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micro-checks
Aalto University, Computer Science Department, HCI, Highlight, Research Published:

Fragmented phone use — not total screen time — is the main driver of information overload, study finds

Frequent micro-checks and bursts of messaging are most strongly linked to feeling overloaded — and these habits are the hardest to change, says research from Aalto University.
City life
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Life & Earth Sciences, Computer Science Department, Highlight, Interview, University of Helsinki Published:

Artificial intelligence builds more sustainable cities

Future urban planners will be able to test the effects of new traffic patterns on air quality, carbon dioxide emissions and residents’ wellbeing before a single block of concrete has been lifted.
Exactum
AI, Computer Science Department, Highlight, University of Helsinki Published:

LUMI AI Factory Hub opens in the Kumpula Campus in Helsinki

The Kumpula hub offers services and hosts training and hackathons for artificial intelligence researchers and students.
Aalto University, Computer Science Department, Highlight, Research Published:

A survey on users' experiences of Mykanta in collaboration between Aalto University and Kela

Senior university lecturer Sari Kujala's research group is exploring, in collaboration with Kela, users' experiences with the Mykanta online patient portal and the MyKanta mobile application.

News from HIIT

Katsiaryna and Arash at ECAI 2025
AI, Computer Science Department, News from HIIT, Research, University of Helsinki Published:

GRADSTOP: Early Stopping of Gradient Descent via Posterior Sampling presented at ECAI 2025

HIIT Postdoc Katsiaryna Haitsiukewich presented a full paper at ECAI-2025
HIIT Open 2025
Aalto University, Community Outreach, Education, Foundations, News from HIIT Published:

HIIT Open 2025 programming contest

Two weeks ago, 16 teams and 41 contestants gathered in Otaniemi to compete on algorithmic problem solving.
Tuomo Lehtonen and Masood Feyzbakhsh Rankooh
Aalto University, Computer Science Department, News from HIIT, Research, University of Helsinki Published:

Two HIIT Fellows at KR 2025

Two HIIT Fellows had publications accepted to KR 2025 in Melbourne, Australia.
Juho Rousu
Highlight, News from HIIT Published:

Juho Rousu to Become the Next Director of HIIT

Beginning January 2026,  Juho Rousu will become the next Director of HIIT for a fixed term 1.1.2026–31.7.2030.
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