Department of Computer Science

For computer science students and staff
Engineering psychology students Salla Nicholls and Esko Evtyukov, photo by Matti Ahlgren
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Salla Nicholls and Esko Evtyukov are thrilled to be the first engineering psychology students

Esko Evtyukov hopes to work in the games industry in the future and is currently working as a research assistant in Assistant Professor Robin Welsch's team, designing virtual reality experiments. Salla Nicholls, by contrast, dreams of combining data science and human-computer interaction.
An illustration in various shades of red of cells interacting via a network of hubs and spokes.
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Scientists unravel the effects of new medication for advanced melanoma with the help of AI

Researchers at Aalto University, the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center have studied how a completely new treatment option affects the immune system in patients with advanced melanoma.
Muodostelmaluistelujoukkue Team Unique'n aaltolaiset luistelijat
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Five Aalto students belong to the Finnish Championship winning synchronised skating team Team Unique

The skaters studying at different Aalto schools are Aalto’s Urhea athletes
An Cong
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Information Networks student An Cong encourages women to choose tech: 'Come to Aalto campus and see for yourself why this is a wonderful place to study'

When Cong was still in high school, she contemplated becoming a doctor or getting a business degree. During her senior year she made up her mind to study technology at Aalto University. She confirms that it was a marvellous decision.
Sami Nieminen
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'In our field, it would require quite a bit of effort to graduate unemployed'

Sami Nieminen graduated as a Master of Science in Technology in the summer of 2022, majoring in human-computer interaction.
Assistant Professor Robin Welsch sitting on a sofa against a green backdrop
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Psyched up for computer science

How can we align technology with the way we think about, feel, and understand the world? Robin Welsch is a psychologist-turned-computer scientist on a quest to find an answer.

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Do you want to study in the Nordics in Finland? At Aalto University science and art meet technology and business. We believe in the power of curiosity and encourage our students to explore the unknown as well as to learn and do things in a whole new way.

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Algorithms and theoretical computer science, illustration Matti Ahlgren/Aalto University

About the Department of Computer Science

We conduct world-class research and education in modern computer science to foster future science, engineering and society. The work combines fundamental research with innovative applications.

With over 40 professors and more than 400 employees it is the largest department at Aalto University and the largest Computer Science unit in Finland. It is routinely ranked among the top 10 Computer Science departments in Europe and in the top 100 globally.

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Lectures and seminars

CS Special Seminar: Priyanka Golia "Fusing AI and Formal Methods for Automated Synthesis"

This talk is arranged at the Department of Computer Science.
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Public defence in Computer Science, M.Phil Shaoxiong Ji

Natural Language Processing for Healthcare
cybersecurity and information security
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Public defence in Computer Science, M.Sc. Narges Yousefnezhad

Secure IoT Systems in Product Lifecycle Information Management
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Lectures and seminars

CS Special Seminar: Bo Zhao "Scalable and Sustainable Data-Intensive Systems"

This talk is arranged at the Department of Computer Science.

Humans of Computer Science

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

Researcher Ayush Bharti jumps and smiles in a hallway
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Everyday choices: Ayush Bharti, can AI fix a dropped Wi-Fi connection?

This postdoctoral researcher boosts wireless communications with signal interaction models.
Sándor Kisfaludi-Bak started as an assistant professor at the Department of Computer Science in January.
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Sándor Kisfaludi-Bak asks the tough questions through computational geometry

Sándor Kisfaludi-Bak started as assistant professor at the Department of Computer Science in January. He is looking forward to collaborative research and illuminating the beauty of computational geometry to students and colleagues alike.
Christian Guckelsberger in front of graffiti
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Teaching creativity to computers - Christian Guckelsberger wants to equip AI with the motivation to discover the unexpected

Research on computational intrinsic motivation could answer some fundamental questions about the nature of creativity, but also improve household robotics or even self-driving cars
Heli Julkunen seisoo talvisessa maisemassa ja katsoo hymyillen pois kamerasta. Hänellä on päällään valkoinen talvitakki ja taustalla näkyy sumua, puita ja lumihankia.
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If you study computer science, you may end up developing better cancer treatments by applying AI

Heli Julkunen developed a machine learning method that predicts how different drug combinations kill cancer cells, and now she helps advance preventive healthcare as a data scientist

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