# Samuli Pekkola > 7/2/1972-; Jyvaskyla,, Finland; ; educator; Finnish **Wikidata**: [Q122607217](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122607217) **Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/samuli-pekkola ## Summary Samuli Pekkola is a Finnish computer scientist and educator. He is affiliated with the University of Jyväskylä (employed since 2023‑08‑01) and has been formerly affiliated with Tampere University of Technology. ## Biography - Born: 1972-02-07, Jyväskylä, Finland - Nationality: Finland - Known for: Work as a computer scientist and educator - Employer(s): University of Jyväskylä (employment recorded beginning 2023-08-01); Tampere University of Technology (former affiliation) - Field(s): Computer science; higher education ## Contributions The provided sources document Samuli Pekkola as a practicing computer scientist and educator affiliated with Finnish universities, but they do not list specific papers, patents, products, or project names. Public authority and bibliographic records associated with Pekkola indicate a presence in the scholarly and cataloguing ecosystem: he has an ISNI (0000000115097894), a VIAF identifier (167756380), a Dimensions author identifier (012506773231.87), and a Library of Congress authority record (no2011028741). Employment entries for both the University of Jyväskylä and Tampere University of Technology are recorded in ORCID-linked public employment data, with the University of Jyväskylä employment entry beginning on 2023-08-01. These identifiers and institutional employment records show that Pekkola is a documented contributor to academic activity and the knowledge infrastructure; they also enable discovery of any outputs attributed to him in external bibliographic and research databases. The raw material does not provide titles, years, or descriptions of individual publications, products, or projects, so no specific works can be summarised from the provided sources. ## FAQs ### Q: Who is Samuli Pekkola? A: Samuli Pekkola is a Finnish computer scientist and educator born on 1972-02-07 in Jyväskylä. He is employed at the University of Jyväskylä and was formerly affiliated with Tampere University of Technology. ### Q: Where does Samuli Pekkola work? A: Public records show employment at the University of Jyväskylä beginning 2023-08-01. He is also recorded as formerly affiliated with Tampere University of Technology. ### Q: What has Samuli Pekkola published? A: The provided sources do not list specific publications, patents, or projects. He is represented in bibliographic and research identifier systems (ISNI, VIAF, Dimensions, Library of Congress), which can be used to locate any outputs attributed to him in external databases. ## Why They Matter Based on the supplied records, Samuli Pekkola matters as a documented member of the Finnish academic and research community in computer science and education. His recorded employments at established Finnish institutions — Tampere University of Technology (a notable former Finnish technical university) and the University of Jyväskylä — place him within institutions that train students, conduct research, and contribute to national and international scholarly networks. The existence of standardized identifiers (ISNI, VIAF, Dimensions, Library of Congress authority) indicates that his professional identity and any scholarly outputs are part of the formal bibliographic and research-information infrastructure, which supports discovery, citation, and attribution. Even where specific publications or projects are not listed in the provided material, these institutional and authority records enable colleagues, librarians, and researchers to locate his works and verify contributions. Without such recorded affiliations and identifiers, attribution and discovery of a researcher’s work would be harder; the records shown here therefore preserve links between Pekkola and the academic outputs or educational roles he holds. ## Notable For - Being a Finnish computer scientist and educator born in Jyväskylä on 1972-02-07. - Employment at the University of Jyväskylä with a recorded start date of 2023-08-01 (ORCID-linked employment record). - Former affiliation with Tampere University of Technology (recorded in public employment data). - Presence in major authority and bibliographic systems: ISNI 0000000115097894; VIAF 167756380; Dimensions author id 012506773231.87; Library of Congress authority no2011028741. - Recorded in biographical databases (Prabook id 225421) and national library identifiers. ## Body ### Personal details - Full name: Samuli Pekkola. - Given name: Samuli. - Family name: Pekkola. - Birth date: 1972-02-07. - Birth place: Jyväskylä, Finland. - Sex/gender: Male. - Citizenship: Finland. - Instance of: Human. ### Professional affiliations - University of Jyväskylä - Role: Employer listed in source material. - Employment start: 2023-08-01 (per ORCID-linked employment record in the provided data). - Reference: ORCID employment entry referenced in source material. - Tampere University of Technology - Role: Former employer/affiliation recorded in source material. - Note: Tampere University of Technology is identified in the source material as a former university in Tampere, Finland. ### Authority and bibliographic identifiers - ISNI: 0000000115097894. - VIAF: 167756380. - Dimensions author id: 012506773231.87. - Library of Congress authority id: no2011028741. - Prabook id: 225421. - Yale Lux id: person/b11717d3-a333-43af-87e2-3dc9f5a9e643. - National Library of Israel id: 987007360264805171. ### Public records and references - Employment entries documented with ORCID-linked references for both University of Jyväskylä and Tampere University of Technology in the source dataset. - Wikidata description and structured properties supplied in the source material. ### Publications and outputs - The supplied material does not include titles, dates, or descriptions of specific publications, patents, projects, or software authored or led by Samuli Pekkola. - Presence in bibliographic and research databases (listed above) suggests that works authored by him, if any, would be discoverable through these identifiers and through institutional records. ## References 1. Prabook 2. [ORCID Public Data File 2023](https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0002-4245-0400/employment/21242298) 3. [ORCID Public Data File 2023](https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0002-4245-0400/employment/3964659)