Check out these shortumentaries about technical studies at the University of Oulu. The videos are aimed at all interested in studying technology at the University of Oulu. They describe the work, study and life lead by students, researchers and alumni. The short clips are easy to share and distribute on social networks. [wc_row][wc_column size=”one-third” position=”first”] First steps What’s the first…
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On 30 October 2015, Ekaterina Gilman has successfully defended her dissertation “Exploring the use of rule-based reasoning in ubiquitous computing applications“, supervised by Professor Jukka Riekki. The PhD thesis was reviewed by Professor Claudio Bettini (University of Milan) and Professor Tommi Mikkonen (Tampere University of Technology). Professor Arkady Zaslavsky (CSIRO, Australia) served as the opponent in the doctoral defense. Context…
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The University of Oulu’s FabLab (Fabrication Laboratory), the largest in Finland and amongst the largest in Europe, was officially opened on October 30th 2015. The state-of the-art €900,000 facility spans more than 280 m2 and is packed with tools that can bring any idea to life. These tools include: 3D printers that can be used to turn a 3D model into a physical object.…
Continue ReadingCongratulations to Jorge Goncalves who defended his PhD on August 14, 2015. His opponent was Albrecht Schmidt (University of Stuttgart) and his pre-examiners Niki Kittur (Carnegie Mellon University) and Panos Ipeirotis (New York University). Jorge’s thesis was entitled Situated Crowdsourcing: Feasibility, Performance and Behaviours. You can read more about his thesis in this post. Photo: Taken shortly after Jorge’s defense with his opponent. From left: Albrecht Schmidt,…
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