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Farewell symposium of Professor Kimmo Kaski
27.4.2018 | 09:30–16:15
Professor Kimmo Kaski will retire and a farewell symposium for this occasion will be organized.
Professor 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 |