Organizations supporting
education about standardization
CWC International Doctoral Study
Programme at University of Oulu
Dr. Ari Pouttu
http://www.cwc.oulu.fi/home/doctoral.php
The four seasons and Location
In spring nature awakens
Autumn colours
Summers are green and mild
Crispy and snowy winters
160 km south of arctic circle
Key Characteristics
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Project based operation, all funding outside university budget > 40
projects.
Research partners include Tekes, Renesas Mobile, Nokia, Nokia Siemens
Networks, Ericsson, Texas Instruments, Xilinx. Finnish Defence Forces,
European Commission, European Defence Agency, European Space
Agency, Patria, Insta, Elektrobit, Nethawk, Ponsse,…
Annual budget approximately 8 M EUR.
Staff 110, 19 nationalities
All new initiatives funded by own surplus, which is used for
 CWC funded professorships (Currently 8)
 Internal strategic research projects
 Acquisition of high class research equipment
Professional organisation and project management with separated daily
management and scientific management.
CWC Overview
Fundamental Research & Teaching
CWC Overview
CWC Applied Research Arena
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Essentials of the CWC International
Doctoral Study Programme
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Establishment and Funding of CWC DOC
Objectives of CWC DOC
Why to Study in the CWC Doctoral Study Programme?
Research Areas
Staff
Admission
Postgraduate Course Studies 40 cp
Practical Work with Standards
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Establishment and Funding of CWC
DOC
 The first new international professors and students begun
to work within the framework of the CWC International
Doctoral Study Programme on 4 June 2007.
 The programme has received financial support from the
Federation of Finnish Technology Industries in the form of a
grant. In addition, the Finnish Funding Agency for
Technology and Innovation has given indirect support for
the programme through the Finland Distinguished Professor
(FiDiPro) -programme.
 All students receive salary from CWC’s research projects. In
addition, some positions may be partly funded by external
graduate schools, e.g. from Infotech Oulu Graduate School.
 As of 2012 CWC DOC is part of the University of Oulu
Graduate School (UniOGS) http://www.oulu.fi/uniogs/
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Objectives of CWC DOC [1]
 CWC offers a motivating and inspiring working and
studying environment that ensures efficient project work
and consequently the creation of remarkable research
results.
 The CWC International Doctoral Study Programme helps
students to focus on their own research topics with the
support of courses and supervision drawing from
leading edge research in wireless communications.
 Efficient blending of project work and studies is easier
through a well-structured curriculum taking into account
students’ specific requirements.
 Constant project cooperation with other research
organisations and industry will provide students with skills
that are of great value for their future career.
-> the path towards graduation becomes more straightforward.
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Objectives of CWC DOC [2]
 The graduating students possess a highly prized
knowledge base and extensive capabilities in
problem solving that companies will compete for.
 From the very beginning 4-6 students will graduate from
the International Doctoral Study Programme.
 In addition to postgraduate courses, also visiting
lectures, seminars and workshops are organised within
the study programme.
 CWC DOC creates direct value for the surrounding
community by increasing the level of innovativeness and by
creating possibilities for new research directions in
cooperation with existing and new industry.
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Why To Study in the CWC Doctoral
Study Programme?
 Efficient blend of project work and studies focusing on own
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research area
International top-quality research
Industry related real research projects
International conferences – networking
Big research group but close interaction between different
project teams – possibility to learn new
Broad spectrum of courses offered and the possibility to
affect the course offering
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Research Areas
 Signal Processing and Transceiver Design
 Communication and Information Theory
 Wireless Communication Systems and Networks
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Leading Staff
 Professor Latva-aho Matti
 Professor Iinatti Jari
 Professor Juntti Markku
 The International Doctoral Study Programme is closely
linked with the Finland Distinguished Professor (FiDiPro)
programme which currently funds the work of the following
professors at CWC:
Prof. Behnaam Aazhang (USA)
Prof. Ryuji Kohno (Japan)
Prof. Tadashi Matsumoto (Japan)
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Postgraduate Course Studies
 All university of Oulu doctoral programmes are organised
under University of Oulu Graduate School (UNIOGS,
http://www.oulu.fi/uniogs/studyrequirements)
 The duration of the doctoral training corresponds to four
years of full-time study, but it can be completed in a longer
time in the case of part-time work. The degree includes
research work for the thesis, the publication and the public
defense of the thesis, and, depending on the discipline, 20
to 50 ECTS credits of “taught” studies and/or other
research-related activities. The goals of the studies are to
deepen the student's knowledge of his/her own field, and to
develop his/her general knowledge and skills necessary for
a successful career.
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Practical Work with Standards
 90 % of the research work performed at CWC is funded
outside university budget (Budget in total 8 M€) by
National Funding Agencies, EU, ESA, EDA, Industries and
institutional partners (e.g. Defence Forces) as co-operation
projects or as commissioned research.
 Long and Medium term research themes are developed
together with partners – especially industries. We influence
through ETPs to include the topics in EU future research
agendas.
 We invite experts to give intensive courses of new and
emerging standards as well as invention and
standardisation processes.
 Current model: We produce Dr Tech-people who seek
positions at our partner industries. Together with partners
we produce results  our partners (e.g. NOKIA, NSN,
Ericsson, operators) promote the results to standardisation
(ITU, ETSI, 3GPP, IEEE)
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CWC Research Impact in Cellular arena
CWC 4G
laboratory
2004
VALDE
demonstrator,
worlds first
WCDMA
phone call
1995
EB4G
test
platform
CWC Internal
4G prestudy
projects
National TEKES projects on SS
technologies and WCDMA
1990
First
Cognitive
network
phone call
utilising 4
network
technologies
1995
1997
EC FP4
Frames
project
National TEKES 5G projects
2003
2008
2010
WINNER Projects and
national TEKES projects
EU METIS Project for 5G
1994
LTE and IMTAdvanced
Eventual 3G
standard
generation
2017