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Cloud empires: Mapping the geopolitics of data infrastructures

The trend towards hyperscale cloud infrastructures is creating powerful global gatekeepers of computational capability. We must understand the geopolitical implications.

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A revolution for R&D with the missing link of machine learning — project envisions human-AI expert teams to solve grand challenges

Samuel Kaski receives ERC Advanced Grant to develop new machine learning that is robust, generalisable and engages human experts.

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Can gaming support mental health? Researchers to present Dark Souls study at CHI '25

A well-known role-playing videogame is helping players cope with real-world challenges like depression, say researchers from Aalto University.

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Lectures and seminars

Department of Computer Science: MSc Thesis Presentations

Master’s thesis presentations in the field of Human-Computer Interaction and User-Centred Design on Wednesday 16 July at 15:00-17:30 in Zoom
Conferences

Low Temperature Quantum Detectors 2025 (external link)

Low-temperature quantum detectors: From fundamentals to applications
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Public defences

Public defence in Computer Science, M.Sc. Rongjun Ma

Everyday Appropriation of Technology: Experience, Challenges, and Implications (title of the thesis).
Helsinki Distinguished Lecture Series
Academic events, Lectures and seminars

Helsinki Distinguished Lecture: Joseph Konstan "Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: An Experimentalist’s Approach"

The next lecture in the Helsinki Distinguished Lecture Series on Future Information Technology will be given by Professor Joseph A. Konstan. Konstan is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota.

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Study in Finland at Aalto University, where science and art meet technology and business. Join a top-ranked, multidisciplinary community!

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Education

Computer Science education on Bachelor, Master and Doctoral levels.

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Open positions

Looking for a job at Aalto University? See our open positions.

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Summer employee positions at the Department of Computer Science 2025

We are looking for BSc or MSc degree students at Aalto or other universities to work with us during the summer 2025

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Finland is a great place to live in.

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Humans of Computer Science

Computer Science at Aalto University is more than just coding. Here are stories from our computer scientists.

‘If you study data science, you won’t limit your choice of career in the future’

Before starting her Data Science studies at Aalto, Angeline Jayanegara obtained a diploma in fashion design. In the future, she would like to work as a Data Scientist in the fashion industry.

Angeline Jayanegara istuu oranssilla nojatuolilla ja katsoo kameraan. Taustalla näkyy tuoleja ja ikkunaa.

Podcast: Kahvit näppikselle

Finnish language podcast about how computer science is involved in basically everything.

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Billions of individuals depend on security protocols crafted by Professor Emerita Kaisa Nyberg

Kaisa Nyberg's career has taken her from radio encryption algorithms to international standardisation work and finally to professor at Aalto University. According to Nyberg, the biggest contribution of her career lies in her role as a mentor to students

Professori Kaisa Nyberg istuu isolla tuolilla Aalto-yliopiston tietotekniikan talossa, tasutalla on viherkasveja

Jukka Suomela studies the limitations and efficiency of computation

Associate Professor Jukka Suomela is a theoretical computer scientist, who works with very hard mathematical problems to uncover the limits and possibilities that computers hold

Associate Professor Jukka Suomela smiling at camera, dressed in a red shirt against a red-brick wall at the Department of Computer Science

Ask a scientist: How will AI affect creativity?

The impact of creative AI is unfolding before our eyes, yet we struggle to understand it. It’s the perfect time to ask researchers what they see and think.

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Leila Arstila: As a recent graduate, I have a whole world ahead of me

'We could learn to listen to ourselves and be kinder to ourselves. After burning out, it's really hard to climb back up. It would be easier to stop before the fall.'

Leila Arstila, photo by Linda Lehtovirta

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