Lea Kutvonen

Bio: Docent, university lecturer, research group leader.
My background is in distributed systems, and I run the CINCO research group that does research on inter-organisational service collaborations and service ecosystems. I manage the BSc thesis course (in Finnish) and supervise plenty of MSc theses.
Sister: The number of female actors in computer science, engineering and in overall in STEM area is too low. To improve the situation we need to collectively create structures to support the newcomers on the field. I want to establish a big-sister, little-sister network reaching all staff levels and also to potential students. Besides this network, I have very recently taken on the Linkki resource center, an outreach for children and teenagers.

Ella Peltonen

Bio: I'm a PhD student and early-stage researcher working in the NODES group (or hajatili in Finnish). My researh touches data analytics, distributed systems, mobile devices, machine learning and everything fun. My webpage is https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/en/people/peltoel/
Sister: I'm happy to be a sister for any level of students from BSc fresh(wo)men to first-year PhD candidates, also in Finnish. I'm available also in IRCnet, using a nickname Snorri and tutoring, for example, in the channels #tkt-apu (ask for help in studies or any department issues) and #tkt-akat (a discussion forum just for females). Or just knock my door in D213.

Kumaripaba Athukorala

Bio: I am a PhD student of the Ubiquitous Interaction group (UiX) at the Dept. of Computer Science. I am originally from Sri Lanka.
Sister: I would like to volunteer as a big sister for fresh PhD students or masters students interested in pursuing doctoral studies. I am now at the latter stage of my PhD. I have mentored and provided guidance to some of the new comers to our group. I am interested in helping out any one who needs assistance in getting familiarized with the university environment, PhD life in Uni. of Helsinki, and also provide any other information they need.

Suzan Bayhan

Bio: I am a post-doc at Collaborative Networking group (CoNe) working on wireless networks and content-centric networking. My webpage is http://www.hiit.fi/u/bayhan
Sister: I can be a big sister. Also if anyone that has experienced post-doc to professorship transition can be also my big sister :)

Hanna Mäenpää

Bio: I am a Doctoral student student from the Software Systems Engineering line. My research topic deals with the crowdsourcing phenomenon and especially the relationship of companies and open source communities. I am also a fan of Arduinos, robots, the maker lifestyle, gardening and all things Zen.
Sister: Currently I am mentoring a couple of persons and hope not to accept new people. However, mind my message: I believe there is no segregation based on gender on what people can do and how powerful they can be in their careers. I have been privileged to have three female mentors who have showed me the way and I hope to pass the same message forward.

Anna Kuosmanen

Bio: I'm a PhD student working in the GSA group (Genome-Scale Algorithmics). My research field is bioinformatics.
Sister: I would like to be a big sister.

Nidia Obscura Acosta

Bio: Mathematics and computer science student in the Univeristy of Helsinki. I was a summer intern in the Computer Science department in 2015.
Sister: I would like to be a little sister.

UHCS-Women members and sisters