasmäe
Tõnu Tamme
B. Rucy

Computational Mathematics and Modelling

Helle Hein
Reimo Palm
Vambola Leping
Ljubov Jaanuska
Jaan Janno