An automated coding system designed to code medical records in Icelandic according to an international ICD coding system has won the University of Iceland Science and Innovation Award 2024.
EEA grants has supported collaboration between BioMedical Center at University of Iceland and Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia from the fall 2023 til organize common workshops and conferences.
The new Secretary General of Aurora, Ramon A. Puras, visited the University of Iceland end of April. Ramon formally accepted the position 1 May.
A new Equality Action Plan for the next three years at the University of Iceland was approved by the University Council at the beginning of the year.
GEORG, a research-driven geothermal cluster initiative led by the University of Iceland, recently celebrated its fifteenth anniversary. GEORG has created numerous opportunities for students and staff at the University.
Sigurður Reynir Gíslason, geochemist and research professor at the University of Iceland's Institute of Earth Sciences has been awarded with an honorary membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his work in the field of earth sciences.
Spring in Iceland means that the University of Iceland Knowledge Train is preparing to leave the station! This May the destinations are Höfn in Hornafjörður and Húsavík.
The award board is now accepting nominations for the 2024 International Vigdís Prize. Nominations must include reasons for nomination and be submitted by 21 May.
Through the Aurora cooperation, we were privileged enough to take part in the 2024 Aurora student conference held at the University Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain.
To be honest I didn’t have a clue what I wanted to study but I just knew that I didn’t want to sit in front of a computer for the rest of my life.
