Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Leo Leppänen is a PhD student at the Discovery Reseach Group, in the Department of Computer Science. He has a MSc in Computer Science and a BA in Language Technology.
His research focus is on automated generation of natural language, especially on the generation of factual content such as news and other reports from structured data. He also continues to be -- albeit in a smaller role -- active in the fields of educational data mining, learning analytics and computer science education research.
Fields of Science
- 113 Computer and information sciences
Publications
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EMBEDDIA Tools, Datasets and Challenges: Resources and Hackathon Contributions
Pollak, S., Boggia, M., Linden, C-G., Leppänen, L., Zosa, E. & Toivonen, H., 19 Apr 2021, Proceedings of the EACL Hackashop on News Media Content Analysis and Automated Report Generation. The Association for Computational Linguistics, p. 99-109Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
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European copyright system as a suitable incentive for AI-based journalism?
Pihlajarinne, T., Thesleff, A. W., Leppänen, L. & Valmari, S. M., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Artificial Intelligence and the Media. Pihlajarinne, T. & Alén-Savikko, A. (eds.). Edward ElgarResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Automated Journalism as a Source of and a Diagnostic Device for Bias in Reporting
Leppänen, L., Tuulonen, H. & Sirén-Heikel, S., 10 Jul 2020, In : Media and Communication. 8, 3, p. 39-49 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Personal Research Assistant for Online Exploration of Historical News
Pivovarova, L., Jean-Caurant, A., Avikainen, J., Alnajjar, K., Granroth-Wilding, M., Leppänen, L., Zosa, E. & Toivonen, H., 2020, Advances in Information Retrieval: 42nd European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2020, Lisbon, Portugal, April 14–17, 2020, Proceedings, Part II. Cham: Springer, (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Recycling a genre for news automation: The production of Valtteri the Election Bot
Haapanen, L. & Leppänen, L., 7 Oct 2020, In : AILA Review. 33, 1, p. 67-85 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Projects
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Embeddia: Cross-Lingual Embeddings for Less-Represented Languages in European News Media
Toivonen, H. T., Linden, C., Granroth-Wilding, M., Leppänen, L., Alnajjar, K. & Zosa, E.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2021
Project: Research project
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NewsEye: A Digital Investigator for Historical Newspapers
Toivonen, H. T., Tolonen, M., Kaukonen, M., Marjanen, J., Granroth-Wilding, M., Leppänen, L., Avikainen, J., Alnajjar, K., Zosa, E. & Hengchen, S.
01/05/2018 → 30/04/2021
Project: Research project
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IA: Immersive Automation: automated storytelling, audience engagement and user experience in a news ecosystem
Linden, C., Moring, T. A., Backholm, K., Hujanen, J., Toivonen, H. T., Granroth-Wilding, M., Leppänen, L., Munezero, M., Haapanen, L. & Sirén-Heikel, S.
Viestintäalan tutkimussäätiö, Sanoma Media Finland Oy, Alma Media Oyj, Conmio Oy, Tekes, Svenska kulturfonden, KSF Media Ab, Keski Pohjanmaan Kirjapaino Oyj
01/12/2016 → 31/05/2018
Project: Research project
Prizes
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Pro Gradu Award for an Exceptional Master's Thesis
Leppänen, Leo (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Researcher of the Year Award for junior researchers
Leppänen, Leo (Recipient), Dec 2018
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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News automation at work: practises and perspectives, Vol. 2
Stefanie Sirén-Heikel (Chair of organizing committee), Carl-Gustav Linden (Attendee), Leo Leppänen (Attendee) & Hanna Emilia Tuulonen (Attendee)
27 Nov 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Natural Language Generation as a Writer's Aid
Leo Leppänen (Speaker)
4 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Journalism Practice (Journal)
Leo Leppänen (Reviewer)
Aug 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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News automation at work: practises and perspectives
Stefanie Sirén-Heikel (Speaker: Presenter), Hanna Emilia Tuulonen (Speaker: Presenter), Leo Leppänen (Speaker: Presenter) & Carl-Gustav Linden (Speaker: Presenter)
4 Nov 2019 → 5 Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Artificial Intelligence and IPR
Leo Leppänen (Invited speaker) & Juha Vesala (Invited speaker)
2 Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk