TEAM EMMY

a new kind of community focused on education, research and impact
At our core we are an innovation-driven network advancing frontier new thought forms that is resilient, autonomous and open.
Small scale, big impact.

Meet our founder

Jussi was born in Lauritsala, Finland. He attended Atlantic College in Wales and went on to study mathematics, physics and fine art at McGill and University of Helsinki. He received his DPhil from University of Oxford. Jussi has spent his career working, around the globe, in academic, private sector and philanthropic projects. His research focus is the scope and limitations of modelling nature with a variety of applications in artificial intelligence, computing, life sciences and modelling of social systems. Apart from his research efforts Jussi has played a key role in founding and advising several companies and philanthropic projects like academia.edu, DeepMind, Intellectual Ventures and Turkana Basin Institute as well as African Institute of Mathematical Sciences to mention a few. He is the founder and current Scientific Director of the Emmy Network.
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Jussi Westergren

Founder and Scientific Director

Jussi was born in Lauritsala, Finland. He attended Atlantic College in Wales and went on to study mathematics, physics and fine art at McGill and University of Helsinki. He received his DPhil from University of Oxford. Jussi has spent his career working, around the globe, in academic, private sector and philanthropic projects. His research focus is the scope and limitations of modelling nature with a variety of applications in artificial intelligence, computing, life sciences and modelling of social systems. Apart from his research efforts Jussi has played a key role in founding and advising several companies and philanthropic projects like academia.edu, DeepMind, Intellectual Ventures and Turkana Basin Institute as well as African Institute of Mathematical Sciences to mention a few. He is the founder and current Scientific Director of the Emmy Network.

Meet our team

Alex Sheppard

Executive Director

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Jessica Pepp

Academic Director

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Joona Kurikka

Technology Director

Joona has completed his M. Sc. degree from Aalto University in 2013, where he majored in Cognitive Technology and product development. Joona is currently finalizing his Ph.D. in Computer Science on proliferating innovations from fundamental research and has also been working on related projects for the past decade, with for example CERN, IBM, Nokia and Elisa. Joona joined Emmy Network in 2017.
Joona has completed his M. Sc. degree from Aalto University in 2013, where he majored in Cognitive Technology and product development. Joona is currently finalizing his Ph.D. in Computer Science on proliferating innovations from fundamental research and has also been working on related projects for the past decade, with for example CERN, IBM, Nokia and Elisa. Joona joined Emmy Network in 2017.
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Makylla Jo Isaac

Operations and Administration

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