GPT-Lab Demo Showroom
Working prototypes, not slideware: Trash Sorter, Plant Helper, Watcher, Kitchen Helper and more, built from our research.
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GPT-LabFrom Code to Society
GPT-Lab is Finland’s largest AI research group in Software Engineering, founded in 2023 at Tampere University by Prof. Pekka Abrahamsson. About 70 researchers on three campuses study and build generative AI with companies, researchers and students.
- ~70
- researchers, up from about 15 in 2023
- 100+
- scientific articles since 2023
- 3
- campuses: Pori, Tampere, Seinäjoki
- 2023
- founded at Tampere University
What is GPT-Lab?
Research that moves AI from labs into society
GPT-Lab was founded in 2023 at Tampere University by Prof. Pekka Abrahamsson. We bring together generative AI and software engineering with human ingenuity to solve complex problems, together with companies, researchers and students.
Podcast · in Finnish
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Research knowledge meets leadership experience, hosted by Prof. Jari Stenvall and Sanni Pöntinen.
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Fresh from the lab, every week
GPT-Lab publishes a new blog roughly every week on AI, GPT technology and the latest developments in the field, written by our researchers.
Research
From Code to Society
- 1NL Foundations of Generative AILed by Jyrki Nummenmaa
- 2Generative AI for Requirements EngineeringLed by Zheying Zhang
- 3AI-Native Software Development PracticesLed by Kai-Kristian Kemell
- 4Architectures for Agentic AI SystemsLed by Muhammad Waseem
- 5Optimization and Industrial Deployment of AILed by Jussi Rasku
- 6Sustainable and Green Generative AILed by Mika Saari
- 7AI GovernanceLed by Salla Westerstrand
- 8AI, Work and SocietyLed by Sanni Pöntinen
Our services
Work with GPT-Lab
A low-barrier ladder into AI
From a 90-minute consultation and a half-day workshop to a 4-week pilot and a 6-week “Adopt an AI Researcher”.
Services for companies
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Co-author publications, apply for joint funding and co-organize seminars, workshops and symposia.
Services for researchers
Master’s theses and AI courses
Thesis supervision in AI and software engineering. Open to Tampere University students only.
Thesis opportunitiesFor companies
From first chat to your own AI researcher
Collaboration starts small and grows with you. Keep scrolling to see how it unfolds.
Services for companies- 1
90-minute consultation
Senior researchers assess your challenges and opportunities for AI adoption.
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Half-day workshop
Interactive training tailored to your industry to pinpoint use cases.
- 3
4-week pilot
Prototype a real use case and assess its feasibility.
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6-week “Adopt an AI Researcher”
Host a GPT-Lab researcher in your company to work on your challenge.
Want to work for GPT-Lab?
We recruit research assistants, doctoral researchers and postdoctoral researchers. Apply with a 60-second video, no CV needed.
People
Meet the team
Researchers, doctoral researchers and students working together on three campuses.
Meet the teamFind us
Pori, Tampere and Seinäjoki
Pori
University Consortium of Pori
Pohjoisranta 11 A, 28100 PoriTampere
Tampere University, Hervanta Campus
Korkeakoulunkatu 1, 33720 TampereSeinäjoki
University Consortium of Seinäjoki
Kampusranta 9, 60320 Seinäjoki
