News

Jouko Lampinen appointed Dean of the Aalto University School of Science

Lampinen starts his five-year period as Dean on 1 June.

Professor Jouko Lampinen,D.Sc. (Tech.), 53, has been appointed Dean of the Aalto University School of Science and as a member of the University's Management Team. His five-year period as Dean starts on 1 June 2016.

Lampinen has several years of experience as Head of Department at the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science and at the Department of Computer Science, which he has been leading since 2015. Lampinen has also served as Vice Dean of the School of Science between 2014 and 2015.

Lampinen has worked as Professor of Computational Engineering at Aalto University and its predecessor Helsinki University of Technology since 1996. He has focused his research on probabilistic modelling of complex phenomena, pattern recognition and data-analysis.

– The School of Science is a unique cluster of international cutting-edge research, advancing Finnish technological development. I am very proud to serve this community, and I take this task with a very positive outlook and great faith in the future, says Lampinen.

– Jouko Lampinen has versatile management expertise in the academic world. His contribution during the merging of the three departments of the School of Science into one large Department of Computer Science has been excellent. I am glad that Jouko will be developing the University with us also in future, says President of Aalto University Tuula Teeri.

The Dean of the School of Science is responsible for directing the School’s activities in accordance with Aalto University’s strategy and taking part in the long-term development of the University as a member of its Management Team. The Dean is responsible for the overall development and international competitiveness of the School, for allocating its resources within the framework of the University’s overall operating plan and budget, and for recruiting faculty in accordance with Aalto University’s tenure track policies. Dean reports to the Provost.

The current Dean of the School of Science Risto Nieminen is retiring from his position as Dean and Professor on 1 June 2016.

More information:
President Tuula Teeri

tel.050 452 4690 (assistant Hely Kilpeläinen)
[email protected]

Professor Jouko Lampinen
050 560 4827
[email protected]

Photo: Aalto-yliopisto/Anni Hanén

  • Published:
  • Updated:

Read more news

Close-up of Helsinki Central Station with two stone statues holding spherical lamps and the sign 'RAUTA'.
Press releases Published:

Aalto University launches fundraising campaign with aim of raising €30 million as university celebrates 15th anniversary

With the donations, Aalto will be able to respond better to the growing needs of high-quality education, research and innovation
The new, more sensitive infrared sensor brings benefits to many different technologies. Photo: Aalto University / Xiaolong Liu
Press releases, Research & Art Published:

Building better infrared sensors

New innovation significantly boosts sensor responsivity
An artistic rendering of two chips on a circuit board, one is blue and the other is orange and light is emitting from their surf
Press releases Published:

Researchers aim to correct quantum errors at super-cold temperatures instead of room temperature

One of the major challenges in the development of quantum computers is that the quantum bits, or qubits, are too imprecise. More efficient quantum error correction is therefore needed to make quantum computers more widely available in the future. Professor Mikko Möttönen has proposed a novel solution for quantum error correction and has received a three-year grant from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation to develop it.
Modern and Mesopotamian people experience love in a rather similar way. In Mesopotamia, love is particularly associated with the liver, heart and knees. Figure: Modern/PNAS: Lauri Nummenmaa et al. 2014, Mesopotamian: Juha Lahnakoski 2024.
Press releases Published:

We might feel love in our fingertips –– but did the Ancient Mesopotamians?

A multidisciplinary team of researchers studied a large body of texts to find out how people in the ancient Mesopotamian region (within modern day Iraq) experienced emotions in their bodies thousands of years ago, analysing one million words of the ancient Akkadian language from 934-612 BC in the form of cuneiform scripts on clay tablets.