Participating units

This page describes the Aalto units which are supporting the RSE program and what their priorities are. Our basic priorities:

• First, we try to do all garage/short projects (day or less). These have a high impact because they unblock immediate problems. Reporting is via the end-of-year garage report. We advertise garage more aggressively to units with less than their share of visitors.

• Then, we try to do all long projects (month+), balanced and prioritized according to the list below. These reduce the basic funding paid by the units. (As of 2025, if you aren’t on the list below, we usually still find time.)

• Then, we work on medium projects (days–weeks), which are free for the customers, balanced and prioritized according to the list below. (There are always some medium projects, because they serve as a necessary buffer.)

• Anyone we don’t have time for at the higher levels, we would help them in a simpler way (for example, giving advice as a garage/short project instead of doing it for them as a medium project).

See For units who would like RSE services if you would like to join the RSE service as a department or school.

Unit	Share(*)	Notes
SCI	2	general projects
CS, NBE, PHYS	2/3 each	General projects
IT Services	~1	Small/medium projects from any unit at Aalto, or projects as referred to us by IT Services.
FCAI	3	Key projects as requested by management, then FCAI members, then other AI-related projects.
LUMI AI Factory and ELLIS Institute	3	Spearhead projects as requested by management, then other AI-related projects.
AI-DOC (AI doctoral pilot)	1	Broad support of all member doctoral students.

(*) Share is a general fraction. Funding may be lower than this fraction, since long projects replace the funding of the unit.