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Samuel Kaski

Samuel Kaski

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Computer Science
Finland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
70
Citations
18726
World Ranking
1883
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Samuel Kaski is affiliated with Aalto University in Finland and has a research focus primarily in computer science. Their work spans several subfields including artificial intelligence, statistics and probability, molecular biology, management science and operations research, and computational theory and mathematics.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Gaussian Processes and Bayesian Inference
  • Machine Learning and Data Classification
  • Machine Learning and Algorithms
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods

They have published extensively, with frequent publication venues including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Aaltodoc (Aalto University)
  • Journal of Cheminformatics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bayesian Analysis

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Plasmids Shaped the Recent Emergence of the Major Nosocomial Pathogen Enterococcus faecium," published in 2020 in mBio
  • "Machine learning approaches for drug combination therapies," published in 2021 in Briefings in Bioinformatics
  • "Prior Knowledge Elicitation: The Past, Present, and Future," published in 2023 in Bayesian Analysis
  • "Rethinking pooling in graph neural networks," published in 2020 in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Substrate specificity of 2-deoxy-D-ribose 5-phosphate aldolase (DERA) assessed by different protein engineering and machine learning methods," published in 2020 in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Markus Heinonen (23 joint publications)
  • Jukka Corander (15 joint publications)
  • Pekka Marttinen (13 joint publications)
  • Henri Pesonen (11 joint publications)
  • Antti Honkela (10 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Self organization of a massive document collection

    T. Kohonen;S. Kaski;K. Lagus;J. Salojarvi

  • Dimensionality reduction by random mapping: fast similarity computation for clustering

    S. Kaski

  • WEBSOM - Self-Organizing Maps of Document Collections

    Samuel Kaski;Timo Honkela;Krista Lagus;Teuvo Kohonen

  • Bibliography of Self-Organizing Map SOM) Papers: 1998-2001 Addendum

    Merja Oja;S. Kaski;T. Kohonen

  • Bibliography of Self-Organizing Map (SOM) Papers: 1981-1997

    S. Kaski;J. Kangas;T. Kohonen

  • Kohonen Maps

    Samuel Kaski;Erkki Oja

  • Information Retrieval Perspective to Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction for Data Visualization

    Jarkko Venna;Jaakko Peltonen;Kristian Nybo;Helena Aidos

  • Neighborhood Preservation in Nonlinear Projection Methods: An Experimental Study

    Jarkko Venna;Samuel Kaski

  • Local multidimensional scaling

    Jarkko Venna;Samuel Kaski

  • Self-organizing maps of document collections: a new approach to interactive exploration

    Krista Lagus;Timo Honkela;Samuel Kaski;Teuvo Kohonen

  • Fundamentals and Recent Developments in Approximate Bayesian Computation

    Jarno Lintusaari;Michael U. Gutmann;Ritabrata Dutta;Samuel Kaski

  • Comparing Self-Organizing Maps

    Samuel Kaski;Krista Lagus

  • Exploratory Data Analysis by the Self-Organizing Map: Structures of Welfare and Poverty in the World

    S. Kaski;T. Kohonen

  • Mining massive document collections by the WEBSOM method

    Krista Lagus;Samuel Kaski;Teuvo Kohonen

  • Self-organized formation of various invariant-feature filters in the adaptive-subspace SOM

    Teuvo Kohonen;Samuel Kaski;Harri Lappalainen

  • Trustworthiness and metrics in visualizing similarity of gene expression.

    Samuel Kaski;Janne Nikkilä;Merja Oja;Jarkko Venna

  • Newsgroup Exploration with WEBSOM Method and Browsing Interface

    T. Honkela;S. Kaski;K. Lagus;T. Kohonen

  • Bankruptcy analysis with self-organizing maps in learning metrics

    S. Kaski;J. Sinkkonen;J. Peltonen

  • Bayesian Canonical correlation analysis

    Arto Klami;Seppo Virtanen;Samuel Kaski

  • Analysis and visualization of gene expression data using self-organizing maps

    Janne Nikkila;Petri Törönen;Samuel Kaski;Jarkko Venna

Frequent Co-Authors

Giulio Jacucci
Giulio Jacucci University of Helsinki
Jukka Corander
Jukka Corander University of Oslo
Teuvo Kohonen
Teuvo Kohonen Aalto University
Juho Rousu
Juho Rousu Aalto University
Aki Vehtari
Aki Vehtari Aalto University
Tero Aittokallio
Tero Aittokallio University of Helsinki
John Shawe-Taylor
John Shawe-Taylor University College London
Hiroshi Mamitsuka
Hiroshi Mamitsuka Kyoto University
Jorma Laaksonen
Jorma Laaksonen Aalto University
Matti Pirinen
Matti Pirinen University of Helsinki

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