News — FCAI

Ievgen Redko: "An 18th century math theory steers my work on 21st century AI"

FCAI visiting professor Ievgen Redko explores how and why machine learning works

Amanda AlvarezApril 28, 2022Machine Learning, Humans of FCAI, Interview, Neural Networks

Sci-fi imagery linked to artificial intelligence tells the wrong story

Humanoids and other illustrations inspired by science fiction in connection with stories about artificial intelligence may seem harmless, but using them year after year to illustrate the topic can be detrimental.

Mia PajuApril 25, 2022Society

Everyday choices: Ayush Bharti, can AI fix a dropped Wi-Fi connection?

FCAI postdoc Ayush Bharti boosts wireless communications with signal interaction models

rc23Amanda AlvarezApril 13, 2022Machine Learning, Humans of FCAI, Research, Interview

Synthetic data to assist brain research

Artificial data can be generated in large amounts and does not contain patient information.

Amanda AlvarezApril 8, 2022Collaboration, Health, Research

Neste and FCAI collaboration: Optimizing chemical reactors with AI

Academy–industry collaboration can be a real win-win. In FCAI's new video series, we present successful collaborations, starting with Neste NAPCON. The company harnessed AI know-how from Aalto University and FCAI while giving a student the opportunity to do application-driven research.

Economic impact, win-winMia PajuApril 5, 2022Research, Industry and Society

How machine translation can help during the Ukraine crisis

University of Helsinki professor of language tech Jörg Tiedemann has gathered tools for Ukrainian language support.

Amanda AlvarezApril 1, 2022Language, Machine Learning

To benefit humans, the best AI is a ‘naive’ AI

Stuart Russell reflects on the future of human work, whether humans and AIs will ever see eye-to-eye, and the very real danger of weaponized AI.

Amanda AlvarezMarch 22, 2022Society, Interview, Events

The Nordic Probabilistic AI Summer school teaches state-of-the-art probabilistic machine learning

The AI Summer school in Helsinki brings together a diverse and international group of machine learning enthusiasts to explore the various topics within probabilistic machine learning.

Mia PajuMarch 16, 2022Machine Learning, Society

Understanding the ethics of AI is a necessary civic skill – An online course provides keys to the societal impact of the use of technology

The use of artificial intelligence raises concerns, as people have noticed that it can bring about major societal change, both for the good and the bad. The University of Helsinki's free-of-charge Ethics of AI online course helps to understand what the ethically acceptable use of artificial intelligence means, and what it requires of societies and individuals.

Mia PajuMarch 14, 2022Society, Society and Politics

A significant project combines state-of-the-art AI solutions with research on near-Earth space

The project also investigates processes that bring about the aurora borealis and simulates, with the help of artificial intelligence, plasma bursts in near-Earth space, utilising the computing power of a supercomputer.

Kaisa PekkalaFebruary 28, 2022Research

Special AI course offers tools to leverage the benefits of AI in real-life settings

FCAI and Finnish Indian Consortia for Research and Education (FICORE) organize a special course to help industry to identify and solve the most pressing challenges and teach best practices regarding artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning.

Kaisa PekkalaFebruary 16, 2022Education, Industry and Society

Spatial AI takes cameras’ understanding to the next level

Spatial AI makes cameras understand and reason about the structure of the surrounding environment in a human-like fashion.

FCAI success storiesMia PajuFebruary 16, 2022Research

Bayer, FCAI and HUS expand collaboration – artificial intelligence to support clinical drug trials

The Future Clinical Trials project led by Bayer utilises artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the safety and efficiency of clinical drug research.

Economic impactKaisa PekkalaFebruary 8, 2022Research, Collaboration, Industry and Society, Health

Participatory research to improve artificial intelligence based public sector services and empower citizens

Multidisciplinary research team invites citizens, civil servants and software developers to identify risks and potential of algorithmic services – and helps providers address upcoming EU regulations.

Kaisa PekkalaFebruary 8, 2022Research, Society and Politics

Ambitious multi-centric European AI lighthouse moving forward

ELLIS is showing strong support for the European multi-centric AI lighthouse advocated by the European Commission.

ELLISKaisa PekkalaFebruary 3, 2022ELLIS

The idea of creative machines is challenging the notion of human uniqueness

Creativity is seen as an emphatically human attribute. And yet, we have already come to accept that machine intelligence outdoes that of humans in computing. When will we accept that machines might also be creative?

Mia PajuJanuary 25, 2022Research, Creativity

The new season of Machine Learning Coffee Seminar has started

FCAI’s highly popular seminar series Machine Learning Coffee Seminar (MLCS) is back in 2022 with a new lineup of speakers for the spring semester. The MLCS talks take place weekly on Monday mornings and are hosted by FCAI researchers at the University of Helsinki and Aalto University.

Mia PajuJanuary 18, 2022

FCAI’s second term confirmed – Academy of Finland grants funding of up to 11 millions

The second term involves an increased focus on AI-assisted virtual laboratories, and boosting international collaboration with top AI researchers through ELLIS Unit Helsinki.

Minna TiainenJanuary 11, 2022Research, Collaboration