Farewell symposium of Professor Kimmo Kaski

2018-04-27 09:30:00 2018-04-27 16:15:00 Europe/Helsinki Farewell symposium of Professor Kimmo Kaski Professor Kimmo Kaski will retire and a farewell symposium for this occasion will be organized. http://old.cs.aalto.fi/en/midcom-permalink-1e837cb623af49a37cb11e880b7a178e26b9ca79ca7 Maarintie 8, 02150, Espoo

Professor Kimmo Kaski will retire and a farewell symposium for this occasion will be organized.

27.04.2018 / 09:30 - 16:15
lecture room AS2, Maarintie 8, 02150, Espoo, FI

kaski.jpegProfessor Kimmo Kaski will retire and a farewell symposium for this occasion will be organized on Friday 27.4.2018 at 9:30-16:15 in lecture hall AS2 (Maarintie 8, 02150 Espoo). The reception will take place at 16:15 after the symposium in the lobby area of Maarintie 8.

The farewell event is open for all, but to estimate the catering needed, please register at the latest 20.4. through the electronic form. Registration does not require full day attendance.

For further information please contact Professor Mikko Sams (mikko.sams@aalto.fi).

You are warmly welcome!

Programme  
09:30 Coffee
10:00 Opening words
Lauri Savioja, Professor, Department Head, Aalto University
10:05 Ilkka Niemelä, President, Aalto University
10:15 Journey with Kimmo
Mikko Sams, Professor, Aalto University
10:25 On science, society and the purpose
Laura Juvonen, Executive Director, Technology Industries of Finland
10:40 Networks within Networks
Robin Dunbar, Professor, University of Oxford
11:05 Complexity and simplexity in human brain function
Riitta Hari, Academician, Professor Emerita
11:30 Social Networks in Time  
Jari Saramäki, Professor, Aalto University
11:55 Music performance
Annika Leino (vocal), Jukka Nykänen (piano)
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Collective and geographic effects in the dynamics of an online social network
Janos Kertesz, Professor, Central European University, Budapest
13:40 Smartphone-based digital phenotyping
JP Onnela, Professor, Harvard University
14:05 Computational methods for studying cancer evolution     
Ville Mustonen, Professor, University of Helsinki
14:30 Coffee break
14:45 Bursty Human Dynamics 
Marton Karsai, Professor, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
15:10 Non-linear Physics, Networks and Patterns
Rafael Barrio, Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
15:35 Chirality in Fats and Oils
Gudmundur G. Haraldsson, Professor, University of Iceland
15:50 Computational Discoveries of Matter and Humankind    
Kimmo Kaski, Professor, Aalto University
16:15 Reception