Reima Karhila
AI Scientist at Silo AI
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolReima Karhila is an AI Scientist based in Helsinki with 12 years of experience specializing in speech and language technology, currently applying research-grade methods at Silo AI. He completed a PhD-focused career at Aalto University, where he developed automatic foreign language pronunciation assessment methods and helped embed them into the Pop2talk language learning game. Reima blends deep academic expertise in speaker adaptation and multilingual speech recognition with hands-on product experience as a founder and former CTO of a startup, bringing solutions from prototype to deployment. Comfortable across research, engineering and product contexts, he has a long history of building end-to-end systems—from mobile and web services to embedded assessment models. An understated strength is his ability to translate complex speech research into pragmatic, game-ready features that prioritize user experience and scalability.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Science (Technology) Speech and Language Technology, Doctor of Science (Technology) Speech and Language Technology at Aalto UniversityMaster's Degree Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering, Master's Degree Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering at Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolanExchange year Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering, Exchange year Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering at RWTH Aachen University
Finnish, English, German, Swedish
Github Skills (7)
edit-distance6
nodejs-server4
chunks4
nodejs2
automatic-speech-recognition2
audio2
csharp2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rkarhila/64km_saattue
Nov 2022 - Jan 2026
Contributions:1 PR, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
rkarhila/pronunciation_evaluation_scripts
Feb 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:9 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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