Network of Finnish Doctoral Programmes in Information Technology (Figsit)

 
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The Network of Finnish Doctoral Programmes in Information Technology (Figsit) joins local Finnish doctoral programmes in computer science and information technology into a collaborative network of about 750 PhD students and their supervisors (with 115 funded PhD student positions in 2010).

The objective of the network is to increase the quality and quantity of training and supervision of PhD students in computer science and information technology, with minimal additional costs and overhead. The network provides high quality joint events, quality control and improvement, and peer support for both students and supervisors. The participating doctoral programmes form this network as independent units.

The Figsit network functions in the following ways:

• Courses are open to all PhD students of the network. Information about courses and other open events is systematically collected and disseminated to the students.
• A joint summer (or winter) school with a high quality international program is organized annually. The program typically consists of short courses or tutorials by foreign experts, as well as social events to promote networking.
• For quality control and improvement, the network is used for benchmarking researcher training on the national level, to exchange ideas and to discuss and disseminate best practices between the participating doctoral programmes. These discussions and workshops between professors are organized regularly in conjunction with the summer schools.
• The network provides a forum for both students and professors to meet and discuss with their peers outside their own doctoral programmes.

The network started its operations in 2007. The participating doctoral programmes

• Comas - Jyväskylä Doctoral Programme in Computing and Mathematical Sciences, offered by the University of Jyväskylä,
• ECSE - East Finland Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering, jointly offered by the University of Eastern Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology,
• Hecse - Helsinki Doctoral Programme in Computer Science - Advanced Computing and Intelligent Systems, jointly offered by the University of Helsinki and Aalto University,
• Infotech Oulu Doctoral Programme, offered by the University of Oulu,
• TISE - Tampere Doctoral Programme in Information Science and Engineering, offered by Tampere University of Technology (TUT) and University of Tampere, and
• TuCS Graduate Programme - Turku Centre for Computer Science , jointly offered by Åbo Akademi University, the University of Turku and Turku School of Economics.

This file was last modified on 20 Aug 2008.