Department of Computer Science

About the department

World-class research and education in modern computer science to foster future science, engineering and society. The work combines fundamental research with innovative applications.
Computer Science building / Tietotekniikan talo / photo Aalto University, Matti Ahlgren

The Department of Computer Science at Aalto University is one of the leading computer science research units in northern Europe, located at the Otaniemi campus in Espoo, Finland. With more than 400 employees, the Department of Computer Science is the largest department at Aalto University. The department is part of Aalto University School of Science.

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Key figures

Number 450

Over 450 employees

40+ professors, 70+ postdocs, 100+ doctoral candidates.

Number 23

23 doctoral degrees per year

The average number of graduated doctoral degrees in 2014-2019.

Number 150

150 Master’s degrees in year

The average number of graduating Master’s students in 2014-2019

Number 226

226 articles per year

The number of articles published in 2019.

Number 7200

7200 cores,

90 GPU’s and 2PB Lustre storage in our in-house computational resource Aalto HPC cluster.

Academic year of 2019-2020

Download department's yearbook of 2019-2020 below.

Aalto University Department of Computer Science yearbook 2019-2020, pdf, attachment
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Collaboration

The department actively collaborates with other Aalto University departments and global top universities and has industry collaboration with technology companies such as Nokia, Huawei and NVIDIA. The department is a partner in the international education networks SECCLO and EIT Digital. It also has a leading role in the national online education network FITech.

Department of Computer Science is a member of Informatics Europe, which represents the academic and research community in Informatics in Europe.

Aalto X Reality Demo by Matti Ahlgren

Aalto Digi Platform

We are a forum for everything digital. Our focus areas include emerging technologies, digital services, big data, and robotics in science, arts, and applications.

Students walking and working in the basement floor of the Harald Herlin Learning center / photo by Aalto University, Aino Huovio

Corporate collaboration

Aalto University provides a variety for collaboration possibilities to companies and other organizations. Collaboration with Aalto creates a solid platform for solving local and global challenges and for positive societal impact.

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Aalto JobTeaser- Recruit a student

We help employers reach Aalto University students by publishing job and internship adverts as well as thesis and project assignments in Aalto JobTeaser.

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Computer Science is ranked ninth in Europe by Shanghai 2019 Ranking

Rankings 

Computer Science field at Aalto University is routinely ranked among the top 10 in Europe and in the top 100 globally.

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AI day Finland 2017 in Dipoli
AI day 2018 at Dipoli

Conferences

The department has participated in the organisation of several conferences, including the following:

The 32nd IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering, the 14th International Conference on Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning, the 28th Eurographics Symposium on Rendering, ALGO 2018, StanCon Helsinki, the ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER) in 2018, and AI Day 2018 and 2019.

Seminar series

Several regular seminar series are arranged at the department.

MLCS

Machine Learning Coffee Seminar

Weekly seminars organized by Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI)

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Piece of code on the computer screen, colourful text

Helsinki Distinguished Lecture Series

Lecture series is on the research challenges and solutions faced by current and future information technology, as seen by internationally leading experts in the field.

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Computer Science research image, processor of a computer, photo: Matti Ahlgren

CS Forum

Seminar series about different topics on computer science. Social Media: #CSforum

Department of Computer Science
Secure Systems research group demoday at Aalto University. Researchers are presenting information security research.

HAIC Talks

Series of public lectures on contemporary topics in information security. Social Media: #HAICtalks

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Laptop computer keyboard detail / photo: Aalto University, Matti Ahlgren

Aalto CS Theory Seminar

Weekly series of talks on a broad scope of Computer Science theory.

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Facilities

The Computer Science building was designed by Brunow & Maunula Architects and completed in 1998. The building has received the Steel Prize of the Year. The majority of the department's staff and students work in this building, at the center of the Aalto University campus. Some research groups have premises in the neighbouring buildings.

PML research gropu at department of computer science, photo Matti Ahlgren
Group working spaces in Computer Science building
Computer Science building interior, photo Matti Ahlgren / Aalto University
Computer Science building interior
Lecture hall T1 in Computer Science Building has capacity for over 300 people, photo: Matti Ahlgren / Aalto University
Biggest lecture hall has capacity for over 300 people

Computer Science building

Address: Konemiehentie 2. The Computer Science building is mainly used for IT and electrical engineering teaching and research.

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Tietotekniikan talo, Computer Science Building

Research and learning infrastructures

Our research and teaching infrastructures are a prerequisite for world-class, cutting edge research. They offer opportunities for collaboration and foster the local innovation ecosystem growth. The large infrastructures are open for all Aalto and external users.

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Three researchers using a device on the surface of the ice at Aalto ice tank

Campus

Aalto University's campus in Otaniemi is the home of an innovative community. Explore the campus virtually at virtualtour.aalto.fi.

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Dipoli Kaleva Image: Tuomas Uusheimo / Aalto University
Otaniemi campus above / photo: Aalto University, Matti Ahlgren

History

The Department of Computer Science was established in 2016 when three departments at Aalto University were merged. The three previous departments were the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the Department of Information and Computer Science and the Department of Media Technology.

The previous Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department had a long tradition in high-impact, broad-scale and cross-disciplinary applied and basic scientific research for instance in data communications software, software technology, software engineering and software business.

The focus of the research and teaching activity at the former Information and Computer Science (ICS) department was on advanced computational methods for modelling, analysing, and solving complex tasks in technology and science. The research aimed at the development of fundamental computer science methods for the analysis of large and high-dimensional data sets, and for the modelling and design of complex software, networking and other computational systems.

Research in Computer Science

In all research areas, we embrace theory and applications, enabling high-impact scientific discoveries and socially relevant applications.

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PML Research Group in Department of Computer Science

Education

Department of Computer Science provides education on Bachelor, Master and Doctoral levels.

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Department of Computer Science photo Matti Ahlgren
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Department of Computer Science at Aalto University is a member of Informatics Europe
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