Tuomas Väisänen 📼🧟‍♂️

🧑‍🎓 An urban geographer and a post-doctoral researcher from the University of #Helsinki working at @digigeolab

💭 Interested in urban #diversity, #segregation, #multilingualism, human #mobility, spatial analysis, and big data.

🖥️ I combine #urban #geography, #linguistics, #GIS #geospatial #spatial, and #MachineLearning methods.

🛠️ I mainly use #linux, #python and #foss tools.

🌟 I like #BarefootShoes, #discgolf, #longboarding, #BadMovies, and #metal

🗨️ English, Finnish, Swedish, German

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2025-03-15 06:25:29

Hey everyone involved in #ComputerScience, are you looking for a #job in #academia?
Aalto University in Finland has several positions open for assistant professors. The topics include #MachineLearning, #Programming, #ComputerArchitecture, #CyberSecurity, #SoftwareEngineering and Human-Computer Interactions.
https://www.aalto.fi/en/department-of-computer-science/assistant-professor-positions

2025-03-04 06:49:29

The morning sun is actually warm in #Helsinki today.
I am looking forward to the spring, but also expecting winter to make a bold return a couple of times before June.
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2025-02-24 19:48:35

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@nprofile…zn9d Oj, vad intressant! Nu måste jag besöka en bra bokhandel 🤩

2025-02-24 19:13:55

It is now illegal to transmit personal information of EU citizens to cloud infrastructure in the #US as they won't be protected by the #GDPR.
Many European service providers will have to move quickly to avoid fines, but eventually #EU data will be held in the EU, benefiting companies in Europe, and supporting #DigitalSovereignty.
That means AWS, Azure, Google and iCloud can lose a sizeable chunk of their customer base if no moves are made. I am all for it.
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-can-no-longer-base-your-government-and-society-on-us-clouds/

2025-02-21 06:20:00

When the sun is out early in the morning, it is a sure sign of spring waiting in the wings.
Also it looks rather nice on the facades of buildings in downtown #Helsinki.
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2025-02-07 13:44:47

Coming up shortly in our @nprofile…e0mg 15-Year Anniversary Seminar is a fascinating panel discussion on "Lessons learnt on multidisciplinary, collaborative and open research advancing fair and sustainable societies".
Panelists include @nprofile…5kjx, Vuokko Heikinheimo, Liisa Kajala and @nprofile…5jv7
Follow the stream here: https://video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live-stream.html?room=l44
#sustainability #OpenScience #Research #Tutkimus #Tiede

2024-12-29 23:25:55

After authoring several #research articles on #LinguisticDiversity over the past few years, I finally got a #PeerReview request for a manuscript on that topic a month ago, and I was finally able to submit my review on it.
Unlike other manuscripts I've reviewed this year, this one was well-written, thought-out, and a highly interesting read. It provided me with great new references, new researchers to follow, and reinforced my thoughts on what I want to do in the future.
#AcademicChatter

2024-11-30 08:40:01

This is making the rounds on Finnish social media.
A large association for Finnish construction companies, #Rakennusteollisuus, decided that they needed an English version of their website but apparently they didn't want to pay an actual #translator so just used some free #LLM with hilarious results.
They've fixed it now, but for a short while there was some comedy gold to be found.
P.s. I didn't find these, I've no idea who did.
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2024-11-26 11:18:26

An excellent choice for the word of the year!
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/26/enshittification-macquarie-dictionary-word-of-the-year-explained

2024-11-18 10:58:50

Does some #LLM love the words "interplay" and "kaleidoscope" because I've seen these words increasingly frequently in some #PeerReviews recently?

2024-11-14 17:41:05

While the user exodus from X/Twitter continues, I wonder how the exodus is distributed between #Mastodon, #Bluesky and #Threads.
Also, I do not know how Bluesky will solve their economic sustainability issue.

2024-11-12 16:40:32

I have to share my colleague's first #PhD paper. It is a cool one!
Comparison of #greenery across 86 European cities and their active travel environments.
Residential areas are much more green than travel environments in European cities. Seasonality is often overlooked, but crucial for accurate assessments of #urban greenery.
Klein, et al. (2024) Temporal variation in travel greenery across 86 cities in Europe.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128566
#accessibility #mobility #europe #ERC #GreenTravel #NDVI
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2024-11-01 07:26:59

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@npub1cmg…rzd2 Paljon onnea uudesta kierroksesta Auringon ympäri!

2024-03-20 18:23:37

#Finland is the world's happiest country in the world for the 7th time in a row!
https://yle.fi/a/74-20080027
I am not very original when I say that this is how the country reacted:
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2024-02-03 08:37:30

Fresh and cool paper with contributions from our @npub1y2p…gvll that
explores the #equity impacts of #cycling plans in #Helsinki, #Lisbon, and #Munich
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X23003025?via%3Dihub
#pyöräily #radfahren #ciclismo #Lisboa #München
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2024-01-28 18:36:44

So it's the #Finnish presidential election night.
Going to finish tomorrow's #GIS lecture slides, contribute to a shared opinion piece, peep the #YLE coverage on the elections, eat some crackers and cheese, and self-medicate with some #CaolIla.
Looks like we're heading for a run-off with Stubb (centre-right Kokoomus) and Haavisto (greens Vihreät) in the next 2 weeks. As expected.
#Elections #PresidentinVaalit
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2024-01-02 21:17:48

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@npub1cmg…rzd2 Valistaisitko tietämätöntä, mikä toi kalenteriäppi (tai muu) on? Näyttää Slackin, Discordin ja Outlookin sekoitukselta, mutta en tunnista. Jotenkin kivan näköinen! Mun mutu heittäisi, että Mattermost tai se joku RocketChat, mut en yhtään tiedä...

2023-11-26 10:44:39

If you are in Northern Lapland, this weekend will likely be the last time the sun rises this year. In Nuorgam, Finnish Lapland, the sun will rise again on the 18th of January, 2024.
https://yle.fi/a/74-20062020
#PolarNight #Kaamos

2023-09-28 06:10:02

The university of Helsinki is looking for a professor of #statistics, so if you want to be one then here is your chance! #academia #research #job.
https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Professor-or-AssistantAssociate-Professor-of-Statistics/778930802/?feedId=350602&utm_source=CareerSite_UniversityOfHelsinki

2023-09-19 10:22:25

I have seen 3.5" diskettes many times, but never have I ever seen one that could hold 100 mb of data! What a chonker!
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2023-08-22 07:36:17

Are you into #birding, #ornithology or just like #birds and want to contribute to a citizen #science project aiming to combat illegal wildlife trade of birds?
Check out I Rate Birds https://iratebirds.app/ and contribute to science by rating birds based on how appealing they look to you!
This is a project of the Finnish Natural History Museum and involves my old colleague @npub1zm4…sp2u, which is why I am plugging it here

2023-05-28 09:17:04

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@npub1cmg…rzd2 Mä itse tykkään aivan sairaasti Rosebudin Sivullisesta. Suuri kivijalkakirjakauppa, paljon ulkomaista ja kotimaista fiktiota ja faktaa.

2023-05-03 19:06:55

So apparently there's a new kid on the #fediverse microblogging block called #calckey. There is some hype over it on my feed at least. Truth be told it looks real slick. But....
What is up with that name? It conjures up the image of a dusty windows 95 calculator program. And the mascot is a blue duck-looking-thing smoking a poorly photoshopped doobie and kinda looking like it is giving you the finger. It is absurd and I am confused, but slightly intrigued too!