Summary
Joonas Nissinen is a Staff Data Scientist based in Helsinki with 11 years of experience bridging software engineering and applied machine learning across industries including mixed reality, gaming and journalism. He moved from a strong C/C++ and graphics background into research-driven ML work—his master's thesis produced a novel semi-supervised CNN architecture for real-time indoor material segmentation. At Futurice and now Smartly he has led data science initiatives that turn technically complex problems into user-facing value, combining prototyping speed with production-minded engineering. Comfortable with both low-level systems and high-level ML tooling, he brings a pragmatic researcher’s mindset to product teams and is particularly skilled at translating cutting-edge methods into reliable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Aalto University