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19 June 2008 - The Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research has honored Vilma Lehtinen. Lehtinen is the Third Place Winner of Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2008 for her paper, "Performing Diverse Social Relationships on a Social Networking Site. Vilma Lehtinen works as a researcher in HIIT.

Andrea (right), Vilma and Alessandro on the boat.

On Monday, 9 June 2008, the HIIT team members cruised in the eastern archipelago of Helsinki. Almost 100 of us enjoyed good company, three course dinner and beautiful views of the archipelago.

17 June 2008 - The new Aalto University should promote versatility in the university, constructive confrontations and the development of internal motivation, if the new university is wanted to create new innovations, claims Lassi A. Liikkanen. These factors are more important than money. Liikkanen has edited an essay collection "Esseitä suomalaisesta unelmasta" (Essays on the Finnish dream).

16 June 2008 - ICT SHOK Future Internet research programme has been launched. The new programme is a joint research programme of a range of leading ICT companies and Finnish research institutions and universities. The programme is exceptionally big in Finland. In this year there are already 50 person-years working in the project.

9 June 2008 - The Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications (ICA) has awarded the Kirkman Medal for 2007 to Petteri Kaski. Kaski currently holds a post-doc position at HIIT.

All HIIT people are invited to a personnel event.

Time: Monday 9 June at 14.00
Venue: University of Helsinki, Porthania building, room P674, Yliopistonkatu 3, 6th floor.
Read more at www.helsinki.fi/teknos/opetustilat/keskusta/yl3/p674.htm.  

29 May 2008 - The Finnish Information Processing Association FIPA (in Finnish: Tietotekniikan liitto) has awarded its Annual Doctoral Thesis Prize to Mika Raento. Mika Raento's Ph.D. thesis "Exploring privacy for ubiquitous computing: Tools, methods and experiments" was published in 2007 when he worked as a researcher in HIIT.

28 May 2008 - The HIIT Scientific Advisory Board visited HIIT Kumpula, Spektri and Otaniemi Sites on 26-28 May. The objective of the SAB meeting was to provide critical guidance about HIIT's research activities and to advise the HIIT Board on strategic planning for future research directions of HIIT.

28 May 2008 - Professor of Civil and Commercial Law Thomas Wilhelmsson, 58, was elected to the Rector of the University of Helsinki. He will commence his term on 1 August 2008.

Wilhelmsson is a member of the HIIT board.

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