Raimo P. Hämäläinen (born 7 July 1948 in

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) is a

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at the Aalto University School of Science (Aalto SCI),

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. Hämäläinen founded Systems Analysis laboratory at Aalto SCI in 1984. His research interests include

systems intelligence A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment, is described by its boundaries, structure and purpose and expressed ...

multiple-criteria decision analysis Multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) or multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a sub-discipline of operations research that explicitly evaluates multiple conflicting criteria in decision making (both in daily life and in settings s ...

, sequential games,

simulation A simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system over time. Simulations require the use of models; the model represents the key characteristics or behaviors of the selected system or process, whereas the ...

, and energy modeling. Hämäläinen received his

Doctor of Technology The Doctor of Technology (abbreviated variously in different countries) is a degree normally conferred upon candidates after having completed a course of study in technology and a dissertation or a project of lengthy duration in a technologically r ...

degree in 1977 from

Helsinki University of Technology Helsinki University of Technology (TKK; fi, Teknillinen korkeakoulu; sv, Tekniska högskolan) was a technical university in Finland. It was located in Otaniemi, Espoo in the metropolitan area of Greater Helsinki. The university was founded in ...

, advised by Aarne Halme and Olli Lokki. In 2004, The International Society for Multiple Criteria Decision Making awarded Professor Hämäläinen for his work on MCDM research. Hämäläinen retired on 1 August 2016.

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