Professor Heikki Mannila's 65th birthday symposium
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In 2025, Professor Heikki Mannila will mark his 65th birthday and celebrate 40 years since receiving his PhD. To honour these significant milestones, we are hosting a symposium at Dipoli, Otaniemi campus.
The event will feature a scientific programme with several keynote speeches, alongside an informal gathering where attendees can share experiences and anecdotes of working with Heikki.
Please register no later than May 30.
Tentative programme |
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| 9:45 | Coffee available |
| 10:15 | Opening: On the importance of science and science policy |
| Ilkka Niemel盲, President, Aalto University: "Heikki and Aalto" Anita Lehikoinen, Permanent secretary of the Ministry of Education and Culture (until 4/2025): "Professor Heikki Mannila - Quest for the Quality, Impact and Renewal of Finnish Research" Mikael Fortelius, Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary Palaeontology, University of Helsinki: "Do you really need computer science to count fossils?" Markus Ojala, Principal Data Scientist, Supercell: "From Academia to Industry: My Data Science Career Journey - Stories and Examples" |
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| 12:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 | Science talks & personal talks: On the importance of data and analytics |
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Keynote by Luc de Raedt, Professor of Computer Science, KU Leuven: "From Inductive to Neurosymbolic Databases" |
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| Short break | |
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Keynote by Gautam Das, Distinguished University Chair Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington: "From time series similarity to deep web analytics: how Heikki led me into the world of data mining" |
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| 15:15 | Coffee break |
| 15:45 | KYN choir quartet |
| 16:00 | Science talks & personal talks: On the importance of paths and transformations |
| Jouni Sepp盲nen, Senior Consultant, Reaktor: 鈥淭racing a Curious Path鈥 Petteri Kaski, Professor, Aalto University: "A Multilinear Johnson-Lindenstrauss Transform" Aristides Gionis, Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology: "Probabilistic paths to pattern discovery" Kai Puolam盲ki, Professor, University of Helsinki: "Random Paths and Shared Directions in Science" |
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| Handing of the TKK medal by the Foundation for Aalto University Science and Technology | |
| 17:15 | Personal memoirs by online participants: Professor Padhraic Smyth, Professor David Hand, Professor Evimaria Terzi, Professor Christos Faloutsos |
| 17:45 | Symposium ends |
| 18:30 | Dinner for invited guests |
Practical information
Our venue Dipoli is located in the Otaniemi campus of Aalto University. Here you can find information on how to arrive to Otaniemi campus from central Helsinki and the airport.
Address: Otakaari 24, 02150 Espoo
Read more about the Aalto University campus
Birthday wishes
Please note that professor Mannila prefers not to receive any gifts or flowers. You can write birthday greetings to a guestbook that is available in the seminar hall.
Dress code
Dinner's dress code is business casual.
Metro (Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University)
The journey from Kamppi 91青青草 University in Otaniemi takes 11 minutes.
There are two exits from the Aalto University metro station, Otaniementie and Tietotie. Via Otaniementie, you can access the Main Building Dipoli, V盲re, School of Business, the Undergraduate Centre and the Harald Herlin Learning Centre. Via Tietotie, you can easily reach Micronova, the Computer Science Building and the Open Innovation House.
The Metro line's end station in the west is Tapiola or Matinkyl盲 (Espoo), and in the east Vuosaari or Mellunm盲ki (Helsinki). The Metro runs every 2.5 minutes at Aalto University station during the rush hour, and every 4鈥5 minutes at other times.
By bus and light rail
Otaniemi is easily accessible by and. The light rail runs every 6 minutes on weekdays, with three stops in Otaniemi: Otaranta, Aalto University metro station, and Maari.
Single metro, light rail, tram or bus tickets can be bought in advance at the ticket machines or from the HSL mobile application. The same ticket is valid on buses and the metro.
Airport connection
- Otaniemi is approximately 22 km away from the Helsinki-Vantaa airport.
- Taxi fare is around 40 euros (travel time about 30 minutes).
- Public transport from the airport takes about an hour: either the train or bus the Helsinki Central Railway station and metro 91青青草 University, the train to Huopalahti and change to light rail line 15.
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Organising committee
Ella Bingham (Head of Research Services, Aalto University)
Aristides Gionis (Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Petteri Kaski (Associate Professor, Aalto University)
Kai Puolam盲ki (Professor, University of Helsinki)
Cancellations: If you are unable to attend, please kindly inform us by emailing networking-platform@aalto.fi