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Tapani Raiko

doctor of science, docent

Office:
Room T-B305 in Computer Science Building,
Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi campus area, Espoo
Postal Address:
Department of Information and Computer Science,
P.O. Box 15400, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
Phone:
+358 50 5225750 (primary) +358 50 4301659 (secondary)
Email:
firstname.lastname@aalto.fi

Research

I am working in the Deep Learning and Bayesian Modelling group in the Department of Information and Computer Science in Aalto University School of Science.
My research concerns studying latent variable models in nonlinear, high-dimensional, and relational settings. After my doctoral degree, I have returned to basics in a sense, improving very basic machine learning methods such as principal component analysis and the restricted Boltzmann machine. My application areas range from control of mechanical systems to classification of proteins. My latest interest is deep learning. You can read more from my project page (2010-2012), thesis page (2006), or publication list.
I am also working for ZenRobotics Ltd. as a senior scientist. See videos trailer 1 and trailer 2 about ZenRobotics.

Teaching

Students

Adminstration

I am active in the Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society, having been the organising chair of some of its conferences (SCAI 2006, STeP 2008), and the local arrangement chair of the MLSP 2010 workshop. I have also been the academic coordinator of the Master's programme on Machine Learning and Data Mining.

Interests

I am interested in board games, I have for instance implemented AI players for Go and some connection games. I also sing in vocal groups and enjoy music. My latest hobby is juggling.

Publications

Journal articles
Book chapters
Theses
Edited books
Conference papers
Other publications

Software packages released by the Bayes group