Nokia Visiting Professors 2025

Philipp del Hougne
CNRS, IETR - Université de Rennes, France
Topic: Compactly Stacked Non-Reciprocal Intelligent Metasurfaces for Wave-Domain Computing in 6G Wireless Communications
Host: Aalto University
Grant: 18 740 €

Minna Isomursu
University of Oulu
Topic: Digital Care Pathways for Brain Health
Host: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Grant: 10 000 €

2024

Vimal Bhatia
Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India
Topic: Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces Enabled Integrated Sensing and Communications for Future Wireless Communication Systems
Host: University of Oulu, Finland
Grant: 10 000 €

2023

Humeyra Caglayan
Tampere University, Finland
Topic: Integrated Meta-optics for Photonic Neural Networks
Host: Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Grant: 21 000 €

Christian Flindt
Aalto University, Finland
Topic: Quantum Science and Engineering for Future Information and Communications Technologies
Host: RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Japan
Grant: 15 000 €

Atanas Gotchev
Tampere University, Finland
Topic: Computational Light Transport
Host: University of Utah, USA
Grant: 20 000 €

Kaisa Väänänen
Tampere University, Finland
Topic: Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence for Social and Environmental Sustainability
Host: Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Grant: 7 500 €

2022

Daniel da Costa
Technology Innovation Institute, United Arab Emirates
Topic: Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces and Advanced Multiple Access Technologies: Enhancing Spectral and Energy Efficiency of Future Multi-Antenna Wireless Communication Systems
Host: LUT University, Finland
Grant: 10 000 €

Salama Ikki
Lakehead University, Canada
Topic: Spatial and Temporal Prediction of Wireless Communication Channels for 5G Communication Systems
Host: Aalto University, Finland
Grant: 16 200 €

Visa Koivunen
Aalto University, Finland
Topic: Multiagent Learning, Statistical Inference and Adaptation in Distributed Multifunction Sensor Systems
Host: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Grant: 12 000 €

George Moustakides
University of Patras, Greece
Topic: Sequential and Distributed Learning and Inference in Large-Scale Sensor Networks
Host: Aalto University, Finland
Grant: 11 000 €

Prabhat Kumar Upadhyay
Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India
Topic: Hybrid Satellite-Aerial-Terrestrial Networks for Future Generation Communication Capabilities (HySATeN)
Host: University of Oulu, Finland
Grant: 6 000 €

2021

Enrique Miranda
Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
Topic: Memristive Devices for Neuromorphic Computing
Host: University of Turku, Finland
Grant: 10 000 €

2020

Tony Quek
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Topic: Massive, Ultra-Reliable, and Low-Latency Wireless Communications
Host: Aalto University, Finland
Grant: 15 000 €

2019

Mehdi Bennis
University of Oulu, Finland
Topic: Wireless Network Intelligence at the Edge
Host: Princeton University, USA
Grant: 6 000 €

Djamal Benslimane
Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, France
Topic: PROSERV Project - Flexible Querying of Uncertain Web Services
Host: University of Oulu, Finland
Grant: 8 000 €

Marco Di Renzo
CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, France
Topic: Wireless Networks Empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Meta-Surfaces (RIMSs): Theoretical Foundation Based on Electromagnetism and Physics
Host: Aalto University, Finland
Grant: 8 000 €

Ying-Chang Liang
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China, China
Topic: Ambient Backscatter Communications for Ultra-low Power IoT
Host: Aalto University, Finland
Grant: 15 000 €

Mostafa Ammar
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Topic: Symbiosis in the Internet of Things
Host: University of Helsinki, Finland
Grant: 9 500 €

Centennial: Yusuke Koda
Kyoto University, Japan
Topic: Camera-assisted Framework for Reliable, Decentralized, and Ultra-Dense Millimeter Wave Networks
Host: Oulu University, Finland
Grant: 6 000 €

2018

Yang Chen
Fudan University, China
Topic: User Mobility Analytics for Resource Allocation in Mobile Edge
Host: Aalto University, Finland
Grant: 8 000 €

Daniel da Costa
Federal University of Ceara, Brazil
Topic: Energy Efficient Communication Strategies in IoT networks
Host: Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
Grant: 10 000 €

Jussi Ryynänen
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto University, Finland
Topic: Integrated Wideband Local Oscillator and Clock Circuits for Future 5G and 6G Digital and Mixed Mode Transceivers
Host: Lund University, Sweden
Grant: 7 500 €

Chintha Tellambura
University of Alberta, Canada
Topic: Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Wireless Internet of Things
Host: Center for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland
Grant: 6 000 €

My Thai
University of Florida, USA
Topic: Security and Efficiency in Complex Networked Systems: When Social Meets Adaptivity
Host: University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Grant: 8 700 €

Antti Tölli
University of Oulu, Centre for Wireless Communications, Finland
Topic: Multidimensional Signal Processing for Heterogeneous mmWave Access
Host: University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Grant: 10 000 €

Centennial: Mahmoud Albreem
A’Sharqiyah University (ASU), Oman
Topic: Detection Techniques for Massive MIMO Systems
Host: University of Oulu, Finland
Grant: 10 000 €

Centennial: Alejandro Cabrera Aldaya
Technological University of Havana (CUJAE), Cuba
Topic: Security Analysis of Modern Cryptographic Libraries Regarding Microarchitectural Side-Channel Attacks
Host: Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Grant: 10 000 €

Centennial: Gilsoo Lee
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Topic: Online Framework for Low-Latency UAV-assisted Distributed Fog Computing in Smart Factories
Host: University of Oulu, Finland
Grant: 10 000 €

2017

Roman Bednarik
University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Topic: New Interactive Technologies and Tracking in Surgical ORs - VR, Gaze Tracking, and Remote Video
Host: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Grant: 10 000 €

Babak Hossein Khalaj
Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Topic: Tradeoffs Between Computation and Communication in Virtual Platforms in MEC and Fog Computing
Host: University of Oulu, Finland
Grant: 5 500 €

Harri Lipsanen
Aalto University, Finland
Topic: Emerging Nanophotonics and Electronics Applications of New Nanomaterials
Host: The University of Arizona, USA
Grant: 8 000 €

Premanandana Rajatheva
University of Oulu, Finland
Topic: UAV Networks-on-the-fly for Ubiquitous Sensing and Communication
Host: University of Manitoba, Canada
Grant: 6 000 €

Maria Uther
University of Winchester, UK
Topic: Sound Principles for Using Sound in Learning Apps on Mobile Devices
Host: Cicero Learning based at University of Helsinki, Finland
Grant: 5 452 €

2016

Mehdi Bennis
University of Oulu, Finland
Topic: Wireless Proactive Caching At the Network Edge
Host: Princeton University, USA
Grant: 6 000 €

Giacomo Boracchi
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Topic: Foveated Image Features
Host: Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Grant: 6 000 €

Jyrki Nummenmaa
University of Tampere, Finland
Topic: Language Technology and Functional Programming Applied to Data Management and Analysis for Big Data
Host: Chalmers and Gothenburg University, Sweden
Grant: 6 000 €

Hitoshi Ohsato
Nagoya Industrial Science Research Institute, Japan
Topic: Millimeter-wave Dielectrics of Cordierite/indialite Glass Ceramics Applied to LTCC
Host: University of Oulu, Finland
Grant: 8 000 €

Olav Tirkkonen
Aalto University, Finland
Topic: Technologies for 5G Cellular Networks
Host: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Grant: 8 000 €

Guoying Zhao
University of Oulu, Finland
Topic: Micro-Gesture Analysis
Host: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
Grant: 9 000 €

2015

Abdenour Hadid
University of Oulu, Finland
Topic: Analyzing Human Facial Dynamics and Behaviors in 4D
Host: Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi’an, China
Grant: 5 000 €

Roope Raisamo
University of Tampere, Finland
Topic: Humans Acting with Autonomous Systems
Host: Stanford University, USA
Grant: 8 000 €

Sabato Marco Siniscalchi
Kore University of Enna, Italy
Topic: Characterization of Spoken Languages Using Language-Universal Speech Attributes with Applications to Automatic Accent Recognition
Host: University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Grant: 6 000 €

Zhipei Sun
Aalto University, Finland
Topic: Graphene Based Quantum Information Technologies
Host: Cambridge University, UK and Northwestern University, USA
Grant: 10 000 €

Evimaria Terzi
Boston University, USA
Topic: Inferring Social Networks and Abilities of Experts & Textbook on Algorithmic Data Analysis
Host: Aalto University, Finland
Grant: 7 000 €

2014

Ville Hautamäki
University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Topic: Accurate Speaker Recognition from Extremely Short Test Utterances
Host: Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Grant: 7 000 €

Lauri Savioja
Aalto University, Finland
Topic: Computationally Efficient and Perceptually Accurate Room Acoustic Modeling
Host: Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University, USA
Grant: 8 000 €

2013

Sergey Balandin
Open Innovations Association FRUCT, Finland
Topic: Development of Smart Room Laboratory and Demo Space
Host: Petrozavodsk State University, Republic of Karelia, Russia
Grant: 6 000 €

Brian Barsky
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Topic: Computational Ophthalmology Approaches to Retinal Imaging
Host: Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
Grant: 8 000 €

Gérard Chollet
CNRS LTCI, Télécom-ParisTech, France
Topic: Audio-Visual Imposture in Identity Verification
Host: University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Grant: 6 000 €

Igor Filanovsky
University of Alberta at Edmonton, Canada
Topic: Critical Blocks of Mobile RF Transmitters: High-Speed DC/DC Converters for RF Power Amplifiers
Host: Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Grant: 7 000 €

Abdenour Hadid
University of Oulu, Finland
Topic: Establishing Collaboration in Computer Vision and Biometrics with Leading US Universities
Host: Michigan State University, USA
Grant: 7 000 €

Visa Koivunen
Aalto University, Finland
Topic: Research on Joint Optimization of Identifying and Accessing Idle Spectrum, Interference Modeling and Management, and Optimized Networked Sensor System
Host: Princeton University, Department of Electrical Engineering, USA
Grant: 6 000 €

Gary Madden
Curtin University, Australia
Topic: Hedonic Price Model Estimation Using Dynamic Panel Models
Host: Aalto University, Finland
Grant: 8 000 €

Abbas Mohammadi
Amirkabir University, Iran
Topic: Adaptive and Energy Efficient Transceivers for Future Intelligent Radio Networks
Host: Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Grant: 7 000 €

Sasu Tarkoma
University of Helsinki, Finland
Topic: Smartphone Energy Efficiency
Host: Cambridge University, Computer Laboratory, UK
Grant: 7 000 €

2012

Sergey Balandin
Topic: Design of Cross-Platform Services in Smart Spaces and IoT
Host: Petrozavodsk State University, Russia
Grant: 6 000 €

Jussi Kangasharju
Topic: In-network Caching
Host: Seoul National University, Korea and International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, USA
Grant: 8 000 €

Susanto Rahardja
Topic: High Dynamic Range Imaging
Host: University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Grant: 8 000 €

2011

Gil David
Topic: Analysis of Massive High-dimensional Datasets
Host: University of Jyväskylä, Department of Mathematical Information Technology, Finland
Grant: 8 000 €

Moncef Gabbouj
Topic: Establishing Collaboration in Advanced Signal Processing Methods for Audio and Visual Media Analysis, Processing Communication and Retrieval with Major US Universities
Host: Purdue University and University of Southern California, USA
Grant: 8 000 €

Abdenour Hadid
Topic: Face Biometrics under Spoofing Attacks in the Context of Mobile Environments
Host: University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Grant: 7 000 €

Jari Multisilta
Topic: Applications of Emerging Technologies for Mobile Video
Host: Stanford University, H-STAR Institute, USA
Grant: 15 000 €

Frans Ilkka Olavi Mäyrä
Topic: Assessing the Experience of Play
Host: University of Waikato, New Zealand
Grant: 7 000 €

2010

Keith Devlin
Host: Visiting Several Universities and Industry
Grant: 10 000 €

Jiuyong Li
Host: University of Helsinki, Finland
Grant: 9 700 €

Elena Simona Lohan
Host: University Polytechnica of Bucharest, Romania
Grant: 4 000 €

Nandana Rajatheva
Host: University of Oulu, Finland
Grant: 7 000 €

Kaisa Anneli Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila
Host: Stockholm University, Sweden
Grant: 16 000 €

2008

AmirParviz Babak
University of Washington, USA
Topic: Self-assembled mobile telecommunication devices: from molecular components to systems
Host: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Grant: 19 000 €

Li Haizhou
Department Head, Human Language Technology
Topic: Speaker and Language Recognition
Host: University of Joensuu, Department of Computer Science, Finland
Grant: 10 000 €

Please find additional information on Nokia Foundation grants and grant receivers 1995 – 2004 here (PDF).