Microsoft Development Center Estonia

President Alar Karis recognized three outstanding early-career researchers whose work is helping build a smarter, more sustainable, and more human-centered future. 🤝

Microsoft Development Center Estonia is proud to collaborate on the Young IT Researcher Award, that went to Marharyta Domnich from the University of Tartu, whose work focuses on Explainable AI (XAI) and making complex AI decisions understandable and trustworthy.

Her research helps answer questions like why an AI system made a certain decision and what could be changed to achieve a different outcome. This has real-world impact in areas like healthcare, finance, and public services, where transparency is essential.

As President Karis noted, researchers are not just knowledge seekers — they are bridge builders, connecting science with society and today’s discoveries with tomorrow’s decisions.

For us, this yearly award is a celebration of the people who turn complex ideas into meaningful impact 🙌
 
📸: Vabariigi Presidendi Kantselei/ Arno Mikkor