Supporting Helsinki IT research
HIIT is a strategic partnership between Aalto University and the University of Helsinki, with the aim to boost fundamental and applied information technology research that makes a difference in the real world. HIIT facilitates research, impact, and collaboration activities in the Helsinki IT research community and offers funded post-doctoral researcher positions for excellent young scientists.
HIIT Fellows
HIIT provides funding for Postdoctoral Fellows
Events
Upcoming HIIT events and IT research events in the Helsinki region
Highlights
Specialised AI models could be Finland's next global export
Finland has the potential to build AI solutions that are different from ChatGPT-like large language models. Aalto University's School of Electrical Engineering already has decades of experience in developing specialised, resource-efficient AI models. They could be a key component of future 6G networks, automation, and industrial systems – and the next competitive edge of our country.
Professor Patric Östergård becomes a member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters is Finland's oldest science academy. It promotes scientific discussion, publishes scientific literature, awards prizes and provides financial support for research.
Postdoctoral researcher Eloi Moliner makes history as a 5-time award winner
Eloi Moliner doesn’t brag about his achievements: being one of the most decorated doctoral researchers in Aalto University’s history or getting headhunted for prestigious research internships across the globe. However, his community would like to highlight his success and contributions to the field of audio signal processing
Retail therapy fail? Online shopping linked to stress, says study
Despite many people seeing them as ways to unwind, shopping, social media use and gaming are the most likely online activities to correlate with stress, according to a new studyEvents
Metacognitive challenges in Human-AI interaction
This time, Robin Welsch (Aalto University) will present research on metacognitive challenges in human–AI interaction, showing how beliefs about AI can enhance performance while simultaneously impairing users’ insight into their own accuracy, raising important questions for the design of human-centered AI systems.Helsinki CS Theory Seminar
The seminar is a weekly series of talks on a broad scope of CS theory hosted by Helsinki Algorithms and Theory. On this page, you will find a brief overview of each talk, past and future. To subscribe to our mailing list, please visit this page. The mailing list supplies calendar invitations to the talks including Zoom-links for live-streaming.
Public defence in Computer Science, M.Sc. Silja Sormunen
Beyond critical points: Critical manifolds in self-organizing systemsPublic defence from the Aalto University School of Science, Department of Computer Science.
