Background
Orponen, Pekka was born on April 19, 1959 in Helsinki, Finland. Son of Olavi Orponen and Berit Tornberg.
Orponen, Pekka was born on April 19, 1959 in Helsinki, Finland. Son of Olavi Orponen and Berit Tornberg.
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, University Helsinki, Finland, 1986.
Research fellow Academy of Finland, Helsinki, 1984—1990. Assistant professor computer science University Helsinki, 1990—1994, associate professor computer science, 1994—1996. Professor applied mathematics University Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1996—2001.
Professor theoretical computer science Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland, since 2001.
Married Marja Vehvilainen. 1 child Tuomas.