Information Technology and Electrical Engineering Doctoral programme

29.1-2.2 Annotation-Efficient Medical Image Segmentation, Prof. Pong Chi Yuen, Hong Kong Baptist University (more information: Assoc. Prof. Qing Liu)

6.2-22.3 Interdisciplinary Systems Thinking - multiple lecturers (more information: Prof. Susanna Pirttikangas & Dr. Mirjami Jutila)

11-13.3 - Polarimetric techniques combined with machine learning algorithms for biomedical diagnosis of tissue, Tatiana Novikova, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France (more information: Assoc. Prof. Aliaksander Bykau)

18-29.3 - High Performance Computing: Programming Parallel Supercomputers, Maarit Korpi-Lagg, Matthias Rheinhardt, Touko Puro, Aalto University, Finland (more information: Abhishek Kumar)

9-11.4 - Lie Theory for the Roboticist, Joan Sola, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (more information: Prof. Shuai Li)

10-11.4 - Overview of Empirical Methods for Computing Research, Prof. Paul Ralph, University of Dalhousie, Canada (more information: Prof. Burak Turhan)

22-25.4 - Cached-aided wireless communication, Assoc. Prof. Mohammadjavad Salehi, Infotech Oulu, University of Oulu

16-17.5 - How to Publish in Top Information Systems Journals, Mikko Siponen, The University of Alabama, USA (more information: Dr. Arto Lanamäki)

20-24.5 - Personalized interventions and aging-related mental health problems, Prof. Vankee Lin, University of Stanford (more information: Prof. Guoying Zhao)

29-30.5 - Envisioning Tomorrow's Games: A Dive into Speculative Game Design, Charu Monga, IIT- Delhi, India (more information: Assoc. Prof. Sumita Sharma)

13-14.6 - Process Smells on Software Engineering, Prof. Eray Tuzun, Bilkent University (more information: Prof. Burak Turhan)

April/May - Optical Wireless Communications: Fundamentals and Advanced Applications, Prof. Fary Ghassemlooy, Northeumbria University, Newcastle (more information: Prof. Marcos Katz)

April/May - Distributed MIMO Systems, Tommy Svensson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (more information: Assoc. Prof. Hirley Alves)

May - Advanced Raman spectroscopy (more information: Assoc. Prof. Hannu-Pekka Komsa)

May - Building Trustworthy AI-DSS in health, Ioanna Chouvarda, Thessaloniki University (more information: Prof. Minna Isomursu)

May/June - Emerging Communication Technologies and Analytical Tools for Analysis and Optimization, Prof. Marco Di Renzo, Paris-Saclay University – CNRS and CentraleSupelec (more information: Prof. Markku Juntti)

Autumn 2023

• 3-4.10 - Career paths in Connected Health, Prof. Tara Cusak and Prof. Nicola Mundford, University College Dublin, Ireland and Maynooth University, Ireland (more information: Prof. Minna Isomursu)
• 4-5.10 - Participatory design for digital health - Prof. Octavio Rivera Romero, University of Seville, Spain (more information: Associate Prof. Guido Giunti)
• 20-21.11 - AI regulation for non-lawyers, Associate Prof. Mika Viljanen, University of Turku (more information: Dr Arto Lanamäki)
• 20-24.11 - Behavior Change Support Systems and Consumer Behavior, Dr. Jill Sundie, Washington and Lee University (more information: Associate Prof. Rosanna Guadagno)
• 28-29.11 - Sub-Teraherzt and Terahertz Communications - 6G or not 6G? - Principal Research Scientist, Dr. Vitaly Petrov, Northeastern University (more information: Assistant Prof. Konstantin Mikhaylov)
• tdb - Recommendation System, Sajad Ahmadian, Faculty of Information Technology, Kermanshah University of Technology, Kermanshah, Iran (more information: Prof. Mourad Oussallah)

Spring 2023

• 2-3.3 & 6.3 - Human-computer Interaction: Toward an inclusive digital society - Vasiliki Mylonopoulou, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (more information: Anna Sachinopoulou)
• 15-17.5 - Self-Supervised Learning for Multimodal Data: From Models to Loss Functions, Prof. Zheng-Hua Tan, Aalborg University, Denmark (more information: Prof. Guoying Zhao)
• 23-25.5 - Deep Learning for Visual Recognition & Multimodal conversational systems, Prof. Dinesh Babu Jayagopi, IIIT Bangalore, India (more information: Assoc. Prof. Miguel Bordallo López)
• 22.5-1.6 - Physics and functionalities of piezoelectrics – From nano- and microstructure to electrical properties, Dragan Damjanovic, EPFL Switzerland (more information: Prof. Yang Bai)
• 12-17.6 - UBISS 2023, Smart Internet of Things (IoT) wireless connectivity in 5G and beyond, Professor Petar Popovski, Assistant Professor Israel Leyva Mayorga, Aalborg University, Denmark (more information: Assoc. Prof. Hirley Alves)
• 19-20.6 - AI Enabled Future(s), Prof. Dirk Hovorka, University of Sydney, Australia (more information: Dr Arto Lanamäki)

Autumn term 2022

• 19-20.10 - Speculative design future(s) - Noura Howell, Georgia Tech, USA (more information: PhD Arto Lanamäki)
• 14.11 - Wireless Communication for Connected Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) - Assoc. Prof. Alessandro Bazzi, University of Bologna (more information: Adj. Professor Konstantin Mikhaylov)
• 14-15.11 - Chemical and biomechanical X-ray Vision (more information: Prof. Juha Röning and Prof. Seppo Vainio)
• 14-18.11 - Persuasive System Design and Cybersecurity - Dr. Matthew Canham, George Mason University (more information: Iikka Paajala)
• 21-24.11 - Culture and Personality: Factors for Explaining Persuasion and Personalizing Persuasive Systems - Assistant Prof. Kiemute Oyibo, York University, Toronto, Canada (more information: Eunice Agyei)
• 5-7.12 - IoT security – protocol design and implementation - Dr. An Braeken, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and Mr. Thibaut Vandervelde, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium (more information: Docent Pawani Porambage)
• 12-13.12 - Geopolitical and ethical perspectives on human-computer interaction - Prof. José Abdelnour Nocera (more information: PhD Mikko Rajanen)

Spring term 2022

• 28.1-18.2 - Gamification and behaviour change - Nannan Xi, University of Tampere, Tuomas Kari & Matti Mäntymäki (more information: PhD Piiastiina Tikka)
• 7-8.3 - Design for diversity and inclusion - Vasiliki Mylonopoulou, University of Gothenburg (more information: Prof. Minna Isomursu)
• 24-25.3 - Theory and Theory Development in Information Systems - Prof. Mikko Siponen, University of Jyväskylä (more information: PhD Arto Lanamäki)
• 9-20.5 - Security Engineering as a multidisciplinary approach to cyber security - Dr Simone Soderi, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy (more information: Prof. Jari Iinatti)
• 16-27.5 - Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials and Devices - Professor Jürgen Rödel, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany (more information: Assis. Prof. Yang Bai)
• 1-3.6 - Advanced Network Security in 5G and beyond 5G - Dr Gurkan Gur, Zürich University of Applied Sciences (more information: Pawani Porambage)

Topics of doctoral courses 2019-2021

Internal call for course funding proposals for the development of doctoral training activities in Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

The Information Technology and Electrical Engineering Doctoral Programme (ITEE-DP) will allocate funding to be used during spring 2024 to organize doctoral training activities within the following Doctoral Degree Programmes: Computer Science and Engineering, Communications Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Information Processing Science.

The proposed doctoral training activities may comprise field-specific courses, symposia, workshops or alike targeted mainly to doctoral researchers. Joint or methodological courses suitable for several disciplines and courses/events arranged in local, national or international cooperation are also applicable. Courses and trainings can be organized as face-to-face or hybrid.

Practical arrangements of the course are expected to be taken care of by the responsible course organizer. All cost covered by the doctoral programme (DP) funding must be accepted by the DP beforehand.

ECTS credits from the courses should be defined in the proposal according to UniOGS recommendations. The proposal should contain lectures, possible reading materials or possible optional assignments, thus the course could give minimum 0.5 credit points.

If the number of course participants is limited, the priority is for the ITEE doctoral students within the University of Oulu.

Submission

Send your proposal by October 29th, 2023 via this link: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/40C6F169F19321F2

The persons responsible for the proposals will be informed of the decisions as soon as possible.

Guidelines for acceptable costs and for budgeting:

• Direct costs related to running of the training activity (hourly rental costs for required equipment, video streaming, etc.)
• Lecture fees for the external teachers (personnel of the University of Oulu cannot receive any extra salary): Please see the guidelines for teaching fees in Patio (https://patio.oulu.fi/en/services-and-instructions/personnel/salaries-and-fees/fee-guidelines)
• Travelling and accomodation costs for external teachers invited to Oulu
• Other relevant justified expenses
• Funds may not be used to purchase any equipment or infrastructure. No daily allowances are covered

Some guidelines for budgeting:

Level of lecture teaching (min-max) (+ 1-3 hours of preparation can be included):

-Professor 45-51e

-University lecturer, senior research fellow, docent 29-34e

-Lecturer, post-doctoral researcher 24-29e

For further information

For further information concerning the call, please contact:

• Coordinator Mirjami Jutila (firstname.lastname (at) oulu.fi)
• ITEE-DPC Chair Harri Oinas-Kukkonen (firstname.lastname (at) oulu.fi)

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Doctoral training in the University of Oulu

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Infotech Oulu consists of research groups carrying out research in various fields of modern information technology for developing and validating e.g. digital technologies, wireless sensors and networks, AI, machine vision and electronics for various application areas. Infotech Oulu promotes long term research and doctoral training, especially targeting at multidisciplinarity, crossing the boundaries between university’s research focus areas and faculties.