Aalto doctoral thesis awards

2021

Valentina Candiani, Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis

• Computational Approaches in Electrical Impedance Tomography with Applications to Head Imaging

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Nuutti Hyvönen

Antti Moilanen, Department of Applied Physics

• Bose-Einstein Condensation in Plasmonic Lattices

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Päivi Törmä

Robert van der Have, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

• Seeking Speed: Managing the Search for Knowledge to Innovate Faster

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Markku Maula

Vikas Verma, Department of Computer Science

• Algorithms for Data-Efficient Training of Deep Neural Networks

• Supervising professor Juho Kannala, thesis advisors Yoshua Bengio, Mila - Quebec AI Institute, Tapani Raiko and Juha Karhunen

Ivan Zubarev, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering

• Developing Machine-learning Methods for the Analysis of Electromagnetic Brain Activity

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Lauri Parkkonen

2020

Jori Bomanson, Department of Computer Science

• Normalization and Rewriting for Answer Set Programming and Optimization

• Supervising professor Ilkka Niemelä, thesis advisors Martin Gebser, University of Klagenfurt and Tomi Janhunen, Tampere University

Zeerim Cheung, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

• Analytically Structured History Approach Using a Relational Database - Essays on the Historical Embeddedness of Strategy Formulation

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Robin Gustafsson

Mohamed Taoufiq Damir, Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis

• Well-Rounded Lattices and Applications to Physical Layer Security

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Camilla Hollanti

Lauri Himanen, Department of Applied Physics

• Materials Informatics - Augmenting Materials Research with Data-driven Design and Machine Learning

• Supervising professor Patrick Rinke, thesis advisor Adam Foster

Matti Karppa, Department of Computer Science

• On Bilinear Techniques for Similarity Search and Boolean Matrix Multiplication

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Petteri Kaski

Markus Kettunen, Department of Computer Science

• Gradient-Domain Methods for Realistic Image Synthesis

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Jaakko Lehtinen

Antti Mäkinen, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering

• Applications of magnetic-field modeling for hybrid MEG and MRI

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Risto Ilmoniemi

Aaro Väkeväinen, Department of Applied Physics

• Lasing and Bose-Einstein condensation in plasmonic lattices at weak and strong coupling regimes

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Päivi Törmä

2019

Alex Karrila, Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis

• Conformally invariant scaling limits of random curves and correlations 

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Kalle Kytölä

Jere Mäkinen, Department of Applied Physics

• Dynamics and vortex structures in topological superfluid ³He at ultra-low temperatures and under confinement

• Supervising professor Pertti Hakonen, thesis advisor Vladimir Eltsov

Tuomas Ollikainen, Department of Applied Physics

• Creation and dynamics of topological structures in Bose–Einstein condensates

• Supervising professor Mikko Möttönen, thesis advisor David S. Hall, Amherst College, USA

Teemu Kämäräinen, Department of Computer Science

• Understanding and Optimizing Delay-Sensitive Interactive Mobile Application Systems

• Supervising professor Antti Ylä-Jääski, thesis advisor Matti Siekkinen

Juho Piironen, Department of Computer Science

• Bayesian Predictive Inference and Feature Selection for High-Dimensional Data

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Aki Vehtari

Mikael Öhman, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

• Design science in operations management: extracting knowledge from maturing designs

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Jan Holmström

2018

Abdulmelik Mohammed, Department of Computer Science

• Algorithmic Design of Biomolecular Nanostructures

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Pekka Orponen

Anna Cichonska, Department of Computer Science

• Machine Learning for Systems Pharmacology

• Supervising professor Juho Rousu and thesis advisors Tero Aittokallio, FIMM (Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland) and University of Turku, and Matti Pirinen, FIMM (Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland)

Polina Rozenshtein, Department of Computer Science

• Methods for analyzing temporal networks

• Supervising professor Aristides Gionis and thesis advisor Nikolaj Tatti, F-Secure

Siavash Khajavi, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

• Improving Additive Manufacturing Enabled Operations – A Forward Looking Empirical Study

• Supervising professor Jan Holmström and thesis advisor Jouni Partanen

Juulia Suvilehto, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering

• Maintaining social bonds via touching: A cross-cultural study

• Supervising professor Mikko Sams and thesis advisor Lauri Nummenmaa, University of Turku

Alex Westström, Department of Applied Physics

• Majorana and Weyl Modes in Designer Materials

• Supervising professor Christian Flindt and thesis advisor Teemu Ojanen, Tampere University

Tuomas Vanhala, Department of Applied Physics

• Dynamical mean-field theory studies of superfluidity and topological phases in lattice models

• Supervising professor Päivi Törmä and thesis advisor Ari Harju, Varian medical systems

Sampo Hämäläinen, Department of Applied Physics

• Spin-wave excitations in multiferroic heterostructures and CoFeB/YIG bilayers

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Sebastiaan van Dijken

Tom Gustafsson, Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis

• Finite Element Methods for Contact Problems

• Supervising professor Rolf Stenberg and thesis advisor Juha Videman, University of Lisbon

2017

Lari Koponen, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering

• Implementing advanced transcranial magnetic stimulation technology

• Supervising professor Risto Ilmoniemi and thesis advisors Risto Ilmoniemi, Jaakko Nieminen and Matti Stenroos

Orestis Kostakis, Department of Computer Science

• Advances in Analysing Temporal Data

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Aristides Gionis

Ville Liljeström, Department of Applied Physics

• Electrostatic Self-Assembly - From Proteins, Viruses, and Nanoparticles to Functional Materials

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Mauri Kostiainen

Yu Liu, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

• Antecedents and Outcomes of Partnering Abroad with Local Firms: Evidence from Cross-border Venture Capital

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Markku Maula

Ilya Nikolaevskiy, Department of Computer Science

• Scalability and Resiliency of Static Routing

• Supervising professor Antti Ylä-Jääski and thesis advisor Andrei Gurtov, Linköping University

Natalie Segercrantz, Department of Applied Physics

• Optoelectronic properties of III-V compounds and alloys

• Supervising professor Filip Tuomisto and thesis advisor Jonatan Slotte

Konstantin Tiurev, Department of Applied Physics

• Quantum Knots and Monopoles

• Supervising professor Päivi Törmä and thesis advisor Mikko Möttönen

Emanuele Ventura, Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis

• Geometry of Real Tensors and Phylogenetics

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Alexander Engström

2016

Miika Aittala, Department of Computer Science

• Computational Methods for Capture and Reproduction of Photorealistic Surface Appearance

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Jaakko Lehtinen

Enrico Glerean, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering

• Dynamic similarity of brain activity in humans: from single areas to functional networks

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Mikko Sams

Jonne Koski, Department of Applied Physics

• Heat transport, fluctuations, and Maxwell's demon in electronic nanocircuits

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Jukka Pekola

2015

Emmi Ruokokoski, Department of Applied Physics

• Magnetic-Monopole Analogues and Topological Textures in Dilute Bose–Einstein Condensates

• Supervising professor Risto Nieminen, thesis advisor Mikko Möttönen

Jaakko Luttinen, Department of Computer Science

• Bayesian Latent Gaussian Spatio-Temporal Models

• Supervising professor Juha Karhunen, thesis advisor Alexander Ilin

Pekka Töytäri, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

• Managing value-based exchange in industrial markets: An organizational capability perspective

• Supervising professor Risto Rajala, thesis advisors Jan Holmström ja Petri Parvinen

2014

Paula Savioja, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

• Evaluating systems usability in complex work – Development of a systemic usability concept to benefit control room design

• Supervising professor Marko Nieminen, thesis advisor Leena Norros, VTT

Atte Aalto, Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis

• Infinite dimensional systems: passivity and Kalman filter discretization

• Supervising professor Rolf Stenberg, thesis advisor Jarmo Malinen

Riku Ruotsalainen, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

• The micro-to-macro problem: the generation of mobilizing frames through idea development conversations

• Supervising professor Matti Vartiainen, thesis advisor Henri Schildt

2013

Mari Ijäs, Department of Applied Physics

• Chemically modified and nanostructured graphene

• Supervising professor Risto Nieminen, thesis advisor Ari Harju

Olli-Pentti Saira, OVL Laboratory

• Electrostatic control of quasiparticle transport in superconducting hybrid

• Supervising professor Jukka Pekola, thesis advisor Mikko Möttönen

Jefrey Lijffijt, Department of Information and Computer Science

• Computational methods for comparison and exploration of event sequences

• Supervising professor Juho Rousu, thesis advisor Heikki Mannila

2012

Billy Bob Brumley, Department of Information and Computer Science

• Covert Timing Channels, Caching, and Cryptography

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Kaisa Nyberg

Allan Perämäki, Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis

• Numerical Solution of the Real-linear Equations of Electrical Impedance Tomography for Nonsmooth Conductivities

• Supervising professor Olavi Nevanlinna, thesis advisor Marko Huhtanen

Juha Uotila, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

• Balancing Exploratory and Exploitative Adaptation: Organizational and Environmental Dynamics

• Supervising professor Markku Maula, thesis advisor Thomas Keil

2011

Antti Hyvärinen, Department of Information and Computer Science

• Grid based propositional satisfiability solving

• Supervising professor Ilkka Niemelä, thesis advisor Tommi Junttila

Joonas Järvinen, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

• Dynamics of ecological interdependences between European paper & pulp and printing & publishing industries, 1950-2005

• Supervising professor and thesis advisor Juha-Antti Lamberg

Jirka Poropudas, Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis

• Bayesian networks, influence diagrams, and games in simula

• Supervising professor Raimo Hämäläinen, thesis advisor Kai Virtanen