Ermo Säks

Ermo Säks is a research fellow at the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (BFM). He holds a PhD in Audiovisual Arts and Media Studies, and his research focuses include Media, Communication, AI, CVR, and Emerging Technologies.

Ermo is the head of the TLU AI Laboratory for Creative and Cultural Intelligence (TLU AI Lab). He also coordinates TLU’s interdisciplinary cooperation project GenAI (Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in Creative Studies and Practices), is a key contributor to HapTell – Developing a Haptic-Centered Design Toolkit for Digital Storytelling, and is actively involved in FilmEU European University (WIRE and FilmEU+ projects). He is also Tallinn University’s EXU (Enterprise x University) communication expert.

He has worked at Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) and in the private sector, bringing over 18 years of experience in directing and producing.