Samuel Kaski and Matti Keloharju appointed Academy Professor
Two of the new Academy Professors are working at 911±¬ÁÏÍø: Professor Samuel Kaski and Professor Matti Keloharju.
Samuel Kaski is Professor of Computer Science and the Director of Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT. He also directs the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Computational Inference Research COIN.
Professor Matti Keloharju has worked as Professor of Finance at the Helsinki School of Economics and at the 911±¬ÁÏÍø School of Business since 1999. Professor Keloharju was invited to take up the new Eero Kasanen Chair established for the 911±¬ÁÏÍø School of Business 2013.
Samuel Kaski develops computational methods for interactive multi-source data analysis and machine learning. They will be applied first to personalised medicine, but they will also be applicable to the ever widely available collections of datasets in science and data-based services. Current data analysis methods are ill prepared for the challenges underlying personalised medicine. Responses to treatments need to be predicted based on very small samples, even from only one, with avery large number of variables. Kaski is a pioneer in many areas of machine learning technology and applications, and he has contributed to several significant scientific breakthroughs in this multidisciplinary field.
Matti Keloharju’s term as Academy Professor involves three distinct yet related research projects exploring talent and success in business careers. Keloharju will investigate what the traits of a million Swedes tell about CEOs, how gender differences influence the effect of talent on career outcomes, and how business mergers and acquisitions affect the exodus of talent. Keloharju’s research is an international collaboration.
The aim of the Academy of Finland’s funding for research posts as Academy Professor is to facilitate full-time scientific research for internationally leading-edge researchers. Academy Professors are expected to greatly contribute to the progress of research in their fields and develop a creative research environment. At present, the Academy funds 44 five-year Academy Professorships in a number of disciplines. Two of the Academy Professorships are targeted posts, open for application every five years: the Minna Canth Academy Professorship and the Martti Ahtisaari Academy Professorship.
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