Research output per year
Research output per year
Docent (Adjunct Professor), Language Technology
P.O. Box 24 (Unioninkatu 40 B)
00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
Research activity per year
My interests have spun off from many years of research in Natural Language Processing (NLP) to Sustainability and Optimization. They can be characterized by the triangle:
Dialogue - Health - Optimization
By engaging in dialogue people can get help and solve real-world problems related to most of the 17 Goals of the UN, including
In NLP, dialogue is approached through
To process meaning and dialogue, I have worked on linear-time transducers (e.g., FS Transducers) and linear-space transducers (e.g., Transformer, and Constraint Grammar), and to develop resources, I worked on the parallel Bible alignment (HELFI corpus) and the researcher services of the Language Bank of Finland at CSC.
Health is itself one of the UN goals, but also connected to other goals:
all of which are indirectly researched at UH's Hyytiälä Research Station in Juupajoki. In 2020-2021, I helped to build the Hyytiälä Living Lab, a forthcoming research facility that includes sensors for Indoor Air Quality, Structure Health Monitoring, and Biometric Responses. The Lab has been designed to provide Mass Spectrometry of indoor air of the rooms, IoT Sensors, and controllable aspects of the relevant Building Technology.
Optimization of resources such as energy, personnel, parts, and time are crucial for
I am currently working on the Academy of Finland's AI-ROT Project (at Tampere University) to develop optimization techniques for scheduling and planning. My technology palette involves Non-Monotonic Reasoning, Dynamic Programming, and other AI techniques.
In the future, I am looking for ways to combine dialogue, health and optimization, and to extend my experience to further industrial applications.
Lastly, everyone needs a less useful, purely intellectual interest. To me, it is mathematical logic: Before I started as a non-NLP-related postdoc in Nonmonotonic Logic in 2022, I started endeavouring a secondary Ph.D. in Mathematics, in particular on the mathematical foundations of Dependency Linguistics. This book would extend my previous work on Finite-State Transducer Technology, and on the linear encoding of bounded-rope-thickness (BRT) labeled graphs to an efficient implementation of Monadic Second-Order (MSO) Logic over the BRT dependency trees and BRT graph-based meaning representations used in NLP today. Such logic can also be extended to capture BRT properties and transductions of autosegmental representations of tonal morphology of some Bantu languages spoken in Africa.
However, due to the lack of funding and an industrial partner, I have been forced to postpone this endeavor to the indefinite future. If you think this topic would deserve more attention, please let me know.
My full-time research in Language Technology is on hold, but I continue following the advances in NLP and supervising PhDs according to my Docent Contract with the Faculty.
Previously, I have taught in different faculties, international contexts, and at my alma mater. Examples:
In 2012-2013, I served as the Head of Subject (Language Technology), teaching several other courses such as:
I am a Qualified Teacher.
Current Positions
Previous Positions
Fellowships
Participation of Supervision of Graduate Students and Postdoc Fellows
Teaching Activities
Organisation of International Scientific Meetings
Institutional Responsibilities
Commissions of Trust
Membership in Scientific Societies, Networks and Associations
Pedagogics, Qualified teacher, Helsingin ylipisto
2011 → 2014
Award Date: 24 Jun 2015
Language technology, Ph.D., University of Helsinki
1998 → 13 Sep 2005
Award Date: 13 Sep 2005
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Conference materials › Paper › peer-review
Tiedemann, J., Celikkanat, H., Raganato, A., Silfverberg, M., Sulubacak, U., Vazquez , R., Apidianaki, M., Attieh, J., Aulamo, M., Boggia, M., Celikkanat, H., De Gibert Bonet, O., Grönroos, S., Mickus, T., Raganato, A., Scherrer, Y., Silfverberg, M., Sjöblom, E. I., Talman, A., Vazquez , R., Virpioja, S. P., Yli-Jyrä, A. & Zosa, E.
01/09/2018 → 29/02/2024
Project: EU Horizon 2020: European Research Council: Consolidator Grant (H2020-ERC-COG)
Linden, K., Koskenniemi, K., Yli-Jyrä, A., Hulden, M., Silfverberg, M., Pirinen, T., Axelson, E., Hardwick, S., Niemi, J. & Hurskainen, A.
01/01/2005 → …
Project: Research project
01/09/2013 → 30/04/2019
Project: Research project
17/10/2012 → 31/08/2013
Project: Research project
01/01/2011 → 01/01/2011
Project: Research project
Yli-Jyrä, A. (Editor), Sandborg-Petersen, U. (Editor), Robinson, M. A. (Editor), dos Santos, D. R. (Data Collector) & Nestle, E. (Creator), Helsingin yliopisto, 2020
https://github.com/amikael/HELFI/tree/master/Greek1904
Dataset
Rueter, J. (Creator), Tyers, F. M. (Contributor) & Yli-Jyrä, A. (Funder), Github, 20 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.5281/1156096, https://github.com/rueter/erme-ud-erzya
Dataset
Yli-Jyrä, A. (Creator), Helsingin yliopisto, 2020
https://github.com/amikael/HELFI/tree/master/Finnish1938/fi-FABC-2020m3-AIKA-morphology
Dataset
Yli-Jyrä, A. (Creator) & Purhonen, J. (Editor), Helsingin yliopisto, May 2020
https://github.com/amikael/HELFI and one more link, http://www.islrn.org/resources/840-665-876-625-0/ (show fewer)
Dataset
Anssi Yli-Jyrä (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Anssi Yli-Jyrä (Member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in review committee
Anssi Yli-Jyrä (Visiting researcher), Mirjam Ronning (Other role), Halvor Ronning (Other role) & Omri Abend (Other role)
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
Anssi Yli-Jyrä (Attendee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Anssi Yli-Jyrä (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Anssi Yli-Jyrä (Manager)
Language TechnologyFacility/equipment: Core Facility
Anssi Yli-Jyrä (Manager)
Language TechnologyFacility/equipment: Equipment
Anssi Yli-Jyrä (Manager)
Language TechnologyFacility/equipment: Equipment