The yearly JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) test is getting closer. During the last couple years I have been trying to improve my language level as much as possible. Unfortunately in Finland all Japanese lectures are in FINNISH language. For that reason I have learned everything on my own. I believe that at this stage [...]

My motto during my Dissertation Excile is:
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Which, in simple terms means, “It ain’t gonna be easy”

Last week I participated in the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference in Singapore. A very nice event and obviously an amazing host city. Surprisingly there were a much larger amount of Finnish/Swedish peers than I expected considering the location. No wonder why flights were almost completely booked even 3 months in advance!
And best of all, in [...]

This week I am attending a IEEE AINA’08 in Okinawa and later on doing some research visits in Tokyo. It should be very nice, it is still winter in Finland, thus a short spring break with cherry blossoms will be fantastic.

In certain times people have asked me “Why are you studying Bioinformatics? Isn’t that completely out of your field?”. Personally, I think that that assumption is wrong and narrow minded. Thus, would like to quote Peter Chen, which invented the database relational model:
“ Getting Fresh Ideas from Unconventional Places. After working on a particular area [...]