• Creativity and innovation always builds on the past.

• The past always tries to control the creativity that builds upon it.

• Free societies enable the future by limiting this power of the past.

• Ours is less and less a free society.

My science background is in physics and applied mathematics. Since graduating I have worked for about 12 years in the field of computational science: supercomputers, applied mathematics, numerical analysis, programming, and mathematical software.

My name is printed on the cover of about 50 books. I have published over 250 articles in journals, newspapers and magazines. I have also organized about two dozen courses, some short 1-3 day courses, some longer full semester courses and seminars.

Currently I lead a multi-disciplinary group of 12 experts (half of them are doctorates). I also have a small career as a columnist for an IT magazine in Finland.

If you are interested in my background, check the CV in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Or have a look at books written or edited by me and available in PDF format.