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Organisation profile
The research at Information Technology is organized around on four themes:
- data-driven green transition in industry
- high performance, energy efficient algorithms and low emission computing platforms for artificial intelligence and machine learning
- mission critical, secure and resilient software systems
- modeling and simulation for biosciences
The unit is part of the Doctoral Programme in Science and Information Technology, the Finnish Doctoral Program Network in Artificial Intelligence (AI-DOC) and coordinates FAST, the Finnish Software Engineering Doctoral Research Network.
The unit is responsible for the following undergraduate and graduate programmes:
- Bachelor of Science (technology) in Computer Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
- Master's Degree Programme in Information Technology: Computer Engineering in Åbo
- Master's Degree Programme in Information Technology: Computer Engineering in Vasa
- Master's Degree Programme in Information Technology: Computer Science
Moreover, the unit is coordinating the following double-degree and Erasmus Mundus master's programmes:
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Research units
Profiles
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Halidu Abdulai
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Information Technology - Doctoral Researcher
Person
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Moh'd Abu Quttain
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Information Technology - Research Assistant
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HUMAIN: HUMan-AI Interaction and Innovation Nexus
Lundell, A. (Principal Investigator), Ventus, D. (Co-Principal Investigator), Backholm-Nyberg, Y. (Co-Investigator), Andersson, S. (Co-Investigator), Hägglund, S. (Co-Investigator) & Backlund, S. (Co-Investigator)
01/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Research Council of Finland/Other Research Councils
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DPPxV: Extra value from Digital Product Passports
Björkqvist, J. (Principal Investigator), Lundell, A. (Co-Principal Investigator), Tuuf, J. (Co-Investigator) & Martin-Granizo, A. (Co-Investigator)
01/10/25 → 31/03/26
Project: Industry/Business Finland
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EDISS 2: Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Programme on the Engineering of Data-intensive Intelligent Software Systems
Lafond, S. (Principal Investigator), Strömborg, M. (Coordinator) & Iancu, B. (Participant)
01/09/25 → 31/10/31
Project: EU
Publications
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Balancing Innovations and Responsibilities: Perspectives of Socially Assistive Robots in Finnish Pharmacies.
Estman, L., Andtfolk, M., Hägglund, S., Wingren, M., Andersson, S., Lundell, A. & Rosenberg, S., 2026, (Submitted) In: Ethics and Information Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Fast label-free live imaging with FlowVision reveals key principles of cancer cell arrest on endothelial monolayers
Follain, G., Ghimire, S., Pylvänäinen, J. W., Vaitkevičiūtė, M., Hidalgo-Cenalmor, I., Wurzinger, D., Guzmán, C., Conway, J. R. W., Dibus, M., Härkönen, J., Oikari, S., Rilla, K., Salmi, M., Ivaska, J. & Jacquemet, G., 6 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: EMBO Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Medication Counseling with Large Language Models: Balancing Flexibility and Rigidity
Sabel, J., Wingren, M., Lundell, A., Andersson, S., Rosenberg, S., Hägglund, S., Estman, L. & Andtfolk, M., 28 Jan 2026, 2025 IEEE International Conference on Agentic AI (ICA). 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Published conference proceeding › Scientific › peer-review
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Datasets
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Performance Exploration Dataset
Ahmad, T. (Creator) & Truscan, D. (Creator), Zenodo, 1 Oct 2020
Dataset
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ABOships-PLUS
Jesper, W. (Creator), Bogdan, I. (Creator), Valentin, S. (Creator) & Johan, L. (Creator), Zenodo, 8 Jan 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10469672, https://zenodo.org10469672
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Type-Aware schedules and parameters
Holmbacka, S. (Creator), Zenodo, 13 Feb 2017
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.290651, https://zenodo.org/record/290651
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Prizes
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Best Paper Award
Ahmad, T. (Recipient) & Truscan, D. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Activities
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Career Night at Academill
Lundell, A. (Organiser), Tuuf, J. (Organiser), Backlund, S. (Organiser) & Björklund-Sänkiaho, M. (Organiser)
10 Feb 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organization of a workshop, panel, session or tutorial
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Medlem av betygsnämnd
Björkqvist, J. (Member of examination board ), Braskén, M. (Member of examination board ) & Helle, H. I. (Member of examination board )
6 Feb 2026Activity: Evaluation, assessment or examination › Examination
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PRUNEX: A Hierarchical Communication-Efficient System for Distributed CNN Pruning
Olama, A. (Speaker)
2 Dec 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
Press/Media
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Åbo Akademi forskar kring framtida samarbetet mellan mänska och AI
Backholm-Nyberg, Y. & Lundell, A.
02/12/25
1 item of Media coverage
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Intervju om nytt utbildningspaket med fokus på batteriindustrin på svenska.yle.fi
23/08/21
1 Media contribution
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