Mace Ojala
Doktorand In at Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Germany
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Top SchoolMace Ojala is a software studies researcher and PhD candidate at Ruhr-Universität Bochum with 11 years of experience bridging software development, digital methods, and Science & Technology Studies. He has taught programming and data processing at the IT University of Copenhagen, built research infrastructure in the ETHOS Lab, and led projects exploring legacy software, digital museum experiences, and media practice knowledge. Comfortable as both instructor and hands-on developer, he combines full-stack web skills, data design, and metadata engineering from earlier library and digital humanities work. Mace’s career blends academic rigor with practical tooling—he has facilitated data sprints, prototyped cloud solutions, and organized community initiatives like the international Cycling for Libraries. Based in Germany, he brings a multidisciplinary perspective that surfaces overlooked cultural and archival dimensions of software.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Communication and Media Studies, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Studies, Information Science/Studies, Digital Cultures, Basic studies, Philosophy, Basic Studies, Information science, 4/5, profession, Information- and libraryservice, Computer Science, Computer Science, Information Science/Studies, Master of Science - MS, Communication and Media Studies, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Studies, Information Science/Studies, Digital Cultures, Basic studies, Philosophy, Basic Studies, Information science, 4/5, profession, Information- and libraryservice, Computer Science, Computer Science, Information Science/Studies at Tampere University
Tampere University
Københavns Universitet
Turun yliopisto
Helsingin yliopisto / University of Helsinki
Helsingin yliopisto / University of Helsinki
Helsingin yliopisto / University of Helsinki
University of London
University of Maryland College Park
University of Michigan
Vanderbilt University
The University of British Columbia
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Johns Hopkins University
Finnish, English, German, Danish, Swedish
Stackoverflow
345reputation
2.3mreached
2answers
4questions
Github Skills (124)
twitter10
pattern10
social-media10
sequencer10
reveal-js9
audio-device9
midi9
python9
firmware9
usb9
social-network-analysis9
dsl9
teensy9
data-capture9
live-coding8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
xmacex/piano
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:24 commits, 15 pushes, 3 branches in 8 days
xmacex/connect-opz
Oct 2020 - Jan 2022
Connect OP-Z as an audio device on norns.
Contributions:26 commits, 18 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 3 months
audio-devicenornsop-zmonometeenage-engineering
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