AI Researcher of the Year 2025 · Professor of Software Engineering at Tampere University · Founder of GPT-Lab.
Ph.D. in Software Engineering from the University of Oulu in 2002.
Adult education pedagogics, fully qualified educator, 2022 .
Professor of Software Engineering at Tampere University since 2023.
Generative Artificial Intelligence and Empirical Software Engineering.
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, from researcher to research professor.
Professor at the University of Helsinki and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the University of Jyväskylä.
54 journal articles, 175 conference papers, and 111 preprints/informal publications — totalling 340+ indexed works on DBLP.
Over 21,600 citations in Google Scholar. H-index of 73.
Top-1% of software engineering researchers of all time.
Elected member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters since 2020, one of Finland’s most respected academic distinctions for researchers with outstanding scientific contributions.
Named AI Researcher of the Year in 2025 by AI Finland, recognizing significant contributions to generative AI research and its broader impact on industry and society. Several best papers awards and acknowledgments.
Received the Best ARTEMIS Research Project Proposal award in 2018, highlighting excellence in European collaborative research and innovation in software-intensive and embedded systems.
A generative AI research lab at the Tampere University.
A research and education space for software startups at the University of Jyväskylä.
A physical product development space for faculty and students at NTNU.
Professor Abrahamsson's GPT-Lab at Tampere University is rapidly expanding its influence, establishing itself as a global leader in generative AI research and application.
Founded June 2023 at Tampere University, GPT-Lab leads in generative AI for software engineering, focusing on practical applications, design science, and ethical AI development.
Demonstrating its global vision, GPT-Lab has expanded with new branches, including GPT-Lab Nordics and GPT-Lab Africa, extending its research network worldwide.
Based at the University Consortium of Pori, our mission is to translate cutting-edge AI research into deployable code, impactful student projects, and informed business decisions.
We are committed to nurturing the next generation of AI researchers, with many alumni now holding influential positions across the global tech industry.
Published in e-Informatica Software Engineering Journal, Vol. 20(1). Investigates how humans and LLMs can collaborate in multi-agent systems for AI adoption requirements analysis.
ArXiv preprint (2026). Explores evaluation methods for AI in domain-specific Retrieval-Augmented Generation systems, using an agricultural data platform as a case study.
Published in Information and Software Technology, Vol. 186. Examines how software organizations are actually adopting generative AI tools — and whether they go beyond basic assistant use.
Published in Software: Practice and Experience, Vol. 55(11). A comprehensive research agenda for applying generative AI across the software engineering lifecycle.
ArXiv preprint (Dec 2025). Empirical study on 'vibe coding' — AI-assisted freeform coding — examining developer flow states, technical debt accumulation, and guidelines for sustainable practice.
Professor Pekka Abrahamsson