Santeri Hukari

Location: Tampere, Finland

Email: santeri.hukari@tuni.fi
Alternative email: santeri.hukari@gmail.com

GitHub: github.com/santerihukari

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/santerihukari

Education

MSc in Information Technology (ongoing)
Tampere University
Expected completion: Spring 2026
Remaining requirements: Master’s thesis, one course (Speech Processing)
Master’s thesis (in progress): Imitation Learning for Hydraulic Manipulators
BSc in Information Technology
Tampere University
Graduated: January 2025
Major: Signal Processing and Machine Learning
Bachelor’s thesis: Comparative Study of Data Efficiency in Vision Transformer and ResNet-18 Architectures: Using CIFAR-10 and TinyImageNet
Thesis grade: 5
Link: urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-2024121711321

Experience

Research Assistant — Tampere University (ENS / IHA), FUTURA project
03/2025 – 10/2025
Research focus: imitation learning for hydraulic manipulators
Teaching Assistant — Computer Vision, Tampere University
Spring 2025
Teaching Assistant — Programming 3, Tampere University
Spring 2025
Leading Teaching Assistant — Computer Vision, Tampere University
Spring 2026
Sports Hall Supervisor — SportUni Hervanta
06/2019 – present
Facility supervision and customer service
Climbing Instructor
2016 – present
Instruction of top-rope and lead climbing courses
Supervision during open climbing sessions

Leadership and Positions of Trust

Board Member / Official — Tekiila
2017 – 2022, 2025, 2026
Chairperson in 2018
  • Redesigned and rebuilt the association’s website: new WordPress theme, bilingual support, and substantial content expansion.
Board Member — Teekkareiden Urheilu- ja Voimailukerho ry (TUrVoKe)
2019 – 2021
Chairperson in 2020

Operational Auditor (Toiminnantarkastaja) — Sports associations
2024 – 2026

Projects and Activities

  • Parametric CAD Tool (Wasm): Developed a web-based CAD configurator utilizing the OpenCascade kernel compiled to WebAssembly. Supports real-time B-rep (Boundary Representation) modeling for generating 3D-printable STLs of climbing equipment and organizers directly in the browser.
  • Managed the construction of a bouldering area in Bommari (bomb shelter, Hervanta campus).
  • Home device control system using ESP8266 microcontrollers, relay boards, microphone input, Raspberry Pi, and Telegram / web interfaces.
  • Portable fingerboard: Optimized for minimal plastic use; latest model uses ~25 g of PLA, withstands 70 kg training loads without structural fatigue, and features a wooden finger-contact surface.
  • Tindeq Progressor–like load cell data logger: For finger strength testing and dynamic load measurement using an HX711 ADC and a 100 kg S-type load cell; operated via Raspberry Pi/ESP8266 and logging measurement data to a database for multi-device analysis.
  • Personal website: Built with Jekyll and deployed via GitHub Actions; includes a custom gallery with zoomable lightbox navigation, downloadable full-resolution images, STL model previews, a browser-based parametric CAD tool for printable models, and course/topic filtering.

Skills

Programming

  • Python (strong; PyTorch, OpenCV, NumPy, Pandas, …)
  • MATLAB
  • C++
  • Experience with multiple other programming languages

Systems and Tools

  • Linux (active use for over a decade)
  • Git (advanced, regular use)

Domains

  • Machine learning
  • Computer vision
  • Robotics and manipulation
  • Signal processing

Other

  • 3D printing
  • CAD modeling

Languages

  • Finnish (native)
  • English (proficient)
  • German (limited working proficiency)
  • Swedish (limited working proficiency)
  • Spanish (limited working proficiency)