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Seppo Linnainmaa

Finnish mathematician
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13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
1945, September 28, 1945[5]
Place of birth
Pori
Country of citizenship
Finland[6]
Occupation
computer scientist, mathematician
Employer
University of Helsinki[7]
Educated at
University of Helsinki[8]
Doctoral advisor
Martti Tienari[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Finnish[13]
Family name
Linnainmaa[11]
Given name
Seppo[12]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Seppo Ilmari Linnainmaa en Seppo Linnainmaa ar سيبو لينينما de Seppo Ilmari Linnainmaa fi Seppo Ilmari Linnainmaa fr Seppo Ilmari Linnainmaa ru Линнайнмаа, Сеппа ru Сеппо Линнайнмаа uk Сеппо Ліннаінмаа
🔖 Identifiers · 9
VIAF cluster ID
29146285454915371659
GND ID
1293064254
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11c56365lz
IdRef ID
192915665
LinkedIn personal profile ID
seppo-linnainmaa-35005124
MR Author ID
191833
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
57161
Scopus author ID
6602119831
ZbMATH author ID
linnainmaa.seppo

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Occupation 2
mathematician, computer scientist
Place of birth 2
Pori, Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute
Country of citizenship 1
Finland
Doctoral advisor 1
Martti Tienari
Doctoral advisors 1
Martti Tienari
Educated at 1
University of Helsinki
Employer 1
University of Helsinki
Given name 1
Seppo
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Finnish
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Sex or gender 1
male
← Discoverer or inventor 1
backpropagation
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Summary

Seppo Linnainmaa was born in 1945[1] in Pori[2]. He has worked as a computer scientist[3] and mathematician[4].

Why It Matters

Seppo Linnainmaa is credited with the discovery of backpropagation[15], an optimization algorithm[16].

FAQs

Where was Seppo Linnainmaa born?

Seppo Linnainmaa was born in Pori[2].

What did Seppo Linnainmaa do for work?

Seppo Linnainmaa worked as a computer scientist[3] and mathematician[4].

Where did Seppo Linnainmaa go to school?

Seppo Linnainmaa was educated at University of Helsinki[8].

What did Seppo Linnainmaa discover?

Seppo Linnainmaa is credited as discoverer of backpropagation[15].

Related Entities

computer scientist Finland Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute Martti Tienari Pori

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65762: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth → 1945, September 28, 1945
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57226: Import and prefer more precise dates from dewiki"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Pori
    Google Knowledge Graph ID → /g/11c56365lz
    Date of birth → 1945, September 28, 1945
    Educated at → University of Helsinki
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32081: import P21 and P106 from GND (23)"
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