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Professor Marko Turpeinen appointed Director of EIT ICT Labs Helsinki Node

23 Aug - Professor Marko Turpeinen has been appointed Director of the Helsinki Node of ICT Labs, one of the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

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Young people identify with an online community almost as strongly as with their own family

23 Aug - Teenage online community users feel part of their online community almost as much as they feel part of their own family. An international study of the users of teenage online community Habbo reveals that users identify more strongly with the online community than with their neighbourhood or offline hobby group

Samuel Kaski started as the new HIIT Director

2 Aug - Professor Samuel Kaski is looking forward to strengthen even more high-quality IT research in HIIT. Kaski started his 5-year term as the new Director of HIIT in the beginning of August.

Kaski's interview at TKK's website (in Finnish) »

Multitouch user interface design studied at the Pori Jazz festival

20 July 2010 - This summer Pori Jazz uses the latest technology to present its programme, artists and venues to the audience. The Jatsitatsi multitouch wall, created as a part of a HIIT-led research project, uses advanced technology in a novel way to provide the audience with new experiences in public spaces.

Professor Samuel Kaski appointed new Director of Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT

17 June 2010 - The President of Aalto University and the Rector of Helsinki University have appointed Professor Samuel Kaski as the new Director of Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT for a fixed five-year term.

Samuel Kaski has been Professor of Computer Science since 2004, first at the University of Helsinki, then at the Aalto University School of Science and Technology (previously TKK). Before these appointments, he held various researcher positions at the Academy of Finland.

Kaski specializes in statistical machine learning and exploratory data analysis, which he studies in interdisciplinary projects; current areas of application include bioinformatics, neuroinformatics and proactive interfaces.

The research group of Kaski is part of the national Centre of Excellence in Adaptive Informatics Research, in which Kaski is the Deputy Director. Kaski is also Deputy Head of the Department of Information and Computer Science at the Aalto University School of Science and Technology, and Director of the Finnish Graduate School in Computational Sciences.

Kaski will start as the Director of the research institute jointly administered by Aalto University and the University of Helsinki on 1 August 2010. The Helsinki Institute for Information Technology is composed of two parts, one belonging to Aalto University and the other to the University of Helsinki.

Additional information:
Professor Samuel Kaski
Tel. +358 50 305 8694
Samuel.Kaski@tkk.fi
Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT
http://www.hiit.fi