Meet our team
The Pervasive Data Science Group employs postdocs and PhD/master students at the University of Helsinki and collaborates with international researchers to work on pervasive data science problems (e.g., sensing systems, mobile computing, Internet of Things, machine learning).
Petteri Nurmi
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Principal Investigator
Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland Petteri Nurmi is a Professor at the University of Helsinki where he also leads the Pervasive Data Science Group. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Helsinki in 2009. Prior to his current position, he has worked as a Lecturer at Lancaster University, United Kingdom in 2018. He has published over 130 articles and regularly publishes at leading flagship conferences and journals. He is also highly active in international and national collaboration. His work "Accelerometer-Based Transportation Mode Detection on Smartphones" received the Test of Time Award at the ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, SenSys 2023. His research interests combine pervasive computing, Internet of Things, data science, and environmental monitoring. |
Agustin Zuniga
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland Agustin Zuniga is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. He completed his PhD at the University of Helsinki in 2023. His doctoral thesis "Pervasive Data Science: From Data Collection to End-User Applications" was awarded the University of Helsinki Doctoral Thesis Prize in 2023 and was selected as a finalist for the Cor Baayen Early Career Researcher Award in 2024. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence of Things - AIoT (AI + Internet of Things) and embedded sensing systems. |
Fatemeh Sarhaddi
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland Fatemeh Sarhaddi is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. She completed her PhD at the University of Turku in 2023. Her research interests include distributed AI, Internet of Things and digital health. |
Musfira Khan
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Doctoral Researcher
Doctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland Musfira Khan is a doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. She completed her MS(IT) at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in 2019. She is part of the Finnish Doctoral Program Network in Artificial Intelligence (AI-DOC). Her research interests include AI, Distributed Systems, AI Model Partitioning and Resource Optimization for Scalable Networked Systems. |
International and local collaborators
We are very active in national and international collaboration, participating in research policy, collaborative proposals, and most prominently academic publication activity. The collaborators include a mix of leading and established researchers and rising academics.
- Prof. Huber Flores (University of Tartu, Estonia)
- Prof. Sumi Helal (Professor, University of Florida, USA)
- Prof. Zheng Wang (University of Leeds, UK)
- Prof. Moustafa Youssef (American University of Cairo, Egipt)
- Prof. Marko Radeta (University of Madeira, Portugal)
- Prof. Majiu Lehtiniemi (Finnish Environment Institute - SYKE, Finland)
- Prof. Markku Kulmala and Prof. Tuukka Petäjä (Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research - INAR, Finland)
- Dr. Matti Irjala (Aeromon Oy, Finland)
- Prof. Sasu Tarkoma, Prof. Pan Hui, Prof. Jukka Nurminen, Dr. Naser Hossein, Dr. Mohammad Hoque, Dr. Xiaoli Liu, Dr. Pranvera Kortoci MsC. Kasimir Aula , MSc. Rola Alhalaseh (University of Helsinki, Finland).
Recent and Past Collaborators
- Prof. Junehwa Song and Prof. Lik-hang Lee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), Korea)
- Prof. Michael Pecht (University of Maryland, USA)
- Prof. Nigel Davies (University of Lancaster, UK)
- Prof. Yong Li (Tsinghua University, China)
- Assistant Professor. Ella Peltonen (University of Oulu, Finland)
- Dr. Sourav Bhattacharya (Senior Researcher at Samsung Research, Cambridge)
- Dr. Eemil Lagerspetz (Senior Software Developer at Starship, Finland)
- Dr. Ngoc Thi Nguyen (Postdoctoral Researcher, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
- Dr. Zahra (Mahsa) Safaei (Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland)
- Dr. Teemu Pulkkinen (Doctoral student, University of Helsinki, Finland)
- Dr.Samuli Hemminki (Doctoral student, University of Helsinki, Finland)
- MSc. Xin Li (Research Assistant, University of Helsinki, Finland)
- MSc. Titti Malmivirta (Research Assistant, University of Helsinki, Finland)
- MSc. Jyrki Martti (Research Assistant, University of Helsinki, Finland)
Publications and projects within past five years:
