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Title of the dissertation is: Counting, clocking and colouring: Fault-tolerant distributed coordination
Joel Rybicki, M.Sc., will defend the dissertation "Counting, clocking and colouring: Fault-tolerant distributed coordination" on 19 November 2016 at 12 noon in Aalto University School of Science. Public examination will be held at the lecture hall SOK A301 of the Aalto University Töölö Campus Main building,...
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19.11.2016 12:00–15:00
Doctoral dissertation
lecture hall SOK A301 of the Aalto University Töölö Campus Main building, Runeberginkatu 14-16, HelsinkiAbstract
This thesis studies fault-tolerant co-ordination and synchronisation in distributed systems. Such systems are prevalent in computing today: they range from large-scale communications networks to integrated hardware circuits. In essence, a distributed system consists of independent computational entities called nodes...
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CS department's public guest lecture on 'Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Blockchain & Beyond'. The lecture is open to everyone free-of-charge.
Speaker: Prof Roger Wattenhofer
Speaker affiliation: ETH Zurich
Host: Prof Jukka Suomela
Time: 14:15 (coffee at 14:00)
Venue: T2, CS buildingCryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Blockchain & Beyond
Abstract
I will first give a...
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18.11.2016 14:15–15:00
Guest lecture
T2, CS building, Konemiehentie 2
Speaker: Prof Roger Wattenhofer
Speaker affiliation: ETH Zurich
Host: Prof Jukka Suomela
Time: 14:15 (coffee at 14:00)
Venue: T2, CS building, Konemiehentie 2Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Blockchain...
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Title of the dissertation is: Stereoscopic Imaging Technology: Perception, Emotion, and Acceptance
Jussi Hakala, M.Sc. (Tech.), will defend the dissertation "Stereoscopic Imaging Technology: Perception, Emotion, and Acceptance" on 18 November 2016 at 12 noon in Aalto University School of Science, lecture hall TU2, Maarintie 8 (former Otaniementie 17), Espoo. The dissertation examines stereoscopic imaging...
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CS department's public guest lecture on 'The impact of perceptual organization on depth from binocular disparity'. The lecture is open to everyone.
Speaker: Prof Laurie M. Wilcox
Speaker affiliation:
York University, Canada
Host: Prof Tapio Takala
Time: 14:15 (coffee at 14:00)
Venue: T3, CS building
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Darshan Mallenahalli Shankara Lingappa: Outsource or Train: A team formation problem
MSc Thesis Presentation Mon 14 November 2016, at 13:00-13:30, room B357 (CS Building):
13:00 – 13:30
Darshan Mallenahalli Shankara Lingappa
Topic / Aihe: "Outsource or Train: A team formation problem"
Supervisor / Valvoja: Prof. Aristides Gionis -
Title of the dissertation is: Enchanced Security for Mobile User Authentication and Single Sign-On
Sanna Suoranta, Lic.Sc. (Tech.), will defend the dissertation "Enchanced Security for Mobile User Authentication and Single Sign-On" on 11 November 2016 at 12 noon in Aalto University School of Science, lecture hall H304, Otakaari 1, Espoo. Public defence of the dissertation will be held in Finnish.
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The short-listed candidates for the tenure track or tenured position in computational science, especially complex systems
The candidates for the tenure track position in computational science, especially complex systems, will visit the CS department on Nov 8-9, 2016. Teaching demonstrations and job talks given by the candidates are public events (no pre-registration required).
All job talks (20min + 25min discussion) and teaching demonstrations (20min +...
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Bayesian data integration by multiple matrix tri-factorisation
Speaker: Thomas Brouwer
Speaker affiliation:
University of Cambridge, UK
Host: Prof Samuel Kaski
Time: 12:15 (coffee at 12:00)
Venue: T6, CS buildingBayesian data integration by multiple matrix tri-factorisation
Abstract
The amount of biological -omics data has increased dramatically...