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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 studyNews from HIIT
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 programming contest
Two weeks ago, 16 teams and 41 contestants gathered in Otaniemi to compete on algorithmic problem solving.
Two HIIT Fellows at KR 2025
Two HIIT Fellows had publications accepted to KR 2025 in Melbourne, Australia.