When and where was Seppo Linnainmaa born?
Seppo Ilmari Linnainmaa was born on the 28th of September 1945 in Pori, Finland. He pursued his higher education at the University of Helsinki during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Seppo Ilmari Linnainmaa was born on the 28th of September 1945 in Pori, Finland. He pursued his higher education at the University of Helsinki during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The University of Helsinki granted Seppo Linnainmaa a doctorate degree in 1974. This specific award marked the first computer science doctorate ever conferred in Finland.
Linnainmaa described explicit error backpropagation within arbitrary neural networks in his 1970 thesis. The method enabled efficient gradient calculation across complex computational structures without manual derivation.
From 1986 to 1989 Seppo Linnainmaa held the role of Chairman of the Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society. His leadership helped shape early discussions around artificial intelligence in Finland.
Seppo Linnainmaa joined the Technical Research Centre of Finland as a Research Professor in 1989. He remained in that position until his retirement in 2007.