Dr.

Janne Tapio Koljonen

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

1          Personal details

Name:                         Koljonen, Janne Tapio

Gender:                       Male

Date of birth:               7 March 1980

Place of birth:              Vaasa, Finland

Citizenship:                 Finnish

Email:                         janne.koljonen@uwasa.fi 

2          Education and degrees awarded

Degree: Doctor of science in technology

Educational institution: University of Vaasa, Faculty of technology

Major of subject: Automation technology

Graduation date: 28 May 2010

Degree: Master of science in technology

Educational institution: University of Vaasa, Faculty of technology

Major of subject: Automation technology

Minor of subject: Electrical engineering

Graduation date: 27 August 2004

Degree: Secondary school graduate

Educational institution: Vaasan lyseon lukio

Graduation year: 1999           

3          Other education and training

Name of training: UNILEAD: Academic and Service Leadership Training

Extent: 125 h

Organizer: University of Vaasa

Year of start and completion: 2020–2021

Name of training: Cross-cultural Team Building

Extent: 7 h

Organizer: Brian McMillan, AAC

Year of start and completion: 2015

Name of training: Learning Outcomes Education (Osaamistavoitekoulutus)

Extent: 7 h

Organizer: Aimo Rahkonen, University of Oulu

Year of start and completion: 2011

Name of training: Updating Training of Teacher Pedagogy
(Opettajan pedagoginen täydennyskoulutus)

Extent: 10 credit points

Organizer: Satu Öystilä & Kirsi Viitanen, Eduta Oy

Year of start and completion: 2009–2010

Name of training: Learning in Networks 2

Extent: 7 credit points

Organizer: Learning Center, Tritonia, University of Vaasa

Year of start and completion: 2007

Name of training: Learning in Networks 1

Extent: 5 credit points

Organizer: Learning Center, Tritonia, University of Vaasa

Year of start and completion: 2005

4          Linguistic skills

Mother tongue: Finnish

Other languages, self-assessment
(A = Basic user, B = Independent user, C = Proficient user, 2 is better than 1):

Swedish:
Listening B1, Reading C1, Spoken interaction: B1, Spoken production B2, Writing B2

English:
Listening B2, Reading C2, Spoken interaction: B2, Spoken production C1, Writing C2

German:
Listening A2, Reading A2, Spoken interaction: A1, Spoken production A2, Writing A2

Spanish:
Listening A1, Reading B2, Spoken interaction: A1, Spoken production A2, Writing A2

5          Current positions

2005– Laboratory engineer (automation technology),
University of Vaasa, School of Technology and Innovations.

2014– Programme manager (bachelor’s programme in Energy and Information Technology),
University of Vaasa, School of Technology and Innovations.

2021– Director (LUMA Centre Ostrobothnia),
University of Vaasa, School of Technology and Innovations.

6          Previous work experience

2002- Various research and teaching posts, Faculty of Technology, University of Vaasa.

Summer 2002  Trainee in production, ABB Low Voltage Systems.

Summer 2001  Trainee in production, ABB Low Voltage Systems.

Fall 1999         Shop assistant, Kespro wholesale.

Summer 1998  Trainee in acquisitions, ABB Low Voltage Systems.

7          Thesis supervision

Doctoral dissertations: 1

Licentiate theses: 1.

Master’s theses: 9.

Bachelor’s theses: 15.

8          Scientific publications and impact of research

Number of publications: 62

For the complete list of publications see: http://www.uwasa.fi/~jako/publications/

Total number of citations: 959
H index: 14
5 most cited publications
(source:
https://scholar.google.fi/citations?user=KKloOg4AAAAJ&hl=fi):

172 citations: Mahmoud Elsanhoury, Petteri Mäkelä, Janne Koljonen, Petri Välisuo, Ahm Shamsuzzoha, Timo Mantere, Mohammed Elmusrati, Heidi Kuusniemi: “Precision Positioning for Smart Logistics using Ultra-Wideband Technology-Based Indoor Navigation: A Review”, IEEE Access, 10: 44413–44445, April, 2022. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3169267.

171 citations: Timo Mantere & Janne Koljonen: “Solving, Rating and Generating Sudoku Puzzles with GA”, in Proceedings of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary computation (CEC 2007), Singapore, 2007, pages 1382–1389.

87 citations: Janne Koljonen, Torbjörn E.M. Nordling & Jarmo T. Alander: “A review of genetic algorithms in near infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics: past and future”, Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, 16(3): 189–198, July 2008. IM Publications. doi: 10.1255/jnirs.778.

86 citations: Timo Mantere & Janne Koljonen: “Solving and rating Sudoku puzzles with genetic algorithms”, in Proceedings of the 12th Finnish Artificial Intelligence Conference (STeP 2006), Eero Hyvönen, Tomi Kauppinen, Jukka Kortela, Mikko Laukkanen, Tapani Raiko, Kim Viljanen (eds.), Espoo (Finland), 25–27 Oct. 2006, pages 86–92. Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society (FAIS).

58 citations: Janne Koljonen & Jarmo T. Alander: “Effects of population size and relative elitism on optimization speed and reliability of genetic algorithms”, in Proceedings of the Ninth Scandinavian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SCAI 2006), Honkela, Kortela, Raiko, Valpola (eds.), Espoo (Finland), 25–27 Oct. 2006, pages 54–60. Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society (FAIS).

9          Other scientific merits

Ad-hoc referee tasks with:

Optical Engineering (SPIE), Structural Health Monitoring (SAGE), ICCT-2011 (IEEE), African Journal of Agricultural Research (Academic Journals), South African Computer Journal (SAICSIT), ICCT-2012 (IEEE), Measurement (Elsevier), Journal of Electronic Imaging (SPIE), International Journal of Physical Sciences (Academic Journals), International Journal of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (The World Academic Publishing Co., Ltd), Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (Springer), African Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science Research (Academic Journals), Journal of Medical Imaging (SPIE).

10     Positions of trust

10.1     University

2018–2021      Member of the university board, University of Vaasa.

2010–2013      Member of the university collegium, University of Vaasa.

·         Member of the nomination committee.

2004–2005, 2009        Member of the faculty council, Faculty of Technology.

2006–2013      Member of the payroll system committee, University of Vaasa.

10.2     Associations

2012–2013      Chairperson, Vaasa University Researchers and Teachers Association.

2010                Deputy board member, Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers.

2001–2008      Vice chairperson, Palosaaren Urheiluseura ry (athletics club).

1996–1997      Board member, Vaasan Karateklubi ry. (karate club).

11     Other merits and hobbies

2019– Football (soccer) coach:

·              Responsible coach: boys born in 2011/2012, FC Kiisto, Vaasa.

Other current hobbies: golf, reading, music, summer cottage.

1988–2013 Competing in track and field:

Records:

·              Long jump 717.

·              100 m 10.89.

·              60 m 6.95.

Merits:

·              Finnish Championships (Kalevan Kisat) 2003: 13th in long jump.

·              Workers’ WC (by CSIT) 2005 (Curitiba, Brazil): 3rd in 4x100m.

·              Finnish Championships  (Kalevan Kisat) 2007: 14th in 100m.

·              Workers’ WC (by CSIT) 2008 (Misano, Italy): 2nd in 4x100m and 6th in 100m.

 

Updated: 24.4.2025