School of Science awards outstanding doctoral and master's theses
In 2024, there were altogether 78 doctoral and 517 master's degrees in the School of Science. In March, seven outstanding doctoral and three master's theses were awarded.
Doctoral Thesis Awards
Eric Hyyppä (Department of Applied Physics):
High-fidelity elementary operations for superconducting quantum computers
Supervising professor: Mikko Möttönen
Thesis advisors: Quantum Engineer Johannes Heinsoo, IQM Quantum Computers & Quantum Engineer Brian Tarasinski, IQM Quantum Computers
Sakari Lepikko (Department of Applied Physics):
Droplet friction on heterogeneous surfaces
Supervising professor and thesis advisor: Robin Ras
Kim Myyryläinen (Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis):
Parabolic bounded mean oscillation and Muckenhoupt weights
Supervising professor and thesis advisor: Juha Kinnunen
Jane Seppälä (Department of Industrial Engineering and Management):
On the Strategic Importance of Building and Using Complex, Algorithmic Systems
Supervising professor and thesis advisor: Timo Vuori
Julia Jaatela (Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering):
Investigating the white matter structure of the sensorimotor system in children with cerebral palsy
Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen
Petrus Mikkola (Department of Computer Science):
Humans as Information Sources in Bayesian Optimization
Supervising professor and thesis advisor: Samuel Kaski
Shuzhe Wang (Department of Computer Science):
Deep Learning Methods for Point Matching, Visual Localization and 3D Reconstruction
Supervising professor and thesis advisor: Juho Kannala
Ana Maria Triana Hoyos (Department of Computer Science):
From Scans to Reality: Effects of Preprocessing and Daily Behavioral Patterns on fMRI Brain Connectivity
Supervising professor: Jari Saramäki
Thesis advisors: Staff Scientist Enrico Glerean & Senior Advisor Mikko Sams
Master's Thesis Awards
DI Matteo Merler:
Generating Code World Models with Large Language Models Guided by Monte Carlo Tree Search
Thesis supervisor professor Pekka Marttinen
DI Aapo Pajala:
The Eremenko and Gabrielov proof for the Shapiro conjecture in the n = 2 case
Thesis supervisor professor Eveliina Peltola
DI Tuomas Uusnäkki:
Quantum Heat Engine Based on Superconducting Circuits
Thesis supervisor professor Mikko Möttönen
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