Turku Centre for Computer Science
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 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 2005, is Professor Hannu Tenhunen.
In 1994, the first Finnish graduate student school was started in TUCS.[2]
Departments Involved in TUCS
University of Turku
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- Department of Information Technology.
- Department of Mathematics
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 Schools and Research Centres. TUCS is governed in a Board. The Director of TUCS is Professor Hannu Tenhunen and the Vice Director is Professor Tapio Salakoski.
The following five research centres belong to TUCS:
- CSBE
- CREST
- FUNDIM
- i4
- IAMSR
Cooperation with other Universities and Colleges
TUCS is an affiliate partner of EIT ICT Labs of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.[3]
TUCS coordinates the Nordic Master School in Innovative ICT programme (NMS iICT) that spans across countries around the Baltic Sea.[4] The programme includes the two universities of Turku (Åbo Akademi University and University of Turku), KTH from Stockholm, DTU from Copenhagen, and 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 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.[5]
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.[6]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Aurora 2/2003". University of Turku. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
- ^ http://www.eitictlabs.eu/ EIT ICT Labs
- ^ http://www.nordicict.eu/ Nordic Master School in Innovative ICT
- ^ http://inforte.fi/ INFORTE programme
- ^ http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/figsit/ Network of Finnish Graduate Schools in Information Technology (Figsit)
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