Qi Chen, PI (external link)
Learning theory, Meta learning, Continual learning, Algorithmic fairness, Generative models
Institute faculty and staff
Meet the Institute's faculty, management, and administration.
ELLIS Institute Finland faculty
Principal Investigators (PIs) lead the Institute’s research groups. Michael Cochez, Francesco Croce, Andrew Cropper, Shaoxiong Ji, and Mikko Karttunen are also PS Fellows funded by Foundation PS.
Group members are listed under their faculty member’s page.
Michael Cochez, PI (external link)
Knowledge graphs, Machine learning, Graph representation learning
Jukka Corander, PI (external link)
Evolutionary epidemiology, Machine learning, Inference
Francesco Croce, PI (external link)
Machine learning
Andrew Cropper, PI (external link)
Inductive logic programming, Symbolic learning, Relational learning, Symbolic AI
Azade Farshad, PI (external link)
Scene graphs, Deep generative models, Semantic scene understanding, Surgical data science
Aapo Hyvärinen, PI (external link)
Machine learning, Computational neuroscience
Shaoxiong Ji, PI (external link)
Machine learning, Natural language processing, Health informatics
Kimmo Kartasalo, PI (external link)
Artificial intelligence, Computational pathology, Image analysis, Machine learning
Mikko Karttunen, PI (external link)
Biological physics, Physical chemistry, Statistical mechanics, Molecular simulation, Soft matter
Samuel Kaski, PI (external link)
Probabilistic ML, AI4Science, Collaborative AI
Jaakko Lehtinen, PI (external link)
Computer graphics, Computer vision, Machine learning
Petri Myllymäki, PI (external link)
Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Probabilistic graphical models
Antti Oulasvirta, PI (external link)
Human-computer interaction, Computational modeling of behavior
Simone Parisi, PI (external link)
Reinforcement learning, Multi-objective optimization, Robotics, Machine learning, Exploration
Arno Solin, PI (external link)
Machine learning, Gaussian processes, Sensor fusion, Generative modelling
Simo Särkkä, PI (external link)
Multi-sensor data fusion, Bayesian filtering and smoothing, Sensor fusion, Medical technology, AI
Aki Vehtari, PI (external link)
Bayesian analysis, Bayesian statistics, Gaussian processes, Probabilistic programming
Jiancheng Yang, PI (external link)
AI for health, 3D vision, Medical image analysis, Machine learning, Spatial intelligence
Guoying Zhao, PI (external link)
Affective computing, Artificial intelligence, Computer vision, Pattern recognition
Luigi Acerbi (external link)
Machine learning, Bayesian optimization, Computational neuroscience, Probabilistic inference
Haoyu Chen (external link)
Deep learning, Computer vision, Human gesture, 3D Generation, Emotion AI
Corinna Coupette (external link)
Networks, Computational legal theory, Legal data science, Responsible AI, Data-centric AI
Andrea Ganna (external link)
Health, Data science
Vikas Garg (external link)
Machine learning
Janne Heikkilä (external link)
Computer vision, Machine vision, Pattern recognition
Antti Honkela (external link)
Machine learning, Differential privacy, Bayesian inference, Bioinformatics
Alexandros Iosifidis (external link)
Computational intelligence, Machine learning, Machine perception, Financial data analytics
Juho Kanniainen (external link)
Data science, Machine learning, Financial data analytics, Time series analysis, Networks
Toni Karvonen (external link)
Numerical analysis, Approximation theory, Probabilistic numerics, Kernel methods, Gaussian processes
Arto Klami (external link)
Machine learning, Bayesian statistics, Artificial Intelligence
Ville Kyrki (external link)
Robotics, Machine learning, Computer vision
Eric Malmi (external link)
Large language models, Computational social science
Pekka Marttinen (external link)
Statistical machine learning, Computational biology
Annamaria Mesaros (external link)
Machine listening
Tapio Pahikkala (external link)
Machine learning, Pattern recognition, Computational intelligence, Data analysis
Kai Puolamäki (external link)
Data mining, Machine learning, Artificial intelligence, Atmospheric sciences
Esa Rahtu (external link)
Computer vision, Image understanding, Machine learning
Jenni Raitoharju (external link)
Machine learning, Computer vision, Environmental monitoring
Teemu Roos (external link)
Machine learning
Laura Ruotsalainen (external link)
Navigation, Computer vision
Jörg Tiedemann (external link)
Computational linguistics, Machine translation, Machine learning, Natural language processing, Information retrieval
Milica Todorović (external link)
First principles materials simulations and artificial intelligence
Indrė Žliobaitė (external link)
Data science, Concept drift, Macro evolution, Macroecology
ELLIS Institute Finland management
Institute management team 2025–2026
Samuel Kaski (external link)
Institute director
Vikas Garg (external link)
Attracting global talents
Filip Ginter (external link)
Company collaboration
Outi Kivekäs
Administration
Esa Rahtu (external link)
Startups
Laura Ruotsalainen (external link)
Natl. & internatl. collaboration
Guoying Zhao (external link)
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Petri Myllymäki (external link)
Team's external advisor
ELLIS Institute Finland administration
Contact the administration team: contact at ellisinstitute dot fi
Amanda Alvarez
Senior Communications Specialist
Mari Avikainen
Corporate Relations Manager
Outi Kivekäs
Chief of administration
Kaisa Pekkala
Coordinator
Elina Pylvänäinen
Coordinator
Wider ELLIS community in Finland
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