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FINLAND COUNTRY - GEOGRAPHY

INNOVATION, FINLAND, TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, & ENGINE PROJECT Irek Defée Tampere University of Technology Tampere, Finland irek.defee@tut.fi. FINLAND COUNTRY - GEOGRAPHY. 338 000 km2 10% lakes 80% forests rocky terrain limited resources. COUNTRY - POPULATION.

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FINLAND COUNTRY - GEOGRAPHY

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  1. INNOVATION, FINLAND, TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, & ENGINE PROJECTIrekDeféeTampere University of TechnologyTampere, Finlandirek.defee@tut.fi

  2. FINLAND COUNTRY - GEOGRAPHY • 338 000 km2 • 10% lakes • 80% forests • rocky terrain • limited resources

  3. COUNTRY - POPULATION • 5.4 mln people • 6% swedish speaking • Sami minority Lapland • History

  4. COUNTRY – HISTORY • ….. • 1809 • 1863 • 1917 • 1939 • …..

  5. COUNTRY – ECONOMY Difficultnaturalconditions GDP 34 000 €/m Unemployment 8.5% Export 53 mld € Public debt 57% PKB Economic growth Public debt

  6. ECONOMIC PROBLEMS • Unveiled 2013 • Structuralcharacter • Decline of severalindustrialsectors: - Paper - Ship-building - Nokia • Too littleindustrialdiversification • SME sectortoosmall • Public sectorlagging: toocostly

  7. WHY HAS NOKIA FALLEN? • Nokia growthphase • Leadingcorporationphase • Phase of operationalsigns of decline • Systemicfactors – declineinevitable? • Whatremains is NSN: Nokia Solutions and Networks, cellularinfrastructurecompany with significantresources

  8. EDUCATION AND R&D SECTOR • R&D sector is 3.7% GDP: - total 7 mld € - in which1.4 mld € universitypart - worldleading • Highereducation is onlypublic - limits on the number of students - financialsupport for students - studytime is becomingrestricted

  9. INNOVATION SECTOR • Finland has a highly advanced innovation organisation system: - National Technology Agency TEKES supports development - Academy of Finland – academic research financing - State Research Center VTT

  10. INNOVATION ENHANCEMENT • Critical evaluation: No top-classapplied innovation in Fin/EU (Google-likes) • Universitysectorbehind • One top universitycreated: - Aalto University Helsinki • Hugeemphasis on universitystartups - creation of environment - reorganization of studies

  11. Faculty of Computer and Electrical Engineering Digital Media Laboratory TUT

  12. UNIVERSITIES – CURRENT STATUS • Reforms: organisational, structure, financing, education • Organisation - Legal independencee.g. foundation - Foundation capital - State financingnegotiable - Profesorowieemployedbyfoundation - Infrastructurerentedfromstate

  13. CURRENT STATUS Faculties and departments Department – profit center – min. 10 professors New staffrecruitment: Tenuretrack 4-levels, globalsearch Resultsevaluated on a verybroadbasis Bureacracy and formalizationincreased

  14. EDUCATION • System hadhugenumber of choices, this hasbeeneliminated • Reduction of coursesby 50% • Computer engineering notpopular • Reductions of personnel • Masterlevelstudiesexclusively in Englishtill 2020 • New concept for education in development

  15. TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY • 10 500 students, personnel 2000 • 1 500 from abroad • Budget 148 mln €, 50% external sources • Foundation capital 137 mln € • Faculties: Computing and Electrical Engineering Engineering Sciences Faculty of Natural Sciences Faculty of Business and Built Environment

  16. COMPUTING AND EE • Departaments: - Electronics and Communications Engineering - Department of Signal Processing - Department of Electrical Engineering - Department of Pervasive Computing

  17. TUT INNOVATION ENHANCEMENT • New concept for education • Creating innovative environment • Emphasis on creativity and startups • Startups - part of study process

  18. KAMPUSARENA

  19. KAMPUSARENA

  20. DEPARTMENT OF SIGNAL PROCESSING - 12 Professors - Total Personnel ~150 • 25 MSc/y • 10 PhD/y • Budget 6 mln €/y

  21. MAJOR AREAS Digital SignalProcessing Image and Video Processing Speech and Audio Multimedia ComputationalSystems Biology, Health Informatics Department of Signal Processing

  22. MAJOR AREAS NEW FORMS OF INTERACTION MUSIC PROCESSING CONTENT BASED IMAGE RETRIEVAL VIDEO COMPRESSION, 3D MULTIMEDIA

  23. INNOVATION IN SIGNAL PROCESSING EDUCATION • INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS • SIGNAL PROCESSING INNOVATION PROJECT • ACCEPTING OF MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses)

  24. COOPERATION WITH WROCŁAW • NATURAL INTERFACES • FACE EXPRESSIONS/ EYE TRACKING • EXPANDING THE RANGE OF GESTURES • TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS

  25. NATURAL INTERACTION • BASED ON VISUAL/ACOUSTICAL I/O • VISUAL: - BODY GESTURES KINECT - HAND GESTURE INTEL ICC - HAND GESTURE LEAP MOTION - FACE EXPRESSIONS ???

  26. APPLICATIONS • SKELETON FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE • APPLICATIONS OUTSIDE UI AND GAMING - REHABILITATION - TRAINING

  27. Kiitos – Thank you - Dziękuję

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