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/