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MIKKO VILENIUS
Graduate School of Information Systems
University of Electro-Communications
Tokyo, Japan
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http://www.ai.is.uec.ac.jp/student/~mikko/
Availability: August, 2010

Interests

Software Engineering, e-Learning, Database Design and Implementation, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence (Statistical Modelling), Education and Pedagogy, Psychometrics.

Education

[2006-] UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO-COMMUNICATIONS, TOKYO, JAPAN
Doctoral Course, Graduate School of Information Systems, Okamoto Lab, in progress
[2006] UNIVERSITY OF JYVASKYLA, JYVASKYLA, FINLAND
Master of Science, Information Technology (Minors: Mathematics, Physics), August 2006
[2003-04] KANDA UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES, CHIBA, JAPAN
Japanese Language and Culture Program, Exchange Student, September 2003-September 2004

Work Experience

[2009.12.-] Software Engineer, Obunsha Group - Japanese Institute for Educational Measurements
Design and implementation of test system for Casec - Writing Tutor (automatic system for essay evaluation) in Java.
Architecture design / overall system design, Java Swing GUI, Evaluation algorithm design and implementation, Automated HTML (HTML and JavaScript) and MS Excel report production, Unit tests with jUnit
[2006.10.-2009.10.] Research Fellowship, University of Electro-Communications, Okamoto-Ueno Laboratory
Research: Intelligent education systems, collaborative learning, Bayesian modelling, informal and ill-constructed learning.
System implementation: MySQL, Python, Perl, C++, JSON, HTML, Apache-server
[2008-2009] Teaching Assistant (English), University of Electro-Communications
Academic Writing, Academic Presentation. Assisting Japanese Students during classes, grading and correcting essays.
[2006.06.-2006.09.; 2005.07.-2005.10.; 2004.09.-2005.02.] Programmer, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Development of the University Museum Database System: Database design and implementation, conversion of Clarion 2 database to MySQL, improvements for the user interface, implementation of HTML help system. Used tools: Delphi7, MySQL, HTML Help.
[2005.10.-2006.06.] Research Assistant, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Grapho-game project: Bayesian modelling of Phone-Grapheme Confusability. Implementation in Java and Python.
[1999-2002] Computer Science Teacher, Cimson OY, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Adult education: Computer technology basics, Operating System basics, MS Windows basics, HTML basics, Relational Database basics, MS Office basics.
[1998] Programmer, Computer Science Teacher, Pirkanmaan ATK-opisto, Tampere, Finland
Programming: Student database user interface implementation (Delphi, MS Access database)
Adult education: Operating System basics, MS Windows basics, MS Office basics.
[1995-1996] Mandatory Military Service, Finnish Defense Forces (8 months)
Rank: Korpraali (Lance Corporal)

Computer Skills / Mathematical Skills

[Programming] Object Oriented Programming, Java, Python, Delphi, Perl, C++, Fortran77
[Operating Systems] Linux (in daily use, including scripting and server administration, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Apache server administration), Microsoft Windows (XP and earlier)
[Web Technologies] HTML, CSS, Web-service technologies (JSON, WSDL), Apache-server
[Database] Relational Database Model (design and implementation, Structured Query Language, MySQL-server
[Natural Language Processing] Text Mining, Clustering, Latent Semantic Indexing
[Statistical Modelling] Bayesian modelling, model evaluation and comparison

Language Skills

[Finnish] Native
[English] Fluent
[Japanese] Spoken: Fluent, Reading / Writing: Good Working Knowledge (JLPT: 1. kyu level)
[Swedish] Basic

Research Publications (first author)

[2009] "Supporting Collaborative Activities in Informal, Ill-constructed Learning", The Journal of Information and Systems in Education, Vol. 8, Nr. 1, 2009
[2008] "Collaborative Group Forming in Grid Environment", The 11th IASTED International Conference Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE2008)
[2008] "Supporting Cooperative Group Forming in a Learning Grid", The 33th Conference of Japanese Society for Information and System in Education (JSiSE2008)
[2007] "Supporting Social Interaction and Collaborative Tasks in an Asynchronous Collaborative Learning", The 32th Conference of Japanese Society for Information and System in Education (JSiSE2007)
[2007] "Bayesian Modelling of Confusability of Phoneme-Grapheme Connections", The 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT2007)
[2006] "Student Modelling in a Finnish Language-Learning Program", Master's Thesis, University of Jyvaskyla

Research Publications (co-author)

[2009] "Automatic Group Formation for Informal Collaborative Learning", N. Rubens, M. Vilenius, T. Okamato, 2nd International Workshop on Social and Personal Computing for Web-Supported Learning Communities (SPeL 2009)
[2009] "Data-driven Group Formation for Informal Collaborative Learning", N. Rubens, M. Vilenius, T. Okamato, World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education (E-Learn 2009)
[2009] "Automatic Group Formation for Informal Collaborative Learning", N. Rubens, M. Vilenius, T. Okamato, The 34th Conference of Japanese Society for Information and System in Education (JSiSE 2009)
[2009] "Mashup-based Group Formation for Informal Learning", N. Rubens, M. Vilenius, T. Okamato, The 25th Confrence of Japan Society for Educational Technology (JSET 2009)
[2008] "Adaptive Content Delivery System for Ubiquitous Learning", X. Zhao, T. Ninomiya, M. Vilenius, F. Anma, T. Okamoto, The Journal of Information and Systems in Education. 2008(12)

Honors and Awards

[2009] Best Paper Award, JSiSE 2009 (co-author)
[2006-2009] Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Doctoral Fellowship

Personal Interests

Photography, history, Japanese language and culture, music, martial arts (Kashima-Shinryu: Okuden, Kashima-Shinryu Budo Renmei)

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