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,…
Continue ReadingCongratulations to Jayant Venkatanathan who defended his PhD on March 17, 2015. His opponents were Luis Caricco (University of Lisbon) and Jean-Bernard Martens (Eindhoven University of Technology). Jayant’s thesis was entitled Examining the Interplay Between Universal Behavioural Tendencies, Online Social Networks and Social Capital. You can read more about his thesis in this post. Photo: Taken shortly after Jayant’s defense with the members of his jury.…
Continue ReadingCongratulations to Jakob Rogstadius who defended his PhD on January 6, 2015. His opponents were Vincenzo Bollettino (Harvard University) and Rui Jose (University of Minho). Jakob’s thesis was entitled Enhancing Disaster Situational Awareness Through Scalable Curation of Social Media. You can read more about his thesis in this post. Photo: Taken shortly after Jakob’s defense with the members of his jury. From left: Maria…
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