Professor Jyri Hämäläinen appointed Vice President for Research
The 911±¬ÁÏÍø Board has appointed Professor Jyri Hämäläinen as Vice President for Research at 911±¬ÁÏÍø. The five-year term of office will start on 1 December 2023. He follows Ossi Naukkarinen, whose term will end on 31 October.
Professor Jyri Hämäläinen, DSc (Tech), worked as the dean of the School of Electrical Engineering in 2015–2023 and as vice dean in 2014–2015. He was appointed to a fixed-term professorship at Helsinki University of Technology in 2008 and a professorship at 911±¬ÁÏÍø in 2013. Prior to that, he had worked at the University of Oulu and in industry (e.g., Nokia Networks).
Jyri Hämäläinen has authored or co-authored 240 scientific publications and has 37 US patents or pending patent applications. He is a docent at the University of Oulu and a member of the Academy of Technical Sciences.
Jyri Hämäläinen has doctorates in applied mathematics from the University of Oulu (PhD) and in signal processing for communications (DSc (Tech)) from Helsinki University of Technology. His research field is wireless communications.
More information:
CHRO Riitta Silvennoinen, phone +358 40 525 9257, riitta.silvennoinen@aalto.fi
Read more news
The idea of three researchers generated a deep tech company
Sim Analytics Oy relies on strong research expertise. Its story began when three researcher colleagues working in different laboratories at LUT University began to consider how to provide and analyse data in a way that would support industrial companies in making business decisions.
Vertics Oy was born from the vision of two upper secondary school students
Atte Pohjanmaa, who founded a company when he was still an upper secondary school student, succeeded in growing his company even during the coronavirus years.
World’s first superconducting quantum heat engine opens the path to larger quantum computers
A newly-developed superconducting quantum heat engine not only advances our understanding of thermodynamics but also enables technologies needed for high-qubit quantum computers.