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Digital Economy is a multidisciplinary and phenomenon-driven research platform, focusing on the impacts of digital transformation on industry and society.<\/h2>\n

Leadership team<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>\nRole<\/strong><\/td>\nResearch area<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arto Ojala<\/a><\/td>\nCoordinator of Digital Economy Platform, Professor<\/td>\nInternational and space business, entrepreneurship, information systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marko J\u00e4rvenp\u00e4\u00e4<\/a><\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nAccounting and sustainability, network control, digitalisation, analytics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Petri V\u00e4lisuo<\/a><\/td>\nProfessor<\/td>\nRemote sensing, positioning, data centers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marika Salo-Lahti<\/a><\/td>\nAssociate Professor
\n(tenure track)<\/td>\n		Law (especially related to FinTech, AI and sustainability)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuomas Huikkola<\/a><\/td>\nAssociate Professor (tenure track)<\/td>\nIndustrial services and the strategic, dynamic, and relational capabilities of manufacturing companies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Professors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>\nRole<\/strong><\/td>\nResearch area<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ali Nadir Arslan<\/a><\/td>\nProfessor<\/td>\nRemote Sensing and its applications to science and society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rebekah Rousi<\/a><\/td>\nProfessor<\/td>\nCognitive science, Human-AI\/robot interaction, creative arts, cultural studies, user experience, cognitive systems, cognitive resilience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Catharina von Koskull<\/a><\/td>\nProfessor<\/td>\nMarketing and management, service innovation, consumer wellbeing and voice, ethnography<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jani Boutellier<\/a><\/td>\nAssociate Professor
\n(tenure track)<\/td>\n		Computer vision, machine learning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ahm Shamsuzzoha<\/a><\/td>\nAssociate Professor
\n(tenure track)<\/td>\n		Green and sustainable innovation, product design and modularity, supply chain and logistics management, digitalization of entrepreneurship, business networking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elham Ahmadi<\/a><\/td>\nAssistant Professor
\n(tenure track)<\/td>\n		GNSS, Reliable Positioning, Cybersecurity, Machine Learning, Sensor Fusion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ville Tuomi<\/a><\/td>\nAssociate Professor
\n(tenure track)<\/td>\n		Digital competences and project management and quality management; business models; sustainability<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emilene Leite<\/a><\/td>\nAssociate Professor (tenure track)<\/td>\nInternational business ecosystems, societal impact, smart city innovation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anupam Dutta<\/a><\/td>\nAssociate Professor (tenure track)<\/td>\nSustainable finance, econometrics of financial markets, FinTech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heidi Hirsto<\/a><\/td>\nAssociate Professor<\/td>\nEconomic & financial discourses; business-society relations, ethics & responsibility; online influencer & consumer cultures; cultural & critical approaches to organizational communication<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Researchers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>\nRole<\/strong><\/td>\nResearch area<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vaiva Stanisauskaite<\/a><\/td>\nProject Researcher & Project Manager<\/td>\nBusiness creation, business models, entrepreneurship, business networks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Terhi M\u00e4ki-Turja<\/a><\/td>\nResearch Assistant<\/td>\nMachine learning, data<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minhaz Uddin<\/a><\/td>\nResearch Assistant<\/td>\nMachine learning, physics-informed modeling, prediction modeling and architecture, building energy systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pragati Bhandari<\/a><\/td>\nResearch Assistant<\/td>\nAI & robotics, GNSS, navigation & autonomous systems, ML, signal processing, software engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amin Akbari Tochaei<\/a><\/td>\nResearch Assistant<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rifaiya Abrar<\/a><\/td>\nResearch Assistant<\/td>\nML, computer vision, web and software development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shafay Abid<\/a><\/td>\nResearch Assistant<\/td>\nAI, data, LLMs, GNSS, Python<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giang Tran<\/a><\/td>\nProject Researcher<\/td>\nEnvironment and sustainability, renewable energy (hydro and wind), environmental law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abol Basher<\/a><\/td>\nProject Researcher<\/td>\nML, computer vision, 3D representation, medical imaging<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Noman Chowdhury<\/a><\/td>\nProject Researcher<\/td>\nGNSS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pradeep Bonda<\/a><\/td>\nProject Researcher<\/td>\nPhysics Informed Machine Learning, Robotic Control<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kannan Selvan<\/a><\/td>\nProject Researcher<\/td>\nPositioning, Machine Learning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Masud Fahim<\/a><\/td>\nProject Researcher<\/td>\nAI, ML, computer vision, deep learning, MATLAB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cem \u00d6zcan<\/a><\/td>\nProject Researcher & Programmer<\/td>\nEarth Observation, Remote Sensing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sema Cil<\/a><\/td>\nProject Researcher<\/td>\nRemote sensing, Satellite and Radar Meteorology, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth Observation, Applied Meteorology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hussain Kahil<\/a><\/td>\nProject Researcher<\/td>\nControl system, Reinforcement Learning (RL), Fuzzy logic, Robotics, and data centers energy efficiency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eldrige De Melo<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Student<\/td>\nProject management in aerospace, satcom skills<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pawan Kapur<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nEarth Observation, Hyperspectral Images, Remote Sensing, Fuzzy Logic, Machine Learning, Astronomy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Syed Naqvi<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nCybersecurity, deep learning, intelligent intrusion detection systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eeva Rauramo<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nXbrl data, accunts payable automation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sadia Tangem<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nSpace Economy, Space Sustainability, Business Network, Space SMEs business model<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rakibul Hasan<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nAI, new space, international business, information systems, management, sustainable development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Qingchao Zeng<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Researcher<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mia-Kristina Lager<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nAI, examining its societal, ethical, and economic dimension<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adeel Arif<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Researcher<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lasse Romppanen<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nRisk management; obesity-related disclosures of food and beverage companies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reihaneh Kouhi Esfahani<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nData science, data analysis, data-driven marketing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natasha Stillman<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nInternational relations, public policy, AI & ethics, health equity, technology policy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anuruddika Ratnamalala Bandaralage<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nBlockchain, machine learning, Fintech, data analytics, digitalization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thilini Mudiyanse<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nAI in international marketing for SMEs; digital platforms, sustainability, internationalization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Talal Saleh<\/a><\/td>\nDoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nSmart energy, smart grids, 5G, AI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ville Vakkuri<\/a><\/td>\nPostdoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nEthical consideration with software engineering practices and AI system development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mahmoud Elsanhoury<\/a><\/td>\nPostdoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nUbiquitous positioning systems, GNSS interference, indoor positioning systems, low Earth orbit satellite positioning or LEO-PNT, multi-sensor fusion technologies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Essi Nousiainen<\/a><\/td>\nPostdoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nAccounting, textual analysis, ML\/AI in business, sustainability reporting, ESG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Khaled Abed Alghani<\/a><\/td>\nPostdoctoral Researcher<\/td>\nStrategic business development, management consulting, global virtual team coaching<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Olena Maslyukivska<\/a><\/td>\nResearcher<\/td>\nEnvironmental economics, climate governance, sustainability policy with practical implementation through public institutions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anne Laajalahti<\/a><\/td>\nSenior Researcher<\/td>\nCommunication (strategic, crisis, leadership, workplace, interpersonal), communication management, AI and ethics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Mekkanen<\/a><\/td>\nSenior Researcher<\/td>\nIEC 61850, smart grid, substation automation system, digital substation, wireless communication, embedded system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Other personnel<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Name<\/strong><\/td>\nRole<\/strong><\/td>\nCapabilities<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jyri Nieminen<\/a><\/td>\nProgrammer<\/td>\nSoftware Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Camilla Wahlberg<\/a><\/td>\nProject Manager<\/td>\nProject management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Susanna Litmanen<\/a><\/td>\nProject coordinator & communicator<\/td>\nCommunications, graphic design, photography, video editing, WordPress (website design), content production, project coordination<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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