Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis

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Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis

Our main research areas are algebra and discrete mathematics, analysis, applied mathematics and mechanics, stochastics and statistics, and systems analysis and operations research. We offer major and minor studies at both bachelor's and master's levels and provide doctoral research training. Our graduates have been recruited by universities, research institutes, governmental agencies as well as companies in the financial, energy and transportation sectors.

Aalto University / Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis

For full information on the department, visit:

math.aalto.fi

Our research groups:

News

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Influence the Campus Vision 2050 update: mark your views on the map

What do you want our campus to be in 2050? We’ll be collecting ideas for the update over the coming months. Tell us what you think!
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Research & Art, University Published:

Aalto University involved in four research projects selected for funding in Business Finland’s major call

The Rise to Challenge projects will develop AI-powered decision-making in healthcare, signal technology to scale up quantum information processing, higher-precision imaging technology and quantum computing applied to bio and DNA data.
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Research & Art Published:

Four physicists receive significant funding from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation

The grants are used to study things like overheating quantum computers and early-stage water condensation on surfaces
Aalto Inernational Talent -ohjelman opiskelijoita vierailemassa Outokummun toimitiloissa Helsingissä.
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Aalto International Talent Program mentor Matti Aksela: I recommend participating to all companies

The Program enables companies to get to know international talent easily and develop a more diverse work community.

Events

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Staff trainings, Training to support research

Intro to Scientific Computing and HPC 3-5 June 2026

Hands-on course to support your data science tasks, for interns and doctoral researchers seeking computational resources.
ABC Seminar - Cyril Pernet - June 4th
Lectures and seminars

Transparent science across the life cycle

Welcome to our ABC Seminars! This time, Cyril Pernet (Copenhagen University Hospital) will discuss transparency and reproducibility in neuroimaging, highlighting how open-science practices and infrastructures can support research that is inspectable, reusable, ethically governed, and trustworthy over time.
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Public defences

Public defence in the field of Mathematics and Statistics, MSc Teemu Lundström

Combinatorics of poset polytopes (Title of the thesis).
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Public defences

Public defence in Computer Science, MPsych Hannu Pesonen

On the role of motivational and affective factors as experienced by programming students (Title of the thesis)

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