Petteri Nurmi and Matti Järvisalo will give public test lectures on Thu January 19th, 2012 at 10:15 - 11:15 in Exactum C222:

• 10:15: Petteri Nurmi, Positioning Algorithms (in English)
• 10:45: Matti Järvisalo, Toteutuvuustarkastuksesta (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 Mon January 9th at 12:15 by Valentin Polishchuk and Jukka Suomela, see https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/node/66713 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!