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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Over 430 employees

From all employees there are 40 professors, 20 Lecturers, 50 postdocs and 140 doctoral students.

150 Master’s degrees in year

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

400 articles annually

The number of peer-reviewed articles annually.

10000 cores

10000 cores, 210 GPU and 5PB Lustre storage in our in-house computational resource Aalto HPC cluster.

Research News Highlights

Download department's Research News Highlights of Academic Year 2020-2021 below.

Aalto University Department of Computer Science Research News in 2020-2021

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Rankings

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

The department actively collaborates with other 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 such as 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 Networking Platform

The Aalto Networking Platform brings together research expertise across departments, supporting collaboration both inside and outside of Aalto.

Corporate collaboration

Research collaboration strengthens expertise and business development. New product and service ideas are created in study projects. Our campus offers an inspiring operating and networking environment. At Aalto's recruitment events, companies meet the top talents of the future.

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

Aalto JobTeaser- Recruit a student

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

EIT Digital (external link)

Supported by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) the mission is to turn Europe into a global leader in ICT innovations. Education, Research and Business are three elements in the EIT Digital "Knowledge Triangle".

FITech Network University

Study courses organised by Finnish technical universities free of charge. Courses are aimed at all Finns and permanent residents of Finland.

Kolme ihmistä kävelee vierekkäin alas portaita.

Alumnus of SECCLO programme: ‘Creating a bond with Finland’

A summer internship led to a career in cybersecurity at Ericsson for Bruno Duarte from Paraguay, who graduated from the SECCLO Master’s programme in Security and Cloud Computing in 2020.

Henkilökuvassa hymyilevä, parrakas ja silmälasipäinen Bruno Duarte on kahden muun miehen kanssa. Heillä kaikilla on siniset SECCLO-tunnuksin varustetut hupparit päällään.

Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI (external link)

International research hub for artificial intelligence

Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT (external link)

HIIT is a joint research institute of Aalto University and the University of Helsinki for basic and applied research on information technology.

Machine Learning Coffee Seminar

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

Helsinki Distinguished Lecture Series

Lectures by internationally leading experts in the field.

Piece of code on the computer screen, colourful text

CS Forum

Different views to computer science.

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

HAIC Talks

Contemporary topics in information security.

Helsinki CS Theory Seminar

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

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

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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

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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.

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.

Laughing students in front of Dipoli in the winter, in warm clothing

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 areas

Research areas in the Department of Computer Science

Education

Computer Science education on Bachelor, Master and Doctoral levels.

Department of Computer Science photo Matti Ahlgren

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

Published: 21.10.2020
Updated: 24.11.2021