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Matti Nelimarkka

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I lead the Helsinki Social Computing research group, where we combine social
science theory and ideas with tools and approaches adapted from computer science
research, such as prototyping, coding, user centric design and, machine
learning. Our work focuses on two thematical areas.

Computational social science and data science

 * investigating validity, reliability, and practices of computational social
   science
 * integration of social science theory with computational social science
   methods
 * using design research and human-computer interaction as research methods

Digital democracy

 * novel technology-enhanced environments that support participation
 * political power and digital systems, including critical algorithm studies
 * deeper theoretical and methodological integration between political science
   and human-computer interaction research

Previously, I have also been interested in topics such as: supporting collocated
interaction (public displays, backchannels). the interaction between traditional
and new media, educational technology and social learning. I'm currently in the
process of divesting my focus on these areas. However, I have published several
papers on these topics.

I currently work at the Centre for Social Data Science, University of Helsinki.
I teach in several areas focused on digitalisation, computers, and social
science such as

 * Coding Social Science, an introductory textbook for computational social
   science
 * Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science (SICSS) at Helsinki
 * The Political in Human-Computer Interaction

Academically, I have dual training in political science and computer science: I
have a Bachelor and master’s degree in political science, and Bachelor and PhD
in computer Science, as well as industry experience from Nokia Corporation,
startups, and I currently consult Finnish software company Futurice regarding
social computing and organisations.

I am a member of the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence's
interdisciplinary group of experts FCAI Society and visiting researcher at the
Department of Computer Science, Aalto University I'm also the co-founder of
Rajapinta, the Finnish association for social science and information technology
research and still an active member of the association.