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New doctoral students starting work on multidisciplinary applications of AI
Eleven new doctoral students at the University of Helsinki are specialising in multidisciplinary applications of artificial intelligence. They were selected from the joint call of the 32 doctoral programmes of the university [...]
The dynamics of friendship in the offline and online worlds
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
February 25th, 2020 at 4.00pm
in PI, Porthania, University of Helsinki,
Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki
Predictive models can guide the development of better vaccines and vaccination programmes
Researchers from the University of Helsinki in Finland, Simon Fraser University in Canada and Imperial College London combined genomic data, models of bacterial evolution and machine learning to predict [...]
Global HCI
University of St Andrews
January 30th, 2020 at 2.00pm
in Hall E, Otakaari 1,
Aalto University, Espoo
Calls for postdoctoral researchers and doctoral students open
Aalto University and the University of Helsinki are looking for postdoctoral researchers and doctoral students to tackle interesting challenges in multiple areas of ICT. The deadline for applications is January 27th, 2020.
Please see the home pages of the postdoc call and the doctoral student call [...]
Digital Health: Back to the Future
Lancaster University
December 19th, 2019 at 11.00am
in Small Hall, Main Building, University of Helsinki,
Fabianinkatu 33, Helsinki
AIX Forum: Tekoäly ja julkishallinto
Suomen tekoälykeskus (Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence, FCAI) on tekoälyn osaamiskeskus, jonka Aalto-yliopisto, Helsingin yliopisto ja VTT ovat perustaneet. FCAI on yksi Suomen Akatemian tukemista kuudesta lippulaivasta. FCAI järjestää sarjan tilaisuuksia, joissa keskustellaan tekoälyn soveltamisesta eri aloilla (AIX = AI + ala X). Tässä [...]
AI Day 2019
AI Day brings together researchers, companies, students and the public sector involved in the fast-developing field of AI. The event promotes matchmaking, information sharing and cross-border collaboration. Come to learn about the latest developments in AI research and to share your research results or challenging problems that need solving using AI. We will ensure that there is plenty of time for [...]
HIIT celebrated its 20th anniversary
HIIT was founded in 1999 to enhance the quality, visibility and impact of Finnish research on information technology. The 20th anniversary gave an opportunity to reflect on the role that HIIT has played at various levels.
The reflections started from the big picture. Collaboration between the two [...]
AIX Forum: Economics and Causal Reasoning
Discovering causal mechanisms that explain observed properties and behaviours in both nature and human societies is a central goal in natural sciences, economics, and many other fields of study. Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI) and Helsinki Graduate School of Economics (Helsinki GSE) invite you to a joint informal seminar on causal [...]
Computer vision identifies ripe fruit and counterfeit drugs
When would this avocado be suitably ripe for making guacamole? Is the drug I bought on my travels to far-off places the real thing or a fake? How big an apple crop are we getting this year? Soon, answers to questions like these will be easily obtained, as computer vision technology developed by researchers will be made [...]
European Big Data Value Forum 2019
The European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) is the main event of the European Big Data and Data-Driven AI Research and Innovation community. EBDVF2019 aims to continue the success of previous editions, where on average every year around 700 industry professionals, business developers, researchers, and policymakers coming from 40 different [...]