Helsinki ICT Research News

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.

  • The Distinction is granted to Finnish experts whose work is connected to the research field of the winners of the preceding Millennium Prize. Awarded by Technology Academy Finland (TAF), the Millennium Distinction was received by the developers of big data applications, both in the areas of basic research and practical application of research in business. In the field of spintronics, professor Sebastiaan van Dijken is an internationally distinguished and widely cited researcher with more...
  • The female staff at the Department of Computer Science organised coffees for the female freshmen one month after the start of term. In accordance with the Bologna process, the happening was held in English for graduate students. All female staff and students were invited as big or little sisters, and newcomers were especially encouraged to attend. read more
  • Prediction models help doctors make right decisions at a right time. In a research "Small Babies - Big Data", conducted at the Computer Science Department at the Aalto University, data since 15 years of around 2000 babies with a birth weight less than 1500g was analyzed.    – In total this data is 200 giga bytes. If this whole dataset was printed two-folded in A4 papers, the pile would be 1 km high. Thus managing this large dataset computer models are needed,...
  • Four teams from the University of Helsinki made it to the top ten in the Nordic Collegiate Programming Contest, NCPC 2015.   A total of 307 teams from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland competed in the NCPC on Saturday, 10 October. The competing teams attempted to solve ten problems by implementing a functional algorithm for each problem. The teams have a total of five hours to solve the problems.   Only one problem remained unsolved by all the teams  ...
  • The projects study the impacts and opportunities of digitalisation, service robotics, the platform economy, and the energy revolution. The Academy of Finland's Strategic Research Council (STN) has made a decision on the funding for the strategic research consortia. The Aalto University led consortia received the following for the period 2015–2017: DDI (Digital Disruption of Industry) – €3.7 million; ROSE (Robots and the Future of Welfare Services) – €3.1 million; SET (Smart Energy Transition...
  • A project led by Martti Mäntylä studies the impacts and opportunities of digitalisation. The Academy of Finland's Strategic Research Council (STN) has made a decision on the funding for the strategic research consortia. The Aalto University led consortia received the following for the period 2015–2017: DDI (Digital Disruption of Industry) – €3.7 million; ROSE (Robots and the Future of Welfare Services) – €3.1 million; SET (Smart Energy Transition) – €3.3 million; and PVN (Platform Value Now:...
  • Prediction models help doctors make right decisions at a right time. The difference between the automated versus manually measured oxygen saturation curves In a research "Small Babies - Big Data", conducted at the Computer Science Department at the Aalto University, data since 15 years of around 2000 babies with a birth weight less than 1500g was analyzed.  – In total this data is 200 giga bytes. If this whole dataset was printed two-folded in A4 papers, the pile would be 1 km high. Thus...
  • The annual TAF (Technology Academy of Finland) happening, spreading into several cities, has big data as a shared topic in its public events in October-November. What’s it all about?   read more
  • The University of Helsinki climbed to number 76 in the Times Higher Education world university ranking. Last year it was number 103, so it climbed 27 places.   The university improved its results in all five categories:  teaching, research, citations, international outlook, and industry income. The number of publications in relation to academic staff had also improved.   read more
  • Jaakko Hollmén was interviewed in A-Studio 7.10.2015 on the research "prematurely born children, big data" conducted in collaboration with the doctors at the Children's Hospital. Jaakko's interview starts at 29:41. Add to highlights: Banner image: Importance: NormalShow in: HIIT newsContact person: Jaakko Hollmén

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