Computer Science Matchmaking Event
Experts from Aalto University and industry meet to discuss the hottest research topics, opportunities and innovations in computer science.
ICT and digitalization are Aalto University’s key focus areas with recognized excellence. Participants will have the opportunity
- To discuss topical research projects & results
- To find out about ways to take part in education and meet with computer science students
- To network with professors, researchers, teachers and business colleagues
Location: Computer Science building, Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Program:
13.00-14.00 Opening seminar
- Chair: Professor Jaakko Lehtinen
- Director, Professor Jouko Lampinen: Overview of opportunities
- Founding partner Petteri Koponen, Lifeline Ventures: A business perspective
- Professor Perttu Hämäläinen: The future of exercise: Creating new sports with game design and technology
- Director Harri Kiljander, F-Secure: Co-operation opportunities for companies in computer science education
- Professor Aristides Gionis: Web-scale network analysis for insight into the modern world
- Professor Jukka Suomela: Local algorithms for distributed computing: The only way to scale computation
- Professor Tapani Raiko: Deep learning: The new age of machine intelligence
14.00-16.00 Demo stands, networking over snacks
14.30-15.30 Pitches of future talent
14.30-15.00 Breakout session: Student achievements in co-operation projects
Chair: Program co-ordinator Håkan Mitts
Co-operation format: Master's Thesis, Case Elisa/Big data
Student speaker: Markus Virtanen
Company speaker: Prasanna Pandian, BigData architect
Co-operation format: Design and innovation project, Case Case YLE/Open Data, APIs and youth media services
Student speakers: Hanna Stenhammar and Tom Hutman
Company speaker: Petri Home, Development manager, Strategy
Co-operation format: Development project, Case Viima/mobile UI development
Student speaker: Joona Tykkyläinen
Company speaker: Erkka Isomäki, CEO
Closing words: Program co-ordinator Håkan Mitts
15.00-15.30 Leading research, top talent: Pitch presentations by computer science doctoral students
- Mathias Berglund: Deep Learning
- Jori Bomanson: Constraint-Based Reasoning
- Antti Kangasrääsiö: Interactive User Modeling in Information Retrieval
- Matti Karppa: Finding Similar Objects
- Tuomo Lempiäinen: Descriptive Distributed Complexity
- Eric Malmi: Computational Family Tree Construction
- Abdulmelik Mohammed: Rendering 3D Nanoscale Structures in DNA
Please register here.