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Doctoral Dissertation, Jan-Erik Ekberg, Friday 24th of May

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Lic.Sc. (Tech.) Jan-Erik Ekberg will defend the dissertation “Securing Software Architectures for Trusted Processor Environments” on 24 May 2013 in lecture hall T2, Konemiehentie 2, Espoo. The dissertation examines how secure hardware fundaments in contemporary mobile processors can be used to implement trusted execution environments for the benefit of applications and end-user services. More information: http://sci.aalto.fi/en/current/events/vaitos_ekberg_jan_erik/

Doctoral Dissertation, Hannu Peltola, Friday 10th of May

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The following Doctoral Dissertation will be held (in Finnish) on Friday 10th of May at 12 noon in Hall T2: Hannu Peltola: Towards Faster String Matching Opponent: Ph.D. Juha Kärkkäinen, University of Helsinki Supervisor: Professor Jorma Tarhio, Aalto University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. M.Sc. Hannu Peltola will defend the dissertation “Towards Faster String Matching” on 10th of May. Exact string matching is a much studied and popular problem. The task is to find the occurrences of a string pattern in a long text. We introduce several new algorithms for online exact string matching and study their experimental performance … Read more

Doctoral Dissertation, Mikael Johnson, Friday 15th of March

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The following Doctoral Dissertation will be held on Friday 15th of March at 12:00 am in Hall AS1. Mikael Johnson: How Social Media Changes User-Centred Design Opponent: Prof. Jan Gulliksen, KTH, Sweden Supervisor: Prof. Marko Nieminen, Aalto University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Social media changes the game for user involvement in service design. Active user communities, fast paced iterative development, digital trails, peer production, and low-cost software distribution are well known facets that bring substantial changes. The question is, have the most important user involvement approaches—user-centred and participatory design as well as lead-user involvement—kept up with the changes, … Read more

Doctoral Dissertation, Ahmad Taherkhani, Friday 8th of March

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Ahmad Taherkhani: Automatic Algorithm Recognition Based on Programming Schemas and Beacons: A Supervised Machine Learning Classification Approach Opponent: Professor Tapio Salakoski, University of Turu Supervisor: Professor Lauri Malmi, Aalto University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Lic.Sc.(Tech.) Ahmad Taherkhani will defend the dissertation “Automatic Algorithm Recognition Based on Programming Schemas and Beacons: A Supervised Machine Learning Classification Approach” on 8th March 2013 at 12 am in Hall T2. This dissertation introduces the techniques developed for automatic algorithm recognition and discusses the empirical studies conducted for evaluating the performance of the techniques. The techniques can be used, for example, in automatic … Read more

Doctoral Dissertation, Pin Nie, Friday 1st February

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Location: Lecture hall T2, Konemiehentie 2, 02150, Espoo, FI M.Sc. (Tech.) Pin Nie will defend the dissertation “Multifaceted Optimization of Energy Efficiency for Stationary WSN Applications” on 1 February 2013 in lecture hall T2, Konemiehentie 2, Espoo. This dissertation investigates energy constraint in stationary wireless sensor network (S-WSN) applications, and presents our comprehensive solution to improve energy efficiency with multiple techniques. Opponent: Professor Thomas Peter Plagemann, University of Oslo, Norway Supervising Professor: Professor Antti Ylä-Jääski, Aalto University School of Science, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Electronic dissertation: http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss

ACIO research program gets nearly two million euros multi-year funding

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Doctoral Dissertation, Yrjö Raivio, Friday 18th January

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Location: Lecture hall T2, Konemiehentie 2, 02150, Espoo, FI Lic.Sc. (Tech.) Yrjö Raivio will defend the dissertation “Techno-Economic Analysis of Novel Opportunities for Mobile Networks – Open Innovation and Cloud Computing” on 18 January 2013 in lecture hall T2, Konemiehentie 2, Espoo. This dissertation examines how two complementary approaches, open innovation and cloud computing, can enhance mobile networks and create novel business models to operators. Opponent: Professor Jan Bosch, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Supervising Professor: Professor Antti Ylä-Jääski, Aalto University School of Science, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Electronic dissertation: http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss

Open position: Postdoctoral researcher

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Aalto University is a new university with over a century of experience. Created from a high-profile merger between three leading universities in Finland – the Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki University of Technology and the University of Art and Design Helsinki – Aalto University opens up new possibilities for strong multidisciplinary education and research. The university has 20 000 students and a staff of 5 000 including 350 professors. School of Science, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering is presently looking for POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER Postdoctoral Researcher will work in the research project of Adaptive and Complex Informatics Organization (ACIO). … Read more

Open positions: Two doctoral candidates

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Aalto University is a new university with over a century of experience. Created from a high-profile merger between three leading universities in Finland – the Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki University of Technology and the University of Art and Design Helsinki – Aalto University opens up new possibilities for strong multidisciplinary education and research. The university has 20 000 students and a staff of 5 000 including 350 professors. School of Science, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering is presently looking for TWO DOCTORAL CANDIDATES Doctoral Candidates will work in the research project of Adaptive and Complex Informatics Organization … Read more

Doctoral Dissertation, Antti Kantee, Friday 7th of December

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M.Sc. (Tech.) Antti Kantee will defend the dissertation “Flexible Operating System Internals: The Design and Implementation of the Anykernel and Rump Kernels” on 7 December 2012 in lecture hall T1, Konemiehentie 2, Espoo at 12:00. The dissertation examines improving existing operating system kernels. Claims are verified by constructing a production quality open source implementation.