AI research for medical applications: introducing @azadef.bsky.social, one of our 9 new principal investigators and assistant professor at @aalto.fi. Read more: www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new-pis-azade-farshad-advances-ai-for-medical-applications @ellis.eu @csaalto.bsky.social

Congratulations to Arto Hellas, a senior lecturer in computer science at @aalto.fi, for being honored with the Nokia-OKKA Educational Recognition Award! This accolade celebrates his remarkable contributions to reforming ICT education. Well-deserved, Arto! 💐 www.aalto.fi/en/news/arto...

New research reveals how a relatively small elite can have a disproportionately large influence on shaping polarising environments. Read more 👉 www.aalto.fi/en/news/elit...

Poliittinen polarisaatio ei synny tyhjästä. Tuore tutkimus osoittaa, että pieni poliittinen eliitti vauhdittaa yhteiskunnan jakautumista – ja massa vaikuttaa seuraavan perässä.  Lue lisää 👉 www.aalto.fi/fi/uutiset/t...

This week's AI Summit and our Scientific Seminar officially launched ELLIS Institute Finland 🚀 Relive the talks, atmosphere and science with these photos (www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-instit...) as well as the livestream from the AI Summit in Turku: areena.yle.fi/1-76514739 @ellis.eu

Great news from the Research Council of Finland: Tuomas Hytönen, Mikko Möttönen and Aki Vehtari have been selected as Academy Professors! Warm congratulations!  💐 www.aka.fi/en/about-the... 

Congrats to Shuzhe Wang @aalto.fi Department of Computer Science for being among finalists for this year’s prestigious Informatics Europe BDA! The outstanding doctoral thesis "Deep Learning Methods for Point Matching, Visual Localization and 3D Reconstruction" was supervised by Prof. Juho Kannala. ✨

"The recent expansion of @ellis.eu with two new institutes in @ellisinsttue.bsky.social and Finland shows that Europe has the vision, resources and drive to achieve the best AI research in the world.” Our director @samikaski.bsky.social joins the ELLIS Board, read more below! 👇 @csaalto.bsky.social

A rap lyric generator led him to study large language models at Google DeepMind; now he'll look at LLMs for social sciences and humanities. Introducing @ericmalmi.bsky.social, new faculty & adjunct professor at @aalto.fi. www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new... @ellis.eu @csaalto.bsky.social

Interested in generative AI and computing education? We are looking for a PhD student to work on developing and studying tools that help novice programmers learn how to use generative AI at @csaalto.bsky.social. Find out more & apply here: www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...

Developing #artificialintelligence that is trustworthy, efficient, and fair, even in unpredictable and changing environments: introducing Qi Chen, one of our 9 new principal investigators and assistant professor at @aalto.fi. www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new... @ellis.eu @csaalto.bsky.social

🔥 "The Perception and Learning of 4D Object Geometry in Humans and Machines" 🔥 Master thesis work by Raihan Gafur. Check out his awesome blog post series! raihanthecooldude.com/spaceland-ep...

Making #machinelearning outcomes stable in the face of strange inputs or malicious attacks: introducing Francesco Croce, one of our 9 new principal investigators & assistant professor at @aalto.fi. www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new... @ellis.eu @csaalto.bsky.social

Finnish 19th-Century Letters on the Semantic Web: LetterSampo Finland openly available for Digital Humanities Research A major Finnish research project “Constellations of Correspondence 2022-2025 (CoCo)” by the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki Centre for Digital…

Our recent media coverage 🧵👇 with features in @hs.fi, Finland's public broadcaster Yle and the @aalto.fi Keys to Growth series. cc @ellis.eu @okm.fi @csaalto.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/elli...

Congratulations to our Assistant Professors @robinwelsch.bsky.social and @dataspider.bsky.social on their new ERC projects! 💐

Researchers at Aalto University have developed a new machine learning method that improves the estimation of risk of developing complex diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and liver conditions. Read more 👇 Funding: @SuomenAkatemia @TechFinland100 via #HouseofAI @aalto.fi

Welcome new principal investigators! 9 leading scholars and rising stars in AI & machine learning are joining ELLIS Institute Finland, part of the @ellis.eu network. Read more about our new professors: ➡️ www.ellisinstitute.fi/PIs-2025

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 We are #hiring Postdoctoral Fellows (3 years) or Research Fellows (5 years) for researchers in ICT. Find out more information in the 🔗 www.hiit.fi/hiit-postdoc... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EduSky #Research #postdocjobs #postdoc

“Oil-producing countries have had an oversized influence on international affairs; in an A.I.-powered near future, compute producers could have something similar since they control access to a critical resource,” Prof Vili Lehdonvirta told @paulmozur.bsky.social, @nytimes.com.

Congratulations to Professor Samuel Kaski for receiving a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant! His project tackles one of the biggest bottlenecks in machine learning: making AI robust, deployable and truly collaborative with humans. @erc.europa.eu @ellisinstitute.fi More 👇 www.aalto.fi/en/news/a-re...

🏆 Aalto-yliopistossa valmistunut disinformaation tunnistamista käsittelevä diplomityö on palkittu Tietojenkäsittelytieteen seuran gradupalkinnolla. Letizia Iannuccin ansiokas diplomityö on nimeltään “Detecting coordinated online behaviour – A multiplex network approach”. Onnittelut! Lue lisää 👇

1/4 Join us and the Autotelic Interaction Research (AIR) group @aalto.fi / Finland to work on Computational Social Intrinsic Motivation (SIM) as PhD (4y) or postdoc (2y). Job ad w project description and application instructions: bit.ly/4jyNLGv. We're looking forward to learning about you!

Here is a poster with an overview of distributed quantum stuff we have been doing…

Aalto is one of 13 universities that have partnered to establish @ellisinstitute.fi, a world-class research hub in AI and machine learning. We welcome global talents who want to develop human-centric AI made in Europe. The blackboard is the launch pad for big ideas! 🚀🧠

Our researchers are part of an international consortium whose latest study provides unprecedented insights into the formation and evolution of galaxies. Read more about the findings here: www.aalto.fi/en/news/astr...

HIIT Foundations Friday on 23 May 2025! Corinna Coupette gives a talk on "TCS for Law: Toward a Computational Theory of Legal Systems", more information here: research.cs.aalto.fi/hiit-foundat...

Studying how video games can support mental health and developing human-like AI to design better keyboards and charts -- our researchers are presenting these and other studies at the international #CHI2025 conference currently happening in Japan. Read more in the thread below 🧵👇 #HCI

Our Distinguished Lecture Series returns with Margaret Burnett. Join us on 12 May at 2pm to listen to her lecture "Mission: To enable diverse mere mortals to assess an AI agent’s 'goodness' for their own needs" more info 🔗 www.hiit.fi/mission-to-e...

27.5. 1-4 pm. Julkistustilaisuuteen Kirjesampo: 1800-luvun suomalaisia kirjekokoelmia semanttisessa webissä @sksfinlit.bsky.social Ilmoittaudu tilaisuuteen tai zoom etäyhteydelle 👉 seco.cs.aalto.fi/events/2025/... / Publication event of LetterSampo Finland (event in Finnish)

Our director @samikaski.bsky.social sheds some light on the new ELLIS Institute, its research direction and what it means for the Finnish science landscape: ➡️ acatiimi.fi/2025/04/10/w... @ellis.eu @csaalto.bsky.social @aalto.fi

What makes people think an AI system is creative? New research shows that it depends on how much they see of the creative act. Read the full article at www.aalto.fi/en/news/is-a...

ELLIS Institute Finland is hiring Principal Investigators in AI + machine learning. World-class resources for research incl. LUMI supercomputer, generous starting package & professorship affiliation with a university in the world’s happiest country! Apply by March 9: ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit

We are looking for Assistant Professors: www.aalto.fi/en/departmen... #hiring #university #technology

The Finnish government has allocated EUR 25.5M for setting up a network of doctoral programmes in #AI. 🧪 'We are very excited to build a world-class PhD programme with mobility, quality supervision and multi-disciplinarity in mind.' Read more: www.goodnewsfinland.com/en/articles/...

ICT Research Day was held at Aalto University last week! Organised by HIIT, the event brought together the collective expertise of three computer science departments from Aalto and the University of Helsinki. Thank you to all participants and see you next year! www.aalto.fi/en/news/scho...

Researchers at Aalto University and the University of Helsinki investigated how real-world shocks affect online discussions, using the Ukraine war and Finland’s NATO accession to understand how disinformation reinforces polarization. 🧪 Read the full story: www.aalto.fi/en/news/disi...

Suomi jakaantuu yhä voimakkaammin, sanoo polarisaatiota tutkiva Ali Salloum. Hän on tutkinut Twitter-keskusteluja 2019 ja 2023 eduskuntavaaleissa. Somedata näyttää, että kuilu eri ryhmien välillä on syventynyt selvästi neljässä vuodessa. Lue koko juttu: yle.fi/aihe/a/20-10...

Congratulations to our Professor Lauri Malmi, who was selected ACM Distinguished Member for contributions to international computing education research! www.acm.org/media-center...

Muistitko katsoa kuinka monta kilometriä matkustit junalla 2023 – ja paljonko päästöjä vältit verrattuna muihin kulkumuotoihin? VR:n Vuosi raiteilla -yhteenveto kehitettiin yhteistyössä Aalto-yliopiston tietotekniikan opiskelijoiden kanssa. Lue lisää: www.vrgroup.fi/fi/vrgroup/u...

Tutkimus osoittaa, miten vasemmistolaisiksi määritellyt suomalaiset keskustelijat lähentyivät Natoon myönteisesti suhtautuvia käyttäjiä Twitterissä Venäjän hyökkäyksen jälkeen. Disinformaatiosta ammentavat keskustelijat pysyivät somekuplassaan hyökkäyksestä huolimatta. www.aalto.fi/fi/uutiset/t...

Työelämäprofessorimme Mikko Kiviharju Ylen aamussa kommentoimassa TikTokia ja tietosuoja-asioita yhdessä F-Securen Laura Kankaalan kanssa. Keskustelu 46:10 alkaen: areena.yle.fi/1-66757561?s...

JOB ALERT ⭐️ We're looking for early-career behavioral and social scientists with a strong track record in computer science to support our Engineering Psychology and Information Networks programs. Read more and apply by 7th February 2024: www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...

JOB ALERT! ⭐ We're looking for students to work with us during the summer 2024. If you have enjoyed your studies and want to learn more about computer science, this might be your place. Apply by 29th January and find out more below: www.aalto.fi/en/departmen...

Our most popular computer science stories from 2023 talked about love, security and creativity. Check out the top five below! 🧪 www.aalto.fi/en/news/our-...

Annu Nieminen is the founder of The Upright Project - a tech startup making impact assessments more honest and reputable. Read how her studies at Aalto University helped shape her approach to complex problem-solving! ourblogs.aalto.fi/the-aalto-fo...

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Arno Solin for being voted the teacher of the year at @csaalto.bsky.social! Arno received thanks for well-planned and clear lecture materials and hands-on exercises that supported learning and made it interesting. www.aalto.fi/en/news/arno...

Generatiivinen tekoäly muuttaa myös koko sovelluskehityksen lähtökohtana olevien vaatimusten rakentamista. Työelämäprofessorimme Marjo Kauppinen korostaa kehittäjien vastuuta Tivin haastattelussa (tilaajille). www.tivi.fi/uutiset/tv/1...

Associate Professor @jukkasuomela.fi is a theoretical computer scientist. His research group works with very hard mathematical problems to uncover the deepest depths of #computation. In fact, one of their projects intends to automate their own work. 🧪 www.aalto.fi/en/news/jukk...

Why can’t #AI say ‘I don’t know’? Lassi Meronen's doctoral thesis focused on making deep learning models better at estimating the uncertainty in their predictions. 🧪 Read our story: www.aalto.fi/en/news/why-...