Aleksi Ikkala
Acting Lead -- AI Science
Espoo, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolAleksi Ikkala is an AI scientist and Acting Lead in AI Science with 12 years of experience applying deep reinforcement learning, biomechanics, and cognitive science to real-world problems. He holds a doctoral background from Aalto University where he combined biomechanical models and perceptual systems to teach motor-perceptual control policies, and has translated that research into industry roles from biomedical ML at Silo AI to visual-attention modelling at Nokia Bell Labs. Currently he leads biomechanical and movement modelling at Kielo Cycling to improve bike fit while also building LLM applications, demonstrating a rare blend of foundational research and product-focused engineering. His work spans embedded signal processing, real-time neurophysiology tools, big-data pipelines, and robotics vision—reflecting strong cross-disciplinary fluency between neuroscience, control, and software engineering. Based in Espoo, Finland, he is especially interested in neurorobotics and artificial consciousness, bringing an experimental mindset to both applied ML and the science of behaviour.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Science Computer Science, Doctor of Science Computer Science at Aalto University
Finnish, English, Swedish, Spanish
Github Skills (36)
computation-graph10
backpropagation10
xml10
mujoco10
robotics9
openai-gym9
finite-difference9
robotics-simulation8
point-cloud8
mechanics8
reinforcement-learning8
robot-simulator8
physics8
dynamics8
deterministic8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
MyoHub/myoconverter
Aug 2023 - Sep 2025
A tool to convert opensim 4.0+ MSK models into MuJoCo format with optimized muscle kinematics and kinetics
Contributions:7 reviews, 1 PR, 18 pushes in 2 years 1 month
mujoco
User-in-the-Box/user-in-the-box
Dec 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:1 release, 3 reviews, 338 commits in 11 months
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