Current Fellows
Current HIIT Fellows
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 for three years at either Aalto University or the University of Helsinki
HIIT Alumni
Former HIIT Postdoctoral Fellows and HIIT Research Fellows
Open Positions
We offer funded positions for postdoctoral researchers in information technology research.
Events
Upcoming HIIT events and IT research events in the Helsinki region
HIIT Special Seminar
The talks in this series are provided by candidates who have applied to our HIIT Fellowship recruitment call and are highly considered for the position. All talks are virtual, open to the public, and recorded for the future.
Helsinki Distinguished Lecture Series on Future Information Technology
Tech today and tomorrow
The Helsinki Distinguished Lecture Series on Future Information Technology focuses on top research challenges and solutions faced by current and future information technology, as seen by internationally leading experts in the field. The talks are designed to be accessible for people from all scientific backgrounds.
Events
Upcoming HIIT events and IT research events in Helsinki
Highlighted Events
Postdocs n' Pizzas
HIIT is launching a new series focused on postdocs to support them in their academic career now and in the future.
Yvonne Rogers "Out of Our Minds: What is AI Doing to Us and for Us?"
This lecture is part of the Helsinki Distinguished Lecture Series on Future Information Technology.
AI Day 2026
AI Day is the biggest annual event highlighting the leading AI research in Finland.
Reza Rejaie "From Observations to Insight: Measuring Networked Systems under Constraints"
This lecture is part of the Helsinki Distinguished Lecture Series on Future Information Technology.Community Highlights
Meet our Fellow: Junhao Li
We ask our fellows more about themselves and their research. For this article we ask our Fellow Junhao Li more about his research. Junhao is currently working under the supervision of Dorota Glowacka at the University of Helsinki Department of Computer Science
Emotions help explain why people click phishing emails
People are currently taught to recognise phishing attempts in ways that may be counterproductive. Researchers call for information security training to take emotions into account more effectively.
New podcast explores Finnish contributions to artificial intelligence
In Aalto University's podcast “Ja ihminen loi älyn” (And humankind created intelligence), researchers Arno Solin ja Eric Malmi interview pioneers, entrepreneurs and experts about the AI field's history, disruptive consequences and the probability of humanity's destruction.
AI model captures how humans read, paving the way to personalised text and better augmented reality
Researchers now understand not just how our eyes move when we read, but also how we build meaning from text. The new model could hold the key to developing highly customisable applications that adapt to different types of reader.Calendar
Public defence in Computer Science, MSc Henrik Lievonen
Locality in distributed quantum and online graph algorithmsPublic defence from the Aalto University School of Science, Department of Computer Science.
Public defence in the field of Computer Science, M.Sc. Bernardo Williams
On Friday the 18th of September 2026, M.Sc. Bernardo Williams defends his PhD thesis on Geometric Methods for Bayesian Inference and Modeling Discrete Data. The thesis is related to research done in the Department of Computer Science and in the Multi-source Probabilistic Inference group.
CHAINS: Consistent Hardening and Analysis of Software Supply Chains — with Martin Monperrus
The HAIC public outreach initiative aims to make cybersecurity more accessible to a broader audience. As part of this initiative, we are organizing Secure Systems Demo Days to showcase the current research and HAIC Talks, a series of public lectures on contemporary topics in cybersecurity. In the style of studia generalia, these lectures are free and open to everyone. No background knowledge in cybersecurity is required. Secure Systems Demo Days and HAIC Talks are made possible through the generous support of the Aalto University School of Science.