Research

Research interests: theoretical foundations of distributed and parallel computing, algorithms, computational complexity, and computability.

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Research group: Distributed Algorithms · HALT Helsinki Algorithms & Theory

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Internships

If you are interested in international summer internships, please apply through the Aalto Science Institute international summer research programme.

Talks

Awards

• FOCS 2019 best paper award: “Lower bounds for maximal matchings and maximal independent sets”
• DISC 2017 best paper award: “Improved distributed degree splitting and edge coloring”

Teaching

• Computer Science Bachelor major (in Finnish)
• Computer Science Bachelor minor (in Finnish and English)
• CS-E4510 Distributed Algorithms
• CS-E4595 Competitive Programming
• CS-E4580 Programming Parallel Computers
• CS-A0100 Tietokone työvälineenä

Conferences

• Keynote speaker in OPODIS 2020, SWAT 2020
• Invited speaker in SIROCCO 2023
• Chairing the programme committee of DISC 2019
• Track chair in SSS 2021
• In the programme committees of ALGOWIN 2023, DCOSS 2019, DHN 2018, DISC 2018, DISC 2022, DISC 2024, ESA 2022, ESA 2023, FOCS 2025, ICALP 2019, ICALP 2025, ICDCS 2018, ICDCS 2025, IWOCA 2021, IWOCA 2024, OPODIS 2021, OPODIS 2023, PODC 2022, PODC 2023, SIROCCO 2025, SODA 2023, SPAA 2020, STACS 2025, SWAT 2018, WOLA 2022
• Local chair of ALGO 2018
• Chairing the steering committee of DISC
• In the steering committees of ADGA, DISC, SWAT