University of Oulu
Prof. Minna Isomursu
Minna Isomursu
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE
Department History and
Background
• Founded 1969 as an independent
department, joined Faculty of Science in 1987
• 1970´s emphasis in information systems
• 1980´s emphasis in software engineering
• 1990´s rapid growth and extension to digital
media, software business as well as embedded
software and telecommunication
Minna Isomursu
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE
Basic facts about the department
• Total number of students around 1350 (fall
2002)
• personnel about 120
• number of Master’s theses close to 500
• in 2001 Master of Science degrees 42,
Ph.D.’s 4
Minna Isomursu
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE
University of Oulu
• Total number of students around 14 500
• personnel about 3160
• number of annual degrees
– MS degrees 1126
– Ph.D.’s 111
(year 2001)
Minna Isomursu
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE
Teaching activities
• Orientations:
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Minna Isomursu
Digital media
Mobile services
Software business
Software engineering
Information systems
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE
The new economy and the
financial bubble
• “Not withstanding the recent financial
downturn the IT and communications
sectors of the world economy will grow at
annual rates of 30-40% per year for the next
decade, or ten times the rate of the rest of
the economy.” (Ira Magaziner, Clinton´s ICT
advicer, April 2002)
Minna Isomursu
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE
Research
Major themes of research
• Information systems
• Software engineering
Minna Isomursu
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE
Information systems
Major themes:
• Electronical commerce and
hypermedia systems
• User interfaces and usability,
distributed teamwork
• Information systems security
• Information systems and
knowledge work
Minna Isomursu
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE
Software engineering
Major themes:
• Software quality and inspection
techniques
• Software process capability
assessment and improvement
• Software product business
• Future telecommunication
products and services
Minna Isomursu
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE
Infotech Oulu
• Reserch centre founded to promote longterm research in information technology
• Own graduate school
• Focal research areas include electronics
and measurement technology, software
engineering, wireless communication, and
information processing
• Our research groups Spiral and Virgin
Minna Isomursu
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE
Virgin
• VIRGIN - Virtual Reality and
Hypermedia In Future
Telecommunication Products and
Services
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Virtual Reality Prototyping
Personal Virtual Reality Services
Electronic Commerce
Hypertext information systems
Lähde: Virgin tutkimusryhmä Infotech Oulu, http://www.infotech.oulu.fi/
Minna Isomursu
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE
Spiral
• SPIRAL - Software Process Improvement
Research Action Laboratory
– Product quality factors and process
characteristics
– Embedded software
development
– Combining different
approaches
Minna Isomursu
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE