CV - LONG VERSION

ILKKA SAKARI KORPELA

 

Born May 13, 1968; citizen of Finland

Married; three children born in 2001 and 2004

ilkka.korpela@helsinki.fi, ilkka.korpela@hut.fi, http://www.helsinki.fi/~korpela

 

Docent, Forest mensuration and management, University of Joensuu
Post-doc research fellow, University of Helsinki

Education

  • 1987 - Undergraduate student in electrical engineering and telecommunication at Helsinki University of Technology (HUT).  Studies in mathematics, mathematical statistics, computer science, geodesy, cartography  and photogrammetry in 1997-2002.
  • 1988 - 1993 MSc Forestry, University of Helsinki (UH). Thesis: Neste Oy:n Porvoon tuotantolaitosten vaikutus lähimetsien puiden sädekasvuun - A  forest growth study in the vicinity of a petrochemical complex. Studies in botany, silviculture, mire ecology, forest mensuration and management. 
  • 1999 - 2002 Lic. Sc. Forestry, UH. Thesis: 3-D matching of tree tops using digitized panchromatic aerial photographs
  • 2003 - 2004 Dr. Sc. Forestry with distinction, UH. Thesis: Individual tree measurements by means of digital aerial photogrammetry

Employment record

  • 12/2004 - Researcher. UH, Department of Forest Resource Management.

    - Remote sensing of seedling stands and improved species recognition by means of sensor fusion. Funding by Suomen Luonnonvarain tutkimussäätiö. 4/2008-(2010).

    - Hyytiälä 2007 data campaign: ALS-50II LiDAR, Vexcel UltraCam & Field data collection on MARV4/2 and MARV1 courses. Partners, providing funding: UPM-Kymmene, Metsämannut, BlomKartta, Finnmap, Metla, FGI, Joensuu U, Metsähallitus. 5/2007-8/2007.

    - Integration of airborne lidar and image matching in the measurements of single trees. Funding by Academy of Finland. With Arbonaut ltd, 8/2005-8/2008.

    - Time-traveling in 3D using a time-series of aerial photos. Web-project. With Hyytiälä Forest Station / Jarno Kallonen. Funding by Metsämiesten säätiö, 6-9/2006.

    - Hyytiälä 2006 Data campaign: Vexcel UltraCam 1km AGL, ALTM3100 LiDAR and field data. With forest industry and Metsähallitus. 6-9/2006.

    - 3D-visualization of the urban environment, 3D MAASTO. Funding by TEKES. With several academic and business partners, 2006.

    - Mapping forest plots: A method combining photogrammetry and field triangulation. With Esko Välimäki and Tuukka Tuomola. 2006. Silva Fennica 03/2007.

    - Terrain modelling in forests archived aerial images and leaf-on LiDAR data. With Esko Välimäki. 2006.

    - Automatic interpretation of the need for clearing in young stands. Metsäteho, with Tuukka Tuomola, 2005-2006.

    - Archived aerial photographs in retrospective analysis of forests with NLS Finland, 2006.

    - Analysis of UAV reconnaissance images & system for 3D data aquisition. With the Finnish Defense Forces. 2005.

    Simulation of single-tree remote sensing forest inventory with professor Timo Tokola, 2005.

  • 3/2004 - 11/2004 Self employed. 
  • 10/2001 - 2/2004 Researcher, UH, MMVAR.

    Digital photogrammetry in 3D-mapping and measurements of individual trees (PhD-thesis)

    A local-maxima method in detecting single trees in aerial images. With Perttu Anttila and Juho Pitkänen, U Joensuu

    Stereo-image matching of aerial images in the estimation of tree heights. With Perttu Anttila

  • 1995 - 6/2001 Assistant in forest inventory and management. UH, MMVAR.

    Teaching in field and laboratory courses in forest mensuration and management
Research in 3D mapping of trees using multiple image matching of aerial images (Licentiate thesis).
Studies at HUT.

 

  • 6/1993  - 10/1995 Amanuensis. UH, Hyytiälä Forest Station.
Administrative duties. Management of a computer network. Teaching assistant in field courses of silviculture, forest mensuration, peatland forestry, and forest entomology.

  • 8/1991- 5/1992  Researcher. UH, Dept of Forest Mensuration and Management.

Forest growth study in the vicinity of Sköldvik petrochemical plant (MSc-thesis).

  • 10/1990 - 3/1991 Mapmaker. Finnmap company.

Forest mapping for forest taxation.

  • 9/1989 - 4/1990 Research assistant. Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA, FFRI).

    Field work on permanent old growth and yield plots, data-analysis.

 

Short attachments

 

2007 Lecturer, Forest inventory project -course MARV4/2. UH. Forest mapping and mesuration -course, MARV1. Lectures, computer labs, field work and data analysis. MARV4/2 resulted in a peer reviewed conference article.

2006 Lecturer, Post-graduate course MINV12, 3D remote sensing of forests. UH MMVAR. With 23 students from Joensuu University, UH geography, UH forestry, FFRI national forest inventory, HUT photogrammetry & remote sensing.

2001- 2003, 2005 Lecturer. Course GIS12, Advanced remote sensing. UH, MMVAR. Lectures & exercises in digital image analysis, digital photogrammetry, processing of airborne laser scanning data

1997, 1999, 2001 Lecturer. Course Maa-20.335, Metsänarviointi. HUT, Institute of Real Estate Studies. Lectures & exercises.

2000 Lecturer. Course Y196B, Advanced topics in geoinformatics. UH, MMVAR. Lectures in the use of digital photogrammetry and laser scanning for 3D measurements.

1991-1995 Teaching assistant. UH, Hyytiälä Forest Station.Courses in basics of silviculture (MH1), peatland forestry (SUO1), forest mapping and mensuration (MARV1), forest entomology and pathology (MEEL1). Ten weeks each summer.

1991-2007. Field teaching in forest mensuration, forest management planning, biotope classification, vascular plant and moss identification, and mire botany. 1-2 day periods for UPM-Kymmene company; HUT, Institute of Real Estate Studies; UH, Dept of Forest Ecology, UH, Dept of Forest Economy.

 

Academic acknowledgements

 

2008 Hansa LuftBild Award, DGPF, German Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 1500€.


2004Yrjö Ilvessalo -prize for an outstanding study - best PhD-thesis in forest sciences, 1999-2004.
The Finnish Society of Forest Science, 4000 €

1995 Medal of honor for teaching merits. Forestry students' association, UH.

1993 A.G. Blomqvist's prize for the MSc-thesis. UH, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, 4000 FIM

  

Funding/Grants

 

2008 funding by Suomen Luonnonvarain tutkimussäätiö (58000€)
2007 funding by industry & research organizations (material 11000 €).
2006 funding MATINE 50000 € (with prof. Tokola)

     funding by Metsämiesten säätiö (material) 3000 €, (salary) 9900 €
     funding by Finnish forest companies, Metsäteho and Metsähallitus (material) 8500€
     funding by TEKES (3D maasto project, salary) 16000€

2005 funding by Academy of Finland (salary & travel) 150 000 € (with prof. Tokola)

     funding by Metsähallitus (material) 7500 €

     funding by MATINE (salary & travel) 38000 €  (with prof. Tokola)

2004 funding by Metsähallitus (material) 10000 €

     grant by the Finnish Society of Forest Science (material) 3000 €

     funding by UPM-kymmene company (material) 2000 €

     funding by Forestia company (material) 2000 €

2003 funding by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (salary) 27000 € (with prof. Tokola)

     funding by Metsähallitus (material) 10000 €

2002 grant by Metsämiesten säätiö -foundation (material) 13000 €

     funding by Metsähallitus (material) 7000 €

     funding by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (salary) 30000 € (with prof. Tokola)

2001 grant by Metsämiesten säätiö -foundation (material) 70000 FIM

     grant by the Finnish Society of Forest Science (salary) 30000 FIM

2000 grant by Metsämiesten säätiö -foundation (material) 40000 FIM

1997 grant by the Finnish Society of Forest Science (material) 17600 FIM

     funding by Metsähallitus (material) 30000 FIM

1996 funding by Metsähallitus (material) 30000 FIM
1991 funding by Porvoo, Porvoon mlk and Sipoo municipalities & Neste -company, 200000 FIM (with prof. Poso)

 

Assets of the entries "material" have been invested in an experiment of permanent forest plots, aerial photography, and airborne laser scanning data. The experiment is in Hyytiälä, at the field station of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, UH. The data of the experiment has been used in teaching and in research also by many other Finnish forest researchers.  

Supervised academic theses

2003-2004   Antti Mäkinen. UH. Forest mensuration and management.  MSc thesis.
Calibration of image-based crown width measurements using linear mixed models.
2005-2006  Tuukka Tuomola. UH. Forest mensuration and management. MSc thesis.
Assessing the need for clearing in young stands using features of aerial images.
2004-2005 Perttu Anttila. University of Joensuu. Co-authored in two articles for Perttu's PhD thesis.

2007- Tuukka Tuomola. UH. PhD-student. Remote sensing of seedling stands.

2006- Eduardo Latorre. UH. MSc thesis: Use of multitemporal aerial images for the analysing changes in treeline in Finnish Lappland

2006- Liisi Koivisto. UH. MSc thesis: Detection of deadwood in airborne LiDAR and digital aerial images.

Reviewer

2005        Forest Ecology and Management
                Photogrammetric Journal of Finland
                Remote Sensing of Environment
                Metsätieteen aikakausikirja

2006        ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing x 2
                International Journal of Remote Sensing

2007        International Journal of Remote Sensing
                ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
                ISPRS Espoo Silvilaser 2007 Workshop; Scientific Board, member
                Photogrammetric Journal of Finland

2008        Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
                International J Remote Sensing