Department of Electrical and Information
Engineering
Timo Rahkonen
17.3.2010
University of Oulu
General
Finnish Universities 2010
• 9 Multidisciplinary Universities
– Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Oulu,
Jyväskylä, Vaasa, Rovaniemi,
Eastern Finland (Kuopio and
Joensuu)
• Universities of Technology
– Helsinki (Aalto)
– Tampere, Lappeenranta
– + UO Faculty of Technology
• Schools of Economics
– Helsinki (Hanken + Aalto)
– Turku
– + UO Faculty of Economics and
Business Administration
• 4 Universities of Art and Design
University of Oulu and Faculty of
Technology
University of Oulu
• Founded 1958
• 6 Faculties
Faculty of Technology
• 5 Departments
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Humanities
Education
Science
Medicine
Economics and Business
Administration
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46 Degree programmes
16 000 Students
3 000 Employees
220 Professors
1 932 Master’s degrees/year
154 Post graduate
Degrees/year
Total funding 219 M€
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Architecture
Electrical and Information
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Process and
Environmental
Engineering
Industrial Engineering and
Management
7 Degree programmes
3800 Students
800 Employees
54 Professors
392 Master’s degrees/year
37 Post graduate
degrees/year
Total funding 43,5 M€
Academic Ranking of World
Universities - 2007
University of Oulu Focus Areas
2010-2012 (New strategy, March
2010)
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Biosciences and health
Information technology
Cultural identity and interaction
Environment, natural resources and materials
+ to be developed
• Business Studies and Economics
• Science-based Education
Changes from Jan 1st, 2010
onwards
• Big changes in legislation and all levels of
administration
• Jan-March have been very hectic
• Most rules are rewritten. Also the rules for
degrees have changed a little
• Layoff negotations going on
• Rather big changes expected in available
services, too
• UO chooses a few intl MSc programs
during 2010 and supports them
Department of Electrical and
Information Engineering (EIE)
General
EIE History
• Founded 1965
– 6 years after the rest of the university
– Original premises were located at old wooden block in the Oulu
city centre
• Department moved to Linnanmaa campus on 1977
• Current premises 2001
• The 1st M.Sc. (Eng) Graduated in 1969
• By 2009 the department has educated
– 2524
– 217
– 147
M.Sc. (Eng)
Lic.Tech.
Dr.Tech.
• Current Amount of Students
– M.Sc. students 2300
– Active post-graduate students 280
EIE Operates in Three of the
University of Oulu Focus Areas
• Information technology (incl. Wireless
communication, CWC)
• Biosciences and health (incl. medical
imaging, measurement technologies, inbody networks)
• Environment, natural resources and
materials (incl. ceramics, nanomaterials,
printed electronics)
EIE Laboratories and Units
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Computer Science and Engineering laboratory
Electronics laboratory
Microelectronics and materials physics laboratories
Optoelectronics and measurement techniques laboratory
Telecommunication laboratory and Centre for Wireless
Communications (CWC)
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Mathematics division
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Workshop
Student affairs
Other administrative services
EIE Personnel 1.1.2009
• Teaching personnel
– Professors (33)
• FiDiPro professors (4)
• Academy professors (1)
– Assistant professors (22)
– Assistants (35)
– Lecturers (5)
• Research personnel (254)
• Other personnel (55)
• Total (405)
EIE Personnel 1.1.2009
Staff (405)
8%
6%
63%
23%
Teaching
Personnel (95)
Research
Personnel (254)
Technical Support
Staff (24)
Administrative
Staff (31)
Costs by Funding Source 2008
Total 24,2 million eur
Budget Funding (7949)
4% 1% 2%
0%
Ministry of Education
(124)
Services (2663)
6%
33%
43%
11%
0%
Cooperative Funding
(10344)
Academy of Finland
(1407)
State Employment
Funds (7)
Referrals
Donations (195)
Overhead Costs (450)
Internationalisation
• International researchers
– 73, Represent 28 nationalities
• Exchange students 2008
– Incoming 83
– Outgoing 17
• 1 International master’s degree programme (WCE)
• 1 International doctoral study programme (CWC)
• Plenty of research cooperation around the world
Department of Electrical and
Information Engineering
Education
EIE Education/ Basic Degrees
• Degrees are structured according to the Bologna
Process
– Bachelor of Science (3 years, 180 ECTS)
– Master of Science in engineering ( +2 years, 120 ECTS)
– Doctor of Technology (+4 years, 60 ECTS)
• 1 year = 60 ects = 1600 hours of work
• 1 ECTS = 27 hrs work, avg. course is 5 ects (130 h
= 30h lectures, 20 h excersises, 50% at home)
• Terms Sept 1 – Dec 15, Jan 7 - May 8
• No tuition fee for EU students, others can be
charged (and probably will be in intl. programs)
A typical course (5 ects)
• Lectures tot. 30h, 2h/week
– Given by a professor
• Excersices 20h, 2h/week
– Given by teaching assistant
• Small design task / lab work (avg 20h)
– E.g. synthesis & simulation of an analog filter
• 50-70h contact teaching, equal amount
independent work (tot 5x27h = 130 hr)
• Duration 10-15 weeks
EIE Degree Programmes
• B.Sc & M.Sc.(Eng) degree programmes
– Electrial engineering (annual intake of 100 students)
– Information engineering (annual intake of 100
students)
– Mostly in Finnish, exams can be taken in English
• International master’s degree programme
– Master’s Degree Programme in Wireless
Communications Engineering, WCE (annual intake
of 20 students from 2010 onwards)
Degree Programmes &
specialisation
• Electrical engineering
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Electronics
Embedded Systems
Microsystems & applied electronics
Telecommunications
• Information engineering
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Embedded Systems & SW,
Intelligent systems
Signal processing
Information networks & mobile applications,
Structure of MSc studies (2 yrs,
120 ects)
• Major (40 ects, ca. 8 courses)
– 4..5 choices per degree programme
• Advanced courses (30 ects)
– Deepens the major
• Minor courses (20 ects)
– Basic’s of another topic
• 3 month trainee period in a company/res. group
• MSc thesis (30 ects)
– Supervised by UO Professor
Double degrees status
• Currently DD agreements only at PhD level
– 60 ects studies needed
– Monograph or bunch of publications (1-2 journal, 4-8
conference) + summary
– Preview of thesis w/ external reviewers
– Public defence w/ outside reviewers
Double MSc degree constraints
• No agreements yet
• 60 ects of advanced courses needed
• The student needs to be accepted as a UO
student to get a degree
• Ca 50% courses is expected to be done in UO
• The easiest way:
– MSc thesis
– Ca. 5 adv. Courses, worth ca 30 ects
WCE MSc program status
• Application period ended Feb 2, 2010
• Requirement of BSc causes skip year & outrules
many applicants
• Ca 60 complete, 20 somewhat incomplete, and
100 late or incomplete applications
• Applications sorted by 5 TA + vice head of EIE
• Accepted 41 students (sorted by 0-20 pts based
on grades, math, orientation, BSc thesis, ...)
• + total 5 students to El. Eng and Inf. Eng
EIE Education/Doctoral Studies
• Degrees are structured according to the Bologna Process
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Lic.Tech and Dr.Tech Degrees (+4 years, 60 ECTS +
dissertation)
• Department organises post graduate courses on its own
• Graduate Schools
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Infotech Oulu Graduate School
CWC International Doctoral Study Programme
National graduate schools, ie. GETA and IBioMEP
7 smaller graduate schools
Annual Student Intake by M.Sc.
Degree Programme
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Information
Networks
Telecommunicatio
n Engineering
Electronics
Engineering
Information
Engineering
Electrical
Engineering
Annual M.Sc. Degrees by Degree
Programmes
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Information Networks
Electronics
Engineering
Telecommunication
Engineering
Information
Engineering
Electrical Engineering
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Post Graduate Degrees
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Dr.Tech.
Lic.Tech.
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Employment
• The EIE graduates’ employability is excellent
• Year 2007
Degree
Total number
– M.Sc. Electrical Eng.
383
– M.Sc. Information Eng.
253
– Dr.Tech. Electrical Eng.
50
– Dr. Tech. Information Eng.
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Employed (%) Unemployed(%)
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Department of Electrical and
Information Engineering
Research
Research Strategy
• Strong basic research combined with applied
research
• Tight cooperation with the research partners in
industry, research organisations and other
universities
• Post graduate studies and research are
interconnected
Research focus areas
• Wireless communications, radio
engineering, communication networks
• Electronics
• Electronics materials, nanotechnology
• Photonics
• Intelligent systems
• Machine vision
• Ubiquitous computing
• Wellness technology
EIE Research Environment
• Most of the research groups function within the laboratories
– Groups choose their research areas independently
– Largest research grop has approx. 100 staff members (CWC)
• The majority of the research functions are gathered around
Infotech groups
– Infotech Oulu research centre
• Umbrella organisation for 5+3 research groups
• The groups are chosen according to an external evaluation after
every 4 years
• Has its own doctoral school
• Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC)
– Functions outside the university budget funding
– Own international graduate school
Typical research funding
• TEKES, Academy of Finland and EU all
use total cost model
• Budget = salaries (10.5/12 months) x 1.5
x 1.89 ~ 3 x salaries
• For that, typically 75 % funding is possible
• Some own or industrial funding is usually
needed
EIE research groups in Infotech Oulu
2010-2013
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Circuits and Systems Group - CAS
Intelligent Systems Group - ISG
Machine Vision Group - MVG
MediaTeam Oulu
Wireless Communication Systems Research Group - WICS
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Biomedical Engineering Research Group - BME
Electronic Materials, Packaging and Reliability Techniques - EMPART
Human Interaction with Advanced Mobile Services and Intelligent
Environments
Publications (2008)
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Scientifical
Others
Publications (2008)
Total
University of Oulu Research
Assessment Exercise 2007
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Altogether, EIE reached the grade very good (5/7)
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Grade excellent (6/7) was reached by the following laboratories:
– Electronics laboratory
– Microelectronics and materials physics laboratories
– Telecommunication laboratory and Centre for Wireless
Communications (CWC)
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The following groups reached the grade excellent in the focus area
evaluation in Information Technology and Wireless
Communications
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CAS, Circuits and Systems Group
EMPART, Electronics Materials, Packaging and Reliability Techniques
MVG, Machine Vision Group
OPME, Optoelectronics and Measurement Unit
WCS, Wireless Communication Systems
Spin-Out –companies (old and new)
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Polar Electro
Noptel
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Hantro Products
Jutel
Intopii
Neagen
Sensinode
NuhaLaboratorio-NoseMedical
Heart Signal
Digia
Codenomicon
Clarified Networks
Atomia
Nelilab
Aidox
Laserprobe
Visidon
Heart rate monitors
Optoelectronics measurement
instruments
MPEG video codecs
FM broadcast systems
Intelligent systems
Medical imaging
Wireless sensors
Breathing resistance measurements
Measuring heart rate fluctuations
Wireless business SW
SW vulnerability testing
Network traffic analysis
Embedded systems
Data mining
Antennas
IC repairs
Machine vision
More information
Useful links - education
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Department of Electrical and Information Engineering
– Front Page
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/En/
– University of Oulu
http://www.oulu.fi/english/
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WCE
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/En/Admissions/Masters /
Course descriptions
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/En/Students/CoursesAndExams
University of Oulu admission pages
http://www.degree.oulu.fi/
Faculty of Technology
http://www.ttk.oulu.fi/English/
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Useful links - research
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Department of Electrical and Information Engineering
– Front Page
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/En/
– Research
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/En/Research
Infotech Oulu
http://www.infotech.oulu.fi/
Research assessment exercise
http://ntsat.oulu.fi/rae2007/s/reports.html
University of Oulu
http://www.oulu.fi/english/
Faculty of Technology
http://www.ttk.oulu.fi/English/