Biomimetics and Intelligent Systems Group

CSI-COP (Citizen Scientists Investigating Cookies and App GDPR compliance). EU Horizon 2020 SwafS Research and Innovation Action. Jan 2020 - Jun 2023.

ABIDI (Context-aware and Veracious Big Data Analytics for Industrial IoT) CHIST-ERA and Academy of Finland. Sep 2019 - Aug 2022.

5GDrones (5G for Drone-based Vertical Applications). EU Horizon 2020 ICT-19-2019 Research and Innovation Action. Jun 2019 - Sep 2022.

HYFLIERS (HYbrid FLying-rollIng with-snakE-aRm robot for contact inSpection) EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Action. Jan 2018 - Sep 2022.

Safe biomonitoring by bioICT integrated wearables. Infotech. 2022 - 2025.

Sensor Within: Harnessing Human Biology for Sensing Applications. Infotech. Jan 2018 - Dec 2021.

SECREDAS (Product Security for Cross Domain Reliable Dependable Automated Systems). ECSEL-JU (Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership, Joint Undertaking, Joint Undertaking). May 2018 - Oct 2021.

Low-carbon drone solutions utilisation models and introduction action recommendations (VED) EAKR. Aug 2019 - Jul 2021.

Arctiq DC (Arctic Datacenters). Jan 2019 - Jun 2021.

CS-AWARE A cybersecurity situational awareness and information sharing solution for local public administrations based on advanced big data analysis. Horizon 2020. Sep 2017 - Dec 2020.

Garbot Utilizing robotics and AI for material recycling. EAKR. Jun 2017 - Feb 2020.

GeoBot  Robotics for geopolymer material research and manufacturing. EAKR. Nov 2018 - Dec 2019.

EAKR Labrobot EAKR. Sep 2016 - Oct 2019.

Situation Awareness in Information and Cyber Security (SAICS). Academy of Finland. Jul 2014 – Jun 2016.

European Robotics Research Network EURON. EU- FP6 Network of Excellence.

Minotaurus (Human-machine interaction in intelligent sensor network). EU Regional Development Fund ERDF. Jan 2009 – Dec.2012.

XPRESS (fleXible PRoduction Experts for reconfigurable aSSembly technology).

ROBOSWARM (Knowledge Environment for Interacting ROBOt SWARMs). Nov 2006 – Apr 2009.

€-Confidential. ITEA. Sep 2006 - Mar 2009.

SAMURAI (Smart Archive: Management, Utilization and stoRAge of continuously measured Information). Tekes. Nov 2006 – Feb 2008.

PROTOS Genome. 2004 – 2007.

PROTOS (Security Testing of Protocol Implementations). MATINE. 2002 – 2003.

SIOUX (Intelligent system for dynamic online quality control of spot welding processes for cross-sectoral applications). EU-FP6. Oct 2002 – Oct 2004.

VALTA (VALssauksen TArkentaminen). Jan 2002 - Feb 2004.
Hi-TechSteel. Tekes. Jan 1999 – Dec 2002.

PROTOS (Security Testing of Protocol Implementations). Tekes. 1999 - 2001.

RoboCup (Experiments on Reactive Control Architecture). Jan 1996 – Dec 1998.

RockEU2. Horizon 2020.

ReBorn. EU-FP7.

euRathlon EU-FP7, Horizon 2020.

SOCRATE (Exploiting Social Structure for Cooperative Mobile Networking). WiFiUS programme, Tekes / Business Finland.

GlobalRF (Global RF Spectrum Opportunity Assessment). WiFiUS programme, Tekes / Business Finland.

INCA. Academy of Finland.

Cyber Trust. Tekes.

SIMP (System Integrated Metal Processes). Tekes.

MOPO. EAKR. Tekes.

PROB2E (Probability Predictions to Production Efficiency). Tekes.
Impress.

FRONTIER-COMPAT (inferring causal relationships in complex systems). Tekes. 

Adaptive And Intelligent Systems Applications. Tekes.

CRS (3D color range scanner). Tekes.

MOVE. Academy of Finland.

Evolutionary active materials. Academy of Finland.

PROTOS-MATINE. MATINE.

FRONTIER-RIDAC.

ROSEMAN (RObots SErving huMANs).

Classification Of Melanocytic Lesion With Machine Vision.

Psoriasis Area Assessment With Machine Vision.

Standardisation

BISG is active in a number of standardisation initiatives.

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC27, whose activities include information security management systems, cryptographic and security mechanisms, security evaluation, testing and specification, security controls and services as well as identity management and privacy technologies.

ISO/TC 299, which has working groups on topics such as personal care robot safety, and modularity for service robots.

Collaborative initiatives

Remarkable international activities with BISG visibility other than research projects (see the Projects section) and standardisation (see Innovation under Results) include the following.

SPARC robotics PPP, a Public-Private Partnership between the European Commission, and European industry and academia to facilitate the growth and empowerment of the robotics industry and value chain, from research through to production.

euRobotics aisbl (association internationale sans but lucratif = non-profit) is a Brussels based international non-profit association for all stakeholders in European robotics. euRobotics builds upon the success of the European Robotics Technology Platform (EUROP) and the academic network of EURON, and will not only continue the cooperation but will also strengthen the bond between members of these two community driven organisations. Thus, leading towards the establishment of only one sustainable organisation for the European robotics community as a whole.

Centre for Advanced Steel Research (CASR), a national centre of expertise focusing on the chemical, mechanical and physical metallurgy of steels, including control and information engineering and modelling.

Cooperating universities and industry partners

BISG collaborates with universities in Europe and worldwide, as well as with national and multi-national industry partners.

BISG's research activity has spun off more than ten several enterprises, also acknowledged internationally, including:

• IndoorAtlas, the world's first company to utilize magnetic anomalies inside buildings and smartphones to pinpoint positions indoors. The company was founded in 2012.
• Probot, a high-tech robot company with the vision to transfer results of research world to the end-users and real world applications. The company was founded in 2006.
• Aquamarine Robots, which offers robotic vessels based aquatic information system to collect, store and visualize relevant information from freshwater and mining environments. The company was founded in 2013.
• Codenomicon produces state-of-the-art black-box, negative testing solutions for improving the quality of software implementation. Founded in 2002, Codenomicon found in 2015 the Heartbleed Bug from OpenSSL (the bug affected about two thirds of all the WWW-servers on the Internet, also SSL-VPNs, network appliances and wide variety of client-side software).
• Clarified Networks is a company specialized in providing the collaborative networks analysis tools and services to make modern networks secure and robust.
• Nelilab operates in applications of mathematics to improve products or the efficiency of production processes.
• Atomia is a company aiming to decrease the costs of mass manufactured electronics design, reduce the cycle time of electronic design and make the design easier for people who don't have years of experience in specialized electronics field.
• Indalgo is an industrial process optimization algorithm development and software provider.
• Hearth Signal.
• Nose Laboratory.

If you are looking for a BISG thesis supervisor, you can find our research topics from the list of Eligible supervisors (scroll down the page to reach at its bottom the list) for Computer Science and Engineering (CSE). You may contrast the supervisors list with the BISG Group Members list to select your BISG supervisor.

Please, visit the Computer Science and Engineering Degree Programme page about practicalities related to the preparation of your thesis. (Vastaavat ohjeet suomeksi.)

Our group offers the following courses:

Teachers' contact details can be found from the study guide page (see above course links). See also the BISG Group Members page.

If you have a proposal or inquiry, contact our unit leader Juha Röning, juha.roning (at) oulu.fi

To contact other group members, see the Group Members page.

Our postal address is

Biomimetics and Intelligent Systems Group
P.O. Box 4500
FI-90014 University of Oulu
Finland

BISG research premises are located mainly on the third floor of Tietotalo building of the Linnanmaa campus, but the Robotics lab is on the first floor (street level), room TS139. For both, the entrance at street level is through door E.

See more detailed instructions and maps.

The street address of Tietotalo is Erkki Koiso-Kanttilan katu 3, Oulu.

You can reach Oulu by plane, train or bus and get to Tietotalo by bicyle, by bus or by taxi.

• By bicycle: see the tourist map or the detailed map. Follow the blue direction signs on your way to Linnanmaa.
• By bus: see example routes from the ariport or from the train station. Step down at bus stop "Yliopisto P" (i.e., University North); it is the third stop after the bus leaves the long "straight" started once passed the Oulu river.
• By taxi: with destination the street address or simply "University, Linnanmaa campus, stop Taxi 1".