News

The first HIIT Update was mailed to HIIT contacts. (Sorry, in Finnish only.)

Professor, vice rector Mauri Airila from HUT was elected as the new Chair of the Board of HIIT.

Professor Martti Mäntylä from HUT was nominated as the Director of HIIT for the period of 1.3.2001-31.7.2005.

The Board of HIIT decided to launch a separate Basic Research Unit within HIIT from 1.1.2001. Previously, the University of Helsinki had decided to provide separate funding for the BRU.

The Industrial Advisory Board of HIIT had its first meeting. Dr. Veikko Hara from Sonera Corporation was elected as the Chair of the IAB.

The two first projects in the Fuego program (UbiServices, Sarcous) were commenced. Industrial partners of the projects include Nokia, Sonera, and Alma Media.

The MobileIPR project of the Digital Economy program was launched. The project mainly operates at the School of Information Management and Systems (SIMS) with the University of California at Berkeley.

The HIIT Board had its first meeting. Professor Antti Räisänen of HUT was elected as its Chair.

The Academy of Finland awarded 3-year basic research funding for the Deep Computing project led by Prof. Henry Tirri.

TEKES decided to fund the Core project of the Media Convergence program. Participating companies are Ericsson, Sonera, Elisa Communications (HPY), Sanoma-WSOY, Alma Media and Finnish Broadcasting Company.