Next AI Monday will be held 12 November. Registration is now open.

Speakers of the next AI Monday include:

• Risto Siilasmaa (Chairman of Nokia and F-Secure)

• Kirsti Laurila  (Head of Analytics at Sofor)

• Ari Järvelä (EVP at Tieto, Finland country manager)  

• Matti Suominen (Nixu Corporation, Lead Security Consultant)

Next Machine Learning Coffee Seminar takes place on 12 November at 9am in Aalto University. 

Esa Ollila (Professor of Electrical Engineering, Aalto University): High-dimensional Covariance Matrix Estimation With Applications in Finance and Genomic Studies

We will serve porridge and coffee at 9:00am and the talk will begin at 9:15am.

Professors Jaakko Lehtinen and Hannu Toivonen from FCAI as well as Anna-Mari Rusasen from FCAI Society discuss the importance of understanding AI in today’s world. The event is a part of Smart as HEL public lecture series, which explores future learning and education. The event will be held in Finnish.

The event starts at 5pm. Register to the event on Facebook >>

Next Machine Learning Coffee Seminar takes place on 5 November at 9am in the University of Helsinki.

Johanna Tamminen (Professor of Atmospheric Remote Sensing, Finnish Meteorological Institute): Satellite remote sensing and the potential of machine learning

We will serve porridge and coffee at 9:00am and the talk will begin at 9:15am.

Next Machine Learning Coffee Seminar takes place on 29 October at 9am in Aalto University. 

Jaakko Lehtinen (Professor of Computer Science, Aalto University): Noise2Noise – Learning Image Restoration without Clean Data

We will serve porridge and coffee at 9:00am and the talk will begin at 9:15am.

Next Machine Learning Coffee Seminar takes place on 22 October at 9am in the University of Helsinki.

Kai Puolamäki (Professor of Computer Science, University of Helsinki): Human-guided data exploration

We will serve porridge and coffee at 9:00am and the talk will begin at 9:15am.

Next Machine Learning Coffee Seminar takes place on 15 October at 9am in Aalto University.

Jörg Tiedemann (Professor of Language Technology, University of Helsinki): Natural Language Inference with Multilingual Supervision

We will serve porridge and coffee at 9:00am and the talk will begin at 9:15am.

FCAI welcomes its member organizations as well as Aalto & UH students and researchers to a relaxed meetup right after the CS Research Day on October 11 starting at 4pm. This is an excellent opportunity to discuss future collaboration opportunities through e.g. internship, Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis, joint research etc. Some of the FCAI member companies may even conduct a job interview during the meeting. 

Food and beverages served!

In order for us to estimate the amount of catering needed, please register latest by Tuesday Oct 2nd through this link.

On the same day in the same building:

12–3pm CS Research Day 
3–5pm Helsinki Distinguished Lecture talk given by Irina Rish, Research Staff Member at IBM Research

The next lecture in the Helsinki Distinguished Lecture Series on Future Information Technology will be given by Dr. Irina Rish from the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.

AI for Neuroscience & Neuroscience for AI

The lecture is free of charge and open to everyone interested in the latest research in information technology. The lecture will be followed by an informal cocktail event.

Please register here.

Guest lecture by IBM’s Global Leader for AI Ethics Francesca Rossi, Tuesday 9th October, 2018 at 5PM

Welcome to hear and discuss about ”AI Ethics below the surface” with Professor Francesca Rossi from IBM research. The event is free of charge and open to all interested in the leading research, policy discussions and practical questions on AI Ethics. Organizers: FCAI and Teknologiateollisuus.

Time: Tuesday 9th October, 2018 at 5 pm
Place: Otaniemi TUAS-building (lecture hall TU1), Maarintie 8, Espoo (Aalto University)
Event website and free registration

AI Ethics Beyond the Obvious

AI Ethics is becoming a discussion topic in industry as well as public sector organisations. Often the debate repeats around the same high level examples and dilemma’s like for example the responsibilities related autonomous vehicles in case of accidents or discriminating biases of algorithms. Francesca Rossi will widen the debate beyond those well known cases, what it means to put AI ethics into practice.

About the speaker

Francesca Rossi is IBM’s Global Leader for AI Ethics  and Professor of Computer Science at University of Padova. She has worked for three decades in Artificial Intelligence in Europe and in the United States.

The European Commission has created a High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence to guide the implementation across Europe of its recently announced AI Strategy. Francesca Rossi is a member of the group and is visiting Finland to join AI Forum 2018: an event  initiated by Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland, Mr. Mika Lintilä as Finland prepares to its EU Council Presidency in 2019.

The lecture will be followed by moment of networking with snacks!

Next Machine Learning Coffee Seminar takes place on 8 October at 9am in the University of Helsinki.

Pan Hui (Professor of Computer Science, University of Helsinki): Saving Lives with Big Data: Data Analytics in Intensive Care Units

We will serve porridge and coffee at 9:00am and the talk will begin at 9:15am.

Next Machine Learning Coffee Seminar takes place on 1 October at 9am in Aalto University.

Alexander Ilin (Professor of Computer Science, Aalto University): Sample-Efficient Deep Learning

We will serve porridge and coffee at 9:00am and the talk will begin at 9:15am.

Next Machine Learning Coffee Seminar takes place on 17 September at 9am in Aalto University.

Michael Mathioudakis (Professor of Computer Science, University of Helsinki): Machine Learning for Data Management – and vice versa

We will serve porridge and coffee at 9:00am and the talk will begin at 9:15am.

This seminar brings to Aalto two world-leading neuroscientists, prof Karl Friston (UCL) and prof Miquel Nicolelis (Duke University).

Time: Friday 21.9.2018 at 9:30–11:30
Venue: lecture hall U4, Otakaari 1

Karl Friston (University College London): Active Inference in Artificial Curiosity

Miquel Nicolelis (Duke University Medical Center): Linking Brains to Machines: From Basic Science to Neurological Neurorehabilitation

Next AI Monday is 17th September, 16:30–19:00. Registration to the event will be opened Friday 7th.

On stage:

• Errol Koolmeister, Think Big Analytics, Teradata

• Kati Riikonen, Google

• Alexander Törnroth, Teknologiateollisuus

• ... and AI Demo from Curious AI ...

Next Machine Learning Coffee Seminar takes place on 17 September at 9am in Aalto University.

Tero Karras (Research Scientist, NVIDIA): Progressive Growing of GANs for Improved Quality, Stability, and Variation

We will serve porridge and coffee at 9:00am and the talk will begin at 9:15am.

Next Machine Learning Coffee Seminar takes place on 10 September at 9am in University of Helsinki.

Markus Heinonen (University of Helsinki): Infinitely Deep Models With Continuous-Time Flows

We will serve porridge and coffee at 9:00am and the talk will begin at 9:15am.

Machine Learning Coffee is back from summer break, more beautiful than ever. We again have an impressive set of speakers lined up.

Next Monday, September 3rd at 9am, we will have the following Machine Learning Coffee talk in Otaniemi T2:

Arno Solin (Aalto University): The Power of Gaussian Processes: Magnetic Localisation and Mapping

We will serve porridge and coffee at 9:00am and the talk will begin at 9:15am.

The next sessions will include:

10.9. Markus Heinonen: Infinitely deep models with continuous-time flows
17.9. Tero Karras: Progressive Growing of GANs for Improved Quality, Stability, and Variation

Welcome!

VTT Growth Lab on Good Life will be held at the Korjaamo Culture Factory in Helsinki on Tuesday, 28th of August at 14–18.

The interactive seminars bring together influencers and decision-makers in business and politics to discuss how global challenges can be turned into growth opportunities that create wealth and well-being both for Finnish society and the global economy. The topics of the day include smart built environment, citizen-centric care and the disruption of work.

The guest speakers include Simon Kos & Pauli Aalto-Setälä, as well as VTT's own visionaries to shake up your thinking. You can also find cutting-edge technology demos to stir up a conversation.

See the full programme and introductions to our demos, and make the commitment:

>> View the schedule and speakers

>> Register now

>> Growth Lab demos

Opening seminar of Novel Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Physical Sciences and Engineering Research (AIPSE) will be held in Helsinki Congress Paasitorni, Paasivuorenkatu 5 A, on 18 June 2018.

The seminar has a great one-day programme. Please pay attention to the interesting keynote speakers!

If you have not registered yet, please remember to do so at www.academyevents.fi with code “AIPSE”.

More information is available on the programme web page.

Welcome to the next lecture in the Helsinki Distinguished Lecture series on Future Information Technology which will be given by Professor Alexei Efros from UC Berkeley.

Alexei A. Efros: Self-Supervised Visual Learning and Synthesis 

Time: 10:00–11:00
Venue: T1, CS building, Konemiehentie 2, Espoo

Please sign up through this link by 11 June.

Machine Learning and Human-Computer Interaction will be held at Aalto University, on June 12, 2018.

Speakers include:

Dr. Shumin Zhai, Google: “Progresses and Open Research Questions in Text Input – A Select Review”
Professor Per Ola Kristensson, University of Cambridge: “A Design Engineering Approach for Evolving Interactive Systems
Professor Roderick Murray-Smith, Glasgow University: “Stratified, Computational Interaction via Machine Learning”

Time: June 12, 2018 at 9.30am–11.55
Venue: TU2 (TUAS, Maarintie 8, Espoo), Aalto University 

Next CS Forum presents

Acquiring Diverse Robot Skills via Deep Reinforcement Learning

Speaker: Tuomas Haarnoja
Affiliation: UC Berkeley, United States

Time: 14:15 (coffee at 14:00)
Venue: T5, CS building, Konemiehentie 2, Espoo

CS forum is a seminar series arranged at the CS department - open to everyone free-of-charge. Read more here.

Digital Summit delves into the current technologies behind digital transformation: artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, blockchain and software robotics. The program provides a stage for discussing their impact.

Time: June 5, 2018 at 8.30–17.00
Place: Dipoli on the Aalto University Otaniemi Campus

Enrollment by May 22, 2018

FCAI minisymposium series continues in April with a themed session on Privacy-presercing and Secure AI. The symposium takes place on May 28 at 9–11am in T6, CS building, Otaniemi.

Confirmed speakers:

N. Asokan: Machine Learning in the Presence of Adversaries
Luiza Sayfullina: Android Malware Classification: How to Deal With Extremely Sparse Features
Nikolaj Tatti: Reducing False Positives in Intrusion Detection
Mika Juuti: Stealing DNN Models: Attacks and Defenses
Adrian Flanagan: Privacy Preservation with Federated Learning in Personalized Recommendation Systems

Organizers: N. Asokan and Antti Honkela.

The minisymposia are organised in conjunction with the weekly Machine Learning Coffee Seminars. These minisymposia last for 2 hours and consist of some longer talks and a set of 5-min flash talks. See more information and join the mailing list here. 

Next Machine Learning Coffee Seminar takes place on 21 May at 9am in University of Helsinki

Learning differential equation models

Speaker: Harri Lähdesmäki, Professor of Computer Science, Aalto University

FCAI minisymposium series continues in April with a themed session on Interactive AI. The symposium takes place on May 14 at 9–11am in T6, CS building, Otaniemi.

Confirmed speakers:

Antti Oulasvirta: Computational Rationality: Convergence of machine learning, neuroscience, cognitive science, robotics, and HCI
Samuel Kaski: Interactive Intent Modeling and Knowledge Elicitation
Ville Kyrki: Interactive Robot Learning

Organizers: Giulio Jacucci and Antti Oulasvirta

The minisymposia are organised in conjunction with the weekly Machine Learning Coffee Seminars. These minisymposia last for 2 hours and consist of some longer talks and a set of 5-min flash talks. See more information and join the mailing list here. 

Next AI Monday event takes place on Monday 14th May at 4:30–6pm.

On stage:

Microsoft-team demonstrating industrial AI cases
Maikki Sipinen from Tekoälytyöryhmä
Harri Ketamo from Head AI presenting their solution for artificial labour

There will also be AgriML's demo on how AI is utilised to distill new value from remote sensing data, like satellite pictures.

AI Monday events are free of charge and accommodate over one hundred participants. Registration is needed.

Next Machine Learning Coffee Seminar takes place on 7 May at 9am in University of Helsinki.

Fairness-aware machine intelligence: foundations and challenges

Speaker: Indrė Žliobaitė, University of Helsinki

Next Machine Learning Coffee Seminar takes place on 16 April in Aalto University.

Machine Learning using Unreliable Components: From Matrix Operations to Neural Networks and Stochastic Gradient Descent

Speaker: Sanghamitra Dutta, PhD Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University

FCAI is also proud to present a series of minisymposia on leading trends in Finnish AI research in conjunction with the weekly Machine Learning Coffee Seminars. Read more on the FCAI minisymposia here.

Next AI Monday event takes place on Monday 16 April starting at 4:30pm.

Speakers include
Kaija Sellman, IBM Deputy Country Manager
Tero Ojanperä, Silo.AI
Toby White, Wärtsilä
Edward Mauser, CGI

Please register in advance at AI Monday website.

AI Monday is a monthly networking event for those who are interested in AI. The aim is to share AI-knowledge and encourage organisations to initiate their change journeys.

Next AIHelsinki session takes place on Tuesday 10 April at 1–3pm in Hanken Business School Function hall.

Speakers include:
Jörg Tiedemann, University of Helsinki
Roel Pieters, Tampere University of Technology
Samuel Kaski, Finnish Center of Artificial Intelligence

AIHelsinki is a series of public lectures on topics touching artificial intelligence organised by AI researchers and technologists.

FCAI minisymposium series continues in April with a themed session on Simulator-based Inference. The symposium takes place on 9 April at 9:00–11:00am in A129 (lecture hall 2), Chemicum, Kumpula.

Talks:

Jukka Corander: Negative Frequency-Dependent Selection Dictates the Fate of Bacteria
Samuel Kaski: Inferring Cognitive Simulators From Data
Jaakko Lehtinen: Why learn something you know?

Flash talks:

Ville Kyrki: Simulator-based inference in robotics
Milica Todorović: Optimising Technologies with Bayesian Inference
Henri Pesonen: ABC and model selection

The minisymposia are organised in conjunction with the weekly Machine Learning Coffee Seminars. These minisymposia last for 2 hours and consist of some longer talks and a set of 5-min flash talks. See more information and join the mailing list here. 

FCAI and its partners invite companies, AI startups, students, investors, accelerators, public sector etc. to our spring get-together. The goal of the event is to continue with the series of AI matchmaking events and this time the special focus is to serve FCAI partners, AI startups and students in matchmaking.

The event is taking place at A Grid (Otakaari 5) on Thursday 5 April at 3pm–6:30pm. Registration starts at 2:30 pm.

After the short welcoming words and intro from FCAI, our member companies will present their interests and what they are looking for in the field of AI. We will also offer flash talk opportunity for FCAI researchers, AI startups as well as for AI accelerators and other support organizations. Companies looking for partners or hires can bring a roll-up for increased visibility.

The event is organized in collaboration with Aalto Start-Up Center, Aalto Digi Platform, A Grid, Helsinki Think Company and EIT Digital.

FCAI is proud to present a series of longer machine learning coffee sessions on themes of the research programs of FCAI. The minisymposia will last for 2 hours and consist of some longer talks and a set of 5-min flash talks.

The first minisymposium is on Agile probabilistic AI, on March 26, 9:00-11, in T6, CS building, Otaniemi.

Speakers include:

Aki Vehtari: Probabilistic programming and Stan
Arto Klami: Automated variational inference
Henri Vuollekoski: ELFI - Engine for Likelihood Free Inference

Machine Learning Coffee seminars are weekly seminars held jointly by the Aalto University and the University of Helsinki. See more information and join the mailing list here. 

Fun With Relative Distance Comparisons

Speaker: Antti Ukkonen, Professor of Computer Science at University of Helsinki

The Helsinki Distinguished Lecture Series on Future Information Technology is organized by HIIT, a joint research institute between University of Helsinki and Aalto University. The series was launched in 2012. The focus of the seminar series is to highlight the research challenges and solutions faced by current and future information technology, as seen by the internationally leading experts in the field.

The next AIHelsinki session is on 13 March 2018 at 1–3pm.

AI Helsinki is a series of public lectures on topics touching artificial intelligence organised by AI researchers and technologists.

Speakers at the 13 March session:

Julian Togelius, NYU
AI for games and games for AI

Harri Valpola, Curious AI Company
Developing AI that can imagine

Finding Outlier Correlations

Speaker: Petteri Kaski, Professor of Computer Science, Aalto University

Monday 12 March, 9am–10am at Aalto University.

Machine Learning Coffee seminars are weekly seminars held jointly by the Aalto University and the University of Helsinki. The seminars aim to gather people from different fields of science with interest in machine learning. Seminars will be held weekly on Mondays at 9am–10am. The location alternates between Aalto University and the University of Helsinki.

The Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and support women in the field. This annual one-day technical conference provides an opportunity to hear about the latest data science related research and applications in a broad set of domains.

The regional event will be happening in Meilahti, Helsinki. Those interested in Data Science are invited to participate in the conference, irrespective of the gender, which features exclusively female speakers.

WiDS on Facebook

FCAI is sponsoring this year's WiDS Helsinki Conference.