Jarkko Oikarinen
- January 10, 2024
- Computer Scientist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Jarkko Oikarinen |
| Occupation | Computer Scientist |
| Date Of Birth | Aug 16, 1967(1967-08-16) |
| Age | 57 |
| Birthplace | Kuusamo |
| Country | Finland |
| Birth City | Northern Ostrobothnia |
| Horoscope | Leo |
Jarkko Oikarinen Biography
| Name | Jarkko Oikarinen |
| Birthday | Aug 16 |
| Birth Year | 1967 |
| Place Of Birth | Kuusamo |
| Home Town | Northern Ostrobothnia |
| Birth Country | Finland |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
Jarkko Oikarinen is one of the most popular and richest Computer Scientist who was born on August 16, 1967 in Kuusamo, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland.
Oikarinen was born in Kuusamo. While working at the University of Oulu in August 1988, he wrote the first IRC server and client programs, which he produced to replace the MUT (MultiUser Talk) program on the Finnish BBS OuluBox. Using the Bitnet Relay chat system as inspiration, Oikarinen continued to develop IRC over the next four years, receiving assistance from Darren Reed in co-authoring the IRC Protocol. In 1997, his development of IRC earned Oikarinen a Dvorak Award for Personal Achievement—Outstanding Global Interactive Personal Communications System; in 2005, the Millennium Technology Prize Foundation, a Finnish public-private partnership, honored him with one of three Special Recognition Awards.
He started working for medical image processing in 1990 in Oulu University Hospital, developing research software for neurosurgical workstation, and between 1993 and 1996 he worked for Elekta in Stockholm, Sweden and Grenoble, France putting the research into commercial products marketed by Elekta. In 1997 he returned to Oulu University Hospital to finish his Ph.D. as Joint Assistant Professor / Research Engineer, receiving the Ph.D. from the University of Oulu in 1999, in areas of computer graphics and medical imaging. During these years he focused on telemedicine, volume rendering, signal processing and computed axial tomography. . Once finishing his Ph.D., he has held the positions of Chief Software Architect of Add2Phone Oy (Helsinki, Finland), Head of R&D in Capricode (Oulu, Finland) and General Manager in Nokia.
Jarkko Oikarinen Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Computer Scientist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jarkko Oikarinen is one of the richest Computer Scientist from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jarkko Oikarinen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Jarkko Oikarinen (born 16 August 1967) is a Finnish IT professional and the inventor of the first Internet chat network, called Internet Relay Chat (IRC), where he is known as WiZ.
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Shahid Ranked on the list of most popular Computer Scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Jarkko Oikarinen celebrates birthday on August 16 of every year.