Anssi Yli-jyrä
University Researcher at University of Helsinki
Finland
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Top SchoolAnssi Yli-jyrä is a researcher and adjunct professor with deep expertise in language technology, finite-state methods, and logic for computer science, holding a PhD in Language Technology and pursuing a second PhD in Computer Science. He has led funded projects on finite-state modelling, living lab infrastructure for sustainable buildings, and modular multilingual translation (MARMoT), combining theoretical advances in MSO logic and practical large-scale engineering on supercomputers like LUMI. His work spans automata theory, dependency parsing, knowledge representation and neural MT, and he has a track record of founding SIGFSM, organizing international conferences, and translating niche theoretical ideas (proper rope covers and hierarchical bracketing) into promising NLP encodings. Comfortable moving between low-level engineering (earlier high-throughput web archiving and tooling in C/Perl) and abstract model theory, he brings a rare blend of mathematical rigor and production-grade software experience. Based in Finland, he also contributes to national AI initiatives and sustains long-term academic collaborations including visits to Cambridge, USC/ISI, and Hebrew University.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
A-levels, A-levels at Seinäjoen LukioPhD, Language Technology, PhD, Language Technology at University of Helsinki3/3, Solistic Double-Bass, 3/3, Solistic Double-Bass at Etelä-Pohjanmaan Musiikkiopisto
Swedish, German, French, English, Finnish
Github Skills (1)
data-platform10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CSCfi/antero
Jan 2017 - Feb 2023
Antero Data Platform
Contributions:1949 commits, 1583 pushes in 6 years 2 months
data-platform
pankalai/ot-harjoitustyo
Mar 2024 - Aug 2024
Contributions:11 releases, 57 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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