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UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ
Department of Mathematical Information Technology
Welcome to 1st International IFIP/WG12.5 (artificial
intelligence) Working Conference on Industrial
Applications of Semantic Web
25-27 August 2005, Jyväskylä, Finland
UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ
Department of Mathematical Information Technology
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Goal: Research and teach specific areas related to development
of software and telecommunication solutions, optimization, and
training for IT teachers
Personnel
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Professors 8
Senior Lecturers 4
Assistant professors 7
Assistants 9
Senior researchers 6
Research students 19
Designers 4
Ca. 800 M.Sc. students
Ca. 100 Ph.D. students (full+part time)
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Degrees Offered
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Faculty/Dept. has followed the model of the panEuropean two-step system of degrees (Bologna) as
one of the pioneers in Europe since Autumn 2002
Along this new system of degrees and curricula,
employers can have confidence that the graduates of the
dept. are multifaceted professionals with wide range of
skills to work in different positions in the field of business,
research and education.
Bachelor’s degree (3 years)
Master’s degree (5 years)
Ph.D. degree (approx. 8 years and up)
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Master’s Programs of Department of
Mathematical Information Technology
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Scientific computing
– Concentrates to developing and applying methods for modeling,
numerical simulation and optimization of different phenomena in
sciences and technologies
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Software engineering
– Focuses to the production processes of software applications,
covering both the development methods and their theoretical
backgrounds
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IT Teacher education
– Concentrates to connecting pedagogies with information
technology in modern learning environments
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Master’s Programs of Department of
Mathematical Information Technology
Mobile systems
– Includes mobile computing, telecommunication and embedded
systems
– Focuses to the possibilities and challenges of mobility and mobile
devices (PDA applications, system design)
– Familiarize with different instrumentation, data transfer and real
time operating systems
– Design, control and protocol development of telecommunication
systems and networks (wired and wireless)
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Doctoral Programs
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COMAS
– Jyväskylä Graduate School in Computing and Mathematical Sciences
– Five lines of education
• Information Systems
• Software and Computational Engineering
• Scientific Computing and Optimization
• Statistical Analysis and Computational Statistics
• Cognitive Science and Human Information Technology
– provides Ph.D. students with funding and other support
– Funded by Finnish Academy and by the university
• www.it.jyu.fi/comas
INFWEST.IT
– Program for those studying while full-time employed outside university
– Provides top-professor supervision and weekend seminars
– Funded by European Structural Fund
• www.infwest.it.jyu.fi
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Research Areas of Department of
Mathematical Information Technology
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Research is focused on various intelligent systems, mobile and
broadband networks, analysis of large data-sets, computer vision
and image analysis, machine learning applied in qualitative research,
and natural language understanding.
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Main application areas are semantic web, software of embedded
systems (e.g. mobile phones, robots), QoS in wireless and wired
networks and mathematical modeling of metallurgy and chemical
reactions.
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Modeling of the numerical methods forms a special area of education
and research. Numerical methods are used eg. in software
supporting systems, industrial design and process control, modeling
of scientific phenomena and analysis of large data-sets.