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Kary Främling

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Kary Främling

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8078-5172
  • Phone+358 50 5980451

  • Konemiehentie 2

2000 …2026

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Education/Academic qualification

Doctoral degree, Engineering and Technology, Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon

Award Date: 20 May 1997

Master's degree, Engineering and Technology, Helsinki University of Technology

Award Date: 15 Oct 1990

External positions

Professor, Umeå University

1 Nov 2017 → …

Keywords

  • Internet of Things
  • Intelligent products
  • Reinforcement learning
  • Explainable AI
  • Building Information Modelling

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):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  4. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  5. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  6. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  7. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  8. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  9. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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  • Context for Explanations

    Rohlfing, K. J., Främling, K. & Kern, F., 2026, Social Explainable AI: Communications of NII Shonan Meetings. Rohlfing, K. J., Främling, K., Lim, B., Alpsancar, S. & Thommes, K. (eds.). Singapore: Springer, p. 55-74 20 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

    Open Access
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  • A Functionally-Grounded Benchmark Framework for XAI Methods : Insights and Foundations from a Systematic Literature Review

    Canha, D., Kubler, S., Främling, K. & Fagherazzi, G., 14 Jul 2025, In: ACM Computing Surveys. 57, 12, p. 1-40 40 p., 320.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

    Open Access
    File
    3 Citations (Scopus)
    40 Downloads (Pure)

  • Generating Explanations for Molecular Property Predictions in Graph Neural Networks

    Malhi, A., Matekenya, J. P. & Främling, K., 2025, Advances in Explainability, Agents, and Large Language Models : 1st International Workshop on Causality, Agents and Large Models, CALM 2024, Proceedings. Mualla, Y., Yu, L., Liga, D., Tchappi, I. & Markovich, R. (eds.). Springer, p. 20-32 13 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 2471 CCIS).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

  • Social Explainable AI: What Is It and How to Make It Happen with CIU?

    Främling, K., 10 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) Explainable, Trustworthy, and Responsible AI and Multi-Agent Systems - 7th International Workshop, EXTRAAMAS 2025, Revised Selected Papers. Calvaresi, D., Najjar, A., Omicini, A., Ciatto, G., Aydogan, R., Carli, R., Främling, K. & Tiribelli, S. (eds.). Springer, p. 58-63 6 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15936 LNCS).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

  • Machine Learning Applications for Smart Building Energy Utilization: A Survey

    Huotari, M., Främling, K. & Malhi, A., Jul 2024, In: Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering. 31, 5, p. 2537-2556 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    File
    23 Citations (Scopus)
    180 Downloads (Pure)
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  • TUTLI eParkly/Främling: eParkly

    Främling, K. (Principal investigator), Näräkkä, J. (Project Member), Rimpiläinen, P. (Project Member), Madhikermi, M. (Project Member), Rinnekangas, R. (Project Member), Keyriläinen, T. (Project Member), Khongbantabam, N. (Project Member), Toiskallio, K. (Project Member), Malhi, A. (Project Member), Javed, A. (Project Member), Pirilä, J. (Project Member) & Isojärvi, L. (Project Member)

    01/07/2020 → 31/05/2022

    Project: BF R2B

  • Smart_Otaniemi_2/T31302

    Främling, K. (Principal investigator), Keyriläinen, T. (Project Member), Huotari, M. (Project Member), Isojärvi, L. (Project Member) & Pirilä, J. (Project Member)

    01/03/2019 → 30/06/2021

    Project: Business Finland: Other research funding

  • AIES-2019 WP4

    Främling, K. (Principal investigator)

    01/01/2019 → 31/12/2019

    Project: EU: EIT

  • AIES-2019 WP5

    Främling, K. (Principal investigator)

    01/01/2019 → 31/12/2019

    Project: EU: EIT

  • AIES-2019 WP2

    Främling, K. (Principal investigator)

    01/01/2019 → 31/12/2019

    Project: EU: EIT

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