How To Get A Phd In Finnish Science

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1 SULATIS [Suomen laskennallisten tieteiden seura] Sulatis Seminar on Researcher Mobility in Computational Sciences CSC - IT Center for Science Espoo, Keilaranta 14, Keilaniemi, Espoo

2 Program Life Science Center (main auditorium), Keilaranta 14 9:00 Coffee and registration Life Science Center, Keilaranta 14 9:30 Opening, greetings of Sulatis and CSC Main auditorium Kaisa Miettinen, President of Sulatis and Juha Haataja, Director, CSC Chair Pekka Manninen, CSC 10:00 The Academy of Finland as a funder of researcher mobility Pentti Pulkkinen, Academy of Finland 10:45 EU FP7 and the Marie Curie mobility programme and Researcher mobility from Tekes s point-of-view Teppo Tuomikoski, Finnish Secretariat for EU R&D and Tekes 11:45 Lunch break Chair Kaisa Miettinen, University of Jyväskylä Main auditorium 12:45 Erasmus Mundus programme and internationalization of PhD education in Finland Päivi Pihlaja, CIMO 13:15 HPC-Europa2 - pan-european research infrastructure in high-performance computing Antti Pursula, CSC 13:45 IIASA Tiina Forsman, IIASA 14:15 Coffee break Chair Pekka Neittaanmäki, University of Jyväskylä Main auditorium 14:45 Research training opportunities at CERN Paula Eerola, UH 15:15 IIASA experiences Juha Kämäri, SYKE 15:35 Experiences of academic visits in Delaware and Auckland Teemu Luostari, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio 15:55 Research visit to industry - experiences from IBM Niko Vuokko, Aalto University School of Science and Technology 16:15 Wrap-up, discussion, and closing 16:30 2

3 Pentti Pulkkinen Academy of Finland Dr. Pentti Pulkkinen is Programme Manager at the Academy of Finland. He did his PhD in theoretical physics and joined Academy in Since 2009 he has been working in the Programme Unit. He is in charge of the coordination of the Research programmes ELVIRA (Food, health and nutrition) and Lastu (Computational Sciences). He is also in charge of the preparation of a new research programme in Programmable Materials. The Academy of Finland and funding opportunities for researcher mobility The mobility of researchers is essential for maintaining high-quality research. The Academy of Finland supports international and national mobility in all forms of funding. The presentation will give an overview of the possibilities for mobility in connection with different Academy funding instruments and the stages of researcher career. Teppo Tuomikoski Finnish Secretariat for EU R&D and Tekes Teppo Tuomikoski has been working working as a Senior Technology Adviser and Programme Manager on Industrial Biotechnology in Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation for 9 years. Päivi Pihlaja CIMO PhD, Senior Programme Adviser Päivi Pihlaja works at the Center for International mobility CIMO at Higher Education Cooperation Unit as the Erasmus Mundus contact desk in Finland. The unit supports internationalisation of Finnish higher education institutions, manages several national and European programmes and informs the universities about available funding. Erasmus Mundus programme and internationalization of PhD education in Finland Erasmus Mundus is a European Union programme funding international cooperation between universities. The cornerstone of Erasmus Mundus are top-quality master s and doctoral programmes designed jointly for students and doctorate students from all over the world. These programmes must be implemented by several universities operating in at least three different countries in Europe - possibly also in other parts of the world. They include studies in at least two different European countries, and lead to an offi cially recognised double, joint or multiple degree. Universities participating in the Erasmus Mundus programme receive funding for the administration of the programme as well as generous scholarships for the recruitment of both European and non-european young researchers. EU FP7 and the Marie Curie mobility programme and Researcher mobility from Tekes s point-of-view In his presentation, Tuomikoski will present the funding instrument for researcher mobility of the EU 7. framework programme, The Marie Curie actions. 3

4 Antti Pursula CSC Director Antti Pursula has worked at CSC since He has been involved with scientifi c software development and managed open source development projects with various partners. He has been responsible for managing CSC s scientifi c software services and, currently, leads Application Services at CSC - a service area containing management of scientific applications, scietifi c and methodological support and software development. Pursula has been involved in leading the HPC-Europa2 effort at CSC since its beginning in late He holds a degree (M.Sc. (Eng.)) in applied mathematics and physics from the Helsinki University of Technology. HPC-Europa2 - pan-european research infrastructure in high-performance computing HPC-Europa2: Enabling research visits with access to HPC resources HPC-Europa2 is an EC project for funding research visits within Europe with access granted to powerful supercomputers. All European based reasearchers can apply for a visit, and Finnish research groups are among those that are also eligible to host HPC- Europa2 visits. The programme is open for scientists on all fi elds who utilize computing in their research. The presentation will give a project overview incuding practical information on how to apply. Tiina Forsman IIASA Science Adviser at the Academy of Finland, Secretary for the Finnish IIASA Committee IIASA, INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS Laxenburg, Austria, IIASA Research Institute Founded in 1972 as a Cold War, bridgebuilding institution to explore the use of systems analysis approaches to the problems of industrial societies. Non-political; members are science academies and science funding organisations. Has maintained the applied systems analysis mission, but also expanded its scope to address global change issues, as its membership has grown since 2000 to include countries around the world. Some 200 mathematicians, social scientists, natural scientists, economists and engineers develop assessment and decisionsupport methodologies, global databases and analytical tools to study these issues. IIASA has strong and wide collaborative networks with leading universities and institutes all over the world. Present members from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Research IIASA conducts policy-oriented research into problems that are too comprehensive or too complex to be solved by a single country or academic discipline. Current research areas: Environment and Natural Resources Population and Society Energy and Technology. IIASA has outlined its future activities in its strategy for , Research for a Changing World. The Institute s new interlinked research areas are: Food and Water Energy and Climate Change Poverty and Equity. A new research plan for is set to be approved in November Creating collaboration Announcements of open vacancies on the IIASA website Direct networking, visits to IIASA and IIASA seminars Postdoctoral programme up to 2 years; funding not provided; call in November YSSP, Young Scientists Summer Program (June August) for doctoral students; Academy of Finland provides funding for travel and accommodation. Deadline for summer 2011 is 17 January

5 Paula Eerola University of Helsinki Paula Eerola is professor in experimental high energy physics at University of Helsinki. She is also leading the CMS research programme at Helsinki Institute of Physics. CMS is a multi-purpose experiment at the Large Hadron Collider which has started operating earlier this year. For more information see fi /~paeerola/ Research training opportunities at CERN Finland is one of the member states of CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Physics ( CERN is one of the world?s largest centres for scientific research, with world?s largest and most complex scientifi c instruments to study the basic constituents of matter. CERN s four missions are research, technology, collaboration and education. In this presentation, research training opportunities at CERN for Finnish researchers in various fi elds will be described. Juha Kämäri SYKE IIASA experiences Teemu Luostari University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Teemu Luostari, M.Sc. is working as a researcher in the Inverse Problems Group at the Department of Physics and Mathematics in University of Eastern Finland. Currently, his main research areas are in the fi eld of non-polynomial modeling methods in acoustics, elasticity and electromagnetism. His PhD supervisors are Docent Tomi Huttunen (University of Eastern Finland), Professor Peter Monk (University of Delaware, USA) and Professor Jari Kaipio (University of Eastern Finland and University of Auckland, New Zealand). During the ongoing PhD project Teemu Luostari has visited 7 months in the Department of Mathematical Sciences of University of Delaware, USA and 1.5 weeks in the Department of Mathematics of University of Auckland, New Zealand. Experiences of academic visits in Delaware and Auckland Active research collaboration between the Department of Mathematical Sciences of University of Delaware and Department of Physics and Mathematics of University of Eastern Finland started in During my PhD project I have had an opportunity to visit in Delaware twice. The fi rst visit in 2008 lasted one month only but the second visit in had the duration of 6 months. In addition, in 2010 I visited 1.5 weeks Professor Jari Kaipio in Auckland, New Zealand. In this talk I will share my experiences of academic visits in Delaware and Auckland. 5

6 Niko Vuokko Aalto University School of Science and Technology Niko Vuokko received his MSc in mathematics from University of Turku in 2006 and his current aim is to fi nish his PhD degree in computer science from Aalto University by Summer He visited the IBM Almaden Research Center as a research scholar for 3 months in His main research interest is signifi cance testing in data mining. Research visit to industry - experiences from IBM Many global enterprises base their success in new innovations and IBM, which was granted 5000 patents in 2009, is certainly a company that revolves around research. How do these companies seek new talent and how is it different from the academia? The talk will cover these topics and tell you why you should consider a research visit to a company. 6