There are nearly 30 professors at the Department. The professors specialise into various subareas of algorithms, artificial intelligence, networks and software research.
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Name |
Position | Specialisation areas | Research group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luigi Acerbi | Assistant Professor | Machine learning, probabilistic inference, computational cognitive neuroscience | Machine and Human Intelligence |
| Dorota Glowacka | Assistant Professor | Exploratory search, interactive information retrieval, user modelling | Exploratory Search and Personalisation (ESP) |
| Keijo Heljanko | Professor |
Big data, parallel computing, distributed systems |
Parallel and Distributed Computing |
| Antti Honkela | Associate Professor | Machine learning, probabilistic inference, computational biology, privacy | Probabilistic Inference, Privacy and Computational Biology (PROBIC) |
| Pan Hui | Professor | Data science | Systems and Media |
| Aapo Hyvärinen | Professor | Machine learning, computational neuroscience | Neuroinformatics |
| Giulio Jacucci | Professor | Interactive systems, HCI | Uniquitous Interaction (UIx) |
| Matti Järvisalo | Associate Professor |
Automated reasoning, optimization, algorithms, artificial intelligence |
Constraint Reasoning and Optimization |
| Jussi Kangasharju | Professor | Edge computing, cloud computing, networking | Collaborative Networking (CoNe) |
| Jyrki Kivinen | Professor | Machine learning, algorithms | Machine Learning |
| Arto Klami | Assistant Professor |
Machine learning, artificial intelligence, data science |
Multi-source Probabilistic Inference |
| Mikko Koivisto | Professor | Algorithms, machine learning | Sums of Products |
| Jiaheng Lu | Professor | Databases, data management | Unified Database Management Systems |
| Michael Mathioudakis | Assistant Professor |
Computational social science, data mining |
Algorithmic Data Science |
| Tommi Mikkonen | Professor | Software systems, programmable world | Empirical Software Engineering |
| Ville Mustonen | Professor | Bioinformatics | Bioinformatics and Evolution |
| Petri Myllymäki | Professor | Artificial intelligence, machine learning, probabilistic models | Complex Systems Computation (CoSCo) |
| Veli Mäkinen | Professor | Algorithmic bioinformatics, succinct data structures | Genome-scale algorithmics |
| Tomi Männistö | Professor | Software engineering, software architecture, product variability | Empirical Software Engineering |
| Valtteri Niemi | Professor | Data security | Secure Systems |
| Petteri Nurmi | Associate Professor | Internet of Things, distributed systems, sensing | Pervasive Data Science |
| Jukka K. Nurminen | Professor | Distributed computing, energy-efficiency, intelligent systems software lifecycle, computational moral | Empirical Software Engineering |
| Simon Puglisi | Associate Professor | Algorithms, data structures, data compression, scalability, algorithm engineering, data science, bioinformatics | Compressed Data Structures |
| Kai Puolamäki | Associate Professor |
Data science, artificial intelligence, atmospheric sciences |
Exploratory Data Analysis |
| Teemu Roos | Professor | Machine learning, data science | Information, Complexity and Learning |
| Laura Ruotsalainen | Associate Professor | Spatiotemporal data, estimation, data science, machine learning | Spatiotemporal Data Analysis |
| Sasu Tarkoma |
Professor | Distributed systems and data communications | Content-centric structures and networking (COSN) |
| Nikolaj Tatti | Associate Professor | Data science, algorithms, statistical modelling, cyber security | Data Analytics and Cyber Security |
| Hannu Toivonen | Professor | Data science, artificial intelligence, computational creativity | Discovery group: Data Mining and Computational Creativity |
| Alexandru I. Tomescu | Associate Professor | Algorithmic bioinformatics, graph algorithms | Graph Algorithms |
|
Indrė Žliobaitė |
Associate Professor | Life science informatics, data science, macroevolution, palaeobiology | Data Science and Evolution |
Emeritus Professors
- Martti Tienari, Computer Science 1969-1998, Head of Department 1967-1998
- Esko Ukkonen, Computer Science 1985-2017, Head of Department 1998-1999 and 2010-2013
- Jukka Paakki, Software Systems 1997-2016, Head of Department 2001-2006 and 2014-2015
- Matti Mäkelä, Numerical Algorithms for Applied Mathematics 1998-2001
- Seppo Sippu, Information Systems 1998-2011
Former Professors
- Heikki Mannila, Computer Science, especially Information Systems 1989-1999
- Kimmo Raatikainen, Theory of Programming and System Programming 1998-2008
- Henry Tirri, Intelligent Systems 1998-2003, Teacher education in Computer Science 2000-2008
- Eero Hyvönen, Computer Science, especially Programme for Upgrading Studies in Computer Science 1990-2004
- Inkeri Verkamo, Software Engineering 2002-2007
- Samuel Kaski, Data Analysis and Its Applications in Bioinformatics 2004-2005
- Pekka Abrahamsson, Software Quality and Quality Assurance 2009-2012
- Jürgen Münch, Software Systems 2011-2015
Former Associate and Assistant Professors
- Paavo Turakainen, 1970-1971
- Yrjö Seppälä, 1974-1981
- Kari-Jouko Räihä, 1984-1985
- Eljas Soisalon-Soininen, 1986-1993
- Pekka Orponen, 1994-1996