Veli Mäkinen Editor & Author

Veli Mäkinen is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki, Finland, where he heads a research group working on genome-scale algorithms as part of the Finnish Center of Excellence in Cancer Genetics Research. He has taught advanced courses on string processing, data compression, biological sequence analysis, along with introductory courses on bioinformatics. Djamal Belazzougui is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. His research topics include hashing, succinct and compressed data structures and string algorithms. Fabio Cunial is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. His research focuses on string algorithms and genome analysis. Alexandru I. Tomescu is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. His current research interests lie at the intersection of computational biology and computer science.