Antti Knutas
Associate Professor
Lappeenranta sub-region, South Karelia, Finland
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Top SchoolAntti Knutas is an Associate Professor and software engineering researcher with 15 years of experience investigating human factors, collaboration, and civic technology through a software engineering lens. Based at LUT University in Finland, he studies how grassroots civic tech groups design and create software and has a track record spanning doctoral research, postdoctoral roles, and international visiting appointments. His work blends design science, socio-technical systems, and practical prototyping—often addressing real-world collaboration and gamification challenges in educational and civic contexts. Beyond academia he has entrepreneurial experience running a remote aerial photography business and earlier hands-on consulting in automation and web technologies, giving him a rare mix of empirical research and applied engineering.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology and Business Administration, Information Technology and Business Administration at Michigan Technological UniversityDoctor of Science, D.Sc. (Tech), Doctor of Science, D.Sc. (Tech) at Lappeenranta University of Technology
Swedish, English
Github Skills (17)
network-analysis7
journal7
open-access6
academia6
r-package6
creative-commons5
water5
expressjs5
backend4
mongodb4
javascript3
nodejs3
typescript1
laravel1
desktop1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
aknutas/nails-package
Apr 2017 - Nov 2023
Contributions:3 releases, 12 PRs, 45 pushes in 6 years 7 months
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aknutas/nails
Dec 2014 - Nov 2021
Contributions:2 releases, 69 commits, 2 PRs in 7 years
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