DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

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Aalto university department of Computer Science provides world-class research and education in modern computer science to foster future science, engineering and society. The work combines fundamental research with innovative applications.

With 44 professors and more than 400 employees it is the largest department at Aalto University and the largest CS unit in Finland. The department is part of the School of Science in Aalto University, located on the Otaniemi campus.

Research at the department addresses and solves challenging problems of high practical relevance with revolutionary applications. CS research at Aalto was ranked 11th in Europe and 47th worldwide by the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2018 survey.

 

 

THE CORE COMPETENCE AREAS OF THE DEPARTMENT:

 

Algorithms Data Science
Machine Learning and AI Mobile and Distributed Systems
Security and Privacy Software Engineering
Visual Computing and Human Computer Interaction  

 

Both research and education are characterized by constructive and experimental approaches, with close connections to industry. Many of the projects at the department are multidisciplinary, taking advantage of the opportunities created by Aalto University.

The department contributes to the:

Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI)

Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT

Helsinki node of the EIT ICT Labs 

Centre of Excellence in Research on Solar Long-term Variability and Effects (ReSoLVE) 

The department is a member of Informatics Europe, the association of European computer science departments.

 

 

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