Research
Research
Aalto University and the University of Helsinki are the two leading universities for ICT research in Finland. HIIT coordinates and supports the ICT research community in these two universities.
Our focus areas
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is key in enabling modern digital societies. Our main research focus is to study methodological issues in AI, and their wide applications with partners, involving statistical or symbolic problems or their combinations.
Computational Health
The computational health focus area studies computational challenges faced by the emerging digitalization and wide adoption of data-driven approaches in heathcare. The goal is to develop state-of-the-art computational methods and tools for large, real-world data arising in biomedicine, pharmaceuticals and healthcare.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is the protection of computer systems and networks from the theft of or damage to their hardware, software, or electronic data, as well as from the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. This research area studies secure systems including human factors, software and hardware.
Data science
The data science focus area deals with the task of extracting knowledge and insights from data, which is important across many fields of science. The aim is to solve significant societal and industrial challenges related to data analysis.
Foundations of Computing
The foundations of computing focus area integrates a broad range of foundational expertise spanning multiple areas of algorithmics, cryptography, logic, and quantum computing.