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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 12/10/2026

Accelerating sciencepreneurship in Europe: we have joined the ELIAS Alliance! 🚀 Partners incl. @aalto.fi @utu.fi @csc.fi. 👀 Read more in the press release: elias-ai.eu/news/events/... 📥 Sign up for our startup activities newsletter here: link.webropolsurveys.com/S/A6BEFFDFD7... @ellis.eu

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 06/10/2026

Onko termostaatilla tai lepakolla tietoisuutta, entä tekoälyllä? Uudessa Ja ihminen loi älyn -podcastin jaksossa kohtaavat filosofi @laurijarvilehto.bsky.social ja tekoälyn raskaan sarjan tutkijat @ericmalmi.bsky.social ja “Super” @arnosolin.bsky.social. ➡️ youtu.be/vUqW6OW7DB8 @csaalto.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 30/09/2026

We are excited to hear Risto Siilasmaa's thoughts on Rearchitecting leadership for the AI age, next Tuesday, October 6. This ELLIS Guest Talk is open to all at @csaalto.bsky.social. ➡️ www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-guest-... @icthiit.bsky.social @univhelsinkics.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 23/09/2026

Next week on Sept. 30: join our discussion on the convergence of AI and quantum technologies, online or at @aalto.fi. In collaboration with Institute Q. Register here: www.aalto.fi/en/events/th... @csaalto.bsky.social @univhelsinkics.bsky.social @vtt.fi @csc.fi

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 22/09/2026

Detecting diseases earlier with the help of AI: introducing @jeffbarrett.eu, one of our new principal investigators and professor at @helsinki.fi + @fimm-uh.bsky.social. “Helsinki brings together AI expertise and world-class biobank and health registry data." www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new...

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 16/09/2026

Last few days to apply for our postdoctoral and doctoral researcher positions. Don't forget the entrepreneurial postdoc track, for research ➡️ startup!

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 15/09/2026

Peliteoria on kaikkialla, missä tehdään päätöksiä. Podcastin uudessa jaksossa maailman johtava peliteoreetikko Tuomas Sandholm kertoo, mitä kaikkien pitäisi ymmärtää peliteoriasta ja miten tekoälyohjattu erinsiirto toimii. Juontajina @arnosolin.bsky.social @ericmalmi.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 09/09/2026

In the latest episode of our AI podcast, Kyunghyun Cho talks with @ericmalmi.bsky.social & @arnosolin.bsky.social about how attention is a universal solution to many AI challenges, why he isn’t worried about de-skilling and why coming to Finland was “the best decision ever”. youtu.be/a5oKBtp14MA

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 08/09/2026

Tomorrow's ELLIS Distinguished Lecture: @philipphennig.bsky.social (@tuebingen-ai.bsky.social) on Probabilistic Numerics: the rigid skeleton for AI-centric science. On Zoom and at LUT University. ➡️ www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-distin... @ellis.eu @csaalto.bsky.social @univhelsinkics.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 08/09/2026

Welcome new principal investigators! ELLIS Institute Finland has recruited seven new established scholars and rising stars to lead research groups. Our faculty is advancing machine learning research and innovation as part of @ellis.eu. Read more: www.ellisinstitute.fi/PIs-2026

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 03/09/2026

AI is speeding up science and transforming research and industry. Our recent @ellis.eu summer school gathered researchers and students to explore how AI methods are accelerating discovery and interdisciplinary exchange. Read more: www.ellisinstitute.fi/news-summer-... @csaalto.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 02/09/2026

Is AI development more dangerous than flying? AI safety researcher Katarina Slama discusses these risks & more on the podcast, including her journey from Finland ➡️ OpenAI. Listen and watch: youtu.be/nx0CeYeL1bM Hosted by @arnosolin.bsky.social + @ericmalmi.bsky.social @csaalto.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 21/08/2026

Want to turn frontier research into a startup? We offer an entrepreneurial postdoc track for recent PhDs who want to evolve academic projects into real-world ventures, in areas like AI for health or AI for science. Apply by Sept. 21: www.ellisinstitute.fi/entrepreneur... @samikaski.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 21/08/2026

Now #hiring: postdocs and PhD students in AI & machine learning research. Deadline Sept. 21, 2026. - Cutting-edge computational resources like @lumi-supercomputer.eu - Close collaboration with @ellis.eu network - Ambitious, high-impact projects across Finland www.ellisinstitute.fi/postdoc-and-...

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 18/08/2026

Neuroverkkotutkimus oli vuosikymmenten ajan suomalainen erikoisuus. Nyt samat menetelmät ovat tekoälyn ytimessä ja mullistavat maailmaa. Sukella Erkki Ojan kanssa tekoälyn historiaan ja tulevaisuuteen uudessa podcast-jaksossa: youtu.be/L2Mp3AZEqvQ 🎙️ @arnosolin.bsky.social + @ericmalmi.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 13/08/2026

Next ELLIS Distinguished Lecture on August 20: YingLi Tian (@deptee-ccny.bsky.social @cuny.edu) on Compressing Complexity: Knowledge Distillation and Model Quantization for Efficient and Accessible AI. Online and in-person at @aalto.fi. www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-distin... @csaalto.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 11/08/2026

Uusi podcast: Harri Valpola väittää, että yleinen tekoäly on jo täällä, kertoo robotiikan haasteista ja pohtii, miten tekoälyn hyödyt saadaan jaettua kaikille. Kuuntele Ja ihminen loi älyn -podcastia, jota juontaa @ericmalmi.bsky.social ja @arnosolin.bsky.social: youtu.be/cKns_aHnqUM

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 12/06/2026

The current AI revolution is about converting and processing information, a key part of being human -- Bernhard Schölkopf & co. established @ellis.eu for Europe to have a strong voice in this revolution. Re-watch Bernhard Schölkopf's public talk at @aalto.fi: www.youtube.com/live/p7XLgMC...

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 08/06/2026

Teaching robots to explore like humans: introducing Simone Parisi, one of our new principal investigators and assistant professor at Tampere University. Parisi is interested in reinforcement learning and autonomous agents. Read more: www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new... @ellis.eu

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 27/05/2026

We are delighted to have Bernhard Schölkopf (@ellisinsttue.bsky.social) give the next Distinguished Lecture, on June 10 at @aalto.fi. Lecture is open to all: www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-distin... @csaalto.bsky.social @univhelsinkics.bsky.social @icthiit.bsky.social @ellis.eu

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 30/04/2026

This weekend it's time for the #AISTATS2026 conference and Gaussians, graphs and gradients. Check out our researchers' posters in Tangier, May 2-5, or on our site! www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-instit... @ellis.eu @csaalto.bsky.social @univhelsinkics.bsky.social @samikaski.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 22/04/2026

Our researchers are at #ICLR2026 with the latest machine learning advances. Check them out April 23-27 in Rio de Janeiro and on our site ➡️ www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-instit... @iclr-conf.bsky.social @csaalto.bsky.social @univhelsinkics.bsky.social @ellis.eu @samikaski.bsky.social

Our latest results: ICLR + AISTATS 2026.
ELLIS Institute Finland's researchers are at some of the year's major AI and ML conferences, presenting a total of 26 papers and posters at ICLR and AISTATS.
See all the publications on our site.

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 21/04/2026

ELLIS Institute Finland's big ambitions: building the world's first nationwide foundation model for healthcare, boosting RDI with AI, bringing top talents to Europe. Read more about our first year and next steps from director @samikaski.bsky.social : www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-instit... @ellis.eu

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 16/04/2026

Apply now: AI for Research Summer School in August at @aalto.fi. Focusing on fundamental and applied AI methods for accelerating discovery across scientific domains. For students, postdocs, academics in AI+ML, especially @ellis.eu members. Apply by May 20: www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-summer...

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 15/04/2026

@ellis.eu Distinguished Lecture on May 11: Masashi Sugiyama (RIKEN AIP/University of Tokyo) -- Machine Learning from Imperfect Information: Foundations of Robust Intelligence in the Era of Foundation Models. ➡️ www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-distin... @csaalto.bsky.social @univhelsinkics.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 30/03/2026

Knowledge representation for better AI: introducing @michaelcochez.bsky.social, one of our new principal investigators and professor at Åbo Akademi University. Read more: www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new... @ellis.eu

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 02/03/2026

Next week: Lydia Chilton will give a guest talk hosted by @oulasvirta.bsky.social. Join us for "Collaboration, Control, and Trust in Human-AI Systems" on March 11 at 11:00-12:00 in T1 at @csaalto.bsky.social. @icthiit.bsky.social @univhelsinkics.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 10/02/2026

The next @ellis.eu Distinguished Lecture will be in one week, on February 17. Hatice Gunes (@cst.cam.ac.uk) will present Fairness for Affective and Wellbeing Computing Systems and Agents, online and at @oulu.fi. Details here: www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-distin...

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 09/02/2026

Large language models that are useful beyond English: introducing @jis11.bsky.social, one of our new principal investigators and assistant professor at @utu.fi. Ji is interested in multimodal AI for medical use and developing efficient LLMs Read more: www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new... @ellis.eu

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 12/01/2026

#Hiring: postdocs in artificial intelligence and machine learning research. Deadline February 9, 2026. - Cutting-edge computational resources like @lumi-supercomputer.eu - Close collaboration with @ellis.eu - Ambitious, high-impact projects across Finland ➡️ www.ellisinstitute.fi/postdoc-recr...

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 19/12/2025

ELLIS Institute Finland offers: 🎓 Professorship affiliation at partner university in 🇫🇮 💻 Access to world-class computing infrastructure @lumi-supercomputer.eu 🧠 Europe's best AI + machine learning researchers as colleagues in the @ellis.eu network. Join us! www.ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit-2...

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 12/12/2025

1 month until deadline! Join us to build your own lab in AI + machine learning research. World-class resources incl. @lumi-supercomputer.eu, generous starting package & professorship affiliation with a university in the world’s happiest country! ➡️ www.ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit-2... #hiring

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 08/12/2025

AI research for medical applications: introducing @azadef.bsky.social, one of our 9 new principal investigators and assistant professor at @aalto.fi. Read more: www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new-pis-azade-farshad-advances-ai-for-medical-applications @ellis.eu @csaalto.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 24/11/2025

ELLIS Institute Finland is hiring Principal Investigators in AI + machine learning. World-class resources for research incl. LUMI supercomputer, generous starting package & professorship affiliation with a university in the world’s happiest country! Apply by Jan. 12 ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit-2026

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 21/11/2025

This week's AI Summit and our Scientific Seminar officially launched ELLIS Institute Finland 🚀 Relive the talks, atmosphere and science with these photos (www.ellisinstitute.fi/ellis-instit...) as well as the livestream from the AI Summit in Turku: areena.yle.fi/1-76514739 @ellis.eu

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 18/11/2025

Our launch event continues today with the ELLIS Institute Scientific Seminar at @aalto.fi! We'll introduce many of our new faculty, hear some engaging keynotes, and talk about how to bring new fundamentals of machine learning into reality. cc @ellis.eu @samikaski.bsky.social @lrlaurahy.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 17/11/2025

Finland's PM Petteri Orpo cuts the ribbon to open ELLIS Institute Finland along with @samikaski.bsky.social, @serge.belongie.com, Peter Sarlin, Bernhard Schölkopf. An inspiring morning of discussion on the future of AI research and collaboration in Europe, powered by @ellis.eu and partners 💪

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 17/11/2025

The AI Summit is today! We look forward to celebrating the opening of ELLIS Institute Finland and hearing from stellar speakers in AI research, business and government. Tune in to the livestream areena.yle.fi/1-76514739 starting at 10:00 EET. Check out the program here: aisummit.fi @ellis.eu

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 03/11/2025

Foundation models for healthcare: introducing Jiancheng Yang, one of our 9 new principal investigators and assistant professor at @aalto.fi. Yang develops models that can reproduce medical observations and improve clinical decision-making. Read more: www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new... @ellis.eu

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 27/10/2025

A rap lyric generator led him to study large language models at Google DeepMind; now he'll look at LLMs for social sciences and humanities. Introducing @ericmalmi.bsky.social, new faculty & adjunct professor at @aalto.fi. www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new... @ellis.eu @csaalto.bsky.social

A man in a burgundy shirt stands in front of a textured dark grey wall with text introducing Eric Malmi of ELLIS Institute Finland.

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 20/10/2025

Developing #artificialintelligence that is trustworthy, efficient, and fair, even in unpredictable and changing environments: introducing Qi Chen, one of our 9 new principal investigators and assistant professor at @aalto.fi. www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new... @ellis.eu @csaalto.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 15/10/2025

Making #machinelearning outcomes stable in the face of strange inputs or malicious attacks: introducing Francesco Croce, one of our 9 new principal investigators & assistant professor at @aalto.fi. www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new... @ellis.eu @csaalto.bsky.social

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 08/09/2025

Computational methods in medicine & materials: introducing Mikko Karttunen, one of our 9 new principal investigators & prof at @uniuef.bsky.social. "AI is a bigger change than the arrival of the internet. Its development must be interdisciplinary" www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new... @ellis.eu

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 03/09/2025

Doctoral education pilots and ELLIS Institute Finland awarded the Aalto University Research Impact Award: www.aalto.fi/en/news/aalt... Institute director @samikaski.bsky.social was on stage yesterday to receive the award. Thank you for this recognition from the @aalto.fi community 💐

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 20/08/2025

Welcome new principal investigators! 9 leading scholars and rising stars in AI & machine learning are joining ELLIS Institute Finland, part of the @ellis.eu network. Read more about our new professors: ➡️ www.ellisinstitute.fi/PIs-2025

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 23/05/2025

Thanks to supporters who joined, including our 13 university partners👇 , @aalto.fi President Ilkka Niemelä, Peter Sarlin, @okm.fi Minister of Science & Culture Mari-Leena Talvitie and colleagues from @csc.fi

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 23/05/2025

World-changing ideas can start from a blackboard. The ELLIS Institute Finland blackboard was revealed at the pre-launch, as a nod to the @ellis.eu logo and as a symbol of how we are bringing New Fundamentals of machine learning from the drawing board towards transformative applications.

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 23/05/2025

New Fundamentals…for innovation, collaboration, scientific discovery & more. At our pre-launch event on May 21, @samikaski.bsky.social outlined the ELLIS Institute mission to fundamentally re-work AI and ML to transform R&D, enhance human-AI teamwork & create exciting new science. 👇🧵

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Photos by Matti Ahlgren/Aalto University

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ELLIS Institute Finland @ellisinstitute.fi · 20/02/2025

The ELLIS Institute is at the interface of academic research and entrepreneurship -- "where you feel you can make an impact", says Vikas Garg, a member of @ellis.eu and @csaalto.bsky.social. Read more and apply for a Principal Investigator position by March 9: www.ellisinstitute.fi/where-you-fe...

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