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Jukka Suomela

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6117-8089

    • Aalto SCI Computer Science Konemiehentie 2

    20072026

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    Jukka Suomela is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University, Finland. His research focuses on the theoretical foundations of distributed and parallel computing, with a particular emphasis on the concept of locality. He served as the PC chair of DISC 2019 and SIROCCO 2016, and as one of the local chairs of ALGO 2018. He is currently a member of the EATCS Council, he chaired the DISC steering committee from 2022 to 2024, and he has also served on the steering committees of SIROCCO and SWAT. He has received the FOCS 2019 Best Paper Award, the DISC 2012 and 2017 Best Paper Awards, and several teaching awards.

    More information: jukkasuomela.fi

    Research group: research.cs.aalto.fi/da/

    Education/Academic qualification

    Doctoral degree, Engineering and Technology

    Award Date: 25 Sept 2009

    Keywords

    • Distributed Computing
    • Distributed Algorithms
    • Local algorithms
    • Parallel computing
    • Parallel algorithms
    • Graph algorithms

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    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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    • Brief Announcement: 2-Coloring Cycles in One Round

      Flin, M., Raevskaya, A., Stimpert, R., Suomela, J. & Yang, Q., 1 Jul 2026, PODC 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing. ACM, p. 44-47 4 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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    • Brief Announcement: Is a LOCAL Algorithm Computable?

      Cruciani, A., Das, A., Equi, M., Lievonen, H., Luong-Le, D., Modanese, A. & Suomela, J., 1 Jul 2026, PODC 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing. ACM, p. 321-324 4 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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    • Brief Announcement: It Does Not Matter How You Define Locally Checkable Labelings

      Cruciani, A., Das, A., Raevskaya, A. & Suomela, J., 1 Jul 2026, PODC 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing. ACM, p. 325-328 4 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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    • Classification of Local Optimization Problems in Directed Cycles

      Boudier, T., Kuhn, F., Modanese, A., Stimpert, R. & Suomela, J., 1 Jul 2026, 53rd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming, ICALP 2026. Bhattacharya, S., Nanongkai, D., Benedikt, M. & Puppis, G. (eds.). Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 42. (Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs; vol. 374).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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    • Distributed Algorithms for Potential Problems

      Balliu, A., Boudier, T., d'Amore, F., Kuhn, F., Olivetti, D., Schmid, G. & Suomela, J., 1 Jul 2026, PODC 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing. ACM, p. 154-165 12 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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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 2024

      Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organization of an event for a non-academic audience (public outreach)

    • University of Vienna

      Suomela, J. (Visiting researcher)

      12 Jan 2020 → 20 Jan 2020

      Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution

    • IST Austria

      Suomela, J. (Visiting researcher)

      30 Jan 2020 → 8 Feb 2020

      Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution

    • Landscape of Locality

      Suomela, J. (Speaker)

      23 Jun 2020

      Activity: Talk or presentation types › Academic keynote or plenary lecture

    • Can we automate our own work — or show that it is hard?

      Suomela, J. (Speaker)

      15 Dec 2020

      Activity: Talk or presentation types › Academic keynote or plenary lecture

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