Information and Communication Technology

The Bioinformatics, Algorithmics, and Data Mining group BIIT lead by prof. Jaak Vilo is a joint research group between the Department of Computer Science (University of Tartu), Quretec, and the Estonian Biocenter. Our main research topics and capabilities include the gene regulation, gene expression data analysis, biological data mining, systems biology, combinatorial pattern matching, developing software for biomedical research databases, as well as partnering in stem cell and cancer related projects (http://biit.cs.ut.ee/).

• Interfacing Estonia's dataset into international networks (Life Watch, GBIF, BioCASe, GeoCASe).
• Scientifically controlled Estonian species registry with rich pictures database for usage to officers (conservation workers, customs officers), journalists, students etc.
• Specific supporting applications primarily aimed to experts in frontier research
• an application aimed to wide range of users, containing Estonian fossils, rocks, geological time scale and other geothermal information