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Jukka Suomela is Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University, Finland. His work focuses on the theoretical foundations of distributed and parallel computing, with particular emphasis on the concept of locality. He was the PC chair of DISC 2019 and SIROCCO 2016 and one of the local chairs of ALGO 2018, he has served in the EATCS council, and he is currently the vice chair of the DISC steering committee. He has received the FOCS 2019 best paper award and DISC 2012 and 2017 best paper awards, as well as a number of teaching awards.
More information: jukkasuomela.fi
Research group: research.cs.aalto.fi/da/
Education/Academic qualification
Doctoral degree, Engineering and Technology, University of Helsinki
Award Date: 25 Sept 2009
Keywords
- Distributed Computing
- Distributed Algorithms
- Local algorithms
- Parallel computing
- Parallel algorithms
- Graph algorithms
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Distributed computation with local advice
Balliu, A., Brandt, S., Kuhn, F., Nowicki, K., Olivetti, D. & Suomela, J., 2025, 39th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2025). Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, p. 1-19 19 p. (Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs); vol. 356).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
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Distributed Quantum Advantage for Local Problems
Balliu, A., Brandt, S., Coiteux-Roy, X., D'amore, F., Equi, M., Le Gall, F., Lievonen, H., Modanese, A., Olivetti, D., Renou, M. O., Suomela, J., Tendick, L. & Veeren, I., 15 Jun 2025, STOC 2025 - Proceedings of the 57th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing. Koucky, M. & Bansal, N. (eds.). ACM, p. 451-462 12 p. (Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
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Local problems in trees across a wide range of distributed models
Dhar, A., Kujawa, E., Lievonen, H., Modanese, A., Müftüoglu, M., Studený, J. & Suomela, J., 8 Jan 2025, 28th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems (OPODIS 2024). Bonomi, S., Galletta, L., Rivière, E. & Schiavoni, V. (eds.). Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, p. 1-17 17 p. 27. (Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs); vol. 324).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
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Low-Bandwidth Matrix Multiplication: Faster Algorithms and More General Forms of Sparsity
Gupta, C., Korhonen, J. H., Studený, J., Suomela, J. & Vahidi, H., 2025, Structural Information and Communication Complexity - 32nd International Colloquium, SIROCCO 2025, Proceedings. Schmid, U. & Kuznets, R. (eds.). Springer, p. 333-349 17 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15671 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
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New Limits on Distributed Quantum Advantage: Dequantizing Linear Programs
Balliu, A., Coupette, C., Cruciani, A., d'Amore, F., Equi, M., Lievonen, H., Modanese, A., Olivetti, D. & Suomela, J., 2025, 39th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2025) . Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, p. 1-22 22 p. (Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs); vol. 356).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
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Robust/Suomela: Computation in Networks: Robust Foundations
Suomela, J. (Principal investigator), Lievonen, H. (Project Member), Cruciani, A. (Project Member) & Raevskaya, A. (Project Member)
01/09/2024 → 31/08/2028
Project: RCF Academy Project
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Limits of Causal Comp/Suomela: Limits of Causal Computation
Suomela, J. (Principal investigator), Modanese, A. (Project Member), Lievonen, H. (Project Member), Kujawa, E. (Project Member), Das, A. (Project Member), Equi, M. (Project Member), Dhar, A. (Project Member) & Flin, M. (Project Member)
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2026
Project: RCF Academy Project targeted call
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LocalMend /Suomela: Local Checking, Solving, and MendingNew Perspectives of Distributed Computing (LocalMend)
Suomela, J. (Principal investigator), Dahal, S. (Project Member), Heikkilä, N. (Project Member), Akbari, A. (Project Member), Picavet, T. (Project Member), Studeny, J. (Project Member), Vahidi, H. (Project Member), Melnyk, D. (Project Member), Lievonen, H. (Project Member) & Kuoppala, S. (Project Member)
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2024
Project: RCF Academy Project
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-: Parallel and distributed computing for Bayesian graphical models
Suomela, J. (Principal investigator), Hirvonen, J. (Project Member), Vahidi, H. (Project Member), Gupta, C. (Project Member) & Studeny, J. (Project Member)
04/09/2019 → 30/04/2023
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
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Charting the Landscape of Distributed Time Complexity
Suomela, J. (Principal investigator), Balliu, A. (Project Member), Korhonen, J. (Project Member), Hirvonen, J. (Project Member), Rabie, M. (Project Member), Purcell, C. (Project Member) & Olivetti, D. (Project Member)
01/09/2015 → 31/08/2019
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
Datasets
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types2: Type and Hapax Accumulation Curves
Suomela, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 15 May 2014
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.9868, https://zenodo.org/record/9868
Dataset: Software or code
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Median Filter, version 2014-06-05
Suomela, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 5 Jun 2014
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10325, https://zenodo.org/record/10325
Dataset: Software or code
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Code for the article "New methods for analysing diachronic suffix competition across registers"
Suomela, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 24 Jan 2022
Dataset: Software or code
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TypeRatio: comparing competing suffixes
Suomela, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 24 Jan 2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5898976, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7014422
Dataset: Software or code
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Data for the article "New methods for analysing diachronic suffix competition across registers"
Rodríguez-Puente, P. (Creator), Säily, T. (Creator) & Suomela, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 22 Aug 2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5898201, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5898202
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Prizes
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Aalto Pioneering Excellence Honorable Mention
Seppälä, O. (Recipient), Sorva, J. (Recipient), Korhonen, A. (Recipient), Pollari-Malmi, K. (Recipient), Suoranta, S. (Recipient), Ahrenberg, L. (Recipient), Hellas, A. (Recipient), Leinonen, J. (Recipient), Malmi, L. (Recipient), Junttila, T. (Recipient), Suomela, J. (Recipient), Rytkönen, A. (Recipient) & Vuorimaa, P. (Recipient), 26 Nov 2025
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Best paper award, 31st International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2017)
Suomela, J. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Best paper award, at the 26th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2012), Salvador, Brazil
Suomela, J. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Best paper award, at the 4th International Workshop on Algorithmic Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks (Algosensors 2008), Reykjavík, Iceland
Suomela, J. (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Best Paper Award at the 60th Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2019)
Balliu, A. (Recipient), Brandt, S. (Recipient), Hirvonen, J. (Recipient), Olivetti, D. (Recipient), Rabie, M. (Recipient) & Suomela, J. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Activities
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HIIT Open
Lievonen, H. (Organiser), Harviainen, J. (Organiser), Korhonen, T. (Organiser), Suomela, J. (Organiser), Akbari, A. (Organiser) & Laaksonen, A. (Organiser)
16 Nov 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organization of an event for a non-academic audience (public outreach)
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Landscape of Locality
Suomela, J. (Speaker)
23 Jun 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Academic keynote or plenary lecture
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Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Suomela, J. (Visiting researcher)
20 Jan 2020 → 30 Jan 2020Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Can we automate our own work — or show that it is hard?
Suomela, J. (Speaker)
15 Dec 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Academic keynote or plenary lecture
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University of Vienna
Suomela, J. (Visiting researcher)
12 Jan 2020 → 20 Jan 2020Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution