Appointments
Nikolai Ponomarev, Hossein Baniasadi and Jorge Velasco start as Data Agents at the School of Chemical Engineering
Aalto Open Research Network has new members, Nikolai Ponomarev, Hossein Baniasadi and Jorge Velasco. Their aim is to support data management practices at the School of Chemical Engineering along with existing CHEM Data Agent, Pedro Silva.
Professor of Practice Timo Löyttyniemi looks forward to meeting energetic and active students
Löyttyniemi has started as a Professor of Practice in finance at the School of Business
Meet Shaya Vosough, assistant professor of transportation engineering
Shaya Vosough seeks to understand our travel choices and how they are influenced.
Meet Sampsa Laakso, assistant professor of manufacturing processes and systems
Assistant Professor Sampsa Laakso is an expert of virtual manufacturing.
Deepika Yadav leverages technology to improve women's health
Deepika Yadav recently began as an assistant professor at the Department of Computer Science in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) and interaction design for health and wellbeing.
Meet Patrick Fleming, assistant professor of structural and architectural engineering
Fleming believes making the most of existing buildings is key to reaching a sustainable future.
Sara Hulkkonen and Johanna Wartio start as Data Agents at the School of ARTS
Aalto Open Research Network has new members, Sara Hulkkonen and Johanna Wartio. Their aim is to support data management practices at the School of ARTS.
Pauliina Ilmonen appointed as Dean of the Aalto University School of Science
Ilmonen will start her five-year term on 1 June 2026
Sebastian Szyller: I want to make machine learning more dependable and resilient to attacks
Sebastian Szyller has been appointed assistant professor at Aalto University Department of Computer Science as from 1 September 2025. He studies how to train privacy-preserving machine learning models, how to safeguard them and ensure robust predictions in untrusted environments
Meet the new ELLIS Institute PIs: Azade Farshad advances AI for medical applications
Farshad’s research background is in computer vision and generative models.
Aalto academics begin Unite! visiting professorships at TU Darmstadt
As part of the Unite! Visiting Professorship Programme, TU Darmstadt welcomed six visiting professors from Aalto University for the winter semester 2025/2026.
Miklu Silvanto, who has worked with the world's most well-known brands, how do you nurture creativity?
Oura’s Chief Design Officer and Professor of Practice at Aalto University's Department of Design Miklu Silvanto talks about creativity.
Meet Hannah Hook, assistant professor of sustainable land use and transport planning
Hannah Hook explores the ways everyday travel shapes happiness and satisfaction.
Professor Max Finne appointed Associate Dean of MBA Education at the School of Business
The creation of the Associate Dean position aims to further enhance our internationally accredited MBA, EMBA, and DBA programs at both national and global levels
Assistant Professor Jiancheng Yang improves healthcare with AI
Yang is one of the nine newly recruited professors joining the ELLIS Institute Finland as principal investigators.Â
Meet Lauri Uotinen, assistant professor of rock engineering
Lauri Uotinen combines photogrammetry and rock engineering to create new insights into underground spaces.
Introducing Qi Chen: Trustworthy AI requires algorithms that can handle unexpected situations
AI developers must focus on safer and fairer AI methods, as the trust and equality of societies are at stake, says new ELLIS Institute Finland principal investigator Qi Chen
The research puzzle of when humans and AI don’t see eye to eye
Francesco Croce works on robustness in multi-modal foundation models
A rap algorithm led him to research language models at Google DeepMind – now Eric Malmi returns ºÚÁÏÍø as an adjunct professor
Eric Malmi received his PhD from Aalto University in 2018 with a dissertation that developed AI methods for linking historical records and family trees. At Google DeepMind he has developed Gemini language models and a chess AI. He returned to his alma mater because of ELLIS Institute Finland.
Haoye Tian: I want to build trustworthy AI-driven software tools
Haoye Tian has been appointed assistant professor at Aalto University Department of Computer Science as from 1 September 2025. He aims to create automated and reliable tools that improve the correctness, security and maintainability of real-world software systems.
