University of Joensuu, Computer Science 

Contents

• University, CS
• Mission
  
• Input
• Output
• Science Park relations
  

More information

• University of Joensuu:  http://www.joensuu.fi/
  
• Department of Computer Science:    http://cs.joensuu.fi/
  

University of Joensuu

• Founded 1969
• 1200 employees 
• 7000+ students
• Annual input: 1100 new students
• Annual output: 60 PhD, 600+ Master degrees

Computer Science

• Teaching began at 1974
  
• Establishing stage 1979 - 1988
  (Personnel 2->10+5, student intake 0->25)
• Steady stage 1988 -1998
• Expansion stage 1998 - ~2002
  (Personnel 10+5 -> 30+40, student intake 25 -> 120)
• Stabilizing stage(?) 2003- (35+40/100)
  

Mission:

• "Scientific research and highest education based on it."
• Research on chosen high-profile fields.
• In-depth teaching focusing on own research subjects.
• Local contribution.

Staff

• 2002: 70: mid 2003: 75
• 5 professors, 3-5 lecturers, 3-5 senior assistants, 7-10 assistants,
  30 full time graduate students, 6 administration/technical,  5-15 trainees
• 12 PhD, 4 PhLic, 40 MSc

Students, teaching

• 2003: 80 regular, 18 IMPIT
• 600 enrolled students, 300 active studets
  
• 45 courses/vuosi
• 5000 teaching hours/year,  240 h/week (during season)
• 500 IT-passports
• From 2004(?): 3+2 year European degree

Annual output

• 25-30 MSc (no unemplouyment) (-> 40-50)
• 2-4 PhLic
  
• 1-2 PhD (-> 3-5)
• 50 research publications
• 30 partly educated directly to work without a degree

International Master's Program (IMPIT) 

• BSc level students from CS or a related field (with basic CS knowledge)
• 1st year: MSc-level courses and teamworks
• 2nd year: training (IT project) and Master's thesis in a Finnish IT company.
• Mostly Russian and Czech students, some random nationalities.
• Nearly all finish MSc and continue working in a Finnish company (or proceed to graduate studies).
  

Reseach

• Software Engineering
• Software Quality Engineering
• Software Engineering Tools
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Signal Processing
• Color Research
• Vector quantization and clustering
• Image Compression
• Computer Science Education
• Thinking Tools for the Net
• Educational Technology

Partners:

• All projects cooperate with (local) companies, see project www-pages.
• All projects cooperate internationally, see project www-pages.
• Training periods, project works, IT project.
• One of best IT libraries, exploitable for the whole Science Park.
• Cooperation with North Carelia Polytechnic started during Science Part placement.
• Virtual approbatur with East Finland high schools.