Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT

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Helsinki Institute for Information TechnologyHIIT

• Martti Mäntylä
• Professor, Research Director
• Esko Ukkonen
• Professor, Research Director

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HIIT in a Nutshell

• Joint research institute of University of
  Helsinki and Helsinki University of Technology
  founded in 1999
• Operates through research programmes led by
  professor-level Programme Directors
• Programmes operate through projects covering
  basic research, co-funded research, and EU
  activities
• Partners include Finnish ICT and media companies,
  research institutions, international partners
• Directors Prof. Martti Mäntylä (Advanced Research
  Unit), Prof. Esko Ukkonen (Basic Research Unit)
• 15 research groups in TKK or UH
• Personnel (py) 112 researchers, 8 staff (2006)

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HIIT Vision

• Ubiquitous and universal computation,
  communication and digital media bridge people,
  communities, businesses, sciences, objects,
  environment and society, thereby producing and
  utilising vast amounts of data on complex
  phenomena.

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HIIT Mission

• Recognised as an internationally leading research
  institution, HIIT conducts basic and
  multidisciplinary research of modern information
  and communication technology which includes
  theoretical and technological aspects, as well as
  applications, and has high scientific, industrial
  and societal impact.

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Research Programmes

• Algorithmic Data Analysis Data analysis methods
  for other sciences and for industry through both
  basic research in computer science and applied
  work on problems arising from applications
• Future Internet Internet infrastructure for
  efficient, secure and trusted always-on
  connectivity and service
• Network Society Human-centric multidisciplinary
  anticipation and development of ubiquitous
  information and communication technology
• Probabilistic Adaptive Systems Sophisticated
  probabilistic models and their applications for
  solving problems appearing in complex real-world
  stochastic systems

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Organisation
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Personnel 2000-2006
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Publications 2000-2006
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Financing 2006
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Administration

• Board
• Members from universities, industry, staff
• Overall planning, budget, personnel
• Scientific Advisory Board
• Strategic planning of research
• Evaluation of research programs and groups
• Steering Group
• Strategic planning of research
• Admission of groups and projects to HIIT
• Management Group, Programme Management Groups
• Coordination and planning of joint activities