People

Professors

Pekka Abrahamsson

Professor
ohjelmistotekniikka
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358405415929
pekka.abrahamsson@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4360-2226

Hannu-Matti Järvinen

Professor
ohjelmistotekniikka
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358408490741
hannu-matti.jarvinen@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0047-2051

Kari Systä

Professor
Software Engineering
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
kari.systa@tuni.fi

Based on agreement - or when the door of my office (TF114) is open. I have returned to campus and seldom work from home.

Primary way of contacting: email.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7371-0773

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About me

Software, software engineeting and computer science enthusiastic since 1980. I'm nterested both in research and practise.

Responsibilities

My own teaching for 2022-2024 includes

Course COMP.SE.140 Continuous Development and Deployment - DevOps
Several Master Theses

A also look after

The study modules of Software Engineering and Web&Cloud
Software Engineering

Field of expertise

My main expertise areas are

Theory and practice of software engineering.
Web, edge and cloud software.

Phases of my career

1980-1985: Master studies and part-time teaching in Tampere University of technology
1985-1995: Various research projects, teaching tasks and PhD studies in Tampere University of technology
1995-2011: Several research and management roles in Nokia corporation
2012- : Professor of software engineering in Tampere University

Research topics

My current research topics & interests are

Data driven software engineering: how the data collected from software and its decision process can be used for more efficient development and better decision making.
Web as an application platform.
Software architectures for open IoT systems.
Advanced software solutions for modern energy systems.
Programmable world and edge computing.

Research unit

TASE - https://research.tuni.fi/tase/

Top achievements

Current projects

LiquidAI (2023-2025)

A BF funded project to develop Liquid Software for highly connected IoT-Edge-Cloud continuum. Compared to past efforts on Liquid Software, we in LiquidAI we consider Machine Learning components, too. This is a collaborative effort with University of Jyväskylä.

6GSoft (2023-2026)

A BF-funded project to address the following challenges: "Developing and managing 5G and especially 6G software will demand totally new software development methods, tools, processes, and architectures. We need novel industry-scale software engineering to support the integrated development of heterogeneous systems that include software platforms, cloud, big data, AI, edge, IoT, and quantum computing. The number of connected devices will explode, and they all have software. They range from micro-level devices with very limited processing capability to larger connected devices with strong processing power and large applications in the cloud. Different parts of the distributed systems are owned and managed by various stakeholders. Current architectures, orchestration, and scalability methods and tools are not capable of supporting such complex, heterogeneous, and highly distributed 6G software systems. In addition, the application of current technologies will create a very high energy overhead, due to the lack of optimization for such a large number of connected devices."
This is a collaboration project with University of Oulu, LUT University and University of Jyväskylä.

Microblock (2021-2023)

An EU-funded multi-disciplinary project to investigate use blockchain-based micro-credentials for study credits. For further informations see: https://www.tuni.fi/en/research/microblock-advancing-exchange-micro-credentials-ebsi-0

DELI (2023-2025)

A cross-disciplinary infrastructure (FIRI - Academy of Finland) project to build platforms and tools for energy researchj.

Recently ended projects

VISDOM is an international Eureka/ITEA3 project that develops new types of visualisations for software development. We concentrate visualisations that are based on data from several tools and our special focus is in DevOps-type projects. For further information, see the project-wide web-page: iteavisdom.org .
CityIoT vendor independent IoT platform for smart cities: For more information see https://pervasive.cs.tut.fi/?p=2820 and https://www.cityiot.fi/english/
ProcemPlus whose main objective of ProCemPlus project is to study the formation of individual energy communities into broader business-oriented energy ecosystems through several research themes and concrete pilot-cases related to the development of energy communities, and to analyze the role of microgrids and energy communities in the future energy ecosystem. The role of our team is related to design of the required information system and related software/platform economy. For more information see information about the earlier Procem-project and web-page of this new ProcemPlus project .

Selected publications

David Hästbacka

Associate Professor (tenure track)
Ohjelmistotekniikka
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358405191506
david.hastbacka@tuni.fi

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Leading a research group in the field of software engineering and informatics applied to industrial automation, production and energy systems. Research focus on system architecture, information system composition and integration platforms, and semantics for networked systems and services. Teaching and supervision related to Web and Cloud architectures and dependable IoT systems.

Ongoing projects:

Hedge-IoT (Horizon Europe, 2024-2027)
TwinfFlow (Business Finland, 2024-2027)
Arrowhead fPVN (EU Chips JU/Business Finland, 2023-2026)
DAZE (Business Finland, 2023-2026)
Metawave (Horizon Europe, 2024-2028)
GenerIoT (ITEA4/Business Finland, 2023-2025)
Industry X (Business Finland, 2022-2025)
TRINEFLEX (Horizon Europe, 2022-2026)
INGA (Integrated automation for distribution grid and DERs, Business Finland, 2022-2024)
AeroPolis (Academy of Finland, 2022-2024)

Past projects:

FEMMa (Future Electrified Mobile Machines, Business Finland, 2021-2024)
DisMa (Distributed Management of Electricity System, Academy of Finland, 2019-2023)
NIC (Nordic Interoperability Collaboration, Business Finland, 2021)
Productive4.0 (EC ECSEL/Business Finland, 2017-2020)
AIDOMUS (Research to business, Business Finland, 2019-2020)
SEMIS (Semantic Interoperability of Industrial Systems, Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher, 2017-2020)
COCOP (Coordinating Optimisation of Complex Industrial Processes, EU H2020, 2016-2020)
USE (Urban Smart Energy, Business Finland, 2017-2019)
S-Step (Business Finland, 2016-2017)
Arrowhead (EC ECSEL, 2013-2017)

Toni Taipalus

Assistant Professor
ohjelmistotekniikka
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358505291065
toni.taipalus@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4060-3431

Post-Doctoral Researchers

University Lecturers

Tero Ahtee

Lecturer
ohjelmistotekniikka
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358408490383
tero.ahtee@tuni.fi

Terhi Kilamo

University Lecturer
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358408490723
terhi.kilamo@tuni.fi

Jorma Laurikkala

University Lecturer
tietojenkäsittelyoppi, opetusalana ohjelmointi
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358503185873
jorma.laurikkala@tuni.fi

Pia Niemelä

University Lecturer
ohjelmistotekniikka
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358504802576
pia.niemela@tuni.fi

Timo Nummenmaa

Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358504201506
timo.nummenmaa@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9896-0338

Timo Mäkinen

External Expert
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
timo.makinen@tuni.fi

Timo Poranen

University Lecturer
tietojenkäsittelyoppi, alana ohjelmistot
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358401901719
timo.poranen@tuni.fi

Matti Rintala

University Lecturer
ohjelmistotekniikka
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358408490036
matti.rintala@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1780-377X

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About me

I'm a university lecturer of computer science / software engineering, with emphasis on teaching. My areas of expertise are programming languages and paradigms, data structures and algorithms, and concurrency.

Responsibilities

I'm the responsible teacher of courses COMP.CS.400 Principles of programming languages and COMP.CS.130 Functional programming 1, I also participate in teaching the course COMP.CS.300 Data structures and algorithms 1.

Mika Saari

University Instructor
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358408262928
mika.saari@tuni.fi

8:10-15:30 mostly in office.
24/7 email
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7677-2355

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About me

Research and teach. Also supervising master thesis in the are aof computer science.

Research unit

GPT-Lab

Latest publications

Digital Twin Coffee Room Application – Kahvibotti

Sillberg, P., Grönman, J., Saari, M., Nurminen, M., Jönkkäri, T., Rantanen, P. & Abrahamsson, P., 2024, MIPRO 2024 47th ICT and Electronics Convention, Proceedings. IEEE, s. 887-891 5 Sivumäärä (Proceedings of the International Convention MIPRO).

Tutkimustuotos: Konferenssiartikkeli › Tieteellinen › vertaisarvioitu

Enhancing Collaborative Prototype Development: An Evaluation of the Descriptive Model for Prototyping Process

Harjamäki, J., Saari, M., Nurminen, M., Rantanen, P., Soini, J. & Hästbacka, D., 2024, Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases XXXV. Tropmann-Frick, M., Jaakkola, H., Thalheim, B., Kiyoki, Y. & Yoshida, N. (toim.). IOS Press, Vuosikerta 380. s. 205-226 22 Sivumäärä (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications).

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From Data to Documentation: Exploring the Use of ChatGPT’s Custom Instructions for Report Generation

Harjamäki, J., Sillberg, P., Saari, M., Rantanen, P., Soini, J. & Abrahamsson, P., 2024, 2024 IEEE 12th International Conference on Intelligent Systems. IEEE, 6 Sivumäärä

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Software Hardware Combination for IoT Sensor Data Gathering and Prototyping: Architecture model, Framework, and Process model

Saari, M., 2024, Tampere: Tampere University. 250 Sivumäärä (Tampere University Dissertations - Tampereen yliopiston väitöskirjat; Vuosikerta 962)

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The Report of 85 AI Tools: GenAI Content Production: Enhancing Repeatability and Automation with ChatGPT

Harjamäki, J., Rantanen, P., Lahtinen, D., Sillberg, P., Saari, M., Grönman, J., Rasheed, Z., Sami, M. & Abrahamsson, P., 2024, Tampere University. 118 Sivumäärä

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Toward Guiding Students: Exploring Effective Approaches for Utilizing AI Tools in Programming Courses

Saari, M., Rantanen, P., Nurminen, M., Kilamo, T., Systä, K. & Abrahamsson, P., 1 kesäk. 2024, Generative AI for Effective Software Development. Nguyen-Duc, A., Abrahamsson, P. & Khomh, F. (toim.). Springer, s. 331-346 16 Sivumäärä

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Categorization of Digital Twins: A Literature Review of IoT and Industry

Grönman, J., Rantanen, P. & Saari, M., 2023, 2023 IEEE 27th International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems (INES). IEEE, 6 Sivumäärä (Proceedings : IEEE International conference on intelligent engineering systems).

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Changes in higher education communication practices and tools: through the pandemic towards new communication models

Nurminen, M., Viteli, J., Järvinen, H.-M., Rantanen, P. & Saari, M., 2023, Proceedings - SEFI 51th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability. European Society for Engineering Education SEFI, 9 Sivumäärä

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Comparing the Use of Custom-built and Commercial Off-the-shelf Data Gathering Devices in IoT Systems

Saari, M., Harjamäki, J., Nurminen, M. & Rantanen, P., 2023, 2023 46th MIPRO ICT and Electronics Convention (MIPRO): Proceedings. IEEE, s. 930-934 5 Sivumäärä (International convention on information and communication technology, electronics and microelectronics).

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Lessons Learned from Collaborative Prototype Development Between University and Enterprises

Harjamäki, J., Saari, M., Nurminen, M., Rantanen, P., Soini, J. & Hästbacka, D., 8 kesäk. 2023, Proceedings of the 33th International Conference on Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases. Welzer Družovec, T., Hölbl, M., Nemec Zlatolas, L. & Kuhar, S. (toim.). University of Maribor, s. 273-300 27 Sivumäärä

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Antti Sand

University Lecturer
ohjelmistotekniikka
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
antti.sand@tuni.fi

Tarja Tiainen

University Lecturer
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358407462481
tarja.tiainen@tuni.fi

Zheying Zhang

University Lecturer
alana ohjelmistokehitys
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358503185912
zheying.zhang@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6205-4210

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Zheying Zhang received her Ph.D degree in computer science and information systems from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland in 2004, and the title of Docent (Adjunct professor) in software development from University of Tampere in 2013. She has over 15 years research and teaching experience in requirements management; and her research interests include requirements analysis, domain modelling, quality assurance and process improvement, data driven approach for software development and maintenance, and AI-assisted requirements management.

Current research interests and topics for Master's thesis on

AI4SE, e.g. AI for requirements management, quality assurance, agile project management, DevOps pipelines, etc.
Data-driven software evolution analysis
Quality attributes and software quality assessment, e.g. OSS, medical device software, etc.
Cross-disciplinary topics on software engineering such as software engineering education, ethics, etc.
Industry-specific applications
Other innovative and relevant topics

PhD Graduates

Xiaozhou Li - Data-driven analysis of software user reviews helps to understand changing customer needs, co-supervised with Kostas Stefanidis
Wenhui Lu -Effective Rights Exporting Process - Towards system interoperability of digital rights management, co-supervised with Jyrki Nummenmaa

Selected publications

Latest publications

A Systematic Literature Review on Requirements Engineering Practices and Challenges in Open-Source Projects

Tasnim, M., Rayhan, M., Zhang, Z. & Poranen, T., 2024, 2023 49th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA). IEEE, s. 278-285 8 Sivumäärä ( Proceedings EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications).

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A Tertiary Study on AI for Requirements Engineering

Mehraj, A., Zhang, Z. & Systä, K., 2024, Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality : 30th International Working Conference, REFSQ 2024, Winterthur, Switzerland, April 8–11, 2024, Proceedings. Mendez, D., Mendez, D., Moreira, A. & Moreira, A. (toim.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, s. 159-177 19 Sivumäärä (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vuosikerta 14588 LNCS).

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Sentiment Analysis of Mobile Apps Using BERT

Ullah, W., Zhang, Z. & Stefanidis, K., 2023, IEA/AIE 2023: Advances and Trends in Artificial Intelligence. Theory and Applications. Springer, s. 66-78 13 Sivumäärä (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vuosikerta 13926).

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The anatomy of a vulnerability database: A systematic mapping study

Li, X., Moreschini, S., Zhang, Z., Palomba, F. & Taibi, D., heinäk. 2023, julkaisussa: Journal of Systems and Software. 201, 111679.

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Communication Challenges in Distributed Student Projects

Huumonen, J., Poranen, T. & Zhang, Z., lokak. 2022, Proceedings of the 50th SEFI Conference (European Society for Engineering Education) 2022. European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), s. 334-343

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Exploring Factors and Metrics to Select Open Source Software Components for Integration: An Empirical Study

Li, X., Moreschini, S., Zhang, Z. & Taibi, D., kesäk. 2022, julkaisussa: Journal of Systems and Software. 188, 111255.

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A data-driven approach for video game playability analysis based on players’ reviews

Li, X., Zhang, Z. & Stefanidis, K., maalisk. 2021, julkaisussa: Information (Switzerland). 12, 3, 129.

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An Investigation on the Availability of Contribution Information in Open-Source Projects

Zhang, Z., Sievi-Korte, O., Virta, U. T., Jarvinen, H. M. & Taibi, D., syysk. 2021, Proceedings - 2021 47th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2021. Baldassarre, M. T., Scanniello, G. & Skavhaug, A. (toim.). IEEE, s. 86-90 5 Sivumäärä (Proceedings - 2021 47th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2021).

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Towards RegOps: A DevOps Pipeline for Medical Device Software

Toivakka, H., Granlund, T., Poranen, T. & Zhang, Z., 2021, Product-Focused Software Process Improvement - 22nd International Conference, PROFES 2021, Proceedings. Ardito, L., Jedlitschka, A., Morisio, M. & Torchiano, M. (toim.). Springer, s. 290-306 17 Sivumäärä (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vuosikerta 13126).

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A Sentiment-Statistical Approach for Identifying Problematic Mobile App Updates Based on User Reviews

Li, X., Zhang, B., Zhang, Z. & Stefanidis, K., 1 maalisk. 2020, julkaisussa: Information. 11, 3, 152.

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Ph.D. Students

Otto Hylli

Doctoral Researcher
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358408490391
otto.hylli@tuni.fi

Mikko Nurminen

Researcher
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358504478521
+358504478521
mikko.nurminen@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7609-8348

Pekka Sillberg

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358408262745
pekka.sillberg@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2573-4775

Ali Mehraj

Researcher
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
ali.mehraj@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7563-1706

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About me

My research interests include software architecture, software design, artificial intelligence, and DevOps

My profile at researchportal.tuni.fi: Ali Mehraj

My research group: EVCommunities, LiquidAI, 6GSoft

Latest publications

A Tertiary Study on AI for Requirements Engineering

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The Programmable World and Its Emerging Privacy Nightmare

Kotilainen, P., Mehraj, A., Mikkonen, T. & Mäkitalo, N., 2024, Web Engineering - 24th International Conference, ICWE 2024, Proceedings. Stefanidis, K., Systä, K., Matera, M., Heil, S., Kondylakis, H. & Quintarelli, E. (toim.). Springer, s. 255-262 8 Sivumäärä (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vuosikerta 14629 LNCS).

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Zeeshan Rasheed

Researcher
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358505973761
zeeshan.rasheed@tuni.fi

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About me

I did my Master's degree in Applied Computer Science from Inner Mongolia University of Technology, China, in 2021. My research is dedicated to advancing the fields of Generative AI and software engineering.

Responsibilities

The goal of my PhD project is to revolutionize software development by developing a system wherein multiple AI agents collaborate autonomously. These agents are designed to comprehend requirements, architect designs, write code, conduct tests, and perform debugging. This system is engineered to facilitate efficient collaboration and autonomous operation, coupled with stringent quality assurance. Additionally, it is equipped with capabilities that allow AI agents to continuously learn and enhance their performance over time.

Field of expertise

I have six years expirence in field of Machine Learning.

Research topics

Advancing the fields of Generative AI and software engineering

Latest publications

Jussi Kalliola

Doctoral Researcher
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358505242863
jussi.kalliola@tuni.fi