Valentin Polishchuk and Jukka Suomela will give public test lectures on Mon January 9th, 2012 at 12:15 - 13:15 in Exactum C222:

• 12:15: Valentin Polishchuk, Shortest paths in polygonal domains (in English)
• 12:45: Jukka Suomela, Verkon värittämistä hajautetuilla algoritmeilla (in Finnish)

The test lectures are part of the application process for the title of docent.

Another two test lectures for docentships are given on Thu January 19th at 10:15 by Petteri Nurmi and Matti Järvisalo, see https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/node/66714 for details.

For biographies of all these applicants, see the news page at https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/en/news/66762.

What is a docent? According to the Universities Act, a university may award the title of docent to a person who has comprehensive knowledge of his or her own field, a capacity for independent research or artistic work demonstrated through publication or some other manner, and good teaching skills. The research capacity is judged by external reviewers, while the teaching skills are assessed by a local committee based on material provided by the applicant and these test lectures.

Welcome!