The University of Oulu’s Center for Ubiquitous Computing has been awarded the prestigious Academy of Finland Research Fellow (2018-2023) to provide objective measures for identifying depression and systematically track its course over time. “The goal is to create a novel approach for identifying anomalous human behavior based on systematic behavioral tracking capturing daily data from a patient’s smartphones and other…
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Human creativity generates novel ideas to solve real-world problems. This thereby grants us the power to transform the surrounding world and extend our human attributes beyond what is currently possible. Creative ideas are not just new and unexpected, but are also successful in providing solutions that are useful, efficient and valuable. Thus, creativity optimizes the use of available resources and…
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The Center for Ubiquitous Computing (https://ubicomp.oulu.fi) is recruiting 2 part-time Research Assistants to work on Academy of Finland project STOP. DescriptionThe positions are available at the Center for Ubiquitous Computing at the University of Oulu (https://ubicomp.oulu.fi), and the successful candidates will work within the Community Instrumentation and Awareness Group, under the scope of project STOP (https://ubicomp.oulu.fi/stop-sentient-tracking-of-parkinsons-funded-by-the-academy-of-finland-ict-2023-programme/), financed by the Academy of Finland. The research will focus on the development of…
Continue ReadingTo strengthen the collaboration, research and innovation between ”Water Engineering” and ”Ubiquitous Computing” research, three Master of Science thesis are announced. Students will work under joint topic and be member of strong research units at University of Oulu during the thesis process. Each work is funded with a 5000 € grant. The grant is available for students who have not…
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