Professor Tapio Elomaa, Ph.D. Department of Software Systems Tampere University of Technology P.O. Box 553, FI-33101 Tampere Finland tapio.elomaa @ tut.fi phone: +358 40 84 903 94 fax: +358 3 3115 2913 I am also Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Dept. of Computer Science University of Helsinki

News and Announcements

• I am now a member of the Editorial Board of the Machine Learning journal
• We organized the 14th DS and 22nd ALT conference in Espoo, Finland, Oct. 5-7, 2011
• I lecture in Spring 2012 (periods III and IV) the course Artificial Intelligence
• In Fall 2011 (periods I and II) I lectured the course Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science

Teaching

My office is TF214.

Tampere Doctoral Programme (formerly Graduate School) in Information Science and Engineering (TISE)

Courses

• Varied topics in algorithmics, OHJ-2650 Algoritmiikan vaihtuva-aiheinen kurssi:
  • Probability and computing, Todennäköisyys ja laskenta 05/06
• OHJ-2556 Artificial intelligence 10, 11, 12
  
  • Previously OHJ-2550 (8101905) Tekoäly 03, 04, 07, 09
• OHJ-2306 Introduction to theoretical computer science 09, 10, 11
  
  • Previously OHJ-2300 (8101100) Johdatus tietojenkäsittelyteoriaan 04, 05, 05b, 06, 08
• Earlier courses

Research Interests

Well-F(o)unded Approaches to Pure Computer Science (to be defined ...)

• Machine Learning, symbolic, empirical and analytical
• Data Mining, methodology
• Data Structures and Algorithms , analysis
• Artificial Intelligence, philosophy and foundations
• Pattern Recognition

Projects & Programmes

• Current
  • REALM: Reactive Learning and Mining, 2010-11 Academy of Finland.
  • My current post-graduate students include: Teemu Heinimäki, Jani Isohanni
• Past
  • My post-graduate alumni includes:
    • Timo Aho Dr.Tech. 2012, Heidi Koivisto, Lic.Tech. 2010, Jussi Kujala, Dr.Tech. 2008
    • Ilkka Autio, Ph.D. 2008, Matti Kääriäinen, Ph.D. 2004, Juho Rousu, Ph.D. 2001
  • Adjunct professor of Computer Science at Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology 2000 - 2010
  • Machine Learning and Online Data Structures, Senior Scientist Grant, 2007-08 Academy of Finland.
  • ALEA: Approximation and Learning Algorithms, 2005-08 Academy of Finland. (Consortium with Jyrki Kivinen).
  • INTENTS: Intelligent Online Data Structures, 2004-07 Academy of Finland
  • Intelligent Control of an Autonomous Robot, 2000-02 University of Helsinki
  • From Data to Knowledge, NeuroCOLT 2, KDNet, MLnet, ...
• Extended Visits Abroad
  • Technische Universität München, Lehrstuhl I12 from March to August, 2008
  • In 1997-98 I spent 19 months as a TMR Marie Curie Fellow
    at ISIS, Joint Research Centre, European Commission in Ispra, Italy

Professional Activities

• Editoria Board Member of, e.g.,
  • Machine Learning
  • Journal of Intelligent Information Systems

• I have served as
  • PC Co-Chair of
    • 14th DS (Espoo), 2011
    • 18th ISMIS (Prague), 2009
    • 13th ECML and 6th PKDD (Helsinki), 2002
  • Area/Vice Chair of
    • 23rd/16th ECML PKDD (Bristol, UK), 2012
    • 22nd/15th ECML PKDD (Athens, Greece), 2011
    • 8th ICDM (Pisa, Italy), 2008
    • 19th ECML/12th PKDD (Antwerp, Belgium), 2008
    • 12th PAKDD (Osaka, Japan), 2008
  • Workshop and Tutorial Co-Chair of 17th ECML / 10th PKDD (Berlin), 2006
  • Steering Committee member of:
    • 15th DS (Lyon, France), 2012
    • ISMIS, 2011 - 2012
    • ECML/PKDD, 2003 - 2005
  • PC member 100+ times in 30+ Conference/Workshop series

• Current Program Committee memberships include
  • 20th ISMIS (Macau), Steering Committee member, Dec. 4 -7, 2012
  • 15th DS (Lyon, France), Oct. 29 - 31, 2012
  • 23rd/16th ECML PKDD (Bristol, UK), Area Chair, Sept. 24 - 28, 2012
  • 20th ECAI (Montpellier, France), Aug. 27 - 21, 2012
  • 26th AAAI (Toronto, Canada), Senior PC, July 22 - 26, 2012
  • 16th PAKDD (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), May 29 - Jun. 1, 2012
  • 10th IEEE/WIC/ACM IAT (Lyon, France), Aug. 22 - 27, 2011
  • 22nd IJCAI (Barcelona, Spain), Senior PC, July 16 - 22, 2011
  • 28th ICML (Bellevue, Washington, WA), June 28 - July 2, 2011

  • Some earlier PCs:
    2011: ECML PKDD, DS, ISMIS
    2010: ICML, ICDM, DS, IAT, DaWaK, KES
    2009: ECML PKDD, ICDM, DS, IAT, ISMIS
    2008: ICDM, ECML PKDD, IAT, DS, PAKDD, ISMIS
    2007: ECML/PKDD, PAKDD, DS
    2006: ECAI, ECML/PKDD, DS, ISMIS
    2005: ICML, ECML/PKDD, DS
    ...: ECML/PKDD 2004, ECML/PKDD 2003, ICML 2002, ECML/PKDD 2002

• We have organized
  • 22nd ALT and 14th DS, Espoo, Finland, Oct. 2011
  • Workshop on Algorithms and Applications, Helsinki May 28, 2010.
  • 25th ICML, 24th UAI, and 21st COLT in Helsinki July 5 - 12, 2008
  • Summer School on Algorithmic Data Analysis in Helsinki May 27 - June 2, 2007
  • 13th ECML and 6th PKDD in Helsinki August 19 - 23, 2002

• EATCS, European Association for Theoretical Computer Science
• IMLS, International Machine Learning Society
• MCFA, Marie Curie Fellows Association

Publications

DBLP
Selected Publications

Feb. 2, 2012 http://www.cs.tut.fi/~elomaa/