Mika Timonen : University of Helsinki : Department of Computer Science ::: Suomeksi

    Location  :
       VTT, Vuorimiehentie 3, Espoo

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Briefly: I'm a PhD student at the University of Helsinki and a full time researcher at the Technical Research Centre of Finland. I have spent six months at East China Normal University in Shanghai. Visit my LinkedIn profile for more information.

My teaching experience:

(19.10.2009: I've removed the old web pages of each course due to new regulations by the department.)

Spring 2010:

4. Period: Database application -- Ryhmä 1.


Fall 2009:

1. Period: Data Structures Project -- Group 2.
2. Period: Data Structures Project -- Group 2.


Summer 2009:

Database application -- Ryhmä 1.


Fall 2008:

1. Period: Data Structures Project -- Group 2.
2. Period: Data Structures Project -- Group 2.


Spring 2008:

4. Period: Data Structures Project -- Group 2. (In English)

Fall 2007:

1. Period: Database application -- Group 1.
2. Period: Data Structures Project -- Group 2.

Spring 2007:

1. Period: Database application -- Group 2.

Fall 2006:

1. Period: Database application -- Group 3.
2. Period: Database application -- Group 3.

Spring 2006:

1. Period: Tietokantasovellus (Database Application Project) -- Group 2.
2. Period: Tietokantasovellus (Database Application Project) -- Group 3.


Fall 2005:

2. Period: Tietokantasovellusten harjoitustyö (Database Application Project) -- Group 5.

Summer 2005:

Ohjelmoinnin harjoitustyö (Programming Project), Open University -- Group 2.
Johdatus Sovellussuunnitteluun (Methods for Software Engineering), Open University -- Groups 1. and 2.

Spring 2005:

1. Period: Tietokone työvälineenä (Introduction to the Use of Computers)
2. Period: Tietokantasovellusten harjoitustyö (Database Application Project) -- Group 6.

Other work experience:

Summer 2005 - Current: Reseach Scientist, VTT, Technical Research Center of Finland. Specialising in data and text mining, and knowledge modelling. Contact: firstname.lastname@vtt.fi


My Master's Thesis: Implementation of Ontology-based Biological Knowledge Base.

Publications:
- Classification of Short Documents to Categorize Consumer Opinions, Timonen, M., Silvonen, P., Kasari, M., 7th International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications, Beijing, China, 17.12.-19.12.2011
- Modelling a Query Space using Associations, Timonen, M., Silvonen, P., Kasari, M., European-Japanese Conference on Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases, Jyväskylä, Finland, 31.5.-4.6.2010
- Risk Mining in Healthcare: Building a Knowledge Base of Health Risk Patternsa, Timonen, M., Silvonen, P., Seitsonen, L., Workshop on Data Mining for Healthcare Management held in Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Hyderabad, India, 21.6.-24.6.2010
- Using Context and Existing Knowledge when Recognizing Biological Entities -- Early Results, Timonen, M., Pesonen, A., PAKDD '08, Osaka, Japan, 20.5 - 23.5.2008
- Implementation of Ontology-based Biological Knowledge Base, University of Helsinki, Department of Computer Science, 2007.
- ENVIMON disaster monitoring systema, T. Veijonen, M. Louhisuo, J. Ahola, M. Timonen, IDRC Disasters Conference in Davos, 2006.
- SmartPick: Augmenting Advertisement Service with Domain Knowledge and Qualitative Reasoning, A. Lehtola, J. Ahola, P. Silvonen, M. Timonen, M. Tallgren, T. Veijonen (eChallenges 2005), Published in Innovation and the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, Case Studies, Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), 2005 IOS Press Amsterdam.


Academically I'm interested in:

And finally, the things I'm interested in off-duty:


Traveling
  1. Helsinki, Finland
  2. Sydney, Australia
  3. New York City, NY, USA
  4. Kralendijk, Bonaire
  5. Bangkok, Thailand
  6. Brisbane, Australia
  7. Tokyo, Japan


Movies:
Movies I've seen and rated (you'll have to be logged in to IMDb to see this list...)

And music:
The White Stripes (Please make a comeback!)
The Raconteurs
Electric Six