Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Artistic and research interests
I work on the integration of computer science and Bayesian statistics, making fundamental contributions Bayesian workflow, probabilistic programming, inference methods such as Laplace, EP, VB, MC, inference and model diagnostics, model assessment and selection, Gaussian processes, and hierarchical models.
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctoral degree, Engineering and Technology, Helsinki University of Technology
Award Date: 17 Dec 2001
Master's degree, Engineering and Technology, Helsinki University of Technology
Award Date: 28 Oct 1997
Keywords
- Bayesian computational modeling
- Bayesian workflow
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Active Learning of Molecular Data for Task-Specific Objectives
Ghosh, K., Todorovic, M., Vehtari, A. & Rinke, P., 7 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Chemical Physics. 162, 1, 014103.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Active Statistics : Stories, Games, Problems, and Hands-on Demonstrations for Applied Regression and Causal Inference
Gelman, A. & Vehtari, A., Mar 2024, Cambridge University Press. 368 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
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Advances in projection predictive inference
McLatchie, Y., Rögnvaldsson, S., Weber, F. & Vehtari, A., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Statistical Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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A Framework for Improving the Reliability of Black-box Variational Inference
Welandawe, M., Riis Andersen, M., Vehtari, A. & Huggins, J. H., 2024, In: Journal of Machine Learning Research. 25, p. 1−71Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Bayesian cross-validation by parallel Markov chain Monte Carlo
Cooper, A., Vehtari, A., Forbes, C., Simpson, D. & Kennedy, L., Aug 2024, In: STATISTICS AND COMPUTING. 34, 4, p. 1-15 15 p., 119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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-: Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence
Vehtari, A. (Principal investigator)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2026
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
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-: Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence
Vehtari, A. (Principal investigator), Riha, A. (Project Member) & Kallioinen, N. (Project Member)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2026
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
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Iterative Bayes Vehtari: Safe iterative Bayesian model building
Vehtari, A. (Principal investigator), Lindgren, L. (Project Member), Johnson, A. (Project Member), Säilynoja, T. (Project Member) & Siccha, N. (Project Member)
01/09/2021 → 31/08/2025
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
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-: Mining for meaning
Vehtari, A. (Principal investigator) & Magnusson, M. (Project Member)
01/03/2020 → 31/12/2024
Project: Other external funding: Other foreign funding
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WeStAc: Welfare State Analytics. Text Mining and Modeling Swedish Politics, Media & Culture, 1945-1989
Vehtari, A. (Principal investigator) & Magnusson, M. (Project Member)
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2023
Project: Other external funding: Other foreign funding
Datasets
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VictoriaLyu/gpstuff: Evaluating Gaussian Process Metamodels and Sequential Designs for Noisy Level Set Estimation V1
Vehtari, A. (Creator), Vanhatalo, J. (Creator), Sivula, T. (Creator), Solin, A. (Creator), Siivola, E. (Creator), Hartmann, M. (Creator), Steinhart, J. (Creator) & Karikomi, M. (Creator), Zenodo, 2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4579993, https://zenodo.org/record/4579994
Dataset: Software or code
Prizes
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2016 De Groot Prize
Vehtari, A. (Recipient), 16 Jun 2016
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Member of the winning team (Särkkä, Vehtari & Lampinen) in Time Series Prediction Competition - The CATS Benchmark 2004
Vehtari, A. (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Invitation or ranking in competition
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Youden Award in Interlaboratory Testing from the American Statistical Association
Vehtari, A. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Activities
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PEERJ (Journal)
Vehtari, A. (Editor)
2017 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Membership of an editorial board
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Reviewer for tenure track positions at the IT University of Copenhagen
Vehtari, A. (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Academic assessments › Statement of assessment of professorship
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Foreign Organisation
Vehtari, A. (Visiting researcher)
14 Mar 2016 → 18 Mar 2016Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Foreign Organisation
Vehtari, A. (Visiting researcher)
8 Feb 2016 → 12 Feb 2016Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Foreign Organisation
Vehtari, A. (Visiting researcher)
22 Aug 2016 → 26 Aug 2016Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
Press/Media
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Findings on Statistics and Computing Discussed by Investigators at Aalto University (Detecting and Diagnosing Prior and Likelihood Sensitivity With Power-scaling)
08/02/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Robust Bayesian Inference: variable and structure selection and variational inference
20/10/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Best doctoral theses and master's theses 2022 in the School of Science awarded
Vehtari, A., Kinnunen, J., Parkkonen, L., Karimi, B., Gionis, A., Schildt, H. & Maniscalco, S.
21/03/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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New Statistics and Computing Study Findings Have Been Reported by Investigators at Aalto University (Practical Hilbert Space Approximate Bayesian Gaussian Processes for Probabilistic Programming)
03/02/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Robust and Automated Variational Inference
30/12/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance