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 2016 2020
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, 42nd European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2020. Springer , (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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News Automation: The rewards, risks and realities of 'machine journalism'
Linden, T. C-G. (ed.), Tuulonen, H. E. (ed.), Bäck, A., Diakopoulos, N., Granroth-Wilding, M., Haapanen, L., Leppänen, L. J., Melin, M., Moring, T. A., Munezero, M. D., Siren-Heikel, S. J., Södergård, C. & Toivonen, H., Mar 2019, Frankfurt: World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, WAN-IFRA. 55 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access
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No Time Like the Present: Methods for Generating Colourful and Factual Multilingual News Headlines
Alnajjar, K., Leppänen, L. & Toivonen, H., Jun 2019, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computational Creativity. Grace, K., Cook, M., Ventura, D. & Maher, M. L. (eds.). Association for Computational Creativity, p. 258-265 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Towards AI-Driven Society: A Legal Perspective
Mäihäniemi, B., Hirvonen, H. P. M., Pöysti, T. H., Schafer, B., Reiling, D., Leppänen, L., Nayak, A. & Lassila, L. T., 1 Oct 2019, How Will AI Shape the Future of Law?. Koulu, R. & Kontiainen, L. (eds.). Helsinki: University of Helsinki Legal Tech Lab Publications, p. 195-224 30 p. 2Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific
Open Access
Unboxing news automation: Exploring imagined affordances of automation in news journalism
Sirén-Heikel, S., Leppänen, L., Lindén, C-G. & Bäck, A., 26 Jun 2019, In : Nordic journal of media studies. 1, 1, p. 47-66 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Projects 2016 2021
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
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
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
Pro Gradu Award for an Exceptional Master's Thesis
Leo Leppänen (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prizes and awards
Researcher of the Year Award for junior researchers
Leo Leppänen (Recipient), Dec 2018
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities 2015 2019
The Eighth Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (Event)
Leo Leppänen (Reviewer)2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Artificial Intelligence and IPR
Leo Leppänen (Invited speaker), Juha Vesala (Invited speaker)2 Jun 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
EC-TEL 2019 (Event)
Leo Leppänen (Reviewer)2019 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries 2018
Leo Leppänen (Attendee)7 Mar 2018 → 9 Mar 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
YLE Seminar on Artificial Intelligence, New Environments for Content, and Copyright
Leo Leppänen (Speaker)19 Dec 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk