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TUCS GP application round - summary

The deadline for applications to the TUCS Graduate Programme has passed on March 30. The response to our call for applications has been enthusiastic, with 55 applications being sent before the deadline, 35 of them from foreign applicants. The acceptance decisions will be taken later this Spring.

 

TUCS PhD student toolkit: May 25, June 1

Turku Centre for Computer Science (TUCS) is hosting a new course on practical aspects of research and the academic vs. enterprise R&D.

“TUCS PhD Student Toolkit” is a graduate course targeted for doctoral students and researchers. The aim of the course is to provide an intensive information package for successful PhD studies, research funding possibilities, innovation processes, communication skills and R&D activities in both academia and business environment. The course language is English.

Time:
Friday 25.5.2012, 9.15-15.30 &
Friday 1.6.2012, 9.15-15.00

Place:
Lecture room Beta, ICT-building

Credits:
1cr

Course webpage:
http://tucs.fi/news/article/tucsphdstudenttoolkit.php

Registration: By email to Outi Tuohi (otuohi@abo.fi ) by Friday 11th May 2012.

 

TUCS Spring meetup

The TUCS PhD students are organizing an informal get-together to which all TUCS PhD students and supervisors are warmly invited. The event is organized in the form of a dinner at Panimoravintola Koulu, to take place on Friday, April 13th at 19:00. For more info and registration contact Sebastian Ockser or Natalia Diaz Rodriguez.

 

Best student paper at IAMOT 2012

The publication of TUCS GP students Sami Hyrynsalmi and Tuomas Mäkilä entitled as “The Emerging Mobile Ecosystems: An Introductory Analysis of Android Market” has been selected as the Best student paper in the 21st International Conference on Management of Technology (IAMOT 2012) held in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The other coauthors of the paper are Arho Suominen and Timo Knuutila.
http://tucs.fi/news/article/20120323.BestPaperAtIAMOT2012.php

 

EIT ICT Labs Cloud Computing Summer School

3-8 June 2012, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
http://cse.aalto.fi/research/groups/datacommunications/studies/eit-2012/

Application deadline: April 30th 2012

INTRODUCTION:
The EIT ICT Labs Cloud Computing Summer School gives insight into the cloud computing technologies, use cases and business opportunities including the innovation and entrepreneurship challenges.
The summer school program consists of lectures, group works, study visits, and social events. The lectures by leading experts on cloud computing will cover both academic and industrial aspects and look at cloud computing from the point of view of enterprises (e.g. Google, Microsoft, Deutsche Telekom), start-ups (e.g. Nebula), and academia (e.g. Aalto University, University of Trento, Center of Scientific Computing).

The goal of the group work is business model design related to cloud computing applications and services. A business model design methodology will be described in lectures and in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Event on Wednesday, which provides a general insight into the I&E issues. A tutor also supports the groups. The specific topics of the group works relate to Facebook games and utility applications, Software as a Service (SaaS) concepts to small companies and mobile applications using open API`s. Group works are presented on Friday in a seminar for a panel of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and business angels for feedback.

We are inviting PhD students and advanced Master`s students in Computer Science and related fields to apply and participate. The maximum number of students is 30, and students from core and affiliate EIT ICT Labs universities have a priority. Students whose research topics are related to cloud computing are especially encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is the 30th of April.

COSTS - ACCOMODATION:
There is no course fee in the summer school. In addition, all EIT ICT Labs participants are provided a free lunch and two snacks each day, along with some free time program during the course. Participants from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT ICT Labs) partner universities (core or affiliate, excluding those who already live in Helsinki region) are provided free accomodation in a shared twin room in Radisson SAS BLU Hotel in Otaniemi 3.-8.6.2012. Travel costs are not paid.

CONTACT:
Questions on the EIT ICT Labs Cloud Computing Summer School can be sent to: satu.jaaskelainen@aalto.fi
Further information and registration: http://cse.aalto.fi/research/groups/datacommunications/studies/eit-2012/

 

EIT ICT Labs: May 2, Entrepreneurial Research Day

EIT ICT Labs is organizing a set of Entrepreneurial Research Days the first one taking place on May 2nd in Paris.

EIT ICT Labs Helsinki joins the event trough video link
Where: TUAS 2105 video meeting room (Otanimentie 17, Espoo)
When: 2 May 2012, 9:00-17:00
Target audience: researchers, Ph.D. and master students.

AGENDA
09:00-09:45 Registration
09:45-10:00 Welcome Address, Prof. Dr. Willem Jonker, ICT Labs CEO
10:00-10:40 Prof. Seif Haridi, KTH
10:40-11:10 Break
11:10-11:50 The Spinoff Game: How to turn your Research into a Business? Prof. Paul Klint, CWI, The Netherlands
11:50-12:20 Dr. Nicolas Navet, Inria
12:20-13:40 Lunch Break
13:40-14:20 Prof. Giulio Jacucci, Aalto University
14:20-14:50 ICT Labs Entrepreneurial Support Instruments, Dr. Klaus Beetz, Business Director EIT ICT Labs
14:50-15:20 Break
15:20-16:00 Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship: a success story Dr. Chahab Nastar, VP Research, SAP
16:00-16:45 Round Table
16:45-17:00 Closing session

 

2013 Call for Postdoctoral Fellowships (CHILE)

The Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) through its FONDECYT Program, invites recent Ph.D graduates to submit 2-3 year research proposals in all fields of knowledge to the 2013 Call for Postdoctoral Fellowships.

Research must be performed in Chile beginning October 1st 2012.
Rules, Instructions and Application site: available from April 10th 2012 at www.conicyt.cl and www.fondecyt.cl
Submissions deadline: May 15th 2012

 

Travel grants to attend ESOF2012

PRESENTATION AND CONDITIONS FOR TRAVEL GRANTS

Created by Euroscience, ESOF – Euroscience Open Forum – is the biennial pan-European meeting dedicated to scientific research and innovation. The ESOF2012 event to be held in Dublin, 11-15 July 2012 will bring together over 5,000 scientists; business leaders; senior EU and government officials; and international scientific media to discuss the best of European science and to address all of the current major global scientific challenges, including Energy, Climate Change, Food and Health. Themes include “Food Security” to “The Life and Death of the Universe”.

ESOF provides young researchers with a unique opportunity to interact with leading scientists from various scientific fields. With up to 1,000 young researchers from across Europe and beyond, ESOF2012 will give them the unique opportunity to expand their networks of international contacts and to establish important links with potential collaborators.

Various organisations, including the Swiss Embassy in Ireland, the Swedish Research Council (VR), the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (DASTI) and the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) offer travel grants to help young researchers who wish to attend ESOF2012. See the Euroscience website for more information on the current open calls.

The CALL for Early-Stage Researcher (ESR) travel grants to ESOF2012 is now OPEN

The Swiss Embassy in Ireland and the Swedish Research Council in collaboration with Euroscience have opened a call for young researchers. Please be aware of the following criteria:

1. Who can apply?
• All “Early-Stage Researchers (ESR)” as defined by the Marie Curie Actions under the European Commission.
• Open to all nationalities, however, the ESR needs to work in a European country.

2. Application
To submit an application, please follow the link to: http://www.esof.eu/hub/user_session/new
Sign into the ESOF database and click on “Apply for a Scholarship” at the bottom of your profile page. Follow the application procedure. Special note for Swiss and Switzerland based ESR – If you are a Swiss national or an ESR living and working in Switzerland please select the “ESOF2012 Swiss Early-Stage Researcher” in the online application! Your application will fall under Swiss travel grants. When submitting the application form for travel grants, you agree to the full acceptance of the rules and to the decision taken by the Selection Committee.

The deadline for applications for travel grants is Thursday 10th May 2012.

3. Selection and decision
The eligibility criteria will be based on the curriculum assessment and the applicant’s motivation statement in attending ESOF2012. A decision is taken by the Selection Committee, which is appointed by Euroscience or by the respective national organisation. The Selection Committee will consist of at least one representative from Euroscience, Eurodoc and the MCFA fellowship association. The decision will be communicated by email and the winners will be announced on the following websites www.esof.eu and www.euroscience.org.

4. Obligations of grantees
a) Grantees must confirm by email to office@euroscience.org that they accept the travel grant.
b) Once ESOF2012 has ended, grantees must fill in the travel grant evaluation form that will be available on the Euroscience pages. The questionnaire will include basic questions about the assessment and development of ESOF2012. It should be submitted before 31st August 2012.
c) Grantees can also be asked to do a photo/video report of their stay.
d) The travel and accommodation expenses concerning the ESOF2012 “European Early-Stage Researchers” will be reimbursed by Euroscience on presentation of receipts up to a maximum total of 800€ each.
e) The travel and accommodation expenses concerning the “ESOF2012 Swiss Early-Stage Researchers” will be reimbursed by the Embassy of Switzerland in Ireland on presentation of receipts up to a maximum total of 800€ each.

5. Information
For any further information, please contact the Euroscience Office at office@euroscience.org, or by telephone +33 (0)3 88 24 11 50.

 

TUCS GP travel report: HICSS 2012 by Sonja Leskinen

Full name of the event: 2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
Place and date: Maui, Hawaii, USA. January 4-7 2012
Type of event: Conference and a one day workshop

My article:
• Title of paper: Veterinarian Work, Enhanced by Mobile Technology – An Empirical Study.
• Authors: Sonja Leskinen

The scientific profile of the event: This conference had a very broad spectrum of topics within IS and mobile technology. The main tracks were everything from Collaboration Systems and technology, knowledge systems, e-government to decision technology, Mobile Technologies and service Science. These main tracks were divided into many minitracks. Simultaneously there could be 19 sessions in different conference rooms.

Opinion on the best paper and its topic: I attended mostly the healthcare tracks, since I felt that I could learn most from these presentations, for my own research. The healthcare track seemed to have many American researchers, which was interesting, since USA has a very different healthcare system than what we have here in Europe. In USA the IS solutions presented were mostly concentrating on support for private nursing homes, private healthcare chains and maintenance of good health. The researches were also often funded by private healthcare companies. In Finland, and whole EU we are trying to get a one unified healthcare IS solution, since we rely much on public healthcare. In the US, private companies want to ensure that the customer comes back to their care, and does not switch to a competing healthcare company. The IS solutions therefore depended much on the fact that all the patient’s healthcare records are in one place and therefore the IS solutions also worked for both the company’s and the patient’s benefit. In my opinion the best paper, in view of my research was Strum Rahmans presentation of the paper “Public health informatics: Increasing use and access”.

Number of participants: Approx 1000 people were registered to the conference.

Social events: Every evening there was some sort of social event on the hotel lawn. The largest was naturally the Luau dinner and show January 3rd.

Touristic impressions: The conference venue was very nice. I stayed at the same hotel where the conference was. The hotel was rather expensive, but luckily we had special conference prices for the rooms. I went after the conference on fishing trip with some Aalto university people (both students & professors) we had a lot of fun, and I actually caught a large fish (15 kg). I believe that the Aalto university people will be very good professional contacts, and super fun friends!

 

TUCS GP travel report: GameOn Asia 2012 by Sami Hyrynsalmi

Full name of the event: GameOn Asia 2012
Place and date: Kyoto, Japan. February 24–26, 2012
Type of event: Conference

My article:
• Title of paper: Towards Usability Heuristics for Games Utilizing Speech Recognition
• Authors: A. Halonen, S. Hyrynsalmi, K. Kimppa, T. Knuutila, J. Smed & H. Hakonen

The scientific profile of the event: GameOn Asia is a part of larger GameOn conference series containing usually four congerences each year. The conference series focus, well, on the computer games and simulation. This year`s core tracks in Asia`s conference were AI, Game Development Methodology and Physics & Simulation. One of the peripheral tracks that attracted us was voice interaction in the Games.

Opinion on the best paper and its topic: The best paper describes a method of simulating facial expressions "mathematically". The results are saliently realistic.

Number of participants: The conference was rather small, but the exact number of participants is hard to estimate. Let`s guess a few dozen.

Social events: The conference dinner was held in a nice Japanese restaurant near the university`s main campus. The conference participants also visited the International Manga Museum.

Touristic impressions: The conference was held in the university`s campus area. However, Kyoto is a nice city with several UNESCO World Heritage sites. You should definitely visit at least a few of them when visiting Kyoto.

 

TUCS GP travel report: ASP-DAC`12 by Amir-Mohammad Rahmani

Full name of the event: IEEE/ACM International Asia and South PAcific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC`12)
Place and date: Sydney, Australia, Jan. 30 – Feb. 2, 2012
Type of event: Conference

My article:
• Title of paper: ARB-NET: A Novel Adaptive Monitoring Platform for Stacked Mesh 3D NoC Architectures
• Authors: Amir-Mohammad Rahmani, Khalid Latif, Kameswar Rao Vaddina, Pasi Liljeberg, Juha Plosila and Hannu Tenhunen

The scientific profile of the event: ASP-DAC 2012 is the seventeenth annual international conference on VLSI design automation in Asia and South Pacific region, one of the most active regions of design and fabrication of silicon chips in the world. The conference aims at providing the Asian and South Pacific CAD/DA and Design community with opportunities of presenting recent advances and with forums for future directions in technologies related to Electronic Design Automation (EDA). The format of the meeting intends to cultivate and promote an instructive and productive interchange of ideas among EDA researchers/developers and system/circuit/device designers.

Opinion on the best paper and its topic: The first keynote speech presented by Professor Giovanni De Micheli. The presentation topic was “Engineering Complex Systems for Health, Security and the Environment”.

Number of participants: Approximately more than 200 people.

Social events: There was a special dinner cruise on Feb. 1st. we gathered outside the Main Entrance of the convention centre. The group then moved around Darling Harbour to board the Starship Sydney.

Touristic impressions: Australia’s leading business events venue, the Sydney Convention and exhibition Centre, is superbly located on the Darling Harbour waterfront, adjacent to the bustling Sydney central business district. The Centre comprises three major buildings: Convention Centre Bayside, Convention Centre Parkside and the Exhibition Centre. The perfect venue for meetings, conferences, exhibitions and special events, the Centre offers over 30 flexible meeting rooms, ranging from smaller spaces suitable for events for up to 50 people, to an auditorium accommodating 3,500. It also features six exhibition halls and offers a total exhibition space of 30,000 square meters.

A thriving precinct on the edge of Sydney’s central business district, Darling Harbour is home to some of Australia’s most significant tourist attractions as well as a myriad of restaurants and shops, all attuned to the interests and needs of conference delegates and visitors. Many of the city’s vibrant public festivals and events are held in Darling Harbour, which features beautiful parks and a series of major sculptures. Darling Harbour is also incorporated into some of the Centre’s major events, most notably the Sydney International Boat Show which extends into the Cockle Bay Marina.

 

TUCS GP travel report: Outstanding challenges in Combinatorics on Words by Aleksi Saarela

Full name of the event: Outstanding Challenges in Combinatorics on Words
Place and date: Banff, 19.–24.2.2012
Type of event: Workshop

The scientific profile of the event: The workshop focused on combinatorics on words. Inside this topic, there were a wide range of subtopics. In addition to the usual talks on published work, there were also presentations on works in progress and open problems and informal discussions.

Opinion on the best paper and its topic: It’s difficult to name a best presentation. I state one close to my own area, “Arithmetization of words and related problems” by Matiyasevich.

Number of participants: 42

Social events: Curling excursion at Banff Curling Club.

Touristic impressions: The conference and accommodation were at the Banff Centre, a short distance from the rather small town of Banff. The schedule was quite full and there weren’t many distractions, but the mountainous views all around us were breathtaking. Before the return flight, there was time to see more of the nature around Banff.

 

TUCS GP travel report: LATA 2012 by Mikhail Barash

Full name of the event: Language and Automata Theory and Applications – 6th International Conference, LATA 2012
Place and date: A Coruña, Spain, 5.–9.3.2012
Type of event: Conference with refereed proceedings

My article:
• Title of paper: Defining Contexts in Context-Free Grammars
• Authors: Mikhail Barash, Alexander Okhotin

The scientific profile of the event: The conference was held for the sixth time this year and covered a rather wide variation of topics on formal languages, automata theory and cellular automata. Several invited tutorials and talks (devoted to the very foundations of theoretical computer science) were given.

Opinion on the best paper and its topic: In my opinion, one of the most interesting talks were given by Eric Rowland on k-automatic sets of rational numbers and by Gilles Dowek who has given a tutorial on the physical Church-Turing thesis; the tutorial was dedicated to Turing Centenary this year.

Number of participants: 63 persons attended the conference

Social events: A guided tour around the Galician city of A Coruña was held during one of the evenings.

Touristic impressions: A Coruña is a rather nice city located at the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The conference was held in the beginning of March, but the weather was really summer one.

 

New ÅAU course: Special course in CS

Special course in CS: Introduction to mechanized reasoning with Isabelle/HOL - 5cp.

Lectures: Viorel Preoteasa and Ralph-Johan Back
Exercises: Charmi Panchal

Description: Higher order logic is the preferred logical framework when specifying and analyzing complex hardware and software systems. Isabelle/HOL provides a state-of-the-art industrial strength environment for higher order logic. The course will present the basic ideas of higher order logic, together with hands-on experience in using Isabelle/HOL in practical case studies, ranging from basic logic and mathematics, functional programming, and reasoning about imperative programs.

Course web page: http://users.abo.fi/vpreotea/isabelle-2012
Credits: 5 sp

Background requirements: Some basic course in logic. Familiarity with and basic understanding of logical and mathematical notation is assumed. Basic knowledge of some functional programming is useful, but not required.

Intended audience: Master and Ph.D. students, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Mathematics.

Working methods: Lectures, home exercises, small project

Literature: The tutorial on Isabelle/HOL from here, as well as the presentations which will be made available after every lecture.

Software: Isabelle/HOL theorem prover. It can be downloaded from here and it is available for Linux, Windows, and OS X.

Time:
Lectures: Thursdays 14 - 17, in Catberth B3028, 8 times, first time April 12.
Exercises: Wednesdays 13 - 15, in Catberth B3028, 7 times, first time April 18

 

Courses on transferable skills at University of Turku

Continuous seminars & courses

First Article Language Checking Service
Time: 1.3.-31.12.2012
Target group: PhD students at the University of Turku working on their first article for publication (in English)
Organizers: The University of Turku Language Centre and UTUGS
http://www.utu.fi/tutkimus/tutkijakoulu/LanguageChecking.html

Life after PhD - Seminars in the Spring 2012 - nb! updated programme
Time & Place : 30.1., 5.3., 2.4. and 7.5.2012 (for details, see the programme)
Target group: PhD students, supervisors, other researchers and those interested in the topic
Further information: eeva.sievi(at)utu.fi
Organizer: UTUGS
eRegistration for the seminar on March 5, 2012 (registration deadline Feb 27, 2012)
eRegistration for the seminar on April 2, 2012 (registration deadline March 23, 2012)
eRegistration for the seminar on May 7, 2012 (registration deadline April 27, 2012)
http://www.utu.fi/tutkimus/tutkijakoulu/LifeAfterPhD_S2012www.pdf

Frontiers of Science Seminars
Time: on Thursdays at 12.00
Place: Mauno Koivisto Centre auditorium, BioCity (Tykistökatu 6, Turku)
Organizers: Biomaterials Research, Centre for Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, Diagnostic Technologies and Applications, Receptor Program, Systems Biology Program, Program for Infection Biology and Infectious Diseases, Doctoral Programmes participating in Turku BioNet
http://www.biocity.turku.fi/index.php?id=2042

Tieteen popularisointi – näin kerron tutkimuksestani (1 op)
Tohtorikoulutettava kirjoittaa väitöskirjatutkimuksestaan lyhyen (max. 4500 merkkiä) ja yleistajuisen jutun, luetuttaa tekstin ensin ohjaajallaan ja jatkaa tekstin työstämistä Suomen Akatemian tiedottajan Risto Alatarvaan kanssa. Valmis juttu julkaistaan Suomen Akatemian Tietysti.fi-sivustolla.
Järjestäjä: UTUGS ja Suomen Akatemia
Lisätietoja: Eeva Sievi (eeva.sievi-at-utu.fi, 040-1612970) ja Risto Alatarvas (risto.alatarvas-at-aka.fi, 040-828 0648)

APRIL

Tiedonlähteet hallintaan (1 op) - nb! will be organized in English in the Fall 2012
Aika: keskiviikkoisin klo 13.15-16.00 alkaen 18.4.2012 (5 kertaa)
Paikka: määräytyy ilmoittautumisten mukaan; ilmoitetaan myöhemmin
Kohderyhmä: tohtorikoulutettavat ja muut tutkijat
Ilmoittautuminen: http://www.webropolsurveys.com/Answer/SurveyParticipation.aspx?SDID=Fin429355&SID=9ea36d0d-a06c-4203-8d3d-db4bca22aab1&dy=2037983058
13.4.2012 mennessä
Kouluttaja: TY:n kirjaston informaatikot
Lisätietoja: johtava informaatikko Leena Järveläinen (leena.jarvelainen-at-utu.fi)
Järjestäjä: UTUGS ja TY:n kirjasto
http://www.utu.fi/tutkimus/tutkijakoulu/Tiedonlahteet.html

MAY

Web 2.0 tutkijan apuna – tiedeblogit ja muut?
Aika: 21.5.2012 klo 12:15-15:45
Paikka: ATK-luokka Verstas
Ilmoittautuminen: www-ilmoittautumislomakkeella huhtikuussa - max. 20 osallistujaa (ks. kurssilinkki)
Ennakkotehtävä: ks. kurssilinkki
Lisätietoja: Sari Iinattiniemi (sariin-at-utu.fi) ja Solja Niemelä (solja.niemela-at-utu.fi)
http://www.med.utu.fi/tutkijalinjat/kliininen/kurssitarjontaa/yhteisomedia.html

Excelin perusteet
Aika: 11.5.2012 klo 8.30-10.00
Paikka: Turun kauppakorkeakoulu (Rehtorinpellontie 3, T57 kampuskartassa), atk1-luokka
Ilmoittautuminen: 2.5.2012 mennessä www-ilmoittautumislomakkeella
Kohderyhmä: tohtorikoulutettavat ja muut tutkijat (max. 24 osallistujaa)
Kouluttaja: Lehtori Timo Leino, Turun kauppakorkeakoulu
Järjestäjä: UTUGS
http://www.utu.fi/tutkimus/tutkijakoulu/Excel_perusteet.html

Excel suunnittelulaskelmien laatimisessa ja tiedon analysoinnissa
Aika: 16.5.2012 klo 8.30-10.00 (osa 1) ja 10.15-11.45 (osa 2)
Paikka: Turun kauppakorkeakoulu (Rehtorinpellontie 3, T57 kampuskartassa), atk1-luokka
Ilmoittautuminen: 2.5.2012 mennssä www-ilmoittautumislomakkeella
Kohderyhmä: tohtorikoulutettavat ja muut tutkijat (max. 24 osallistujaa)
Kouluttaja: Lehtori Timo Leino, Turun kauppakorkeakoulu
Järjestäjä: UTUGS
http://www.utu.fi/tutkimus/tutkijakoulu/ExcelAnalysointi.html

Statistics Workshop (1 ECTS)
Time: 23.-24.5.2012 at 10-16
Place: Pub 5 (Publicum, Assistentinkatu 7, University of Turku)
Registration: not open yet
Responsible Lecturer: Timo RuusuvirtaLecturers: Prof. Todd Little, University of California at Riverside
Organizer: DOPSY
http://www.dopsy.fi/assets/files/pdf/Kurssit%202012/Statistics%20Workshop%20-ohjelma.pdf

 

From capital of culture to capital of science: Biocity Turku, April 11-12

Biocity is organizing an international workshop called “From capital of culture to capital of science”, to take place April 11-12. The program can be found at http://www.biocity.turku.fi/index.php?id=2048.

 

New developments on the TUCS web site at http://tucs.fi

There is now a Google Custom Search available for the TUCS web site. The search page is linked at the front page, on the top right part of the page. Direct address is http://tucs.fi/search/. While testing the search tool, we were happy to see that the TUCS Publication Database is extensively in Google’s search database. This means, that not only the articles can be sought also with the Google Custom Search on our page, but also the articles do come up in global Google searches. This shows also in our Google Analytics results, where Google is the greatest single source of visitors to TUCS web site, and publication detail pages are the second most popular landing place.

Google Analytics also shows that we have been successful in attracting visitors to our site through Facebook. The education/TUCS GP pages have clearly increased their popularity last month with the TUCS GP application round. The Publication Database is clearly our most popular public service and the TUCS course listing is actively used too. Clear increase in the popularity of our web site and our Facebook page are visible all around the statistics.

The publication detail pages are now improved, so that the page title also contains the title of the publication. This will help with the way Google currently shows almost all search hits to publication detail pages with the title “TUCS” and more detail only in the few short lines below it. In the future the paper title will show in the search hit title, as long as Google keeps using the page title there.

The TUCS GP Alumni and Student lists are now sortable by defense and by admission year, respectively. It is also possible to filter the search by the TUCS Department.

We have been happy to receive and publish the first Travel Reports by TUCS GP Students, included also in this newsletter. These reports have been published on the TUCS Facebook Page, as well as on the TUCS News and Events feed, where you can find them at http://tucs.fi/news/. The template for the travel reports is downloadable among other document templates at http://tucs.fi/education/information-students/document-templates/.

As well as the travel reports, we welcome all news and event announcements relevant to TUCS. You can either post them to the TUCS News mailing list at tucsnews@utu.fi, or approach Tomi Mäntylä (bgt@it.utu.fi) for promoting them on the TUCS website and in this newsletter series. We strongly prefer all announcements to be in English.

 

Bulletin of EATCS - latest issue

The latest issues of the Bulletin of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science is now available at http://www.eatcs.org/images/bulletin/beatcs106.pdf

 

ERCIM News - latest issue

The latest issue of the the ERCIM (The European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics) News is now available at http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/.

 

Open jobs at University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University

University of Turku: http://www.utu.fi/ajankohtaista/avoimet/

Åbo Akademi University: https://www.abo.fi/personal/rekrytering

 

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