Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT

Tietotekniikan tutkimuslaitos HIIT (in Finnish)
Forskningsinstitutet för informationsteknologi HIIT (in Swedish)

HIIT conducts basic and applied research on information technology. HIIT in brief »

HIIT is a joint research institution of Aalto University and the University of Helsinki.
 

Research programmes

ADA Algorithmic Data Analysis Advanced data analysis, data mining and modelling methods: basic research in computer science and applications in different areas of science and technology. »

CI Computational Inference Developing methods for transforming the data produced by the current data revolution into useful information, by statistical and computational inference based on the data.

FI Future Internet Enhancing Internet infrastructure to enable efficient, secure and trusted always-on connectivity and services. »

NS Network Society Developing human-centric ubiquitous ICT and anticipating its impact in everyday life. »

SN Scalable Networks Design, analysis and evaluation of extremely large-scale networked systems.»
 

HIIT in figures 2010

• Funding: € 12 million, of which 83% is external or competitive
• Person-years: 175
• Refereed publications: 223
• Doctoral degrees earned by HIIT researchers: 10