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Personal profile
Artistic and research interests
Eero Hyvönen is director of Helsinki Centre for Digital Humanities (HELDIG) at the University of Helsinki and professor of semantic media technology at the Aalto University, Department of Computer Science, where he directs the Semantic Computing Research Group (SeCo) specializing on Semantic Web technologies and applications. A major recent theme (since 2001) in his research has been development of the national level semantic web infrastructure and its application in different areas. Eero Hyvönen has published some 500 research articles and books and has got several international and national awards. He acts in the editorial boards of Semantic Web - Interoperability, Usability, Applicability, Semantic Computing, International Journal of Metadata, Semantics, and Ontologies, and International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems, and has co-chaired and acted in the programme committees of tens of major conferences.
More information, publications etc. can be found at Eero Hyvönen's homepage:
https://seco.cs.aalto.fi/u/eahyvone/
Areas of interest:
Education/Academic qualification
Doctoral degree, Engineering and Technology, Helsinki University of Technology
Award Date: 11 Mar 1991
Licentiate degree, Engineering and Technology, Helsinki University of Technology
Award Date: 18 Dec 1984
Master's degree, Engineering and Technology, Helsinki University of Technology
Award Date: 12 May 1981
External positions
Director of HELDIG centre, University of Helsinki
1 Aug 2016 → …
Keywords
- semantic web
- linked open data
- artificial intelligence
- web technologies
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Research output
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A Linked Open Data Service and Semantic Portal to Study the Assembly Minutes and Prosopography of the League of Nations (1920–1946)
Leskinen, P., Hyvönen, E., Lionnet, A., Blukacz-Louisfert, B., Bourneuf, P. É., Rodogno, D., Mallard, G. & Cafiero, F., 7 May 2026, The Semantic Web - 23rd European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2026, Proceedings. Acosta, M., van Erp, M., Rudolph, S., Hartig, O., Spahiu, B., Rula, A., Garijo, D. & Osborne, F. (eds.). Springer, p. 3-20 18 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16550 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
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Analyzing Aggregated Knowledge Graphs on a Global Level for Better Data Literacy: Case LetterSampo Finland
Poikkimäki, H., Leskinen, P. & Hyvönen, E., 2026, Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web - 7th International Conference, KGSWC 2025, Proceedings. Villazón-Terrazas, B., Ortiz-Rodriguez, F., Tiwari, S., Riechert, T. & Marx, E. (eds.). Springer, p. 265-279 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16373 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
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Knowledge Graphs and Data Services for Studying Historical Epistolary Data in Network Science on the Semantic Web
Leskinen, P., Ureña-Carrion, J., Tuominen, J., Kivelä, M. & Hyvönen, E., Jul 2026, In: Semantic Web. 17, 4, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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PM-Sampo : Semantic Portal for Heritage Object Provenance Research
Shoilee, S. B. A., Ahola, A., Rantala, H., Hyvönen, E., de Boer, V., van Ossenbruggen, J. & Legene, S., 2026, The Semantic Web : ESWC 2025 Satellite Events, Proceedings. Curry, E., McCrae, J., Presutti, V., Alam, M., Colpaert, P., Xavier Parreira, J., Collarana, D., Sabou, M., Harth, A. & Lisena, P. (eds.). Springer, p. 156-161 6 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15832 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
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SampoSampo : A Portal for Studying Enriched Data and Semantic Connections on a Cultural Heritage Linked Open Data Cloud
Hyvönen, E., Leskinen, P., Ahola, A., Rantala, H. & Tuominen, J., 2026, The Semantic Web : ESWC 2025 Satellite Events, Proceedings. Curry, E., McCrae, J., Presutti, V., Alam, M., Colpaert, P., Xavier Parreira, J., Collarana, D., Sabou, M., Harth, A. & Lisena, P. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 67-74 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15832 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
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FIRI FIN-CLARIAH jatko 2/Hyvönen/T31328: Digital Humanities Research Infrastructure for Finland
Hyvönen, E. (Principal investigator), Ahola, A. (Project Member), Poikkimäki, H. (Project Member) & Rantala, H. (Project Member)
01/01/2026 → 31/12/2027
Project: RCF Research Infrastructure
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FIN-CLARIAH jatko/Hyvönen: Upgrading CLARIN and constructing DARIAH in Finland
Hyvönen, E. (Principal investigator), Ahola, A. (Project Member), Rantala, H. (Project Member), Leskinen, P. (Project Member), Poikkimäki, H. (Project Member) & Leal Tomas, R. (Project Member)
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2025
Project: RCF Research Infrastructure
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DVV /Hyvönen: Proof-of-Concept of the Joint search interface for Nordic and Baltic legislative databases
Hyvönen, E. (Principal investigator), Wahjoe, M. (Project Member), Cao, H. (Project Member) & Rantala, H. (Project Member)
01/03/2023 → 30/11/2023
Project: Unknown
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-: Oopperasampo
Hyvönen, E. (Principal investigator), Ahola, A. (Project Member) & Rantala, H. (Project Member)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2024
Project: Other Domestic (10 AC)
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FIN-CLARIAH-FIRI2021/Hyvönen: Finnish Research Infrastructure for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences
Hyvönen, E. (Principal investigator), Wahjoe, M. (Project Member), Poikkimäki, H. (Project Member), Leal Tomas, R. (Project Member), Leskinen, P. (Project Member), Ahola, A. (Project Member), Cao, H. (Project Member), Rantala, H. (Project Member), Boman, P. (Project Member), Peura, L. (Project Member), Drobac, S. (Project Member) & Koho, M. (Project Member)
EU The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2023
Project: RCF Research Infrastructure
Datasets
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Kotus Names Archive
Ikkala, E. (Creator), Tuominen, J. (Supervisor) & Hyvönen, E. (Supervisor), Semantic Computing Research Group, 1 Feb 2019
http://www.ldf.fi/dataset/kotus-names-archive
Dataset
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LetterSampo Finland
Ahola, A. (Creator), Björklund, M. (Creator), Drobac, S. (Creator), Enqvist, J. (Creator), Hyvönen, E. A. (Creator), Jauhiainen, I. (Creator), Kanervo, S. (Creator), Koho, M. (Creator), Koho, O. (Creator), Kukkonen, V. (Creator), Leal, R. (Creator), Leskinen, P. (Creator), La Mela, M. (Creator), Paloposki, H.-L. (Creator), Pikkanen, I. (Creator), Poikkimäki, H. (Creator), Rantala, H. (Creator), Sainio, S. (Creator), Tuominen, J. (Creator) & Wahjoe, M. (Creator), Zenodo, 27 May 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15210589, https://zenodo.org/records/15210590
Dataset
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WarSampo Knowledge Graph
Koho, M. (Creator), Heino, E. (Creator), Ikkala, E. (Creator), Tamper, M. (Creator), Leskinen, P. (Creator), Dutruit, J. (Creator), Hyvönen, E. (Supervisor), Tuominen, J. (Supervisor), Mäkelä, E. (Supervisor) & Apajalahti, K. (Creator), Zenodo, 27 Nov 2015
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3431121, http://www.ldf.fi/dataset/warsa and 4 more links, http://ldf.fi/warsa/sparql, https://www.sotasampo.fi/en/, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3431121, https://zenodo.org/api/records/3611322 (show fewer)
Dataset
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BiographySampo
Leskinen, P. (Creator), Tamper, M. (Creator), Ikkala, E. (Creator), Rantala, H. (Creator), Tuominen, J. (Supervisor) & Hyvönen, E. (Supervisor), Linked Data Finland, 27 Sept 2018
https://seco.cs.aalto.fi/projects/biografiasampo/
Dataset
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Norssi High School Alumni
Leskinen, P. (Creator), Heino, E. (Creator), Sirola, L. (Creator), Tuominen, J. (Supervisor) & Hyvönen, E. (Supervisor), Semantic Computing Research Group, 12 May 2017
https://seco.cs.aalto.fi/projects/norssit/
Dataset
Prizes
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American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), "Innovative Application” Award
Hyvönen, E. (Recipient), 1999
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Apps4Finland - Doing Good with Open Data, 1. Prize
Hyvönen, E. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Apps4Finland - Doing Good with Open Data, 1. Prize (Data and Research Challenge)
Hyvönen, E. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Invitation or ranking in competition
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Apps4Finland - Doing Good with Open Data, 1. Prize (Data Refinement Challenge)
Hyvönen, E. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Invitation or ranking in competition
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Best paper, Sepublica 2014, at ESWC 2014
Hyvönen, E. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Activities
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Biographical Data in a Digital World
Koho, M. (Member) & Hyvönen, E. (Organiser)
25 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organization of a workshop, panel, session, tutorial or event
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How to Create a National Cross-domain Ontology and Linked Data Infrastructure and Use It on the Semantic Web
Hyvönen, E. (Speaker)
2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Academic keynote or plenary lecture
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Using Linked Data in Digital Humanities: Shift from Data Publishing to Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence
Hyvönen, E. (Keynote speaker)
Nov 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Academic keynote or plenary lecture
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The WarSampo project: Finnish World War II on the Semantic Web
Hyvönen, E. (Keynote speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Academic keynote or plenary lecture
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HELDIG Digital Humanities Summit
Hyvönen, E. (Chair)
2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Chair of a conference, workshop, panel, session, tutorial or event
Press/Media
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Study Data from University of Helsinki Provide New Insights into Data Analytics (Semantic Solutions for Democratizing Archaeological and Numismatic Data Analysis)
05/03/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Investigators at Aalto University Detail Findings in Computing and Cultural Heritage (Lettersampo-historical Letters On the Semanticweb: a Framework and Its Application To Publishing and Using Epistolary Data)
25/09/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Media | The media strategy of basic Finns worries experts
16/08/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Parliament Sampo sheds light on a century’s worth of political debates
23/02/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Researchers develop Parliamentsampo containing a century's worth of political debates
16/02/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance