CV

PhD in Computer Science and Information Society

• Thesis: Using Learning Analytics to Understand and Support Collaborative Learning

Title of Docent in Learning Analytics

Associate Professor of Computer Science

• Head of Learning Analytics Unit
• Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology

Senior Researcher

Postdoctoral Researcher

• School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (combined with UEF)

Postdoctoral Researcher

Researcher

• Department of Computer and System Sciences

Postdoctoral Researcher

• Center for Research Interdisciplinarity

• Best Full Paper Award at International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK24)
• Best Paper Award at TEEM 2024 Conference
• Nominated for Best Paper Award at IEEE ICALT 2024 Conference
• Nominated for Best Poster Award at EC-TEL 2024 Conference

• Europe Emerging Scholar Award by the Society of Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR)
• Best Paper Award at TEEM 2023 Conference (Track: Data-Driven Education)
• Best Paper Award at TEEM 2023 Conference (Track: Gamification and Games for Learning)

• Outstanding Paper Award at SITE 2022 Conference

• Best Paper Award at the 28th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2020)

• Best Thesis Award, Stockholm University Computer Science Department

• Finnish Research Council, Principal Investigator (Amount: 231.6K Euros): Toward Precision explainable Artificial Intelligence in Education
• Co-Investigator (Amount: 886.391 Euros), Finnish Academy of Science 'Generation AI'

• Amount: 68K Euros, BalticSeaBioMed
• Role: Principal Investigator, Total Amount: 250K Euros (78K for UEF), ISILA Erasmus Project

• European Council Erasmus Project, Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Total Amount: 227K Euros (61K for UEF), ILEDA

• European Council Erasmus Project, Role: Principal Investigator, Total Amount: 288K Euros (46K for UEF), ENVISION

• Role: Co-Principal Investigator (20%), Amount: 6 million SEK, Swedish Research Council Grant

• Complex Dynamics, British Journal of Educational Technology

• Global Perspectives on Technology, British Journal of Educational Technology
• AI and Diversity, Education Review

• AI, Precision and Complexity Book, Springer

• Learning Analytics Methods and Tutorials, Springer
• Teaching and Learning Artificial Intelligence, Discover Education
• Diversity, Learning and Individual Differences

• British Journal of Educational Technology

• IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
• Frontiers in Computer Science
• Frontiers in Education

• Past, Present and Future of Computing Education Research: A Global Perspective, Springer

• Diversity in the Social Sciences, Frontiers in Education
• Reduced Inequalities, Frontiers in Education

• PLOS One

• Science of Stories Collection, PLOS One

• Senior Program Committee, LAK 2025

• Senior Program Committee, AIED 2024
• Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education (FLAIEC) 2024

• Learning Analytics Track, TEEM 2023 (11th edition)
• Senior Program Committee, EC-TEL 2023
• E-learning Conference, Belgrade, Serbia (2023, 2024)

• Learning Analytics Track, ICCE 2022 (29th edition)
• FLAIEC 2022

• Learning Analytics Track, ICCE 2021 (28th edition)
• Nordic Learning Analytics Summer Institute 2021

• Quantitative Ethnography Workshop LAK20

• The Thirteenth International Conference on E-learning (forthcoming)

• Technology-Enhanced Learning in Laboratories Symposium

• The Thirteenth International Conference on E-learning
• Finnish Learning Analytics and AI in Education Conference
• Networks and Learning Analytics: Addressing Educational Challenges
• Using Network Science in Learning Analytics: Building Bridges towards a Common Agenda

• STELLA Symposium: Harnessing the Potentials of Technology to Support Self-Directed Language Learning

• Keynote: Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education
• Guest Lecture: Aalto University, Finland
• Guest Lecture: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• Guest Lecture: Monash University, Australia
• Guest Lecture: Melbourne University, Australia
• Guest Lecture: Toulouse University, France

• Keynote: 14th International Conference on eLearning
• Guest Lecture: Centre for the Science of Learning & Technology (SLATE)
• Keynote: Helsinki Node Network Analysis Research on Teaching and Learning

• Keynote: Spanish Network of Learning Analytics (SNOLA)
• Lecture: Bridging from Remote to In-Person Teaching, Åbo Akademi University
• Lecture: Swedish Higher Education and E-Learning (HEEL)

• Monash University (Australia)

• Cairo University (Egypt)
• Oulu University (Finland)

• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain)
• Osnabrück University (Germany)

• City of Helsinki (Finland): AI in education development

• Dugga e-Assessment project - Stockholm University: Inclusion of analytics in e-assessment platforms.

• TOPEILA - University of Eastern Finland: Academy of Finland funded project to study idiographic learning analytics
• Generation AI - University of Eastern Finland: A project to study AI for the new generation across several Finnish Universities, the total funding of the project is around six million Euros

• ILEDA - University of Eastern Finland: An Erasmus+ funded project with three main goals: (1) to design a framework for developing and integrating existing learning environments with digital tools in order to support online and blended learning with learning analytics, (2) to identify Learning analytics data that can be used to monitor learning performance, with the goal to identify at risk students of dropping out, and (3) to develop a software tool that collects and provides analysis on student learning activities.

• ENVISION - University of Eastern Finland: A Erasmus project that aims to develop Virtual Laboratory and Virtual Teamwork modules in the field of biosciences, and aid the development by studying how we can implement learning analytics (LA) to improve the digi-pedagogic quality of the modules. The overreaching goal of our Project is to offer the students individualized learning experience in the future, based on the real-time LA incorporated in the e-learning course modules.

• OAHOT - University of Eastern Finland: The aim of the research project is to identify through learning analytics, the key elements of learning processes that support the development of high quality learning and development of know-how. This research project examines the development of learners’ skills, the learning process, learning outcomes and the key elements in the pathway in multiple learning contexts through multiple case-studies, utilizing the same learning analytics tools.

• Co-inform - Stockholm University: I designed, implemented, and analyzed the pilot project of co-creating resilient societies against misinformation for 9 universities across Europe.

• IGEM - Paris Descartes University: I analyzed scientific interactions using proximity sensors using social network analysis and machine learning (Multimodal learning analytics).

• Project-based learning curriculum implementation - Wright State University: Using education technology to deliver curriculum and learning resources, transfer, and optimization.

• Preventive medicine project - Stanford University: Using education technology to design and deliver disease prevention curriculum and learning resources.

• Progress test project - Maastricht University: I implemented e-assessment analytics among 30 universities, using item response and comparative analytics.