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Organisation profile
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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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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Profiles
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Halidu Abdulai
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Information Technology - Doctoral Researcher
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Kansallinen kyberturvallisuuden jatkuvan oppimisen yhteistyöverkosto
Walden, M. (Principal Investigator) & Torbunova, A. (Participant)
Economic Development Centre, European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)
01/04/26 → 30/11/28
Project: EU
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Energy-Efficient LLMs for Regional Applications
Olama, A. (Principal Investigator), Lundell, A. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Björkqvist, J. (Co-Principal Investigator)
Högskolestiftelsen i Österbotten
01/04/26 → 31/03/29
Project: Foundation
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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) & Wingren, M. (Co-Investigator)
01/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Research Council of Finland/Other Research Councils
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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Data Lakehouses for Enabling Digital Product Passport Orchestration
Berger, K., Hellman, F., Lundell, A., Björkqvist, J. & Baumgartner, R. J., May 2026, In: Procedia CIRP. 140, p. 132-137Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › Scientific › peer-review
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Decoding the Multimodal Maze: A Systematic Review on the Adoption of Explainability in Multimodal Attention-based Models
Kibria, M. R., Lafond, S. & Arslan, J., Apr 2026, In: Information Fusion. 135, 104405.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › 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
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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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ÅAU and UMU cooperation days 27-28.5.2026
Tuuf, J. (Organiser), Backlund, S. (Organiser), Björklund-Sänkiaho, M. (Organiser), Björkqvist, J. (Organiser), Backholm-Nyberg, Y. (Organiser) & Lundell, A. (Organiser)
27 May 2026 → 28 May 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organization of a workshop, panel, session or tutorial
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EnTechtisdag
Tuuf, J. (Organiser), Lundell, A. (Organiser), Backlund, S. (Organiser) & Björklund-Sänkiaho, M. (Organiser)
17 Mar 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organization of a workshop, panel, session or tutorial
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TIN goes Vaasa Startup Factory
Backlund, S. (Organiser), Tuuf, J. (Organiser) & Björklund-Sänkiaho, M. (Organiser)
3 Mar 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organization of a workshop, panel, session or tutorial
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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