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
Community Highlights
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.
Professor Kai Puolamäki studies what goes on inside AI
Professor of Computer Science Kai Puolamäki uses AI to investigate new ways of modelling atmospheric particles. In doing so, he wants to open up AI’s black box to enable people to use it with confidenceCalendar
Public defence in the field of Computer Science, MSc Alexandru Dumitrescu
Deep learning methods for molecular biology: peptide and protein analysis and drug-like molecule generationPublic defence from the Aalto University School of Science, Department of Computer Science.
Public defence in the field of Computer Science, M.Sc. Christoph Jabs
On Friday the 11th of September 2026, M.Sc. Christoph Jabs defends his PhD thesis on Advances to SAT-Based Multi-Objective Constraint Optimization. The thesis is related to research done in the Department of Computer Science and in the Constraint Reasoning and Optimization group.
Public defence in the field of Computer Science, M.Sc. Shayan Gharib
On Friday the 11th of September 2026, M.Sc. Shayan Gharib defends his PhD thesis on Learning under Data Shift: From Distributional Invariance to Structural Adaptation. The thesis is related to research done in the Department of Computer Science and in the Multi-source Probabilistic Inference group.
Public defence, Interactive systems, MA Tim Moesgen
Exploring how dynamic heat is perceived and can be designed into virtual reality experiences, using a Finnish sauna as its starting point.Public defence from the Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Department of Information and Communications Engineering.