Systems Analysis Laboratory
Systems Analysis Laboratory was established in 1984 within the professorship of applied mathematics. The founder and director of the laboratory is Professor Raimo P. Hämäläinen. The team of professors also includes Harri Ehtamo and Ahti Salo. Professor Esa Saarinen continues with us as a co-director of the Systems Intelligence Group. In Aalto University we are in the School of Science (formarly HUT) and part of the Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis.
The research interests of the laboratory cover the area of systems science comprehensively ranging from the mathematical theories and algorithms of optimization, control, decision making to the practical interactive computer modeling and decision support systems and risk and technology assessment. The focus of the applications is in complex energy, production and environmental systems. The problems are analyzed with a balanced engineering-economic systems approach. We also have a long tradition in biological modelling. Currently we have a growing effort in studying systems intelligence and applied philosophy in human organizations.
As an university institution the laboratory is unique in Finland. It is responsible for the undergraduate program in Systems Sciences and for the graduate specialty of Systems and operations research in the Engineering Physics and Mathematics programme. We also give basic courses in systems sciences and applied mathematics for all students. The laboratory is in charge of the national Doctoral Program in Systems Analysis, Decision Making, and Risk Management.
The Aalto Systems Forum aims to be a platform of dialogue for practitioners and reasearchers to share the latest results of our field by top international scholars.