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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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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

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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

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Uraauurtava kvanttilaskennan väitöskirja ja disinformaation tunnistamista käsittelevä diplomityö palkittiin Kvanttilaskenta ja disinformaation tunnistaminen ovat kriittisiä aiheita nykypäivän yhteiskunnassa. Tietotekniikan tutkimussäätiö ja Tietojenkäsittelytieteen seura palkitsivat ansiokkaat tutkimukset, ...

🏆 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!

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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! 🚀🧠

Astronomers observe largest ever sample of galaxies up to over 12 billion light years away | Aalto University New observations give researchers unique insight into how galaxies have evolved since the universe was under a billion years old.

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...

Illustration of two hands holding a gaming controller. Image by Matti Ahlgren / Aalto University

Various bar charts overlaid with eye movement scanpath predicted by the Chartist model. Image: Danqing Shi

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 🧵👇
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Mission: To enable diverse mere mortals to assess an AI agent's "goodness" for their own needs Speaker: Margaret M. Burnett Event type: Guest lecture Event time: 12.5.2025 14-15 (Helsinki Time Zone UTC+3) Place: University of Helsinki Main building, Fabianinkatu 33 Pieni juhlasali The nex...

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)

What significance do new AI professorships hold? - Acatiimi The ELLIS Institute has been established in Finland to boost AI research, and Silo AI CEO Peter Sarlin’s foundation made a sizable donation towards new professorships.

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:
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@ellis.eu @csaalto.bsky.social @aalto.fi

Is AI truly creative? Turns out creativity is in the eye of the beholder | Aalto University The more we see of a creative act, the more creative we judge it to be. Researchers think these findings could change the way we design AI.

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...

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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

Assistant Professor positions | Aalto University We are looking for multiple assistant professors to join our department

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/...

Scholars from Aalto and University of Helsinki got together for a common ICT Research Day | Aalto Un... Research Day, organized by HIIT – Helsinki Institute for Information Technology brought together researchers and students from three ICT departments to network and share insights to ongoing research

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!

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Disinformation can reinforce polarization in society | Aalto University The polarizing effects of disinformation endure even when faced with a powerful external shock

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...

Me vastaan te – Suomi jakaantuu yhä voimakkaammin, sanoo polarisaatiota tutkiva Ali Salloum ”Asiat riitelevät, eivät ihmiset”, kuuluu vanha sanonta. Yhteiskunnan polarisoituminen tarkoittaa kuitenkin sitä, että yhä useammin ihmiset alkavat riidellä asioiden sijaan, sanoo tutkija.

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!

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Kuinka monta kilometriä matkustit junalla 2023 – ja paljonko päästöjä vältit verrattuna... Yhteistyössä Aalto-yliopiston opiskelijoiden kanssa toteutettu Vuosi raiteilla -yhteenveto kokoaa yhteen vuoden 2023 aikana raiteita pitkin kuljetut kilometrit ja junassa kulutetun ajan. Lisäksi se...

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 näyttää, miten Venäjän hyökkäys Ukrainaan muutti suomalaisten Nato-keskustelua Twitt... Juuri julkaistu tutkimus osoittaa, miten suomalaiset vasemmistolaisiksi määritellyt keskustelijat lähentyivät Natoon myönteisesti suhtautuvia käyttäjiä Twitterissä Venäjän hyökkäyksen jä...

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

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Mikko Kiviharju sitting on the left, smiling and dressed in a brown jacket and white shirt, Laura Kankaala sitting on the right, dressed in black. Red and yellow studio backdrop.

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...