Niko Mäkitalo
Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at University of Jyväskylä
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolNiko Mäkitalo is an assistant professor (tenure-track) and digitalization researcher based in Helsinki with 12 years of experience spanning programming models, robotics, IoT, Fog/Edge computing, web and mobile technologies, cloud software, and pervasive systems. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Tampere University of Technology and has a steady academic trajectory from doctoral researcher to postdoc, research coordinator, and faculty roles across Tampere, Helsinki, and Jyväskylä. Niko’s work bridges hands-on system development (including mobile cloud and distributed CMS projects) with broader architectural and interaction design concerns, often collaborating with industry partners like Nokia Research Center. He is skilled at turning interdisciplinary research into practical, deployable solutions for device-to-device and co-located interactions, and brings a pragmatic focus on real-world deployments in edge and fog environments. Colleagues note his ability to navigate both deep technical detail and research coordination, making him effective at leading complex academic and applied projects.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at Tampere University of Technology
English, Finnish, Swedish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
firebase7
http6
android-webview6
socket-io6
ios6
browser6
file-upload6
android6
tcp6
docker-image5
docker3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nikkis/SocketIO.NetMF
Oct 2013 - Dec 2013
Contributions:21 commits in 1 month
nikkis/OrchestratorJS
Dec 2013 - Mar 2015
Social Devices
Contributions:21 commits, 57 pushes, 7 branches in 1 year 3 months
firebase
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