{"id":12,"date":"2017-12-05T00:42:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T22:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-04-08T21:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:41:34","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Faculty staff<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yu Xiao<\/strong><br>Associate Professor, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Team Leader<\/strong><\/span><br>yu.xiao(at)aalto.fi&nbsp; |&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yu-xiao-b948787\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"http:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/in-150x150.png\" alt=\"in\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/in-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/in.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 18px) 100vw, 18px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp; |<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=ZeRhyWsAAAAJ\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-228\" src=\"http:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gs1.png\" alt=\"gs\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Postdoctoral researchers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=kuWCM8AAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;sortby=pubdate\">Masoud Jalayer<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Topic: AI for smart manufacturing, industrial XR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>08.2025 &#8211; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>masoud.jalayer(at)aalto.fi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/narrativize.net\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/narrativize.net\/\"><strong>Ramyah Gowrishankar<\/strong> <\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Topics: smart textiles, energy harvesters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03.2022 &#8211;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ramyah.gowrishankar(at)aalto.fi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Full-time Doctoral students<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Liu Zhuchenyang <\/strong><br> &#8220;AI for smart manufacturing&#8221; <br>09.2025 &#8211; <br> zhuchenyang.liu(at)aalto.fi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yao Zhang<\/strong><br>&#8220;AI for wearable sensing&#8221;<br>11.2024 &#8211; ;<br>yao.1.zhang(at)aalto.fi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Changyi Li<\/strong><br>&#8220;Deep learning for Multimodal activity recognition&#8221;<br>11.2023 &#8211; ;<br>changyi.li(at)aalto.fi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Zeyu Yang<\/strong><br> &#8220;Quantum machine learning&#8221; <br>06.2023 &#8211; ;<br>zeyu.yang(at)aalto.fi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tim Moesgen<\/strong><br> &#8220;Designing and developing haptic thermal and liquid experiences for virtual reality&#8221; <br>09.2022 &#8211; ;<br>tim.moesgen(at)aalto.fi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Part-time Doctoral students<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andrea Gentili<\/strong> (with VTT)<br><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cEnabling Next-Generation Connectivity for Critical Environments\u201d&nbsp;<br>02.2024 &#8211; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/dblp.uni-trier.de\/pers\/hd\/p\/Pham:Truong=An\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Truong-an Pham<\/strong><\/a><br>&#8220;Wearable cognitive assistance for assembly and maintenance&#8221;<br>05.2017 &#8211;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Oussama Bekkouche<\/strong> (with CSC)<br>&#8220;Mobile Edge Computing for Next-Generation UAV Services and Operations&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visiting Professors<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Lina Maria Cardenas Bayona, Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile, April 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Yaxi Liu, Beijing University of Science and Technology. Jan-August 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Qingyuan Gong, Fudan University. October 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. <strong>Ignacio Gali<\/strong>, Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Catalu\u00f1a, Barcelona Tech &#8211; UPC. May 2022 (Erasmus + program)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/chenyang03.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prof. Yang Chen<\/a><\/strong>, Fudan University<br>August &#8211; September 2018, June &#8211; October 2019 (Nokia Visiting Professor)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/sse.tongji.edu.cn\/wrao\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prof. Weixiong Rao<\/a><\/strong>, Tongji University<br>August 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tsinghua.edu.cn\/publish\/eeen\/3784\/2014\/20140822095535708666236\/20140822095535708666236_.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Prof. Yong Li<\/strong><\/a>, Tsinghua University<br>July 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research assistants and project workers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2026<\/strong>: Ziyu Hu, Iida Arvola, Iiro Naulap\u00e4\u00e4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2025<\/strong>: Sayapaneni Gopi Someshvar, Alina Schepers, Sara Kutkova, Hilla Paasio, Wenying Jia, Gabriella&nbsp;Presnal, Ziyu Hu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2024:<\/strong> Ilona Mattila, Pia Johansson, Yu-Han Tseng, Yao Zhang, Jack Bergkulla, Henry Hsu, Sara Kutkova, Rojas Cayo Daniela, Pedro Vilaplana Lopez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2023:<\/strong> Yu-Han Tseng, Min Gao, Hui Ruan, Agustin Contreras<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022:<\/strong> Sofia Guridi, Hidde Grieg, Elina Onkinen, Jingting Ma, Esa Vikberg, Nguyen Phuong, Tim Moesgen, Kasper Lindberg, Ilpo H\u00e4rkonen, Hanna-Maaria Sinkkonen, Olli Ruuskanen, Remy Montoir, Boxu Liu, Jiaming Yin, Yushan Liu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2021:&nbsp;<\/strong>Sofia Guridi, Pontus Lundstr\u00f6m, Tim Moesgen, Laug Rasmus, Daniela Borgstr\u00f6m, Mariela Urra Schiaffino, Erik Zuuring, Hsieh Wan-Ting, Ilpo H\u00e4rk\u00f6nen, Eero Tiainen, Ruo-Xuan Wu, Hidde Grieg, Elina Onkinen, Jingting Ma<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2020: <\/strong>Sofia Guridi, Verneri Hirvonen, Ilpo H\u00e4rk\u00f6nen, Pontus Lundstr\u00f6m, Antti Parviainen, Jasmine Xie, K\u00fcbra Kutlu, Ville Viinikka, Abbas Waqar, Joonatan Saarhelo, Maimuna Syed, Marcell Berta, Bruhn Thomas, Laug Rasmus, Tim Moesgen, Janne Salo, Daniela Borgstr\u00f6m, Mariela Urra Schiaffino, Erik Zuuring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2019<\/strong>:Jasse Lahdenper\u00e4, Verneri Hirvonen, Xiuyang Li, Samuel Suikkanen, Aziza Zhanabatyrova, Ilpo H\u00e4rk\u00f6nen, Pontus Lundstr\u00f6m, Krishna Karthikeyan, Antti Parviainen, Wencan Mao, Jiayun Zhang, Joonatan Saarhelo, Maimuna Syed, Marcell Berta, Bruhn Thomas, Jasmine Xie, K\u00fcbra Kutlu, Ville Viinikka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2018<\/strong><span style=\"color: #444444;\">: Xuebing Li, Rong Xie, Tufail Muhammad,Jouni Ojala, Qinge Xie, Xiaolei Di, Verneri Hirvonen, Xiuyang Li, Samuel Suikkanen, Aziza Zhanabatyrova<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong> 2017<\/strong>: Tufail Muhammad, Jouni Ojala,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/granskog.xyz\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Granskog<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/seyoung.xyz\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seyoung Park<\/a>, Jiyao Hu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alumni:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Diego Pucci, visiting scholar, 01.2025-06.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aziza Zhanabatyrova, doctoral student, 2019-2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clayton Leite, doctoral student &amp; postdoc, 2018-2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Xuebing Li, doctoral student, 2020-2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henry Mauranen, doctoral student, 2021-2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Esa Vikberg, doctoral student, 2022-2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wencanmao.github.io\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wencanmao.github.io\/\">Wencan Mao, doctoral student, 2019-2023<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emmi Pouta, doctoral student, 2019-2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tiina Lilja, business developer, 2022-2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/de.linkedin.com\/in\/petr-byvshev-79bb90142\" target=\"_blank\"> <strong>Petr Byvshev, doctoral student, 2018-2022<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Riia-Leena Wallin, business developer, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/byungjincho.github.io\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/byungjincho.github.io\/\">Byungjin Cho, postdoc, 2019-2022<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ozgur Akgul, postdoc, 2019-2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giancarlo Pastor, postdoc, 2018-2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guna Semjonova, visiting scholar, 2021-2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ilpo H\u00e4rk\u00f6nen, project employee, 2019-2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Timo Sipponen, business developer, 2019-2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>James Wen, postdoc, 2020-2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chao Zhu, Doctoral student, 2016 &#8211; 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=mLY0JxsAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;sortby=pubdate\" target=\"_blank\">Yuki Sato<\/a>, <\/strong>Postdoc, 2017-2018|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=mLY0JxsAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;sortby=pubdate\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-228\" src=\"http:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gs1.png\" alt=\"gs\"><\/a>&nbsp; |<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/dblp.org\/pers\/hg1\/s\/Sato:Yuki\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"14\" height=\"18\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-231\" src=\"http:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dblp1-141x150.png\" alt=\"dblp\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marius Noreikis, Doctoral student, 2016 &#8211; 2019 <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marius-noreikis-54724856\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"http:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/in-150x150.png\" alt=\"in\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/in-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/in.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 18px) 100vw, 18px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/dblp.uni-trier.de\/pers\/hd\/n\/Noreikis:Marius\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"14\" height=\"18\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-231\" src=\"http:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dblp1-141x150.png\" alt=\"dblp\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sandra Wirtanen, Textile designer, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=ko&amp;user=Dy-E2EEAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;sortby=pubdate\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=ko&amp;user=Dy-E2EEAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;sortby=pubdate\">Jihye Lee, Postdoc, 2018-2019<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Petri Nyman, Business developer, 2018-2020&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/fi.linkedin.com\/in\/petrinyman\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"http:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/in-150x150.png\" alt=\"in\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/in-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/in.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 18px) 100vw, 18px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ondrej Spala, Business developer, 2018-2020&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/fi.linkedin.com\/in\/ondrejspala\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"http:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/in-150x150.png\" alt=\"in\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/in-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/in.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 18px) 100vw, 18px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC00674.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC00674-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC00674-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC00674-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC00674-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Group photo, June 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-797\" src=\"http:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GroupPhoto20181029-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GroupPhoto20181029-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GroupPhoto20181029-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GroupPhoto20181029-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><br>Group photo, October 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty staff: Postdoctoral researchers: Full-time Doctoral students: Part-time Doctoral students: Visiting Professors: Research assistants and project workers: Alumni: Group photo, June 2019 Group photo, October 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