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About HICT

The Helsinki Doctoral Education Network in Information and Communications Technology (HICT) is a collaborative doctoral education network hosted jointly by Aalto University and the University of Helsinki, the two leading universities within this area in Finland.

Research areas

  • Algorithms and machine learning
  • Life science informatics
  • Networks, networked systems and services
  • Software and service engineering and systems
  • User centered and creative technologies

Admissions

HICT has two open calls for fully-funded doctoral student positions each year.

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What's new?

Aug 30

HICT Autumn kickoff 2019

Would you like to have a fresh, relaxed start for autumn after summer holidays? Are you eager to get to know other ICT researchers in Helsinki area? Come meet other doctoral students and researchers working in computer science...

May 02

CS Communications afternoons – workshop series on May-June 2019

The Department of Computer Science in collaboration with the Helsinki Doctoral Education Network in Information and Communications Technology (HICT) arranges a new series of workshops around topics of science communic...

Mar 11

HICT S5 - Scientific Symposium of the Students, by the Students, for the Students

HICT students from Aalto CS, COMNET and University of Helsinki CS proudly present the very first: HICT S5 - Scientific Symposium of the Students, by the Students, for the Students 25th of April, 2019 REGISTER YOUR TALK OR POSTER NOW AND READ M...