About
I am a Finnish mathematician mainly interested in inverse problems of medical imaging. My favorite math topics are Electrical Impedance Tomography and X-ray tomography. I am passionate about popularization of science, publishing videos on two YouTube channels: Professor Sam and Samun tiedekanava.
I work as Professor of Industrial Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of University of Helsinki and as team leader in the Finnish Center of Excellence in Inverse Problems Research. Also, I serve as Vice Dean at the UH Faculty of Science and Treasurer of European Mathematical Society.
In my free time I like to play bass, exercise with kettlebells and photograph spiders. Regarding the latter, check out my Instagram account @monday_spider.
Books
Step into World of Mathematics
I have written a popular-science book about mathematical modelling. The book is available for ordering here.
Inverse problems with Applications
Furthermore, I have written a textbook on inverse problems with Professor Jennifer Mueller (Colorado State University). The book is available for ordering at the SIAM bookstore. For computational resources (Matlab files) related to the book, see Inverse Problems Book page.
Latest updates
Applied Inverse Problems Conference 2023
The AIP conference is the main scientific event in the field of inverse problems. It…
ICIAM 2023 conference in Tokyo
The International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) was held in Tokyo in late…
IWOTA 2023 Conference in Helsinki
I had the honor of opening the legendary IWOTA conference at University of Helsinki on…
Tomography 104: simulating sinograms
I just published a new video in my lecture series on X-ray tomography (link). There…
Tomography in Oberwolfach
I was lucky to be invited again to the legendary Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO). This…
Math Encounters NYC video
I gave a talk in the “Math Encounters” series at the Museum of Mathematics in…