Personal profile
Biography
My webpage is at https://kaski-lab.com
External positions
Research Director, Christabel Pankhurst Institute for Health Technology
2021 → …
Director, ELLIS Unit Helsinki, Aalto University
2020 → …
Director, Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI), Aalto University
2018 → …
Vice Director, Center of Excellence in Adaptive Informatics Research, Aalto University
2006 → 2011
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Christabel Pankhurst Institute
- Institute for Data Science and AI
- Sustainable Futures
- Digital Futures
Keywords
- Machine Learning
- Probabilistic Modelling
- Artificial Inteligence
- Bioinformatics
- Computational medicine
- User-centred Design
- Brain signal analysis
- User interaction
Expertise related to 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. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Gradient Regularized Natural Gradients
Dash, S. P., Abdi, H., Pan, W., Kaski, S. & Sun, M., 26 Jan 2026, (Submitted) arXiv, 30 p.Research output: Preprint/Working paper › Preprint
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Rank-1 Approximation of Inverse Fisher for Natural Policy Gradients in Deep Reinforcement Learning
Huo, Y., Dash, S. P., Stoican, R., Kaski, S. & Sun, M., 26 Jan 2026, (Submitted) arXiv, p. 1-31, 31 p.Research output: Preprint/Working paper › Preprint
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Rank-1 Approximation of Inverse Fisher for Natural Policy Gradients in Deep Reinforcement Learning
Huo, Y., Dash, S. P., Stoican, R., Kaski, S. & Sun, M., 2026, In: Transactions on Machine Learning Research. 2026-FebruaryResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Amortized Bayesian Experimental Design for Decision-Making
Huang, D., Guo, Y., Acerbi, L. & Kaski, S., Feb 2025, Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 37: 38th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2024). Globerson, A., Mackey, L., Belgrave, D., Fan, A., Paquet, U., Tomczak, J. & Zhang, C. (eds.). 9798331314385: Neural Information Processing Systems Foundation, Inc., p. 1-2 27 p. (Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems; vol. 37).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Amortized Probabilistic Conditioning for Optimization, Simulation and Inference
Chang, P. E., Loka, N., Huang, D., Remes, U., Kaski, S. & Acerbi, L., 2025, Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS) 2025. Journal of Machine Learning Research, p. 703-711 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Turing AI Fellowship: Human-AI Research Teams - Steering AI in Experimental Design and Decision-Making
Kaski, S. (PI), Bristow, R. (CoI), Cai, P. (CoI), Jay, C. (CoI) & Peek, N. (CoI)
1/10/21 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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MCAIF: Centre for AI Fundamentals
Kaski, S. (PI), Alvarez, M. (Researcher), Pan, W. (Researcher), Mu, T. (Researcher), Rivasplata, O. (PI), Sun, M. (PI), Mukherjee, A. (PI), Caprio, M. (PI), Sonee, A. (Researcher), Leroy, A. (Researcher), Wang, J. (Researcher), Lee, J. (Researcher), Parakkal Unni, M. (Researcher), Sloman, S. (Researcher), Menary, S. (Researcher), Quilter, T. (Researcher), Hosseinzadeh, A. (PGR student), Mousa, A. (PGR student), Glover, E. (PGR student), Das, A. (PGR student), DURSUN, F. (PGR student), Zhu, H. (PGR student), Abdi, H. (PGR student), Dandago, K. (PGR student), Piriyajitakonkij, M. (PGR student), Rachman, R. (PGR student), Shi, X. (PGR student), Keany, T. (PGR student), Liu, X. (PGR student), Jiang, Y. (PGR student), Wan, Z. (PGR student), Harrison, M. (Support team), Hartford, J. (PI), Kangin, D. (Researcher), Harikumar, H. (PI), Dubey, M. (PI), Parakkal Unni, M. (PI), Dash, S. P. (PGR student), Mi, X. (PGR student), Barlas, Y. (PGR student), Osho, T. (Support team), Tariq, M. (Support team), Zhang, X. (Researcher), Nzoyem, R. D. (Researcher) & Hudson, T. (Researcher)
1/10/21 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
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RAI: Centre for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Cangelosi, A. (PI), Lennox, B. (PI), Weightman, A. (CoI), Dennis, L. (CoI), Dixon, C. (CoI), Fisher, M. (CoI), Herrmann, G. (CoI), Dickson, A. (CoI), Lanzon, A. (CoI), Stancu, A. (CoI), Miller, A. (CoI), Freitas, A. (CoI), Nini, A. (CoI), Voronkov, A. (CoI), Brass, A. (CoI), Vijayaraghavan, A. (CoI), Parslew, B. (CoI), crowther, W. (CoI), Grieve, B. (CoI), Adorno, B. (CoI), Jay, C. (CoI), Wang, C. C. L. (CoI), Todd, C. (CoI), Soutis, C. (CoI), Arsene, C. (CoI), Dresner, D. (CoI), Barrett, E. (CoI), Gowen, E. (CoI), Arvin, F. (CoI), Podd, F. (CoI), Brown, G. (CoI), Reger, G. (CoI), Cooper, G. (CoI), Mairs, H. (CoI), Yin, H. (CoI), Kinloch, I. (CoI), Eleftheriou, I. (CoI), Li, J. (CoI), Carrasco Gomez, J. (CoI), Ainsworth, J. (CoI), Sinha, J. (CoI), Ozanyan, K. (CoI), Smith, K. (CoI), Twomey, K. (CoI), Margetts, L. (CoI), Ren, L. (CoI), Zhang, L. (CoI), Cordeiro, L. (CoI), Rattray, M. (PI), Bissett, M. (CoI), Elliot, M. (CoI), Alvarez, M. (CoI), Luján, M. (CoI), Nabawy BSc, MSc, PhD, MRAeS, SMAIAA, FHEA, M. (CoI), Peek, N. (CoI), Marjanovic, O. (CoI), Dorn, O. (CoI), Dudek, P. (CoI), Green, P. (CoI), Connolly, P. (CoI), Da Silva Bartolo, P. J. (CoI), Gardner, P. (CoI), Martin, P. (CoI), Potluri, P. (CoI), Curtis, R. (CoI), Schmidt, R. (CoI), Banach, R. (CoI), Batista-Navarro, R. T. (CoI), Kaski, S. (CoI), Midson, S. (CoI), Watson, S. (CoI), Holm, S. (CoI), Furber, S. (CoI), Schlegel, V. (CoI), Mirihanage, W. (CoI), Mansell, W. (CoI), Pan, W. (CoI), Sampson, B. (CoI), Sellers, W. (CoI), Yang, W. (CoI), Cai, P. (CoI), Sun, Y. (CoI), Alharthi, A. (Researcher), Macario Rojas, A. (Researcher), Serhan, B. (Researcher), Yu, C. (Researcher), Abara, D. (Researcher), Lopez Pulgarin, E. (Researcher), Faruq, F. (Researcher), Tavella, F. (Researcher), Semeraro, F. (Researcher), Liu, G. (Researcher), Fang, G. (Researcher), Niu, H. (Researcher), Taylor, H. (PI), Zhu, H. (PGR student), Collenette, J. (Researcher), Amano, K. (Researcher), Lo, K. C. J. (PGR student), Raggioli, L. (Researcher), Romeo, M. (Researcher), Ruocco, M. (PGR student), Ghaffari Saadat, M. (Researcher), Walmsley, M. (Researcher), Mubarik, A. (Researcher), Vinanzi, S. (Researcher), Su, Y.-H. (PGR student), McAleese, H. (PGR student), Stringer, P. (PGR student), Stoican, R. (PGR student), Ye, R. (PGR student), Kurawa, S. S. (PGR student), Zhang, T. (PGR student), Krywonos, W. (PGR student), Xu, Y. (PGR student), Tian, Y. (PGR student), Henderson, A. (Technical team), Morley, D. (Support team), Tallentire, J. (Support team), Smith, J. (Support team), Hawthornthwaite, S. (Support team), Carlson, J. (Support team) & Baniqued, P. D. (Researcher)
Project: Research
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Neural information extraction, Multi-view, multi-modal VAEs for inferring and ranking associations in context, and Visual analytics.
Ananiadou, S. (PI), Kaski, S. (CoI) & Rattray, M. (CoI)
1/04/23 → 29/02/24
Project: Research
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EBSynerGy: 21EBTA: Engineering Biology with Synthetic Genomes
Cai, P. (PI), Barran, P. (CoI), Delneri, D. (CoI), Green, A. (CoI), Kaski, S. (CoI), Lovelock, S. (CoI), Micklefield, J. (CoI) & Shapira, P. (CoI)
31/01/22 → 30/01/24
Project: Research
Prizes
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Aalto University Research Impact Award
Kaski, S. (Recipient), 2 Sept 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant 2025
Kaski, S. (Recipient), 17 Jun 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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FCAI receives Aalto University's Pioneering Excellence Award 2022
Kaski, S. (Recipient), 4 Oct 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Most Visionary AI Leader of the Year
Kaski, S. (Recipient), 11 Jan 2025
Prize: National/international honour
Activities
- 1 Invited talk
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Collaborative AI for assisting virtual laboratories
Kaski, S. (Speaker)
2 Dec 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Press/Media
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City should help lead the way to AI future
Kaski, S., Lennox, B. & Curry, R.
10/09/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert comment
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BBC interview: AI policy - Does AI need more regulation - or more research?
2/05/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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University of Manchester becomes European centre for leading AI research
8/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert comment
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Articles about Samuel Kaski receiving the Turing Fellowship
30/07/21
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert comment