Studying

These pages contain information that is particular to The Center of Ubiquitous Computing. General information about studying Computer Science in our faculty can be found from the faculty pages. This information includes things like practical training, so make sure to check these pages if you have any uncertainties about your degree requirements.

Courses

The courses provided by UBICOMP personnel are listed below. Most courses are taught in English or available in English, except Elementary Programming.

MSc level courses

Code	Title	Instructor	Credits	Period
BSc level courses
521040A	3D Virtual Environments and Applications	Matti Pouke	5	4
521041A	Applied Computing Project I (ACP1)	Timo Ojala	8	3-4
521286A	Computer Systems	Iván Sánchez Milara	8	1-2
521141P	Elementary Programming	Mika Oja	5	1-2
521145A	Human-Computer Interaction	Simo Hosio	5	2
521293A	Introduction to XR Systems	Anna LaValle	5	3
521046A	Mobile Computing	Aku Visuri	5	3
521159P	Principles of Digital Fabrication	Georgi Georgiev	5	4
521152S	Applied Computing Project II (ACP2)	Timo Ojala	10	1-4
521283S	Big Data Processing and Applications	Ekaterina Gilman	5	4
521042S	Creative Design	Georgi Georgiev	5	1
521290S	Distributed Systems	Abhishek Kumar	5	3
521292S	Fundamentals of Sensing, Tracking and Autonomy (part I)	Steven LaValle	5	3-4
521149S	Fundamentals of Sensing, Tracking and Autonomy (part II)	Steven LaValle	5	2
521043S	Internet of Things	Abhishek Kumar	5	2
521260S	Programmable Web Project	Ivan Sanchez & Mika Oja	5	3-4
5212489S	Research Work on Information Processing	Timo Ojala	8	1-4
521044A	Social Computing	Simo Hosio	5	1
521154S	UBISS – International UBI Summer School	Timo Ojala	5	summer
521291S	VR Systems and Humans	Anna LaValle	5	2
Special Courses in Information Technology
521149S	Data-Driven Decision Making for Smart Cities and Businesses	Panos Kostakos	5	4

Thesis Topics and Supervisors

- Mobile/Smartwatch Instrumentation, Human-Computer Interaction. Contact: Denzil Ferreira
  human-computer interaction, mobile computing, ubiquitous computing, pervasive computing, context-awareness, mobile instrumentation (Only in English)

- Creative Design. Contact: Georgi Georgiev
  Design creativity and design thinking topics, especially related to 3D fabrication, prototyping, and process of idea generation. (Only in English)

- Context-Awareness. Contact: Ekaterina Gilman
  Ubiquitous computing, context-awareness, context modelling and reasoning, intelligent transportation systems (data management and analysis, applications). (Only in English)

- Crowdsourcing Systems. Contact: Simo Hosio
  Crowdsourcing, decision-making, public displays, digital advertising, human computer interaction.

- Cybersecurity, Command & Control, Mixed Reality Contact: Panos Kostakos
  Cybersecurity, information security, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS/IPS), SIEM, EDR, Ethical Hacking, Big Data, MLops, SecOps, Immersive security analytics (VR/AR/XR), military and law enforcement applications. (Only in English)

- Embedded Systems. Contact: Abhishek Kumar
  internet of things, edge computing, embedded systems, wireless sensor networks, mobile computing, REST, distributed systems. (Only in English)

- Ubiquitous Computing. Contact: Abhishek Kumar
  ubiquitous computing, mobile computing, Internet of Things, crowdsensing, data analysis and applied machine learning, recommendation systems. (Only in English)

- Data Science. Contact: Susanna Pirttikangas
  situation awareness, context-aware computing, machine learning, pattern recognition, biometric identification, big data, open data, data mining, visual data mining, sensor signal processing, data analysis, internet of things, modelling user context and routines, activity reconition, gesture recognition, context-aware applications, sentient artefacts, intelligent transport. (Finnish and English)

- Virtual and Mixed Reality. Contact: Matti Pouke
  Virtual reality, mixed reality, web and native virtual environments, virtual cities, virtual tourism, information visualization, smart living environments.

- Robotics, Machine Learning and Virtual Reality. Contact: Markku Suomalainen
  Mobile robotics, robotic assembly, compliant and shared control, robot teleoperation, telepresence, human-robot interaction, learning from human demonstration, reinforcement learning, virtual reality, cybersickness.

- Interactive Spaces. Contact: Jukka Riekki
  Topics in the domain of interactive spaces and internet of things that do not fit into any previously mentioned areas of expertise.

- Ubiquitous Computing Systems. Contact: Timo Ojala
  Topics in ubiquitous computing, mobile and distributed systems that do not fit into any previously mentioned areas of expertise.

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BSc. Thesis Templates and Forms

MSc. Thesis Templates and Forms