Kari Systä

Kari Systä is a Professor of Software Engineering at Tampere University's Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences. His career spans academia and industry, including 16 years at Nokia Corporation and current leadership in software engineering research. He teaches courses like Continuous Development and Deployment - DevOps and supervises Master's theses.

• Research Focus: Data-driven software engineering, web/cloud platforms, IoT architectures, energy systems software, and edge computing.
• Current Projects: LiquidAI (2023-2025) for IoT-Edge-Cloud ML systems; 6GSoft (2023-2026) for 6G software engineering; Microblock (2021-2023) on blockchain micro-credentials; and DELI (2023-2025) for energy research infrastructure.
• Research Unit: Leads work at TASE (Tampere Software Engineering Research Group).

His expertise bridges software engineering theory and practice, with collaborations across Finnish universities and industry. He advocates for integrating AI/ML into software development workflows and optimizing energy systems through programmable edge-cloud solutions.