University of Helsinki Department of Computer Science
 

Department of Computer Science

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Graduate schools

A great part of the PhD students belong to some graduate school. The graduate schools organise PhD courses, and offer some positions for full-time PhD researchers. The department participates in four PhD schools and a large network of research schools. The graduate schools have their own admission processes so please see the web page of the schools on how to apply.

Helsinki Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering: Hecse

The Helsinki Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering (Hecse) is a PhD programme in computer science and engineering jointly offered by the Aalto University and the University of Helsinki.

Research fields: Algorithms, Structures and Complexity; Pattern Analysis and Intelligent Systems; System Software

Director: Professor Hannu Toivonen
Coordinator: Research Coordinator Greger Lindén
Web page: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/hecse/
Email: hecse-admin@cs.helsinki.fi

Finnish Graduate School in Computational Sciences: FICS

The Finnish Graduate School in Computational Sciences, FICS, is jointly offered by 11 universities in Finland, including the University of Helsinki.

Research fields: Computational Statistics and Information Technology, Numerical and Applied Mathematics, Computational Physics, Computational Biology, Future Computational Sciences (economics, medicine, agriculture, humanities, ecology, neuroscience etc.) .

Director: Professor Samuel Kaski
Coordinator: Ella Bingham
Web page: http://fics.hiit.fi
Email: firstname.lastname@hiit.fi

Note! From 2010 Combi, the Graduate School in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biometry is part of this new school.

Future Internet Graduate School: FIGS

The Future Internet Graduate School, FIGS, is jointly offered by the Aalto University, University of Helsinki and Tampere University of Technology.

Research fields: Future Internet research including economical, social, legal, and behavioural issues.

Director: Professor Martti Mäntylä
Web page: http://figs.hiit.fi
Email: firstname.lastname@hiit.fi

The Graduate School on Software Systems and Engineering (SoSE)

The Graduate School on Software Systems and Engineering (SoSE) is a national PhD programme jointly offered by the University of Helsinki, Aalto University, Tampere University of Technology, the University of Oulu, Åbo Akademi University and the University of Tampere

Research field: software engineering, software processes, software design and architecting, software implementation, software testing, software maintenance, software project management, software quality assurance; information systems, benefits of information technologies, quality of information systems development processes

Director: Professor Kai Koskimies, Tampere University of Technology
Coordinator: Maarit Harsu
Web page: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~sose/
Email: firstname.lastname@tut.fi


Network of Finnish Graduate Schools in Information Technology (Figsit)

The Network of Finnish Graduate Schools in Information Technology (Figsit) is an informal collaboration forum for PhD schools in computer science and information technology around the country. In addition to Hecse, other members are Comas (Jyväskylä), ECSE (Eastern Finland), Infotech (Oulu), TISE (Tampere) and TuCS (Turku).

All the PhD courses are open to network members, and they are announced on a centralized web page. The network arranges an annual international summer school as well as other events for peer support for students and teachers, as well as networking support

Web page: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/figsit/

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