Computer Science

Next week: Lydia Chilton will give a guest talk hosted by @oulasvirta.bsky.social.
Join us for "Collaboration, Control, and Trust in Human-AI Systems" on March 11 at 11:00-12:00 in T1 at @csaalto.bsky.social.

@icthiit.bsky.social @univhelsinkics.bsky.social

Jobs! The Autotelic Interaction Research Group is looking for (1) creative practitioners and (2) theory researchers to work on "Autotelic Creative Artificial Intelligence" (ACAI):

(1) PhD in Creative Practices (2+2 years): lnkd.in/dPBG47rM

(2) Postdoctoral Researcher (2 years): lnkd.in/dMisM_bf

We are looking for Postdoctoral Fellows to join the Helsinki region IT research community.The deadline for applications is March 22nd, 2026 at 11:59 PM (23:59 UTC+02:00) More info in the 🔗
www.hiit.fi/hiit-postdoc... #EarlyCareerResearcher #AcademicSky #postdocposition

HealthTech meets AI | LUMI AI Factory Join us at Supercomputing for Business, Jyväskylä and discover how our services can help you enhance your RDI work!

HealthTech meets AI networking event at LUMI AI Factory Hub in Espoo on 31 March. Join us to explore how AI and supercomputing can accelerate health-related RDI, with speakers from academia and industry.
lumi-ai-factory.eu/events/healt...
@lumi-supercomputer.eu @csaalto.bsky.social @vtt.fi

(1/) Does visualizing an AI’s image generation process make people judge it as more “creative”? Our ACM IUI'26 paper shows that the "who" of the observer can matter more than what the interface reveals. Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

We are looking for Lecturers in Computer Science at @aalto.fi!🌟 Areas:
✅ Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and health data science
✅ General computer science: programming, algorithms, theory
✅ Software engineering
Ability to teach in Finnish & English required.
📍 Apply by 16 March 2026. More info 👇

Etsimme tietotekniikan lehtoreita Aalto-yliopistoon kokoaikaisiin, toistaiseksi voimassa oleviin tehtäviin! 🌟
Alueet:
✅ Bioinformatiikka, biostatistiikka ja terveysdatatiede
✅ Tietotekniikka: ohjelmointi, algoritmit ja teoria
✅ Ohjelmistotuotanto
📍Hae 16.3.2026 mennessä. Lisätiedot ja ohjeet 👇

Reminder: 📢 The application for our Assistant Professor position is open until February 2nd! ⭐
For more details, visit: www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...

2 weeks to deadline! ELLIS Institute Finland has #postdoc positions in AI and ML research at various locations around Finland. Join us! 👇 Meet the ELLIS community in Finland here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
@ellis.eu @csaalto.bsky.social @univhelsinkics.bsky.social

#Hiring: postdocs in artificial intelligence and machine learning research. Deadline February 9, 2026.
- Cutting-edge computational resources like @lumi-supercomputer.eu
- Close collaboration with @ellis.eu
- Ambitious, high-impact projects across Finland
➡️ www.ellisinstitute.fi/postdoc-recr...

Our summer employee call is open! 😎

We are looking for motivated BSc or MSc students to join us for the summer of 2026.

Discover our positions and topics, and apply by January 31st, 2026: www.aalto.fi/en/departmen...

Miten netin käyttö vaikuttaa stressiin? Tutkijat paljastavat, että nettishoppailu, some, YouTuben selailu ja suoratoistopalvelujen käyttö sekä verkkopelaaminen olivat yhteydessä lisääntyneeseen stressin tunteeseen.
www.aalto.fi/fi/uutiset/m...

New year, new opportunities! Application deadline February 2, 2026: www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...

A new way to measure contagion: the gut bacterium behind blood poisoning can spread like influenza | Aalto University Neither the antibiotic-resistant nor the highly virulent strains are the most transmissible.

Some gut bacteria move through populations with surprising speed.

A new study introduces a new model that applies the basic reproduction number, R₀, to gut bacteria for the first time, providing a clearer way to track how they circulate between people.

Read more 👉 www.aalto.fi/en/news/a-ne...

Tutkijat kehittivät uuden tavan mitata tartuttavuutta: verenmyrkytystä aiheuttava E. coli -suolistobakteeri voi levitä kuin influenssavirus | Aalto-yliopisto Antibiooteille vastustuskykyiset ja virulenteimmat kannat eivät kuitenkaan ole kaikkein herkimmin leviäviä.

Suolistobakteerit voivat levitä väestössä yllättävän nopeasti – joissain tapauksissa lähes influenssaviruksen tavoin.

Tuore tutkimus esittelee tartuttavuusmallin, joka tuo virusten leviämisestä tutun R₀-luvun bakteeritutkimukseen ensimmäistä kertaa.

Lue lisää 👉 www.aalto.fi/fi/uutiset/t...

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...

Elites wield huge influence over deepening polarisation –– now we can tell exactly how much | Aalto University Researchers used network theory to develop a method for measuring the impact of individuals on societal division.

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...

Tutkimus eduskuntavaaleista paljastaa: Valtaapitävät jakautuvat jyrkemmin kuin kansa | Aalto-yliopisto Twitter-aineisto paljastaa, että määrällisesti pieni eliitti vaikuttaa mielipiteiden jakautumiseen suhteettoman paljon.

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

Research Council of Finland selects 15 new Academy Professors The Research Council of Finland (RCF) has decided on funding for 15 new Academy Professorships for the period 1 January 2026–31 December 2031. The revised Academy Professorship funding scheme provides funding to researchers who are at the international forefront of their fields and whose research strives for scientific renewal and breakthroughs. The funding is designed to support s...

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 Humanities (HELDIG), and Aalto University, Department of Computer Science, has now been finalized, based on collections of 16 Finnish Cultural Heritage organizations, over 1600 fonds, and four earlier online critical editions of prominent Finns (A. Edelfelt, E. Lönnrot, J.

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
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