Research

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

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Research group: Distributed Algorithms · Theoretical Computer Science

News

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”

Events

• HIIT Open Programming Contest · Otaniemi, 25 May 2019
• ALGO 2018 · Helsinki, 20–24 August 2018
• Helsinki February Workshop · Otaniemi, 26 February – 2 March 2018

Teaching

• Computer Science Bachelor major (in Finnish)
• Computer Science Bachelor minor (in Finnish and English)
• CS-E4510 Distributed Algorithms · autumn 2022
• CS-E4595 Competitive Programming · autumn 2022
• CS-E4580 Programming Parallel Computers · spring 2023
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Computer Science

Conferences

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