Department of Electrical and Information Engineering
Timo Rahkonen17.3.2010
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 TechnologyUniversity of Oulu• Founded 1958• 6 Faculties
— Humanities— Education— Science— Medicine— Economics and Business
Administration— Technology
• 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€
Faculty of Technology• 5 Departments
— 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)
• 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 M.Sc. (Eng)– 217 Lic.Tech.– 147 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, in-body networks)
• Environment, natural resources and materials (incl. ceramics, nanomaterials, printed electronics)
EIE Laboratories and Units
• 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)
• Mathematics division
• 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
24%
63%
6%8%
Staff (405)
Teaching Personnel (95)Research Personnel (254)Technical Support Staff (24)Administrative Staff (31)
Costs by Funding Source 2008Total 24,2 million eur
33%
1%
11%43%
6%
0% 4%1% 2% Budget Funding
(7949)
Ministry of Education (124)
Services (2663)
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)
• Electrical engineering• Electronics • Embedded Systems• Microsystems & applied electronics• Telecommunications
• Information engineering• Embedded Systems & SW, • Intelligent systems • Signal processing • Information networks & mobile applications,
Degree Programmes & specialisation
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
• Degrees are structured according to the Bologna Process• Lic.Tech and Dr.Tech Degrees (+4 years, 60 ECTS +
dissertation)
• Department organises post graduate courses on its own
• Graduate Schools– Infotech Oulu Graduate School– CWC International Doctoral Study Programme– National graduate schools, ie. GETA and IBioMEP– 7 smaller graduate schools
EIE Education/Doctoral Studies
Annual Student Intake by M.Sc. Degree Programme
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Information NetworksTelecommunica-tion EngineeringElectronics En-gineeringInformation EngineeringElectrical En-gineering
Annual M.Sc. Degrees by Degree Programmes
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
020406080
100120140160180
Information NetworksElectronics En-gineeringTelecommunica-tion EngineeringInformation En-gineeringElectrical Engineer-ing
Post Graduate Degrees
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Dr.Tech.Lic.Tech.
Employment
• The EIE graduates’ employability is excellent
• Year 2007Degree Total number Employed (%)
Unemployed(%)– M.Sc. Electrical Eng. 383 96,1
1,0– M.Sc. Information Eng. 253 95,7 1,2– Dr.Tech. Electrical Eng. 50 92,0 0,0– Dr. Tech. Information Eng. 11 100,0 0,0
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
Full members• Circuits and Systems Group - CAS• Intelligent Systems Group - ISG• Machine Vision Group - MVG• MediaTeam Oulu• Wireless Communication Systems Research Group - WICS
Associate members• Biomedical Engineering Research Group - BME• Electronic Materials, Packaging and Reliability Techniques -
EMPART• Human Interaction with Advanced Mobile Services and Intelligent
Environments
Publications (2008)
Scientifical Others Total0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
314
64
378
Publications (2008)
University of Oulu Research Assessment Exercise 2007
• Altogether, EIE reached the grade very good (5/7)
• 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)
• The following groups reached the grade excellent in the focus area evaluation in Information Technology and Wireless Communications– 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)• Polar Electro Heart rate monitors• Noptel Optoelectronics measurement
instruments• Hantro Products MPEG video codecs• Jutel FM broadcast systems• Intopii Intelligent systems• Neagen Medical imaging• Sensinode Wireless sensors• NuhaLaboratorio-NoseMedical Breathing resistance
measurements• Heart Signal Measuring heart rate fluctuations• Digia Wireless business SW• Codenomicon SW vulnerability testing• Clarified Networks Network traffic analysis• Atomia Embedded systems• Nelilab Data mining• Aidox Antennas• Laserprobe IC repairs• Visidon Machine vision
More information
Useful links - education
• Department of Electrical and Information Engineering– Front Page
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/En/ – University of Oulu
http://www.oulu.fi/english/
• WCEhttp://www.ee.oulu.fi/En/Admissions/Masters /
• Course descriptionshttp://www.ee.oulu.fi/En/Students/CoursesAndExams
• University of Oulu admission pageshttp://www.degree.oulu.fi/
• Faculty of Technologyhttp://www.ttk.oulu.fi/English/
Useful links - research
• 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/