Department of Computer Science
About the department
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.
Research News Highlights
Download department's Research News Highlights of Academic Year 2020-2021 below.
Rankings
Computer Science field at Aalto University is routinely ranked among the top 10 in Europe and in the top 100 globally.
Collaboration
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.
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.
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.
Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI (external link)
International research hub for artificial intelligence
Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT (external link)
Collaborative institute for research on information technology.
Seminar series
Several regular seminar series are arranged at the department.
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.
HAIC Talks
Contemporary topics in information security.
Helsinki CS Theory Seminar
Weekly series of talks on a broad scope of Computer Science theory.
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.
Computer Science building
Konemiehentie 2
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.
Campus
Aalto University's campus in Otaniemi is the home of an innovative community. Explore the campus virtually at virtualtour.aalto.fi.
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.
