Dr. Magnus Westerlund is a Principal Lecturer in Information Technology and Director of the Laboratory for Trustworthy AI at Arcada University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland.
https://www.arcada.fi/en/research/key-r…
He has an industry background from telecom and information management and earned his doctoral degree in Information Systems at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Magnus has research publications in the fields of trustworthy AI, analytics, IT-security, cyber regulation, and distributed software. His current research topics are found in the development of trustworthy software, assessment of AI systems, and smart contract-based distributed security for IoT edge applications. He actively participates as a core member and technical expert in the Z-inspection® network that works for a Mindful Use of AI.
Publications
| Publication name | Authors | Publication channel | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting Ready for the EU AI Act in Healthcare. A call for Sustainable AI Development and Deployment | Brandt Brodersen, John; Caggiano, Ilaria Amelia; Kringen, Pedro; Istvan Madai, Vince; Osika, Walter; Sartor, Giovanni; Svensson, Ellen; Westerlund, Magnus; Zicari, Roberto V. | eprint arXiv | 2025 |
| Valohai-CSC Integration: A Machine Learning Management Platform for Finnish Academic Institutions | Espinosa-Leal, Leonardo; Shcherbakov, Andrey; Westerlund, Magnus | Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems | 2024 |
| LLM Integration in Workbook Design for Teaching Coding Subjects | Westerlund, Magnus; Shcherbakov, Andrey | Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems | 2024 |
| Mindful Use of AI: A Practical Approach | Westerlund, Magnus; Hildt, Elisabeth; Tsolakis, Apostolos C.; Zicari, Roberto V. | Capco Institute journal of financial transformation | 2024 |
| Lessons Learned in Performing a Trustworthy AI and Fundamental Rights Assessment | Boonstra,Marjolein; Bruneault, Frédérick; Chaktraborty, Subrata; Faber, Tjitske; Gallucci, Alessio; Hickman, Eleanore; Kema, Gerard; Kim, Heejin; Kooiker, Jaap; Hildt, Elisabeth; Lamadé, Annegret; Wiinblad Mathez, Emilie; Möslein, Florian; Pathuis, Genien; Sartor, Giovanni; Steege, Marjike; Stocco, Alice; Tadema, Willy; Tuimala, Jarno; van Vledder, Isabel; Vetter, Dennis; Vetter, Jana; Westerlund, Magnus; Zicari, Roberto V. | arXiv.org | 2024 |
| Lessons Learned from Assessing Trustworthy AI in Practice | Vetter, Dennis; Amann, Julia; Bruneault, Frédérick; Coffee, Megan; Düdder, Boris; Gallucci, Alessio; Gilbert, Thomas Krendl; Hagendorff, Thilo; van Halem, Irmhild; Hickman, Eleanore; Hildt, Elisabeth; Holm, Sune; Kararigas, Georgios; Kringen, Pedro; Madai, Vince I.; Wiinblad Mathez, Emilie; Tithi, Jesmin Jahan; Westerlund, Magnus; Wurth, Renee; Zicari, Roberto V. | Digital Society | 2023 |
| Rollen av yrkeshögskoleforskning | Westerlund, Magnus | Toolilainen | 2023 |
| Using Sentence Embeddings and Semantic Similarity for Seeking Consensus when Assessing Trustworthy AI | Vetter, Dennis; Tithi, Jesmin Jahan; Westerlund, Magnus; Zicari, Roberto V. | CEUR workshop proceedings | 2022 |
| Privacy and security challenges for autonomous agents : A study of two social humanoid service robots | Bistrom, Dennis; Westerlund, Magnus; Duncan, Bob; Jaatun, Martin Gilje | 2022 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom) | 2022 |
| Cost-Effective Permanent Audit Trails for Securing SME Systems when Adopting Mobile Technologies | Duncan, Bob; Westerlund, Magnus | IARIA | 2022 |
| How to Assess Trustworthy AI in Practice | Zicari, Roberto V.; Amann, Julia; Bruneault, Frédérick; Coffee, Megan; Düdder, Boris; Hickman, Eleanore; Gallucci, Alessio; Krendl Gilbert, Thomas; Hagendorff, Thilo; Halem, Irmhild van; Hildt, Elisabeth; Holm, Sune; Kararigas, Georgios; Kringen, Pedro; Madai, Vince I; Wiinblad Mathez, Emilie; Jahan Tithi, Jesmin; Vetter, Dennis; Westerlund, Magnus; Wurth, Renee | arXiv.org | 2022 |
| Decentralizing Machine Learning Operations using Web3 for IoT Platforms | Wickstrom, John; Westerlund, Magnus; Raj, Emmanuel | Proceedings : IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science | 2022 |
| Assessing Trustworthy AI in times of COVID-19. Deep Learning for predicting a multi-regional score conveying the degree of lung compromise in COVID-19 patients | Allahabadi, Himanshi; Amann, Julia; Balot, Isabelle; Beretta, Andrea; Binkley, Charles; Bozenhard, Jonas; Bruneault, Frederick; Brusseau, James; Candemir, Sema; Cappellini, Luca Alessandro; Castagnet, Genevieve Fieux; Chakraborty, Subrata; Cherciu, Nicoleta; Cociancig, Christina; Coffee, Megan; Ek, Irene; Espinosa-Leal, Leonardo; Farina, Davide; Fieux-Castagnet, Genevieve; Frauenfelder, Thomas; Gallucci, Alessio; Giuliani, Guya; Golda, Adam; van Halem, Irmhild; Hildt, Elisabeth; Holm, Sune; Kararigas, Georgios; Krier, Sebastien A.; Kuhne, Ulrich; Lizzi, Francesca; Madai, Vince I.; Markus, Aniek F.; Masis, Serg; Mathez, Emilie Wiinblad; Mureddu, Francesco; Neri, Emanuele; Osika, Walter; Ozols, Matiss; Panigutti, Cecilia; Parent, Brendan; Pratesi, Francesca; Moreno-Sanchez, Pedro A.; Sartor, Giovanni; Savardi, Mattia; Signoroni, Alberto; Sormunen, Hanna; Spezzatti, Andy; Srivastava, Adarsh; Stephansen, Annette F.; Theng, Lau Bee; Tithi, Jesmin Jahan; Tuominen, Jarno; Umbrello, Steven; Vaccher, Filippo; Vetter, Dennis; Westerlund, Magnus; Wurth, Renee; Zicari, Roberto V. | IEEE transactions on technology and society | 2022 |
| Topic Modeling of StormFront Forum Posts | Nazarko, Grigorii; Frank, Richard; Westerlund, Magnus | 2021 | |
| Organizational Building Blocks for Blockchain Governance: A Survey of 241 Blockchain White Papers | Honkanen, Petri; Nylund, Mats; Westerlund, Magnus | Frontiers in Blockchain | 2021 |
| Ethical maintenance of artificial intelligence systems | Düdder, Boris; Möslein, Florian; Stürtz, Norman; Westerlund, Magnus; V. Zicari, Roberto | 2021 | |
| Z-Inspection®: A Process to Assess Trustworthy AI | Zicari, Roberto V.; Brodersen, John; Brusseau, James; Dudder, Boris; Eichhorn, Timo; Ivanov, Todor; Kararigas, Georgios; Kringen, Pedro; McCullough, Melissa; Moslein, Florian; Mushtaq, Naveed; Roig, Gemma; Sturtz, Norman; Tolle, Karsten; Tithi, Jesmin Jahan; van Halem, Irmhild; Westerlund, Magnus | IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society | 2021 |
| On Assessing Trustworthy AI in Healthcare. Machine Learning as a Supportive Tool to Recognize Cardiac Arrest in Emergency Calls | Zicari, Roberto V.; Brusseau, James; Blomberg, Stig Nikolaj; Christensen, Helle Collatz; Coffee, Megan; Ganapini, Marianna B.; Gerke, Sara; Gilbert, Thomas Krendl; Hickman, Eleanore; Hildt, Elisabeth; Holm, Sune; Kühne, Ulrich; Madai, Vince I.; Osika, Walter; Spezzatti, Andy; Schnebel, Eberhard; Tithi, Jesmin Jahan; Vetter, Dennis; Westerlund, Magnus; Wurth, Renee; Amann, Julia; Antun, Vegard; Beretta, Valentina; Bruneault, Frédérick; Campano, Erik; Düdder, Boris; Gallucci, Alessio; Goffi, Emmanuel; Haase, Christoffer Bjerre; Hagendorff, Thilo; Kringen, Pedro; Möslein, Florian; Ottenheimer, Davi; Ozols, Matiss; Palazzani, Laura; Petrin, Martin; Tafur, Karin; Tørresen, Jim; Volland, Holger; Kararigas, Georgios | Frontiers in Human Dynamics | 2021 |
| Co-design of a trustworthy AI system in healthcare : deep learning based skin lesion classifier | Zicari, Roberto V.; Ahmed, Sheraz; Amann, Julia; Braun, Stephan Alexander; Brodersen, John; Bruneault, Frédérick; Brusseau, James; Campano, Erik; Coffee, Megan; Dengel, Andreas; Düdder, Boris; Gallucci, Alessio; Gilbert, Thomas Krendl; Gottfrois, Philippe; Goffi, Emmanuel; Haase, Christoffer Bjerre; Hagendorff, Thilo; Hickman, Eleanore; Hildt, Elisabeth; Holm, Sune; Kringen, Pedro; Kühne, Ulrich; Lucieri, Adriano; Madai, Vince I.; Moreno-Sánchez, Pedro A.; Medlicott, Oriana; Ozols, Matiss; Schnebel, Eberhard; Spezzatti, Andy; Tithi, Jesmin Jahan; Umbrello, Steven; Vetter, Dennis; Volland, Holger; Westerlund, Magnus; Wurth, Renee | Frontiers in human dynamics | 2021 |
| Incorporating Permanent Audit Trails for Corporates | Duncan, Bob; Westerlund, Magnus; Wickström, John | 2021 | |
| Smart Contract based Distributed IoT Security: A Protocol for Autonomous Device Management | Wickstrom, John; Westerlund, Magnus; Pulkkis, Goran | 2021 | |
| Edge MLOps: An Automation Framework for AIoT Applications | Raj, Emmanuel; Buffoni, David; Westerlund, Magnus; Ahola, Kimmo | 2021 | |
| Autonomous Industrial Management via Reinforcement Learning | Espinosa-Leal, Leonardo; Chapman, Anthony; Westerlund, Magnus | Journal of intelligent and fuzzy systems | 2020 |
| Reliable Fleet Analytics for Edge IoT Solutions | Raj, Emmanuel; Westerlund, Magnus; Espinosa-Leal, Leonardo | Cloud Computing - International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization | 2020 |
| Yrkeshögskolorna saknar finansieringsinstrument för teknisk utveckling | Westerlund, Magnus | Toolilainen | 2020 |
| Rethinking IoT Security: A Protocol Based onBlockchain Smart Contracts for Secure andAutomated IoT Deployments | Wickström, John; Westerlund, Magnus; Pulkkis, Göran | arXiv | 2020 |
| Version Control Using Distributed Ledger Technologies for Internet of Things Device Software Updates | Westerlund, Magnus; Wickström, John; Pulkkis, Göran | 2019 | |
| Governance in Decentralized Ecosystems: A Survey of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger White Papers | Honkanen, Petri; Westerlund, Magnus; Nylund, Mats | 2019 | |
| Muddie Week-Multiprofessional Digital Development: Service Design Innovation Model for Higher Education in the Context of Digital Health and Wellbeing | Ahonen, Outi; Mononen, Asko; Valpas, Pirjo; Jalakas, Richard; Mahla, Marge; Havukumpu, Juha; Litina, Sanita; Brauna, Egita; Ekman, Petra; Valtakari, Kasper; Westerlund, Magnus | Laurea Journal | 2019 |
| Tackling the Cloud Forensic Problem While Keeping Your Eye on the GDPR | Westerlund, Magnus; Jaatun, Martin Gilje | 2019 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom) | 2019 |
| Autonomous Industrial Management via Reinforcement Learning: Self-Learning Agents for Decision-Making -- A Review | Espinosa Leal, Leonardo; Westerlund, Magnus; Chapman, Anthony | 2019 | |
| Determining an influence in the adoption readiness of extended reality technology through educational studies | Forsström, Mikael; Ahonen, Mirko; Westerlund, Magnus; Tana, Jonas; Jeglinsky-Kankainen, Ira | Journal advances in higher education | 2019 |
| Specialisation studies in big data analytics | Westerlund, Magnus; Espinosa-Leal, Leonardo | Toolilainen | 2018 |
| Blockchain and the Future of News | Honkanen, Petri; Nylund, Mats; Westerlund, Magnus | WAN-IFRA report | 2018 |
| Blockchain-Based Security Solutions for IoT Systems | Pulkkis, Göran; Karlsson, Jonny; Westerlund, Magnus | 2018 | |
| Towards Distributed Clouds: A Review About the Evolution of Centralized Cloud Computing, Distributed Ledger Technologies, and A Foresight on Unifying Opportunities and Security Implications | Westerlund, Magnus; Kratzke, Nane | 2018 | |
| Reinforcement learning for extended reality: designing self-play scenarios | Espinosa Leal, Leonardo A.; Chapman, Anthony; Westerlund, Magnus | 2018 | |
| Providing Tamper-Resistant Audit Trails with Distributed Ledger based Solutions for Forensics of IoT Systems using Cloud Resources | Westerlund, Magnus; Neovius, Mats; Pulkkis, Göran | International Journal On Advances in Security | 2018 |
| Analytics for network security: a survey and taxonomy | Grahn, Kaj; Westerlund, Magnus; Pulkkis, Göran | Studies in computational intelligence | 2017 |
| Smarta avtal - en utmaning för avtalslagen? | Enkvist, Joachim; Westerlund, Magnus; Honkanen, Petri | Tidskrift utgiven av juridiska föreningen finland | 2017 |
| Secure and Reliable Internet of Things Systems for Healthcare | Pulkkis, Goran; Karlsson, Jonny; Westerlund, Magnus; Tana, Jonas | 2017 | |
| Challenges and opportunities of internet of things in healthcare | Göran Pulkkis; Magnus Westerlund; Jonny Karlsson; Jonas Tana | Arcada Working Papers | 2016 |
| Platform privacy : the missing piece of data protection legislation | Magnus Westerlund; Joachim Enkvist | Journal of intellectual property, information technology and electronic commerce law | 2016 |
| Active intrusion management for web server software : Case WordPress | Patrik Paarnio; Sam Stenvall; Magnus Westerlund; Göran Pulkkis | 2015 | |
| Designing a modern IT curriculum : including information analytics as a core knowledge area | Magnus Westerlund; Göran Pulkkis | 2015 | |
| Feature engineering for detection of wormhole attacking in mobile ad hoc networks with machine learning methods | Jonny Karlsson; Magnus Westerlund; Laurence Dooley; Göran Pulkkis | Arcada Working papers | 2014 |
| Using Extreme Learning Machine for intrusion detection in a big data environment | Junlong Xiang; Magnus Westerlund; Dusan Sovilj; Göran Pulkkis | 2014 | |
| Big data analytics : what is it? | Niklas Eriksson; Magnus Westerlund; Carl-Johan Rosenbröijer | Arcada Working papers | 2014 |
| Using ELM for intrusion in a big data environment | Junlong Xiang; Magnus Westerlund; Dusan Sovilj; Timo Karvi; Göran Pulkkis | Arcada Working papers | 2014 |
| A generalized scalable software architecture for analyzing temporally structured big data in the cloud | Magnus Westerlund; Ulf Hedlund; Göran Pulkkis; Kaj-Mikael Björk | New perspectives in information systems and technologies | 2014 |
| HP Trend Filtering Using Gaussian Mixture Model Weighted Heuristic | Sayfullina, Luiza; Westerlund, Magnus; Bjork, Kaj Mikael; Toivonen, Hannu T. | Proceedings : International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence | 2014 |
| Personuppgiftsskydd :bmed särskild betoning på profilering | Joachim Enkvist, Magnus Westerlund | JFT | 2013 |
| Profiling web users : in light of the proposed EU data protection regulation | Magnus Westerlund & Joachim Enkvist | Retfærd | 2013 |
| Profilering : några synpunkter ur ett juridiskt och ett tekniskt perspektiv | Joachim Enkvist, Magnus Westerlund | 2013 | |
| Information analytics methods for network and information security | Jonny Karlsson, Magnus Westerlund and Göran Pulkkis | 2013 | |
| A local outdoor mobile tour guide in HTML5 : drivers and barriers | Niklas Eriksson, Magnus Westerlund, Carl-Johan Rosenbröijer, Hellevi Aittoniemi, Ted Mellin, Krista Fransman | 2013 |