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'''Turku Centre for Computer Science''' (abbr. TUCS, {{Lang-fi|Turun tietotekniikan tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskus}}, {{Lang-sv|Åbo datatekniska forsknings- och utbildningscentrum}}) is a joint department of [[University of Turku]] and [[Åbo Akademi University]]. TUCS was founded on March 21, 1994 by the aforementioned two universities, and [[Turku School of Economics]], which then was a university of its own.<ref>Agreement between the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in the University of Turku, Department of Administrator in Turku School of Economics, and the Faculty of Matehmatics and Natural Sciences in Åbo Akademi University, on March 21st 1994.</ref> The purpose of TUCS is to coordinate the education, research and societal interaction of the affiliate Universities in the field of [[Information and communication technologies|ICT]]. The TUCS office facilities are located in [[Turku]] in the Turku Science Park area.
'''Turku Centre for Computer Science''' (abbr. TUCS, {{Lang-fi|Turun tietotekniikan tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskus}}, {{Lang-sv|Åbo datatekniska forsknings- och utbildningscentrum}}) is a joint department of [[University of Turku]] and [[Åbo Akademi University]]. TUCS was founded on March 21, 1994 by the aforementioned two universities, and [[Turku School of Economics]], which then was a university of its own.<ref>Agreement between the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in the University of Turku, Department of Administrator in Turku School of Economics, and the Faculty of Matehmatics and Natural Sciences in Åbo Akademi University, on March 21st 1994.</ref> The purpose of TUCS is to coordinate the education, research and societal interaction of the affiliate Universities in the field of [[Information and communication technologies|ICT]]. The TUCS office facilities are located in [[Turku]] in the Turku Science Park area.


There are 4 research programmes, 17 research units, over 100 doctoral students, more than 60 supervisors, over 140 doctoral graduates, more than 1000 published technical reports and over 90 edited research volumes credited to the TUCS organization<ref>http://tucs.fi/research/, April 23rd 2012</ref>. In 2005, 14 Ph.D. graduated from the departments involved with TUCS.
There are 35 [[professors]], 65 Ph.D. level researchers, 100 Ph.D. students and 2000 M.Sc. students within the TUCS organization. In 2005, 14 Ph.D. graduated from the departments involved with TUCS. The director of TUCS, since 2011, is Professor Johan Lilius<ref>http://tucs.fi/about-us/personnel/</ref>.


In 1994, the first Finnish graduate student school was started in TUCS.<ref>{{Cite_web | author= | title=Aurora 2/2003 | url=http://www.utu.fi/tiedostot/aurora/pdf/2-2003/index.html | date= | publisher=University of Turku | accessdate=2007-05-12}}</ref>
TUCS Graduate Programme forms a significant part of the TUCS activities. Started in 1994, it was the first Finnish graduate student school.<ref>{{Cite_web | author= | title=Aurora 2/2003 | url=http://www.utu.fi/tiedostot/aurora/pdf/2-2003/index.html | date= | publisher=University of Turku | accessdate=2007-05-12}}</ref>


==Departments Involved in TUCS==
==Departments Involved in TUCS==
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'''Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences'''
'''Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences'''
*Department of Information Technology.
*Department of Information Technology.
*Department of Mathematics
*Department of Mathematics and Statistics


'''Turku School of Economics'''
'''Turku School of Economics'''
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==Organization==
==Organization==
Turku Centre for Computer Science coordinates education, research and The Third Task (societal involvement) in Master's Programmes, Graduate Schools and Research Centres. TUCS is governed in a Board. The Director of TUCS is Professor Johan Lilius and the Vice Director is Professor Ion Petre.
Turku Centre for Computer Science coordinates education, research and The Third Task (societal involvement) in Master's Programmes, Graduate Programme and Research Units. TUCS is governed in a Board. The Director of TUCS is Professor Johan Lilius and the Vice Director is Professor Ion Petre<ref>http://tucs.fi/about-us/personnel/, April 23rd 2012.</ref>.


The research in TUCS is focused on TUCS Research Programmes. Since 1st of May the research programmes are<ref>http://tucs.fi/news/article/researchProgrammeAndLectureSeries.php TUCS Research Programmes and Distinguished Lecture Series, April 19th 2012</ref>:
The following five research centres belong to TUCS:


* Combinatorics, Complex Systems and Computability (Com<sup>3</sup>)
* CSBE
* From Computational Biology and Medical Informatics to Health and Wellbeing (BioHealth)
* CREST
* Resilient IT Infrastructures (RITES)
* FUNDIM
* Turku Information Systems Research Alliance (TISRA)
* i4

* IAMSR
The research is carried out in 17 research units.


==Cooperation with other Universities and Colleges==
==Cooperation with other Universities and Colleges==


TUCS is an affiliate partner of [http://www.eitictlabs.eu/ EIT ICT Labs] of the [[European Institute of Innovation and Technology]].<ref>http://www.eitictlabs.eu/ EIT ICT Labs</ref>
TUCS is an affiliate partner of [http://www.eitictlabs.eu/ EIT ICT Labs] of the [[European Institute of Innovation and Technology]].<ref>http://www.eitictlabs.eu/ EIT ICT Labs</ref>

TUCS coordinates the Nordic Master School in Innovative ICT programme (NMS iICT) that spans across countries around the [[Baltic Sea]].<ref>http://www.nordicict.eu/ Nordic Master School in Innovative ICT</ref> The programme includes the two universities of [[Turku]] ([[Åbo Akademi University]] and [[University of Turku]]), [[KTH]] from Stockholm, [[Technical University of Denmark|DTU]] from Copenhagen, and [[Tallinn University of Technology|TTÜ]] from Tallinn. The programme is a cooperation programme, concentrating especially in [[Master's degree]] level education, alongside which also research work and "the third task" are synchronized among the universities in the ICT-field.


TUCS is a member of the European Education Forum (abbr. EEF). There are seven research centers in EEF in [[Denmark]], [[Netherlands]], [[Finland]], [[Italy]], [[Germany]] and [[United Kingdom]].
TUCS is a member of the European Education Forum (abbr. EEF). There are seven research centers in EEF in [[Denmark]], [[Netherlands]], [[Finland]], [[Italy]], [[Germany]] and [[United Kingdom]].

Revision as of 05:20, 23 April 2012

Turku Centre for Computer Science (abbr. TUCS, Finnish: Turun tietotekniikan tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskus, Swedish: Åbo datatekniska forsknings- och utbildningscentrum) is a joint department of University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University. TUCS was founded on March 21, 1994 by the aforementioned two universities, and Turku School of Economics, which then was a university of its own.[1] The purpose of TUCS is to coordinate the education, research and societal interaction of the affiliate Universities in the field of ICT. The TUCS office facilities are located in Turku in the Turku Science Park area.

There are 4 research programmes, 17 research units, over 100 doctoral students, more than 60 supervisors, over 140 doctoral graduates, more than 1000 published technical reports and over 90 edited research volumes credited to the TUCS organization[2]. In 2005, 14 Ph.D. graduated from the departments involved with TUCS.

TUCS Graduate Programme forms a significant part of the TUCS activities. Started in 1994, it was the first Finnish graduate student school.[3]

Departments Involved in TUCS

University of Turku

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

  • Department of Information Technology.
  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Turku School of Economics

  • The Institute of Information Systems Sciences

Åbo Akademi University

Division of Natural Sciences and Technology

  • Department of Information Technologies

Organization

Turku Centre for Computer Science coordinates education, research and The Third Task (societal involvement) in Master's Programmes, Graduate Programme and Research Units. TUCS is governed in a Board. The Director of TUCS is Professor Johan Lilius and the Vice Director is Professor Ion Petre[4].

The research in TUCS is focused on TUCS Research Programmes. Since 1st of May the research programmes are[5]:

  • Combinatorics, Complex Systems and Computability (Com3)
  • From Computational Biology and Medical Informatics to Health and Wellbeing (BioHealth)
  • Resilient IT Infrastructures (RITES)
  • Turku Information Systems Research Alliance (TISRA)

The research is carried out in 17 research units.

Cooperation with other Universities and Colleges

TUCS is an affiliate partner of EIT ICT Labs of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.[6]

TUCS is a member of the European Education Forum (abbr. EEF). There are seven research centers in EEF in Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Germany and United Kingdom.

TUCS is a member of the Finnish state wide INFORTE-programme for ICT professionals, which is designed to offer networking and education events to professionals working in Finnish companies, polytechnics and public administration.[7]

TUCS participates the Network of Finnish Graduate Schools in Information Technology (Figsit). The objective of the network is to increase the quality and quantity of training and supervision of PhD students in computer science and information technology, with minimal additional costs and overhead.[8]

References

  1. ^ Agreement between the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in the University of Turku, Department of Administrator in Turku School of Economics, and the Faculty of Matehmatics and Natural Sciences in Åbo Akademi University, on March 21st 1994.
  2. ^ http://tucs.fi/research/, April 23rd 2012
  3. ^ "Aurora 2/2003". University of Turku. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
  4. ^ http://tucs.fi/about-us/personnel/, April 23rd 2012.
  5. ^ http://tucs.fi/news/article/researchProgrammeAndLectureSeries.php TUCS Research Programmes and Distinguished Lecture Series, April 19th 2012
  6. ^ http://www.eitictlabs.eu/ EIT ICT Labs
  7. ^ http://inforte.fi/ INFORTE programme
  8. ^ http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/figsit/ Network of Finnish Graduate Schools in Information Technology (Figsit)

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