Tampere University of Technology, News News The Best Finnish PhD Thesis Award was given to Postdoctoral Researcher Aino-Maija Lakaniemi. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/the-best-finnish-phd-thesis-award-to-lakaniemi-p046301c2 The exhibition and accompanying booklet represent student explorations in the Digital Design in Sustainable Urbanism. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/exhibition-on-digital-design-in-sustainable-urbanism-p046280c3 Nowadays people are regularly using Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and other services on mobile devices. One design trend is to bring events in these services to the mobile phone in real time. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/the-whole-world-under-your-fingertips-novel-mobile-user-interfaces-for-social-media-p046217c2 The partners conducting the HPCFinance project and Techila Technologies Ltd will hold an event titled "Conference and Training Event on Computational Methods and Technologies for Finance" on 13-17 May in Tampere. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/computational-finance-experts-convene-in-tampere-p046206c2 The Academy of Finland has allocated 20.3 million euros for research posts in the fields of natural sciences and engineering. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/tut-welcomes-five-new-postdoctoral-researchers-p046197c2 FAST-Lab. gets the opportunity to share its EU project expertise at next week's Gearing Up For Horizon 2020 event in Tampere, when Professor Jose L. Martinez Lastra will speak about "How to Meet the Funders' Expectations". http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/director-of-fast-lab-to-speak-at-popular-horizon-2020-event-in-tampere-p046124c3 Gearing Up for Horizon 2020 seminar organized by TUT has been so popular that a larger hall has been arranged for the event. Thus, there are 70 more seats available and the registration for these has been opened. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/more-seats-available-in-the-event-gearing-up-for-horizon-2020-p046008c1 The winner will accompany Olympic athlete Jenni Mikkonen on a canoe trip on the picturesque Lake Vesijärvi in Kangasala near Tampere. The trip will take place on 30 May from 16:30 to 19:30. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/win-a-canoe-trip-p045886c3 Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering has an opening for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Electromagnetic Nanocommunication Networks. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/open-position-postdoctoral-researcher-electromagnetic-nanocommunication-networks-p045834c3 The School of Architecture at Tampere University of Technology, the municipality of Kangasala and Tampere Vocational College Tredu held a competition seeking exciting and innovative design ideas for an exhibition pavilion. The entries will be on display in the Sähkötalo building until 3 May. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/wood-architecture-awards-to-students-p045756c3 http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/annual-report-2012-p027762c2 Deadline on May 17. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/soc-symposium-paper-submission-is-open-p045702c1 Jari Ikonen was appointed as the Chairman of TUT’s Alumni Association at the association's annual general meeting on 24 April 2013. Ikonen graduated from TUT with a master’s degree in information technology in 2000 and currently works at Hermia Ltd. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/jari-ikonen-appointed-to-chair-tut-s-alumni-association-p045686c1 http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/muvis-ranked-3rd-in-an-international-competition-on-counter-measures-to-2d-facial-spoofing-attacks-p045603c2 Dr Ramon Costa Castelló from UPC of Barcelona gives a lecture of Control Engineering. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/guest-lecture-on-25th-of-april-internal-model-principle-in-classical-control-p045554c3 The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters has granted the 2013 Magnus Ehrnrooth Prize in Physics to Professor Ilpo Vattulainen from Tampere University of Technology. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/prof-ilpo-vattulainen-receives-the-magnus-ehrnrooth-prize-in-physics-p045435c2 In a paper published by the prestigious journal, Nature Methods, biologists at the Universities of Eastern Finland, Tampere and Luxembourg, Tampere University of Technology and the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, USA, have created the biggest family tree of human cell types. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/researchers-created-the-biggest-family-tree-of-human-cells-p045297c2 The EU’s new programme running from 2014 to 2020 will combine all research and innovation funding currently provided through the Framework Programmes for RTD, innovation related activities of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/gearing-up-for-horizon-2020-p045317c2 May 21 - 23, 2013 Nano Communications Center (NCC) Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering Tampere University of Technology Tampere, Finland http://et4nbic.cs.tut.fi/nanocom/summerschool2013.html http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/the-1st-international-summer-school-on-nanocommunications-p045250c4 Chronic conditions and lifestyle behaviours, such as obesity, are becoming more and more common. Personalized health coaching and health technology will offer an economically feasible solution for tackling the challenges they present to society. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/tut-s-magazine-interface-health-coaching-goes-personalized-p045194c3 An entry submitted by FAST-Lab. has been selected as a semi-finalist in a worldwide challenge to showcase the use of the Internet Protocol (IP) in sensor/control and M2M applications enabling the Internet of Things (IOT). http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/fast-lab-makes-ipso-challenge-2013-shortlist-p045085c3 Optoelectronics Research Centre is seeking a Senior Research Fellow in the field of Interface Physics of Nanostructured Materials http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/open-position-senior-research-fellow-p045020c2 The number of students applying for admission to Tampere University of Technology increased in 2013. A total of 4,118 Finnish applicants applied for admission within the framework of the Joint National Application System. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/tut-attracts-a-growing-pool-of-applicants-p044870c3 The doctoral dissertation of MSc Turkka Salminen explores the production of nanomaterials using a process known as pulsed laser ablation. The remarkable properties of nanomaterials have opened up a wide range of potential applications, for example, in cancer treatment. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/new-methods-for-producing-nanomaterials-p044765c2 Due to construction, the road between the Main Building and Festia building will be closed from Monday, 8 April onwards. http://www.tut.fi/en/about-tut/news-and-events/no-drive-through-traffic-on-campus-p044705c1