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Laura Uusitalo

@laurauusitalo.bsky.social
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Research professor of sustainable fisheries at Natural Resources Institute Finland. Fisheries scientist & computer scientist. Interested in almost everything. She/they.

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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I have made some goods for the @icesmarine.bsky.social ASC marine-themed craft pop-up shop that will contribute to sea rescue charity. Find the pop-up shop during the poster session! @nathaliesteins.bsky.social
Photo of two beanies with fish pattern, and two fish-shaped scarfs.
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Inspired by this, among other things, I made myself a salmon sweater :) I'm rather happy with my first fairisle work. :) #knitting #fish
An off-white sweater with dark blue fairisle knitted pictures of salmon.
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Nathalie Steins @nathaliesteins.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Join us today & Wedn in #ICESASC25 session R, where you can experience the breadth of @icesmarine.bsky.social science: from marine biodiversity & benthic ecology to fish biology & stock assessment to human dimensions - we have it all covered! @johnkpinnegar.bsky.social @laurauusitalo.bsky.social
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Look how cute new game I got! 😍 It's called Shallow Sea, and you build a coral reef ecosystem in it. We've not tested it yet. 😊
Nine small, colourful, wooden coral fish (and seashell) game tokens on my palm.
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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
🌊 Marine-Themed Craft Pop-Up 🎨 Join us at the ASC poster session on Tuesday 16 September at a fun Marine-Themed Craft Pop-Up Shop! Bring homemade or store-bought crafts: like knitwear, jewelry, art, or toys - to swap or sell.🧶 ℹ️ bit.ly/4o0Myel
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Mikko Meriläinen @merilainen.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Reading psychology papers (PP) on video games (VG) can sometimes be a weird experience (WE). This WE stems from VG-related PPs (VGPP) frequent use of abbreviations (FUA), this FUA resulting in a reduction in readability (RR) of VGPP with very little apparent gain (VLAG).
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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
New call for Fish and Fisheries Editor in Chief! Please dm me if you are interested. We are a great team of editors (if I don't say so myself!) and it's an amazing journal. Looking for someone to help shape its direction and impact, who works well as a team 🐟 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Refreshaako kukaan muu Saraa koko ajan tänään? 😅 #vainTutkijajutut #SuomenAkatemia
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Reminder! DL for applications next Monday.
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Hey, people with PhDs! Do you feel that other people's degrees are totally legit, but *your* PhD is somehow fake or substandard and should not have been accepted? I wonder how common that is. Is there research on this particular flavour of imposter syndrome?
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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
📢 Join ICES Secretariat as a Professional Project Officer to lead our work in MarineGuardian, an EU project. We're looking for a skilled project manager with EU research experience, strong communication skills & a passion for turning science into impact. Interested? 👉 www.ices.dk/about-ICES/J...
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ELLIS @ellis.eu · 30/04/2025
Meet @lrlaurahy.bsky.social, Professor at @univhelsinkics.bsky.social & @ellisinstitute.fi 🇫🇮. She’s advancing #MachineLearning with spatiotemporal data & is excited to help build a world-class AI research hub at the Institute. “I hope to inspire more women to pursue research in ML.” #WomenInELLIS
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
We are hiring a postdoc to look at land use effects on fish populations. Come work with me! @luke.fi is a very supportive and well-organized research environment with great colleagues. You'll like it. ❤️ And you'll get to choose where you want to work between a number of Finnish cities.
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Come work with us! Luke has a team of statistics & machine learning specialists, so you will not be alone. This is your chance to simultaneously do cool stuff and make the world a better place. :)
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
My new hobby: Asking people who talk about AI to define what exactly they are talking about. Neural networks? Lange language models? Bayesian inference tools? The language even scientists use around modern computational methods is absurdly fluffy.
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Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop @amcquatters-gollop.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I've never felt threatened or unsafe around a trans woman. I have, many times, felt scared around men. No, it's not all men, but, yes, it is almost always men.
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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
📢Last call for #ICESASC25 Be a part of our Annual Science Conference 2025. Share your research by submitting an abstract. 🔔Deadline today 24 March!​ www.ices.dk/events/asc/2... #ResourceManagement #CumulativeImpacts #MarineBiodiversity #ArtificialReefs #VMEs #EcosystemServices #Fisheries #Ocean
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
(1/3) Recently, I visited London at my own expense to discuss modelling possibilities with a rather loose agenda. I explained this to some friends later, saying a bit apologetically, "It was like part work and part fun, it's just so much fun to talk science without strict requirements to deliver".
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Anna Selbmann @annaselbmann.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Join us at the University of Iceland! They are hiring an assistant professor in marine and freshwater ecology! 🤓 Lots of water available in and around the country, plenty of cool nature and a volcanic eruption every now and then! 🌊🐟🐳🌿🌋 english.hi.is/about-ui/wor...
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Vacancies
The University of Iceland is one of the largest employers in Iceland. The university's mission is to conduct academic research and education, a goal that can only be achieved through the continuous en...
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Phil Levin @phillevin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
New paper by Harvey etal reveals that fisheries mangmt must adapt further to climate ✅ management overlooks system complexity leading to feedback loops ✅Integrated social-ecol. data reveals hidden vulnerabilities & strategies ✅ Cross-sector engagement is crucial for success doi.org/10.1007/s111...
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Embracing social-ecological system complexity to promote climate-ready fisheries - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Climate variability and change are having dramatic effects on marine species, fisheries, and fishing communities. Climate perturbations elicit fishery management responses intended to mitigate negativ...
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Jaakko Erkinaro @jaakkoerkinaro.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Bayesian modeling for identification of migratory Salmonid species in sonar data New paper🚨 ➡️ cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I'm happy to have had a (small) role in this work. The author team here is great. ❤️
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 17/02/2025
@ipbes.net is seeking nominations of experts for its second global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services. BES can nominate qualified experts, so get in touch if you’re interested in submitting an application. The deadline is 28 March. www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
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Application as an expert for the second global assessment | IPBES secretariat
Application is open!
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I'm reading this fish modelling book and getting ideas of how I'd like to teach fish stock assessment & modelling and ecosystem modelling. Too bad I don't actually teach at the Uni. 😅 press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Fish Ecology, Evolution, and Exploitation
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Jukka Suomela @jukkasuomela.fi · 04/02/2025
13 universities in Finland are hiring professors in AI/ML! www.ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit
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Principal Investigator positions at ELLIS Institute Finland | ELLIS Institute Finland
Now recruiting new PIs in artificial intelligence and machine learning
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Florian Berg @clupea-flo.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
#JobAlert
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
On my way from @helcominfo.bsky.social annual reception, there was aephoto op. 😁 It was great seeing old and new colleagues again and plan how to save the world. 😁 Thank you HELCOM!
Cyan-lit ferris wheel and a led light panel saying "helsingfors", both also reflected in water.
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I played the sax again after a long break. It felt good, but I'd love to play with other people - and yet, I'm quite self-conscious about my skill level. Any suggestions? 😁 (Oh I know: practise, take classes, join a big band or something. I just don't seem to have the time - a priorization issue.)
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Undoubtedly an excellent course with excellent teachers coming up at @icesmarine.bsky.social !
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Nathalie Steins @nathaliesteins.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I made a starter pack of marine social scientists active on #Bluesky. Let me know who I'm missing! go.bsky.app/TyBgT5H
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I can haz a new toy! It's a bass ukulele. ❤️ One more intrument I suspect I will play rather poorly but very happily. 😁 (Also, it seemed impossible to take a proper picture. 😁)
A crappy selfie of me holding a bass ukulele. :)
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
My new challenge: chairing ICES data science and technology steering group for the next four years! I've got a lot to learn, but it's going to be great. ❤️ ices.dk/community/gr... @icesmarine.bsky.social @luke.fi
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
I'm making a Finnish wall rug. So far, I'm finding it quite meditative. It's going to look like that, I hope: taitoshop.fi/tuote/ryijy-... Row 1/53 nearly done. 😄
The first, turqoise row of a Finnish wall rug in the making.
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Tuu meille töihin! Jobb i Luke! Come work with us! A permanent group leader position open in Luke. This group is full of brilliant people, you'll love them. 😍 valtiolle.fi/fi/tyopaikat... valtiolle.fi/se/jobbar/sp....
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Erikoistutkija / Ryhmäpäällikkö, Vaelluskalat ja rakennetut joet - Luonnonvarakeskus
Avoin työpaikka: Erikoistutkija / Ryhmäpäällikkö, Vaelluskalat ja rakennetut joet, Luonnonvarakeskus - Valtiolle.fi:stä löydät valtion avoimet työpaikat.
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Suomen merentutkimusinfra FINMARI valittiin mukaan! Mahtavaa olla mukana tässä tärkessä työssä. @lukefi.bsky.social @sykefi.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I love the @helsinginkaupunki.bsky.social Oodi library. It it so welcoming and the topmost floor is stunningly beautiful. ❤️ I'm attending today's last remote meeting from here and being extremely satisfied.
Screen cap of my face in the Teams meeting window. On the background, the Oodi library with beautiful light and spacious architecture.
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I have the best job in the world. 💖 Today, I've worked on an absolutely brilliant collaborative research project proposal. I'm super thrilled with it. I guess it's both my kryptonite and superpower that I'm most interested in everything. 😁
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Erkki-geeni Mervaala @mervaala.eurosky.social · 18/11/2024
Research update! Our paper on utilising ChatGPT for text analysis is out now! LLMs like ChatGPT are slowly infiltrating research workflows, but how reliable are they for text annotation & analysis? Our latest study dives into the usability & trustworthiness of these tools. 🔍 #AI #LLMResearch 1/n
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
This has bugged me all day today. I think it illustrates very clearly some aspects of the crisis of scientific publishing - and more generally the problems with the metrics we use to measure academic merits.
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Yay! Happy to share our latest work: Machine Learning Applications for Fisheries—At Scales from Genomics to Ecosystems. This work is collaboration of the ICES Working Group on Machine Learning in Marine Science. Tbh, it took a long time to write, but was totally worth it. doi.org/10.1080/2330...
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Machine Learning Applications for Fisheries—At Scales from Genomics to Ecosystems
Fisheries science aims to understand and manage marine natural resources. It relies on resource-intensive sampling and data analysis. Within this context, the emergence of machine learning (ML) sys...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 09/11/2024
Tonight's reading is from Jon Kleinberg and Manish Raghavan. Elegant mathematical modeling to look at what happens when two decision-makers use the same more accurate algorithm instead of different less-accurate ones. tl;dr — surprisingly, almost paradoxically, bad things.
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Algorithmic monoculture and social welfare | PNAS
As algorithms are increasingly applied to screen applicants for high-stakes decisions in employment, lending, and other domains, concerns have been...
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 23/06/2024
My new Ecological Forecasting Initiative kuksa cup got some proper use in the Sipoonkorpi national park. ❤️
Blue Kuplika kuksa cup with Ecological Forecasting Initiative branding, pictured against a sunny Finnish forest landscape.
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🦇 tigs 🦉🌙 @syzara.bsky.social · 28/05/2024
hey @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com @faineg.bsky.social can you share this for reach? thanks!
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joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
🦑 #Marinescience 📈🌊🌡️ #risingoceantemperatres 🦠 #phytoplankton Subtle changes in the color of oceans in Satellite imagery are due to changes in the species composition of phytoplankton. It is possible that's such changes are related to water temperature www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Why the world's oceans are changing colour
More than half of the world's oceans surface waters have changed colour over the past two decades.
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 07/05/2024
To do -listassa Eisenhower-matriisi ei minulle toiminut. Tässä uusi kokeilu, ehkä toimivampi? Rasti ruutuun kun tehtävä on kalentoroitu, pyyhitään listalta, kunon hoidettu.
Kuva tehtävalistasta, jossa on kentät "isot akuutit", "juoksevat", "lähitulevaisuudessa aikataulutettavat" ja "tärkeät, ei akuutit". Jokaisessa kentässä on sumennettua tekstiä.
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
This made me quit instagram a few weeks ago. Now the same choice has to be made with FB. I've hung in there for the wide network of people in my contacts, and the event invites, but I'm getting increasingly frustrated.
Screenshot of FB saying I'll need to pay foruse or consent to them using my data for ads.
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Marko Lindroos @markolindroos.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
Yliopistonlehtorin vakinainen paikka haussa osastollemme. Hae 11.3. mennessä. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14/01/2024
It’s freezing cold. Global warming is solved!
A five-panel comic strip from XKCD discussing perceptions of cold weather and global warming, with stick-figure characters and a chart showing decreasing days of cold in St. Louis over decades.
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Laura Uusitalo @laurauusitalo.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
Tomorrow Friday 17 November! Susanna Jernberg from the Finnish Environment Institute will defend her PhD on marine biodiversity and ecosystem services at the University of Helsinki! I'm proud to have been one of her supervisors. www.syke.fi/en-US/Curren...
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Dissertation: Marine biodiversity, its state and ecosystem
Dissertation: Marine biodiversity, its state and ecosystem services
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