Invited Talks, Keynotes, Panelist, Jury roles (selected)

1. Invited talk Our life with AI - designing learning experiences for humans at Interdisciplinary Scientific Seminar at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland, March, 2024.
2. Panelist Perspectives, Progress and Future Directions of Cyber-Physical Learning, IFE 2024 conference, Monterrey, Mexico, January, 2024.
3. Panelist Breaking Physical Boundaries with the use of Cyber-Physical Technologies, IFE 2024 conference, Monterrey, Mexico, January, 2024.
4. Jury member U!Train Ideathon, Grenoble/Online, December, 2023.
5. Invited talk Designing Online Learning,Teaching Excellence Seminar, Wroclaw Tech/Online, November, 2023.
6. Keynote Designing the Future of Learning Experiences for a dissemination event of Exploring inter-connected education through a distributed and blended European Entrepreneurship Minor- project, November, 2023.
7. Host, jury member Connected Learners: Hacking the Online Learning Experience challenge at Digital Education Hackathon 2023, November, 2023.
8. Invited talk The future of learning with AI - think like a human. STEAMConf 2022, Barcelona, October, 2022.
9. Invited workshop Creating with AI. UNITE!/S+T+ARTS, Barcelona, October, 2022.
10. Invited talk Advancing Digital Learning: Case Aalto Online Learning. International Summit on Virtual Learning and Cooperation, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, December, 2021.
11. Invited talk An online degree in Engineering - contradiction or a living reality? at ASIIN-FIGURE-EASPA Global Conference 2021 in Sorbonne University, Paris, November, 2021.
12. Jury member Unite! Hackathon, Grenoble/Online, November, 2021.
13. Host, jury member Engaging Virtual Learning challenge at Digital Education Hackathon 2021, November, 2021.
14. Keynote Learning with information visualisations at Visual Worlds of Education, an Association of Visual Pedagogy (AVP) conference in Bergen, June, 2021.
15. Flash talk Learning about information visualization via exploring and creativity. in "U-Create Symposium 2020: Creativity?", Aalto University, April, 2020.
16. Interview Digital learning in entrepreneurship - experiences from Aalto university in a webinar about online-based entrepreneurship education, organized by the Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship, online / Denmark / worldwide, June 2020.
17. Flash talk Learning about Information Visualization via Exploring and Creativity at U-Create 2020: Creativity amid Crisis, Aalto University, Espoo, November 23rd, 2020.
18. Invited talk Fostering an Entrepreneurial Culture via Digital and On-Campus Learning, online conference Entreprenørskabskonference: 'Sammenhæng i entreprenørskabsindsatser og nye kompetencer' organized by Aalborg University, UCN and Fonden for Entreprenørskab in Denmark, November 10, 2020.
19. Invited talk Experiences from Aalto Online Learning at Innovations and Creativity in Climate Education seminar organised by Aalto Sustainability Hub / Climate University-project, Aalto University, Espoo, March 2-3, 2020.
20. Invited talk Visual-spatial thinking in learning at seminar at GIS Centre, Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, January 10, 2020.
21. Invited talk Digital learning spaces - tomorrow and beyond at Nasjonal konferanse: Digitalisering i høyere utdanning 2019, Bergen, Norway, October 18, 2019.
22. Keynote Visualisation and community-building as keys for designing online and blended learning at Tag der Lehre - Digitalisierung der Lehre, Messe Essen, Germany, October 10, 2019.
23. Host, jury member Challenge proposed: New tech, models and applications for future learning - think like a human, DigiEduHack 2019 (Digital Education Hackathon), Aalto University, Espoo, October 3-4, 2019.
24. Panelist representing Aalto Online Learning at the Spring Forum of Design 2019 (Muotoilun kevätfoorumi 2019) organised by Finnish Design Academy, April, 2019.
25. Invited talk Visualising the data universe at FAIR Data - the Key to Sustainable Research, University of Tarty Library, April, 2019.
26. Augmented learning, in Keynotes & fireside-chats at Brave New Learning - ELIG Conference and 100th anniversary of Amsterdam Public Library (OBA), Amsterdam, February, 2019.
27. Shaping the future of learning: experiences from Aalto Online Learning, talk at Branchenforum - university@LEARNTEC, LEARNTEC - Europe's #1 in digital learning, Karlsruhe, January, 2019.
28. Invited talk Aalto Online Learning, done via a video link from Prague for 3. Conference on Digital Learning Technology, learnT (Center for Digital Learning Technology), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), November 16, 2018.
29. Invited talk How online learning is transforming the activities of universities - the case of Aalto Online Learning project for a course for the alumni of the Executive Master in University Management at MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business, Milan, Italy, November 9, 2018.
30. Panelist at the Games and Gamification 2018, Aalto University, Finland, October, 2018.
31. Invited talk Learning in the era of online everything at the KiVAKO-project kickoff event, Helsinki, Finland, September 21th, 2018.
32. Invited workshop Online classes and online labs for BEST: Board of European Students of Technology, Krakow, July, 2018.
33. Jury member, IndustryHack challenge StudyWhat, October, 2017, Aalto University.
34. Keynote Around the world with online learning at at the kick-off seminar of DIGIJOUJOU-project, Helsinki, August, 2017.
35. Panelist at the EXPERTISE: Learning, alumn seminar at women's day, March 8th, 2017 at the Learning Centre, Aalto University, Finland.
36. Talk On Spatial Aboutness at ThinkSpatial, The UCSB brown-bag forum on spatial thinking, University of Santa Barbara, California, November 8, 2016.
37. Keynote and panelist How to manage and share Spatiotemporal Research Data? Supporting learning and reproducibility online via Linked Open Science at the 3rd LEARN Workshop, organized by LEARN project, Helsinki, Finland, 28th June, 2016.
38. Invited talk Observing the Data Universe at the GI Forum, Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster, Germany, November 24th, 2015.
39. Invited talk Visualizing the Web of Open Data at the Visualizing Knowledge: Visualization, Data & Research Meetup, University of Helsinki, September 10, 2015.
40. Invited talk Supporting hypotheses generation via visualizing the web of (spatiotemporal) data at the Scientific Computing Laboratory, Institute of Physics Belgrade, Serbia, August 21, 2015.
41. Invited talk The Role of Spatial Data for Linked Science at the 2nd Data Management Workshop, University of Cologne, Germany, November 28-29, 2014
42. Invited talk Linked media, data science and data visualization for big data at the Department's day Geography, Planning and International Development Studies at University of Amsterdam, September 10th, 2014.
43. Invited talk Linking Spatiotemporal Data via Semantic Modeling at Spatial Cognition Colloquium (SFB/TR 8), Bremen, Germany, May 23rd, 2014.
44. Invited talk Making sense of the web of data at The Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria, March 2014.
45. Keynote Linking and Visualizing Social Media Data about Crises at Social Media and Linked Data for Emergency Response workshop at ESWC2013, Montpellier, France, May 26, 2013.
46. Invited talk Data Science for Analyzing Big Social Media Data at Tongji University, Shanghai, China,May, 2013.
47. Invited talk Linking, visualizing and interacting with crowdsourced data about crises at SMERST 2013: Social Media and Semantic Technologies in Emergency Response, 15-16 April 2013, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
48. Invited talk Linking Data---Inspiration, Tools and Vocabularies at Pondus Open Data HackFest, Helsinki, March 5th, 2013
49. Invited talk Visualizing and Interacting with Linked Data about Disasters at the Masterclass of the Disaster 2.0 project, Bruxelles, Belgium, January 2012.
50. Invited talk Crowdsourcing Linked Spatiotemporal Data for the GEOCROWD-Creating a Geospatial Knowledge World project, Berlin, April, 2012.
51. Invited talk Spatiotemporal and Semantic Modeling and Reasoning. Case examples from Digital Cultural Heritage, Geochanges and Linked Science at Lecture at National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, January 31, 2012.
52. Invited talk Geospatial Semantic Web and Linked Science, SIKS PhD Course on Semantic Web at the Netherlands, September, 2011.
53. Invited talk Using Semantic Reasoning and Collective Intelligence for Link Discovery at Kolloquium Geoinformatik (SS 11), Geographisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, June 21st, 2011.
54. Invited talk Spatiotemporal Reasoning for Link Discovery at Information Systems Seminar, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford, March 15, 2011.
55. Invited talk Geospatial Ontology Time Series at the Institute for Geoinformatics at the University of Münster, July 30, 2009, Münster, Germany.

Education and titles awarded

• Habilitation (Venia legendi in Geoinformatics), University of Muenster, 2014
• Title of Docent in Media Technology, Aalto University School of Science, 2014
• Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) in Media Technology, Aalto University, 2010
• M.Sc. (Master of Science) in Computer Science, University of Helsinki, 2004
• Aalto University pedagogical training I (25 cr) module, 2015

Current activities

• Aalto Online Learning:
• * Honoured to receive the EUNIS Dørup E-learning Award 2020 on June 11th, 2020. The award was given to our paper Designing Digital Higher Education: Case Aalto Online Learning by Tomi Kauppinen, Yulia Guseva and Sara Gottschalk in EUNIS 2020 Congress
• * Honoured to receive the 2016 Learning Contribution Achievement Award from The Aalto University Student Union AYY on May 22nd, 2017 for the Aalto Online Learning project.

Current positions and titles

• Since January 2021: Head, Aalto Online Learning, Aalto University, Finland.
• Since April, 2015: Privatdozent (PD) in Geoinformatics, Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster, Germany.
• Since August, 2014: Title of Docent in Media Technology, Aalto University School of Science, Finland.

Previous positions and activities

Aalto University (2016-2020)

• Project leader, coordinator of Aalto Online Learning as a strategic development project.

University of Bremen (2014), Germany

• From April 2014 to September 2014: Substitute W3 Professor of Cognitive Systems.

Aalto University School of Science (2012-2015), Finland

• Postdoctoral researcher, main focus on data science, spatial information handling and visualization, Linked Science and online/blended learning.

University of Muenster (2010-2012), Germany

• 2010-2012: postdoctoral researcher at The Institute for Geoinformatics (ifgi) at The University of Münster (Münster, Germany)
• Post-doc in The International Research Training group (IRTG)---Semantic Integration of Geospatial Information
• Post-doc in The Muenster Semantic Interoperability Lab (MUSIL).
• Our project Triangle of Sustainability (in German: "Dreieck der Nachhaltigkeit") was awarded a second place in Wissenschaft interaktiv 2012 on June 5th, 2012, Luebeck, Germany.
• Co-founder and researcher in the University of Muenster's Linked Data initiative called Linked Open Data University of Muenster (LODUM).

Helsinki University of Technology and University of Helsinki, Finland (2003-2010)

• Workpackage leader and researcher in SmartMuseum. Our workpackage "Web services for digital content access and existing content profiling" developed ontology and reasoning components for SmartMuseum. SmartMuseum won the The United Nations based World Summit Award Mobile (WSA-Mobile) in the category m-Tourism & Culture on November 9th, 2010.
• Project manager and researcher in developing Finnish spatio-temporal ontology (SAPO, Suomen ajallinen paikkaontologia) that represents knowledge about changes (merges, splits) in historical regions (cities, counties). SAPO has been published in the Finnish Ontology Library Service ONKI (www.yso.fi). SAPO is constantly updated as new changes occur concerning regions.
• Leader and researcher in the work package on geospatial ontologies and reasoning methods of FinnONTO, with special emphasis on handling large spatiotemporal linked data.

Several industry positions: Genio Ltd., RTS Networks Ltd., RTS Multimedia Ltd. (subsidiary of Robotic Technology Systems Plc., RTS Group), Pegy Multimedia Ltd. (1997-2002)

• Project manager, Software architect, Designer. My clients included companies especially in the financial/banking sector, and large-scale commercial and governmental web sites. We ran projects to create and produce IPO systems, data visualisations & technical analysis, portfolio management, web sites and portals, online games, online videos & animations and mobile apps.

Teaching activities

Courses taught, Tutorials given, Tutoring and Guest Lectures

1. Winter 2023/2024: Co-lecturer of the Geoinformation in Society (University of Muenster)
2. Autumn 2023: Lecturer of the Explorative Information Visualization- course (Aalto University)
3. Spring 2023: Guest lecturer of four three hour sessions for Intro to Culture and Design Management- course (Underwood International College, Yonsei University)
4. Winter 2022/2023: Co-lecturer of the Geoinformation in Society (University of Muenster)
5. Autumn 2022: Lecturer of the Explorative Information Visualization- course (Aalto University)
6. Winter 2021/2022: Co-lecturer of the Geoinformation in Society (University of Muenster)
7. Autumn 2021: Lecturer of the Explorative Information Visualization- course (Aalto University)
8. Winter 2020/2021: Co-lecturer of the Geoinformation in Society (University of Muenster)
9. Autumn 2020: Guest lecture on "Datavis for service designers", at the Visual Communication for Systems Thinking course, Aalto University ARTS.
10. Autumn 2020: Lecturer of the Explorative Information Visualization- course (Aalto University)
11. Spring 2020: Guest lecture on "Using Information Visualization to understand the world around us". This was a guest lecture given via video link for University Sheffield's course INF4001 Information Visualisation for Decision-Making. May 27th, 2020.
12. Winter 2019/2020: Co-lecturer of the Geoinformation in Society (University of Muenster)
13. Autumn 2019: Lecturer of the Explorative Information Visualization- course (Aalto University)
14. Winter 2018/2019: Co-lecturer of the Geoinformation in Society (University of Muenster)
15. Autumn 2018: Lecturer of the Explorative Information Visualization- course (Aalto University)
16. Winter 2017/2018: Co-lecturer of the Geoinformation in Society (University of Muenster)
17. Spring 2017: Guest lecture on Cognitive Principles for Information Visualization at the Information Design course (Aalto University ARTS)
18. Winter 2016/2017: Co-lecturer of the Geoinformation in Society (University of Muenster)
19. Summer 2016: Invited tutor at The 12th Semantic Web Summer School, Bertinoro, Italy, 2016.
20. Winter 2015/2016: Co-lecturer of An Introduction to JavaScript and Linked Data (Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster)
21. Autumn 2015: Lecturer of Explorative Information Visualization (Aalto University School of Science, Finland)
22. Autumn 2015: Guest lecture on Linked Spatial Data at Design of WWW Services course (Aalto University)
23. Autumn 2015: Guest lecture on Information Visualization at Introduction to studies course (Aalto University School of Science, Finland)
24. Spring 2015: Tutorial on Visual Analytics with Linked Open Data and Social Media at ESWC2015, Portoroz, Slovenia
25. Spring 2015: Guest lecture on Linked Spatial Data at Design of WWW Services course (Aalto University)
26. Autumn 2014: Lecturer of Spatial Information Usability, organized as a Special theme for Seminar on Media Technology (Aalto University, Finland)
27. Autumn 2014: Invited tutorial on Visual Analytics and Linked Science at Department's day of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies at University of Amsterdam, September, 2014.
28. Autumn 2014: Tutorial on Spatiotemporal Information Visualization at the Spatial Cognition 2014 conference, Bremen, Germany, 15-19 September, 2014
29. Summer 2014: Lecturer of Linked Media (for Digital Media and Cognitive Systems/Computer Science students) (University of Bremen, Germany)
30. Summer 2014: Co-lecturer of Intelligent Environments (University of Bremen)
31. Spring 2014: Tutorial on Visual Analytics with Linked Open Data and Social Media for e-Governance (VisLOD) at ESWC2014, Crete, Greece, May, 2014.
32. Spring 2014: A guest lecture on "Linked Open Spatiotemporal Data and its role for New Media creation" at Design of WWW Services (Aalto University)
33. Autumn 2013: Tutor of the first year Information Networks student group, from September 2013 to now, (Aalto University School of Science, Finland)
34. Autumn 2013: Lecturer of Seminar on Media Technology with the emphasis on Spatial Information Usability & New Linked Media: Interacting, Exploring and Visualizing Linked Data (Aalto University, organized in Design Factory)
35. Spring 2013: Invited mentor at the PhD symposium of Extended Semantic Web Conference 2013, Montpellier, France, May, 2013.
36. Spring 2013: Tutorial on Analyzing and Visualizing Linked Data with R at ESWC2013, Montpellier, France.
37. Spring 2013: A guest lecture at WWW Applications (Aalto University)
38. Spring 2013: A guest lecture at Design of WWW Services (Aalto University)
39. Spring 2013: Invited lecture on Visualization and Interaction techniques at Masterclass on Disaster information: the use of social media and semantic technologies, Bruxelles, Belgium.
40. Winter 2012/2013: Co-lecturer of Spatio-Temporal Information in Society - Seminar (Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster)
41. Autumn 2012: Lecturer of Seminar on Media Technology--Linked Spatiotemporal Data (Aalto University)
42. Autumn 2012: Tutorial on Interconnecting Linked Open Data and R with the SPARQL package for Linked Science, Paris, France.
43. Autumn 2012/winter 2013: Co-lecturer of Spatio-Temporal Information in Society (Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster)
44. Summer 2012: A guest lecture on event modeling and reasoning (the Event class) at Introduction to Geographic Information Science (Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster).
45. Summer 2012: A guest lecture on ontologies at Reference Systems for Geographic Information (Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster) .
46. Summer 2012: Lecturer of Linked Open Data --- (R)Evolution. Methods for analyzing and representing complex spatiotemporal systems. (Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster)
47. Autumn 2011: A guest lecture on Geospatial Semantic Web and Linked Science, PhD Course on Semantic Web, The School for Information and Knowledge Systems (SIKS), the Netherlands, September, 2011.
48. Autumn 2011: Lecturer of a block course on Linked Spatiotemporal Data and Linked Science, Universidade Jaume I, Castellon, Spain, September 2011.
49. Winter 2011/2012: Lecturer of Spatiotemporal and Semantic Modeling for Linked Science (Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster)
50. Winter 2011/2012: Co-lecturer of Linked Data Engineering Lab (Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster)
51. Summer 2011: Lecturer of Linked Open Data --- (R)Evolution (Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster)
52. Summer 2011: A guest lecture on ontologies at Reference Systems for Geographic Information (Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster).
53. Spring 2011: A guest lecture on "Spatiotemporal Reasoning for Link Discovery", Information Systems Seminar, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford, March 15.
54. Autumn 2010: Tutorial on Linked Open Spatiotemporal Data (GeoInfo 2010)
55. Summer 2010: A guest lecture on ontologies at Reference Systems for Geographic Information (Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster).
56. Summer 2010: A guest lecture on "Spatio-temporal Methods and Models for the Semantic Web" at GI FORUM SS 2010. (Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster)
57. Autumn 2009: Lecturer of XML-Based Description Languages (Helsinki University of Technology)
58. Autumn 2009: Tutor of a Information Networks student group (Helsinki University of Technology)
59. Autumn 2009: Software Engineering Project (customer role) (University of Helsinki)
60. 2008-2009: Several guest lectures on Geospatial Ontologies at professional training courses (TKK Dipoli, Helsinki University of Technology)
61. Summer 2009: Lecturer of XML-Based Description Languages (an intensive summer course) (Helsinki University of Technology)
62. Autumn 2008: Lecturer of XML-Based Description Languages (Helsinki University of Technology)
63. Autumn 2007: Lecturer of XML-Based Description Languages (Helsinki University of Technology)
64. Spring 2007: Course assistant at Semantic Web (Helsinki University of Technology)
65. Spring 2006: Course assistant at Semantic Web (Helsinki University of Technology)
66. Spring 2005: Course assistant at Basics of Publication Technology 2: Semantic web, especially XML-based languages, RDF and OWL. (Helsinki University of Technology)
67. Summer 2003: Course assistant at Programming project (University of Helsinki).

Evaluation committees of PhD dissertations

1. Member of the PhD committee of Belen Prado: Automated Patterns of Culture. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, December, 2023.
2. Chair and member of the external evaluation committee of PhD dissertation of Weiming Huang: Geospatial data and knowledge on the Web Knowledge-based geospatial data integration and visualisation with Semantic Web technologies. Lund University, Lund, January 10, 2020.
3. Preliminary examiner of PhD dissertation of Raimo Nikkila: Automated control of compliance with production standards in precision agriculture. Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 84/2013, Helsinki, 2013

Tomi's Supervised students and titles of their work

Master's Thesis Supervision/Advising/Instructing.

1. Teresa Rizzi (2nd supervisor. Title TBA. University of Trento (ongoing), 2024
2. Tuuli Metsäkoivu (instructor). The effects of listening context on the retention and application of information from a podcast. Aalto University (SCI), 2024.
3. Jutta Tavaila (instructor). What makes students motivated and engaged in online courses? Aalto University (SCI), 2022.
4. Lea Blecher (2nd supervisor). Designing a virtual toolbox about teaching, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2022
5. Salla-Mari Saanio (instructor). Comparison of the usage of different learning strategies in an online learning experience. Aalto University (SCI), 2022.
6. Fabiana Ferrara (instructor): Extended Reality (XR) Applications for Digital Cultural Heritage, Polytechnic University of Milan, 2021.
7. Jennifer Greb (instructor). Design considerations to advance the accessibility of the fulldome media environment. Aalto University (ARTS), 2021.
8. Julia Sand (instructor): Using virtual reality for education, Aalto University (ARTS), 2021.
9. Parvati Pillai (instructor). Exploring multiculturalism through illustration. Aalto University (ARTS), 2021.
10. Maria Lindvist (instructor): Information retrieval and recommendation methods for a course search engine. Aalto University (SCI), 2020.
11. Katariina Helin (instructor): Revealing the dynamics of a succesful virtual meeting. Aalto University (BIZ), 2020.
12. Margarita Mishinova (assistant supervisor). Factors influencing scientific misconduct in biomedical research - results of a five-year survey. Technische Universität Berlin Institut für Psychologie und Arbeitswissenschaft, Fachgebiet Arbeitswissenschaft, Fakultät für Verkehrs- und Maschinensysteme, 2020 (on-going).
13. Xuan Ma (instructor): Applying Science Fiction to Course Design - A case of computer science, Aalto University SCI, 2019.
14. Melissa Linko (instructor): Raising awareness and involvement through communication media and marketing - case Aalto Online Learning, Aalto University SCI, Information Networks, 2019.
15. Marija Erjavec (instructor): Neutron stars: an infographics poster, Aalto University ARTS, Visual Communication Design study programme, 2018
16. Lisa Staudinger (instructor): The World's Wealth in Pizza: Improving the comprehension of large numbers through Information Visualization, Aalto University ARTS, Visual Communication Design study programme, 2018
17. Haonan Qiu (second supervisor): Reasoning on Human Experiences of Indoor Environments using Semantic Web Technologies, University of Dresden, 2017.
18. Shiva Mohseni (second supervisor): Cognitive and Metaphoric Interface Design of Virtual Indoor Spaces to Test Visuospatial Intelligence, University of Bremen, 2016.
19. Jari Väätäinen (instructor): Managing of the changes of administrative regions in Finland, Aalto University SCI, 2016.
20. Fausto D'Antonio (assistant supervisor): Trustworthiness and Reputation: a Semantic Framework for VGI Quality Assessment, University of L'Aquila, Italy, 2014
21. Michael Vu (instructor): Querying and Visualizing Linked Course Data for Temporal Overlap Detection, University of Aalto, Finland, 2014
22. Noora Routasuo (instructor): Exploratory Visualization of Inter-Organizational Networks. Aalto University SCI, information networks study programme, 2013.
23. Justina Nainyte (1st supervisor): Culture Boundaries in the Semantic Web, University of Muenster, 2012
24. Nurefsan Gur (2nd supervisor): GI Systems for Public Health with an Ontology Based Approach, University of Muenster and Universitat Jaume I, 2012
25. Minu Limbu (1st supervisor): Integration of Crowdsourced Information with Traditional Crisis and Disaster Management Information using Linked Data, University of Muenster, 2012
26. Liqun Wu (1st supervisor): Representing and Infering Events from Deforestation Observations, University of Muenster, 2011
27. Desiree Daniel (1st supervisor): A Formal Theory of Resilience, University of Muenster, 2011
28. Marcell Roth (2nd supervisor): Geographic Feature Pipes, University of Muenster, 2011

Bachelor's Thesis Supervision

1. Kiia Mäkirinta (1st supervisor): Analyzing the cultural contexts of color in user interface design, Aalto University SCI, 2023.
2. Viivi Uhari (1st supervisor): General design guidelines for interactive information visual- izations, Aalto University SCI, 2022.
3. Rosanna Manninen (1st supervisor). Interaktiivisen journalismin keinot ja vaikutukset. Aalto University ELEC, 2022.
4. Linda Loukamo (1st supervisor). Tiedon visualisointi kriisitilanteissa. Aalto University SCI, 2022.
5. Max Höglund (1st supervisor). Virtual Presence. Aalto University SCI, 2022.
6. Silvia Geier (1st supervisor). Newsroom practices and visualization methods in data journalism. Aalto University SCI, 2021.
7. Ella Huttunen (1st supervisor): Tiedon visualisoinnin menetelmiä ja käyttötarkoituksia. Aalto University SCI, information networks study programme, 2020.
8. Sampo Rapeli (1st supervisor). Visualisointivalinnat verkkomuotoisten tietorakenteiden havaitsemisessa. Aalto University SCI, 2020.
9. Onni Paloheimo (1st supervisor): Internetvideot opetusmateriaalina. Aalto University SCI, information networks study programme, 2020.
10. Georg Ostrovski (1st supervisor): Augmented Reality as a teaching method (Lisätty todellisuus opetusmenetelmänä), Aalto University SCI, information networks study programme, 2018
11. Katri Saarinen (1st supervisor): Opportunities of e-books and web-based materials in improving learning (E-kirjojen sekä web-pohjaisten oppimismateriaalien mahdollisuudet oppimisen edistäjinä), Aalto University SCI, information networks study programme, 2018
12. Melissa Linko (1st supervisor): Viewpoints on design of data-driven storytelling, Aalto University SCI, information networks study programme, 2016.
13. Aleksi Taipale (1st supervisor): Forms of flipped learning, and their impact on learning results and student experiences, Aalto University SCI, information networks study programme, 2016.
14. Janne Gröndahl (2nd supervisor): Placing images from social media on a map, Aalto University SCI, 2015.
15. Henri Niva (1st supervisor): Physical Data Visualization, Aalto University SCI, 2015.
16. Umut Tas (2nd supervisor): Creating an Ontology for OGC Sensor Observation Services, University of Muenster, 2010.

External Examiner of master's theses

1. Uzair Amjad: An Exercise in learning what "they" don't say when they speak. Aalto University ARTS, 2019.
2. Soujanyaa Boruah: Permaeduculture: Towards Sustainable Learning Environment. Aalto University ARTS, 2019.
3. Sanna Reponen: Social Augmented Reality Application: Enhancing Remote Collaboration in Physical Work Context. Aalto University ARTS, 2016.

Programme and Organizing Committees, Editorial Boards, Grant and Study Committees, Associations

1. Member of the Editorial Team of the Cyber-Physical Learning Journal, from January 2024 onwards
2. Reviewer for Geoinformatica, Computers & Geosciences, Journal of Spatial Information Science, Transactions in GIS, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, IEEE Internet Computing, Knowledge-Based Systems, Semantic Web Journal, Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems and Journal of Comparative Cultural Studies in Architecture.
3. Member of the programme committee of the ISWC2023
4. Member of the programme committee of the AGILE2023
5. Member of the programme committee of the ICWE 2023
6. Member of the programme committee of the ESWC 2023
7. Member of the programme committee of the TheWebConf2023–Companion
8. Member of the programme committee of the TheWebConf2023
9. Member of the programme committee of the giscience2023
10. Member of the programme committee of the ISWC 2022
11. Member of the programme committee of the ICWE2022
12. Member of the programme committee of the COSIT 2022
13. Member of the programme committee of the ESWC 2022
14. Member of the programme committee of the TheWebConf 2022
15. Member of the programme committee of the K-CAP’21
16. Member of the programme committee of the CIKM 2021
17. Member of the programme committee of the ISWC2021
18. Member of the programme committee of the AGILE2021
19. Member of the programme committee of the SEM21EU
20. Member of the programme committee of the Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics for Large Scale Information Systems (ODBASE'20), Rhodes, Greece, 27-28 October 2020
21. Member of the programme committee of the 10th Joint International Conference on Knowledge Graph (JIST-KG-2020), Bangkok, Thailand, November 20-21, 2020.
22. Member of the programme committee of the Research Track, Resource Track and In-Use Track of ISWC 2020 (International Semantic Web Conference), November 2-6, 2020, Athens, Greece.
23. Member of the programme committee of the 29th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM2020), Galway, Ireland at 19-23 October 2020.
24. Member of the programme committee of SEM20-EU (Semantics 2020 - 16th International Conference on Semantic Systems), September 7-10, 2020, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
25. Member of the programme committee of the International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2020), Helsinki, Finland, June 9-12, 2020.
26. Member of the programme committee of eswc2020, 17th Extended Semantic Web Conference, Research Track and also the Posters and Demos track, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 31 - June 4, 2020.
27. Member of the program committee of the Web Mining and Content Analysis Track for the Web Conference 2020 (TheWebConf 2020), Taipei, April 20-24, 2020.
28. Reviewer for CHI 2020 Case Studies of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2020 (CHI 2020), Honolulu, Hawai'i Convention Center on the island of Oahu, Hawai'i, USA.
29. Member of the programme committee of GeoRich 2020 (6th International ACM SIGMOD Workshop on Managing and Mining Enriched Geo-Spatial Data), Portland, OR, USA in conjunction with the ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (ACM SIGMOD 2020).
30. Member of the programme committee of ITK Doctoral Consortium 2020, Aulanko, Finland.
31. Member of the programme committee of K-CAP'19, ACM Knowledge Capture Conference 2019, Marina del Rey, California, 19-22 November 2019.
32. Member of the programme committee of ODBASE 2019, The 18th International Conference on Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics, Rhodes (Greece), on the 22nd and 23rd of October 2019. .
33. Member of the programme committee of WOP 2019, 10th Workshop on Ontology Design and Patterns (WOP 2019) at ISWC 2019, Auckland, New Zealand, October, 2019.
34. Member of the programme committee of ISWC2019, The 18th International Semantic Web Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 26-30 October, 2019.
35. Member of the program committee of SEMANTiCS 2019 - 15th International Conference on Semantic Systems, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 9-12, 2019.
36. Member of the program committee of COSIT 2019 (14th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory), Regensburg, Germany, September 9-13, 2019.
37. Reviewer for CHI 2019 - ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Weaving the Threads of CHI, Glasgow, Scotland, May 4-9, 2019.
38. Member of the programme committee of 19th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2019), Daejeon, South Korea, June, 2019.
39. Member of the programme committee of The 22nd AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, Limassol, Cyprus, on 17--20 June, 2019
40. Member of the programme committee of Research Track and Resources Track of the Extended Semantic Web Conference 2019 (ESWC19), Portoroz, Slovenia, June 2-6, 2019.
41. Member of the Program Committee of the Web Mining and Content Analysis track of The Web Conference (formerly known as WWW) 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA from May 13 to May 17, 2019
42. Member of the programme committee of ITK Doctoral Consortium 2019, Aulanko, Finland.
43. Co-chair of the SemSci 2018: Enabling Open Semantic Science - 2nd International Workshop co-located with ISWC 2018, October 2018, Monterey, California, USA.
44. Member of the European Science Foundation (ESF) College of Review Panel, from Spring 2017 onwards. Member of ESF Panel Technical sciences and informatics: "Computer science" of the Czech Science Foundation's competitive calls for funding, from September 2018 onwards.
45. Member of the Program Committee of the DLI 2018 - 3rd EAI International Conference on Design, Learning & Innovation, Braga, Portugal, October 24-26, 2018
46. Member of the Programme Committee of In-Use & Industry Track of 15th Extended Semantic Web Conference ESWC 2018, Heraklion, Greece, June 2018.
47. Member of the Programme Committee of Research Track of 15th Extended Semantic Web Conference ESWC 2018, Heraklion, Greece, June 2018.
48. Member of the Programme Committee of Spatial Cognition 2018, Tuebingen, Germany, September 05 to 08, 2018.
49. Member of the Programme Committee of the 21st AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science (AGILE2018), Lund, Sweden, on 12-15 June 2018.
50. Member of the Programme Committee of www2018, The Web Conference 2018, Lyon, France.
51. Guest editor for Special Issue on Semantic eScience: Methods, tools and applications at Semantic Web - Interoperability, Usability, Applicability, an IOS Press Journal.
52. Member of the Programme Committee of SAVE-SD 2018 Semantics, Analytics, Visualisation: Enhancing Scholarly Dissemination Workshop co-located with The Web Conference 2018 24 April 2018, Lyon, France.
53. Member of the Programme Committee of K-CAP 2017, The Ninth International Conference on Knowledge Capture, Austin, Texas, United States, December 4th-6th, 2017.
54. Co-editor of research topic Culturomics: Interdisciplinary Path Towards Quantitative Study of Human Culture cross-cutting four Frontiers journals (Frontiers in Psychology - Cultural Psychology, Frontiers in Physics - Interdisciplinary Physics, Frontiers in ICT - Big Data, Frontiers in Digital Humanities - Big Data), 2017.
55. Member of the Programme Committee of Research Track of ISWC2017, 16th International Semantic Web Conference.
56. Member of the Programme Committee of Posters and Demos Track of ISWC2017, 16th International Semantic Web Conference.
57. Co-chair of the SemSci 2017, 1st Workshop on Enabling Open Semantic Science at ISWC2017.
58. Member of the Programme Committee of VOILA 2017, 3rd International Workshop on Visualization and Interaction for Ontologies and Linked Data at ISWC2017.
59. Member of the Programme Committee of WOP 2017, 8th Workshop on Ontology Design and Patterns at ISWC2017.
60. Member of the Programme Committee of 2nd Drift-a-LOD Workshop 2017: Detection, Representation and Management of Concept Drift in Linked Open Data at ISWC2017.
61. Member of the Programme Committee of GeoRich 2017, 4th International ACM SIGMOD Workshop on Managing and Mining Enriched Geo-Spatial Data.
62. Member of the Programme Committee of ESWC2017, Extended Semantic Web Conference, Portoroz, Slovenia, June 2017.
63. Member of the Programme Committee of WOP 2016, Workshop on Ontology and Semantic Web Patterns (7th edition) - WOP2016 at ISWC2016.
64. Member of the Programme Committee of Drift-a-LOD2016, Workshop on Detection, Representation and Management of Concept Drift in Linked Open Data at ISWC2016
65. Member of the Programme Committee of Academic Mindtrek 2016.
66. Member of the Programme Committee of VOILA 2016 (Second International Workshop on Visualization and Interaction for Ontologies and Linked Data) at ISWC2016.
67. Member of the Programme Committee of SDW2016, Workshop on Spatial Data on the Web 2016 at GIScience 2016.
68. Member of the Programme Committee of 44th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI 2016) - Engineering Education on Top of the World: Industry-University Cooperation, Tampere, Finland, 12-15 September 2016.
69. Member of the Programme Committee of Spatial Cognition 2016, Philadelphia, USA, August 2-5, 2016.
70. Member of the Programme Committee of 19th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, June 14--17, 2016, Helsinki.
71. Member of the Programme Committee of the ESWC 2016 Research Track, Heraklion, Crete, from May 29th to June 2nd 2016.
72. Member of the Programme Committee of the ESWC 2016 Demo Track, Heraklion, Crete, from May 29th to June 2nd 2016.
73. Member of the Programme Committee of the Full Research Papers track, 16th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE), Lugano, Switzerland, June, 2016.
74. Member of the Programme Committee of GeoRich 2016, third International ACM Workshop on Enriched Geo-Spatial Data, co-located with SIGMOD/PODS 2016 in San Francisco, CA, USA, June 2016
75. Member of the Programme Committee of MapInteract 2015, the 3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL Workshop on Interacting with Spatial Information, held in conjunction with ACM SIGSPATIAL 2015, Seattle, Washington, USA, November 3, 2015.
76. Co-organizer of Workshop on Teaching Spatial Thinking from Interdisciplinary Perspectives, collocated with Conference on Spatial Theory (COSIT2015), Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, October, 2015
77. Member of the Programme Committee of Visualizations and User Interfaces for Ontologies and Linked Data (VOILA2015), collocated with the 14th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2015), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA, October, 2015.
78. Chair of the 5th Workshop on Linked Science 2015, collocated with the 14th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2015), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA, October, 2015
79. Member of the Programme Committee of Academic Mindtrek Conference 2015, Tampere, Finland, September 2015.
80. Member of the Programme Committee of International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC-2015), Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 1-5 , 2015.
81. Member of the Programme Committee of the workshop on Mining Scientific Papers: Computational Linguistics and Bibliometrics, in conjunction with the 15th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI-2015), Istanbul, June, 2015.
82. Member of the Programme Committee of GeoRich'15, the Second International ACM Workshop on Managing and Mining Semantically Rich Geo-Spatial Data, Co-located with 2015 ACM SIGMOD/PODS, Melbourne, Australia, May 31, 2015.
83. Member of the Programme Committee of Semantic Web applications track of the 15th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE), Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 22-26, 2015.
84. Member of the Programme Committee of the Posters and Demonstrations Track of ESWC 2015, Portoroz, Slovenia, May 2015.
85. Member of the Programme Committee of DeRiVE2015 Workshop (Detection, Representation, and Exploitation of Events in the Semantic Web), ESWC2015, Portoroz, Slovenia, May 2015.
86. Member of the Programme Committee of 18th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science in 2015: "Geographic information Science as an enabler of smarter cities and communities" 9-12 June 2015 Lisboa, Portugal.
87. Chair of Workshop on Semantics and Analytics for Emergency Response (SAFE2015), collocated with the The 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM2015), Kristiansand, Norway, May 24, 2015.
88. Member of the Programme Committee of Workshop on Semantics, Analytics, Visualisation: Enhancing Scholarly Data (SAVE-SD 2015), collocated with 24th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2015), Florence, Italy, May, 2015.
89. Reviewer for the JAISE (Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments) special thematic issue on mobility, 2015.
90. Chair of the International Workshop on Visualizations and User Interfaces for Knowledge Engineering and Linked Data Analytics (VISUAL2014), Linkoping, Sweden, November 24/25, 2014.
91. Member of the editorial board of the Semantic Web Journal Special issue on The Visualisation of Linked Data, 2014.
92. Chair of the 4th Workshop on Linked Science 2014---Making Sense Out of Data, Collocated with the 13th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2014), Trentino, Italy, October 2014.
93. Member of the Programme Committee of International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC-2014), Texas Digital Library, October 8-11, Austin, Texas.
94. Co-organizer of Workshop on Geographic Information Observatories, collocated with GIScience 2014, the 8th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, September 23th, 2014, Vienna, Austria
95. Member of the Programme Committee of GIScience 2014, the 8th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, September 23-26, 2014, Vienna, Austria
96. European Sponsoring Chair and Member of the Programme Committee of Spatial Cognition 2014 (SC2014), Bremen, Germany, 15-19 September 2014.
97. Member of the Programme Committee of The 17th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science--Connecting a Digital Europe through Location and Place, 3-6 June 2014, Castellon, Spain.
98. Member of the scientific committee of Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium, Aalto University, Espoo, June, 2014.
99. Programme committee chair of the Workshop on Social Media and Linked Data for Emergency Response (SMILE), collocated with the Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2014), Crete, Greece, May, 2014.
100. Member of the Programme Committee of The Empirical 2014 Workshop of the Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2014). Crete, Greece, May, 2014.
101. Co-chair of the Visual Analytics for Crisis Management track in ISCRAM2014, The 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management May 18th-May 21st, 2014, Pennsylvania State University, USA
102. Chair of the 3rd International Workshop on Linked Science (LISC2013), collocated with the 12nd International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2013), Sydney, Australia, October, 2013.
103. Member of the Program Committee of the 3rd International Workshop on Detection, Representation, and Exploitation of Events in the Semantic Web (DeRiVE 2013) held as part of the 12th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), Sydney, Australia, October 2013
104. Member of the Program Committee of Workshop on Management and Interoperability of Open Environmental Data, 3rd International Conference on Sensor Networks (SENSORNETS2014), Lisbon, Portugal, January 7-9, 2014.
105. Member of the programme committee of SMERST 2013: Social Media and Semantic Technologies in Emergency Response, University of Warwick, United Kingdom, April 2013.
106. Member of the programme committee of 16th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science Leuven, Belgium, 2013.
107. Member of the programme committee of GEOINFORMATIK 2013, Heidelberg, March, 2013.
108. Chair of the 2nd International Workshop on Linked Science (LISC2012), collocated with the 11th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2012), Bonn, Germany, October, 2012.
109. Organizer of the GIScience in the Big Data Age, collocated with the 7th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2012), Ohio, USA, September 2012.
110. Member of the programme committee of First ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Crowdsourced and Volunteered Geographic Information 2012, In conjunction with ACM SIGSPATIAL 2012
111. Member of the guest editorial board of the Special Issue on Linked Dataset Descriptions of the Semantic Web Journal, 2012.
112. Member of the scientific committee of GI Zeitgeist 2012---Young researchers forum on Geographic Information Science, Muenster, Germany.
113. Member of the programme committee of AI Mashup Challenge 2012 of the the 9th Extended Semantic Web Conference, Heraklion, Greece.
114. Member of the programme committee of International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2012---Metadata for Meeting Global Challenges (DC-2012)
115. Leader of the breakout session for developing vocabularies for science, Science Online London 2011, organized by Nature, September 2011.
116. Chair of the 1st International Workshop on Linked Science (LISC2011), collocated with the 10th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2011), Bonn, Germany, October, 2011.
117. Chair of the Scientific Track on Interoperability and Semantics of the Geoinformatik 2011 - GeoChange.
118. Member of the programme committee of International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC-2011).
119. Member of the programme committee of Twenty-second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-11).
120. Member of the programme committee of Geoinformatik 2011 - GeoChange.
121. Member of the programme committee of Linked Learning 2011 - The 1st International Workshop on eLearning Approaches for the Linked Data Age, co-located with the 8th Extended Semantic Web Conference, ESWC2011.
122. Member of editorial review board of Special Issue on Semantic Web and Reasoning for Cultural Heritage and Digital Libraries of Semantic Web Journal.
123. Member of the programme committee of GeoChange 2010 -- GIScience for Environmental Change , Campos do Jordao, SP-Brazil, November 27, 2010, organized as a pre-conference workshop of GeoInfo 2010.
124. Member of the programme committee of Towards Digital Earth:Search, Discover and Share Geospatial Data, workshop at 3rd Future Internet Symposium 2010, September 20th, 2010, Berlin, Germany.
125. Grant application reviewer for Technology Foundation STW (Technologiestichting STW), The Netherlands.
126. Member of the organizing committee of GI Science Doctoral Colloquium, co-located with the 6th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2010), Zürich, Switzerland, September 18th, 2010.
127. Member of the programme committee of 1st International Workshop on Ontology Repositories and Editors for the Semantic Web (ORES 2010), co-located with the 7th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2010).
128. External reviewer, Third International Conference on GeoSpatial Semantics (GEOS 2009), Centro de Investigacion en Computacion, Mexico City, Mexico.
129. Co-chair of the organizing committee and member of the programme committee of the Digital Semantic Content across Cultures, Louvre, Paris, 2006.
130. Chair of the organizing committee and member of the programme committee of the Web Intelligence Symposium at STeP 2004---the 20th Anniversary Finnish Artificial Intelligence Conference.
131. Member of the board of Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society FAIS (2007-2009).
132. Alumni of the University of Muenster, Germany.
133. Alumni of The Aalto University School of Science and Technology.
134. Alumni of The Department of Computer Science, The University of Helsinki (UH).
135. Un membre d'Association Franco-finlandaise pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique.

Publications

• Please note: BibTeX file is available of (almost) all of the articles. A separate document briefly categorizes the publications (also available as a latex file).

Dr. Tomi Kauppinen
Aalto Online Learning - Online Hybrid Lab Aalto University
Email: tomi . kauppinen @ aalto . fi

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