This news feed aggregates content from the Research News feeds from the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT, Aalto University Department of Computer Science, and the University of Helsinki Department of Computer Science.
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Tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitos etsii tohtorikoulutettavia useilta eri tutkimusaloilta. Viimeinen hakupäivä on 11.8.2013. Hakuteksti kokonaisuudessaan on saatavilla: http://www.aalto.fi/fi/current/jobs/teaching_and_research/ics_doctoral_candidates/.
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HIIT researchers Kai Kuikkaniemi and Matti Nelimarkka will organize a workshop on backchannels and live participation tools in ECSCW 2013 & EC-TEL 2013 (Sep 21st - Sep 25th @ Paphos, Cyprus). These tools are used e.g. in education, conferences and TV shows to increase the interactivity and participation of learners, participants and viewers. Research-wise the domain is scattered across different fields, such as HCI, CSCW and education. This workshop aims...
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MA Melih Kandemir defended his doctoral dissertation Learning Mental States from Biosignals on 4 May 2013. The opponent was Associate Professor Cristina Conati from the University of British Columbia, and the custodian was Prof. Samuel Kaski. The dissertation is available online at http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2013/isbn9789526051178/isbn9789526051178.pdf.
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M.Sc. Jarkko Ylipaavalniemi defended his doctoral dissertation on Data-driven Analysis for Natural Studies in Functional Brain Imaging on 3 May 2013. The opponent was Prof. Klaus-Robert Müller from the Technical University of Berlin, and the custodian was Prof. Erkki Oja. The dissertation is available online at http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2013/isbn9789526051376/isbn9789526051376.pdf.
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The CS international blog has a new entry: Windows Azure CodeCamp
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The Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering of the Academy of Finland awarded in its meeting on 8 May 2013 one of its highly competitive three-year Postdoctoral Researcher grants to Dr. Shinnosuke Seki of the ICS department. Dr. Seki will begin in his new position on 1 September 2013.
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Several HIIT researchers are presenting novel and ongoing research at the CHI 2013 conference in Paris, France, this week. HIIT contributions include two full papers, a note, and six workshop positions papers. Teemu Roos, Arttu Modig and Laura Leppänen in cooperation with HIIT alumus Antti Oulasvirta are presenting a paper titled Information capacity of full-body movements. The paper is among the...
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A new Springer book "Perspectives on the Future of Software Engineering" has been co-edited by Jürgen Münch, FiDiPro Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki and head of its Software Systems Engineering Research Group. More information can be found at http://bit.ly/1536Wlf...
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The ICS department is looking for new exceptionally qualified beginning Master's students for its honours programme in the academic year 2013-2014. The application deadline is Monday June 17, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. For more information, see the programme's information page http://ics.aalto.fi/en/studies/honours_programme/.
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Software Factory, the experimental R&D laboratory at the University of Helsinki, successfully continues its open source collaboration with the software industry, open source community, and leading universities like Stanford University and MIT. Experiencing Real Work Life in the Software Factory The Software Factory provides an environment for research and education in software engineering, and that was established by the Department of Computer Science...