Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis
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.
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Our research groups:
Research groups working on algebra and discrete mathematics
Research groups working on mathematical analysis
Research groups working on applied mathematics and mechanics
Research groups working on stochastics and statistics
Research groups working on systems and operations research.
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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!
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.
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 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
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.
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.
Public defence in the field of Mathematics and Statistics, MSc Teemu Lundström
Combinatorics of poset polytopes (Title of the thesis).