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Pitkäkangas Ville

RDI Expert
Orcid -palvelun logo0000-0002-0847-2470

Description

Ville Pitkäkangas received his B.Sc. (with distinction) in information technology from Centria ammattikorkeakoulu (Centria University of Applied Sciences) in 2012. His B.Sc. thesis was about interaction methods between a mobile device and a multi-touch table. He was a project engineer in digital holography research group at the University of Oulu in 2012-2014. His duties there included mathematical modeling, GPU programming, and software and algorithm development. In 2018, he joined Centria University of Applied Sciences to work as an R&D developer, originally in a 5G project but later in other domains, including (but not limited to) health and well-being, building and energy technologies, and security. In 2024, he became an RDI Expert at Centria, with specialisation in AI development.

Keywords

computer science, data analytics, digital holographic microscopy, digital media, human-computer interaction, mobile technology, 5G, computer vision, occupational wellbeing, public health, user interfaces, workplace wellbeing, data visualization, digital holography, time-series, geoinformatics, image processing, multimedia, optical engineering, signal processing, wireless, artificial intelligence

Affiliations

Centria-ammattikorkeakoulu
RDI Expert
Primary
RoboAI Team
2024 - present
Primary
Source: ORCID
Centria University of Applied Sciences
R&D Developer
2018 - 2024
Source: ORCID
Centria ammattikorkeakoulu
RDI Expert
Digitalisation Team
2024
Source: ORCID
University of Oulu
Project Engineer
2012 - 2014
Source: ORCID

Education (1)

BSc
Centria ammattikorkeakoulu

Publications (15)

2025
A Paradigm for Object Detection to Recognize and Classify Vehicles Using Computer Vision
International journal of applied sciences: current and future research trends
Open access
Peer-reviewed
Against Expectations: A Simple Greedy Heuristic Outperforms Advanced Methods in Bitmap Decomposition
Electronics
Open access
DOI
10.3390/electronics14132615
Peer-reviewed
2024
Artificial Intelligence in detecting potential threats in social media and news feeds
Centria Bulletin
Open access

Granted funding (9)

Reuse of batteries through characterisation, smart logistics, automated pack and module dismantling and repackaging and a blockchain enabled marketplace.
European Union
2023 - 2026
Kumppanuusmalli - Projekti Alpha - Centria
Innovaatiorahoituskeskus Business Finland
2022 - 2024
E! Celtic Ainet-Antillas - Centria
Innovaatiorahoituskeskus Business Finland
2021 - 2024

Activities and awards (1)

Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Graduated with distinction, BSc
Centria University of Applied Sciences
2012 - present
International collaboration: No