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Industry Connect
Industry Connect – Matchmaking in AI and Software Engineering Doctoral Research Pilots
Join us for an engaging afternoon where doctoral researchers, supervisors, professors, and industry leaders come together to make valuable connections! The purpose of the networking event is to enhance collaboration and create opportunities for doctoral researchers to transition seamlessly from academia to industry roles. This event is organized with Technology Industries of Finland and is intended for the doctoral pilots in Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering.
Date: Monday, May 12th at 11.30–16 (starting with lunch)
Place: Clarion Hotel at Helsinki Airport, Taivastie 3, Vantaa (not to be confused with Clarion Aviapolis)
Participation fee: 130 € (to be covered by the individual PhD projects)
Programme:
11.30-12.30 Lunch
12.30-13.00 Discuss your research with company representatives
13.00-16.00 Industry and doctoral researchers’ matchmaking, focusing on connecting doctoral researchers with companies. Included also short presentations of the pilots, keynotes and talks.
The detailed program and instructions for preparations for matchmaking will be available later.
Events
AI-DOC launch
The official launch event of the AI-DOC program was held in February 2025. The event took place at Aalto University and brought together over 100 participants across Finland.
Photos: Margot Lepetit / Aalto University
Events
Pre-launch
The pre-launch event was organized together with FCAI’s community event and pre-NeurIPS fest in November 2024.
Calls
AI-DOC recruitment calls
The first AI-DOC call was organized in spring 2024, followed by the second call in autumn 2024. Altogether 100 new PhD students were recruited to work in fundamental AI and machine learning research and in five application areas.
News
Doctoral pilot launching
Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture has announced the allocation of 255 million EUR to universities for piloting new practices in doctoral education for three years starting in 2024. The proposal from the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence flagship, "Finnish Doctoral Program Network in Artificial Intelligence", was granted 100 new doctoral positions (25.5 million EUR). The national consortium across 10 universities will educate 100 new PhDs in artificial intelligence research.