Jukka Suomela

Professor

T313 Dept. Computer Science

Jukka Suomela is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University, Finland. His research focuses on the theoretical foundations of distributed and parallel computing, with a particular emphasis on the concept of locality. He served as the PC chair of DISC 2019 and SIROCCO 2016, and as one of the local chairs of ALGO 2018. He is currently a member of the EATCS Council, he chaired the DISC steering committee from 2022 to 2024, and he has also served on the steering committees of SIROCCO and SWAT. He has received the FOCS 2019 Best Paper Award, the DISC 2012 and 2017 Best Paper Awards, and several teaching awards.

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Research group: research.cs.aalto.fi/da/

Full researcher profile

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E-post

jukka.suomela@aalto.fi

Telefonnummer

+358456555555

Kompetensområde

Distributed Computing, Distributed Algorithms, Local algorithms, Parallel computing, Parallel algorithms, Graph algorithms

Utmärkelser

Aalto Pioneering Excellence Honorable Mention

Aalto Pioneering Excellence Honorable Mention was awarded to the Programming Education Team of the Computer Science department of the School of Science

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Computer Science Nov 2025

Best Paper Award at the 60th Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2019)

FOCS 2019 Best Paper Award for "Lower bounds for maximal matchings and maximal independent sets"<br/>

Award or honor granted for a specific work Professorship Suomela Jukka Jan 2019

Best paper award, 31st International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2017)

Award or honor granted for a specific work Professorship Suomela Jukka Jan 2017

MSc thesis award 2006, the Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Computer Science Jan 2006

The best junior researcher 2008, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki

Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Computer Science Jan 2008

The best large course of the CSE degree programme, at Aalto University

Based on the student feedback, academic year 2014–2015

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Computer Science Jan 2015

Nokia Scholarship 2008, Nokia Foundation

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Computer Science Jan 2008

Best paper award, at the 4th International Workshop on Algorithmic Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks (Algosensors 2008), Reykjavík, Iceland

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Computer Science Jan 2008

Best paper award, at the 26th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2012), Salvador, Brazil

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Computer Science Jan 2012

Forskningsgrupp

Computer Science Professors, Professor
Computer Science RA - Algorithms and Theory, Professor
Computer Science Cross-cutting theme - Quantum, Professor
Professorship Suomela Jukka, Professor