582710 PhD student seminar (6 cr)
Ongoing seminar for PhD students. Credits are given (corresponding to 1 cr/semester for each attended semester) at the end of the PhD studies of a student.
General
Professors in charge: Professor Jussi Kangasharju, Professor Juho Rousu, Professor Hannu Toivonen
Time: Fridays 19 September, 7 November 2008, 23 January, 20 March, 2009 at 12-16; the seminar will continue in the autumn of 2009.
Room: B222
Language: English
Registration: Please register here.
Feedback
Feedback 2008-2009 (mostly in Finnish)Who will or should attend?
The seminar is an obligatory part of the postgraduate studies at the Department of Computer Science for students that have been accepted for postgraduate studies after 1 August 2008. New students should attend the seminar from the beginning. Students who have started their postgraduate studies during the last year are highly recommended to attend.To pass the seminar students should
- attend at least 75% of the meetings during 3 years (i.e., 9 times out of 12 if the seminar meets twice/term)
- give at least two presentations
- a presentation after about two years of studies on the student's progress so far: the first half of the presentation would be on a general level (remember your audience) about that you have done so far, the other half about what your thesis will look like and also how your plan to finish the thesis looks like
- a presentation on a chosen subject, e.g., the topic of an accepted conference article
- review papers and get reviews for own papers
- Some suggestions for talks and discussion
Programme Autumn 2008
The seminar is an on-going seminar where students are supposed to attend until they finish their dissertation. The seminar meets about two times per semester.
- Fri 19 September 2008, at 12-16 in room A120
- Introduction, Juho Rousu
- PhD studies at the Department of Computer Science, Hannu Toivonen
- Presentations by students (one slide/student, thesis topic)
- Refreshments
- Experiences by a recently graduated student, Niina Haiminen
- Organisation, content and schedule of the seminar
- Free discussion
- Fri 7 November 2008, at 12-16 in room B222 & A118?: TBA
- Open to all who are interested: PhD thesis topics, 12:15-13:30, B222
- 13:30-16:00, ?
- Mika Klemettinen, Nokia: What do companies expect from PhDs in computer science?
- Hannu Toivonen: The review process. Please read background article before the seminar.
- Any new joining student: One slide presentation (name, group, supervisor, thesis topic)
Programme Spring 2009
- Fri 23 January 2009, at 12-16 in room A118
- Marko Ikonen: Toward successful software engineering projects - Research and Development
- Pietu Pohjalainen:Software engineering projects - how to get a group for your topic
Philosophy of Science
- Esa Junttila: Philosophy of Science (for Dummies)
- Research Ethics course, in English, starting in June, Henriika Clarkeburn
- Research ethics and the philosophy of science, in Finnish, 15 January - 14 May, 2009, Ilpo Halonen, Exactum, CK112
Popularising sceince
- Popularising science, write for Luova, Veli-Matti Vesterinen, Suvi Korhonen
Forums for popularising your research:
- Luova - science emagazine
- Helsinki University Bulletin
- Universitas Helsingiensis (in Nordic languages)
- Popularising science, the me@tktl blog, Information Officer Leena Viitanen
- Tietojenkäsittelytiede magazine
- Also do not forget publication fora in your own languages (Russian, Chinese,
German, ...)
- Any new joining student: One slide presentation (name, group, supervisor, thesis topic)
Software engineering
- Fri 20 March 2009, at 12-16 in room B222
- 12:15-13:00 Professor Dino Pedreschi, University of Pisa: Mobility, Data Mining and Privacy
- Student presentations
- 13:15-13:45 Satu Nyberg: Dos and don'ts of scientific writing
- 13:45-14:15 Olli Niinivaara: Information Seeking for Computer Scientists.
- 14:15-14:45 Panu Luosto: Finding the most distinctive cluster in noisy data
- 15:00-15:45 Valentin Polishchuk: Packing Necklaces into a Box
- Any new joining student: One slide presentation (name, group, supervisor, thesis topic). Make a pdf version of the slide, bring it along on a USB stick or put it on the web beforehand.
Both PhD students and other students speak at the seminar, about subjects related to PhD studies
Contact
- Research Coordinator Greger Lindén