Maarit KoponenMaarit Koponen 
has a PhD in Language Technology from the University of Helsinki, and currently works as a lecturer at the University of Turku. Her research interests involve translation technology and the translation and post-editing process. Her thesis, published in March 2016, focuses on the relationship between machine translation errors and post-editing effort.

She has previously taught computer-assisted translation and post-editing at the University of Helsinki and translation at the University of Eastern Finland. She has also worked as a professional translator for over five years.