Welcome to my personal website. Tervetuola!
I am Michael Emmerich, Professor of Intelligent Computing at the Faculty of Information Technology, PostScriptum Fellow, at the University of Jyväskylä and a Guest Scientist at Leiden University, The Netherlands. I am living with my family in Jyväskylä, Central Finland. In the past, I served recently as the Lead AI Scientist at silo.ai in Finland and worked and studied in the Netherlands, US, Portugal, and Germany. Next to Optimization I am also conducting active research in Machine Learning and AI, in particular in Gaussian Process Regression, Optimal Model Ensembles, and Alpha Zero Style Deep Reinforcement Learning. I am an advocate of the responsible use of AI, i.e. for using it to the benefit of humans such as in the quest to create a sustainable future, or in challenging problems in computational drug discovery.
My free introductory book you can find here “Multicriteria Optimization and Decision Making” (Reader) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.00359
Check out our recent springer book, highlighting result and challenges in the emerging area of optimization with a larger number of objectives:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-25263-1
My brief tutorial (pdf) on AI “What makes computing intelligent?” can be found here.
Alongside my professional endeavors, I engage in amateur nature photography, painting, and recreational math/computer programming. This website provides links to some of my projects and blogs:
- Contact via University of Jyväskylä (Link)
- Special Issue on
Innovative Information Systems and Project Management for Healthcare Operations and Supply Chain Management in International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management (IJISPM)
(Submission open until April 30, 2026)
Call for articles: CSP-SI-ISI-2025.pdf - Link to my research groups:
- Events and News
- Modern Machine Learning Technologies Workshop: momlet.in.ua – MoMLeT WorkShop
- Learned Societies and Associations:
- Blogs:
- Causes I Support
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