This news feed aggregates content from the Research News feeds from the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT, Aalto University Department of Computer Science, and the University of Helsinki Department of Computer Science.
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Computers are able to learn to explain the behavior of individuals by tracking their glances and movements. Researchers from Aalto University, University of Birmingham and University of Oslo present results paving the way for computers to learn psychologically plausible models of individuals simply by observing them. In newly published conference article, the researchers showed that just by observing how long a user takes to click menu items, one can infer a model that reproduces similar...
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The aim is to describe certain, more complex phenomena more realistically than before. Assistant Professor Mikko Kivelä, what kind of research do you do? My starting point is the theoretical research of phenomena that can be modelled as networks. These include social, gene regulatory and transportation systems, which can be described as interlinked elements. From the theoretical perspective, all these networks look similar and share the same kinds of phenomena and analysis methods. My goal is...
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Teaching demonstrations of the top candidates for the Professor/Assistant/Associate Professor positions in data science/data science will take place as following: Keijo Heljanko Wednesday 3.5. at 13.00, room Exactum BK106 Jaakko Hollmén Monday 8.5. at 12.00, room Exactum C122 Indré Zliobaite Monday 8.5. at 13, room C122 Arto Klami Tuesday 9.5. at 14.00, room BK106 Simon Puglisi Tuesday 9.5. at 15.00, room BK106. ...
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Quality award-winning student group created an application that creates added value for customers. In the Computer Science software project course, students created software for customers using the Scrum process framework intended for managing product development. The best three of the 15 groups in the course had the opportunity to present their results in the final gala held 11 April, where the best work was granted the Accenture quality award for the 16th time. The winning application made...
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Perceptual Optimization of the Visual Design of Scatterplots HIIT, Aalto and KTH researchers have recently found an algorithmic approach to automatically improve the design of scatterplots by exploiting models and measures of human perception. Their work has received a best paper honorable mention award at IEEE PacificVis 2017. See press release and ...
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The six majors in the programme seek IT experts to study for a Master of Science in Technology degree. The additional application period for the Master's Programme in Computer, Communication and Information Sciences (CCIS) taught in English applies to the six major subjects in the programme, namely the Acoustics and Audio Technology, Communications Engineering, Computer Science, Security and Mobile Computing; Signal, Speech and Language Processing and Software and Service Engineering. The CCIS...
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Tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitoksella kehitetty vaalibotti Valtteri osallistui kuntavaalitulosten uutisointiin. Vaalibottia hyödynsi omassa uutisoinnissaan mm. Lapin Kansa, joka julkaisi botin tuottamia uutisia: read more
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Libertas seeks to improve unemployment situation by using augmented intelligence. The DataBusiness Challenge, arranged under the Six Cities Strategy gathered a total of 42 entries involving the use of public Open Data to tackle problems of modern cities. The winners were publicly announced at the Awards Gala on 15th of February – the biggest open data event this spring. The winning team, comprising of current Aalto doctoral candidates,...
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Companies and researchers will meet and interact in the coming scientific conference at Aalto Design Factory. The Building Expertise for Innovation conference, hosted by Aalto University from 25 to 27 April, will delve into the nature of digital disruption and its effects in different fields and in society at large. The conference is organised by the Strategic Research Council's research projects Platform Value Now and Digital Disruption in Industry, which are led by Professors Ahti Salo and...
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After several months of intensive work, the Immersive Automation team is now ready to present its first prototype, Valtteri the election bot. read more