FAIS activities are led by the FAIS board, elected in a general assembly biannually.
The current board, listed below, was elected for 2026-2027
Jussi Rintanen (Chair)
Associate Professor, Aalto University
automated planning
Lili Aunimo (Vice Chair)
Principal lecturer, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
natural language processing, data mining, human-computer interaction
Juha Harviainen
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Helsinki
parameterized complexity in bioinformatics and AI
Leo Lahti
Professor, University of Turku
data science
Ilkka Pölönen
Associate Professor, University of Jyväskylä
computational data analysis, spectral imaging
Rebekah Rousi
Associate Professor of Communication and Digital Economy,
University of Vaasa
human-AI interaction, semiotics (logic), ethics
Reidar Wasenius (Secretary)
AI Researcher, Aalto University
contextual emergence, memetics, human-AI collaboration