For Master’s students

I am the responsible professor for the Complex Systems major in the Life Science Technologies master’s programme at Aalto University. The application period is around January-February.

If you have a B.Sc. in computer science, physics, applied maths, bioinformatics, or similar (i.e. know probability & statistics, differential equations, linear algebra, and have at least some experience of crunching numbers with Python, Matlab, or R), and want to learn networks, nonlinear dynamics, a bit of machine learning, and other fun stuff, this major is for you. There’s a lot of freedom and you can tailor the major to suit your interests; you can find the curriculum here.

The complex systems major is also a very good way of getting into Ph.D. studies in my group or in the groups of my colleagues at CS Aalto—many of our Ph.D. students are from the major.

For PhD students

At the time being, I am already using all my available funding (at Aalto, Ph.D. students are fully paid researchers!) and cannot thus hire more students, but if you have an excellent track record and know network science / complex systems, send me your CV anyway, and if I know anyone else who’s looking for students, I’ll tip them…