Annual Report 2011
Organisation 2011
The Head of the Department along with one deputy head are responsible for the operations of the department. In 2011, Professor Esko Ukkonen was head of the department and Professor Jyrki Kivinen was his deputy. In addition, there is a department council consisting of three professors, three representatives of the staff, and three students. The council members are appointed by election every fourth year. The department council has a secretary who distributes the documents for the meetings.
The teaching is divided into three sub-programmes and two Master's programmes. The directors of the sub-programmes in 2011 were Professor Jyrki Kivinen (algorithms and machine learning), Professor Sasu Tarkoma (networking and services) and Professor Jukka Paakki (software systems). The Master's programmes are headed by Professor Veli Mäkinen (Master's Degree Programme in Bioinformatics, MBI) and Professor Jussi Kangasharju (International CBU Master's Degree Programme in Information and Communication Technology). The department participates in four graduate schools; in addition, the directors of the Hecse graduate school were Professor Hannu Toivonen (1 January - 31 May 2011) and Professor Petri Myllymäki (1 June-31 December 2011).
The research is ordered into research units and project groups. Two research units, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT, in cooperation with Aalto University) and the Algodan (Algorithmic Data Analysis) Finnish Academy centre of excellence operate at the department. In addition, there are several research groups at the department, which also work inside the units. In 2010, the directors of HIIT was Professor Samuel Kaski of Aalto University, and Professor Esko Ukkonen was the director of Algodan.
The administration is divided into (1) teaching administration under the charge of Head of Studies Jaakko Kurhila, (2) general, staff and financial administration under the charge of Office Manager Pirjo Mulari, (3) administration of research and graduate schools under the charge of Research Coordinators Greger Lindén (1.1.-31.5.2011) and Pirjo Moen (1.6.-31.12.2011), and (4) the IT unit with IT Manager Petri Kutvonen in charge. Further, there is a studies committee, a postgraduate committee, a taskforce for improving teaching, a team for well-being in the workplace, and a library liaison at the department. There are representatives for the department in the faculty and the university councils.
The department council in 2011
The 2011 department council comprised the following members:
| Chair Professor Esko Ukkonen | ||
| Member | Deputy | |
| Professor Jukka Paakki | Professor Seppo Sippu | |
| Professor Jussi Kangasharju (vice-chair) | Professor Sasu Tarkoma | |
| Professor Petri Myllymäki | Professor Hannu Toivonen | |
| Planner Teija Kujala | IT Specialist Jani Jaakkola | |
| Lecturer Otto Nurmi | University Instructor Tiina Niklander | |
| Doctoral Student Toni Ruokolainen | Doctoral Student Laura Langohr | |
| Student Tuomo Jokimies | Student Anttijuhani Lantto | |
| Student Marko Lehtimäki | Student Antti Forsell | |
| Student Tuomas Puikkonen | Student Jukka Jokelainen | |
| Secretary Pirjo Mulari |
Committee memberships
Studies administration committee
The members of the committee are the Head of Studies, the deputy Head of the Department, and the directors of the sub-programmes.
Jyrki Kivinen (chair)
Sasu Tarkoma
Jukka Paakki
Veli Mäkinen (MBI)
Jaakko Kurhila
Committee for postgraduate and research affairs
Jussi Kangasharju (chair)
Jyrki Kivinen
Jukka Paakki
Greger Linden (secretary, 1.1.-31.5.2011)
Pirjo Moen (secretary, 1.6.-31.12.2011)
Taskforce for improving teaching
Heikki Lokki (chair)
Sasu Tarkoma
Jaakko Kurhila
Pirjo Moen
Sini Ruohomaa
Ella Peltonen
Tatu Tahvanainen
Olli Rissanen
Taina Kaivola (right to speak)
Nina Aremo (right to speak)
Well-being in the workplace
Finnish group
Tiina Niklander (chair)
Jani Jaakkola
Janne Korhonen
Teija Kujala
Matti Luukkainen
Pauliina Pajunen
Juho Rousu
Pekka Tonteri
International group
Yi (Aaron) Ding (pj)
Doris Entner
Eve Hoggan
Alex Norta
Valentin Polishchuk
Sini Ruohomaa
Yiyun Shen
Roman Yangarber
Ellen Mustonen (liaison)
Department representatives in faculty committees and other committees
University college: Esko Ukkonen
University committee for societal interaction (YNE): Esko Ukkonen
University committee for administrative and academic support services (HATU): Esko Ukkonen
University committee for doctoral education: Hannu Toivonen
University committee for surveying congress services: Pirjo Moen
Committee setting questions for joint application (national): Patrik Floréen
Members in faculty council:
- Hannu Toivonen (deputy Jukka Paakki)
- Petri Kutvonen (deputy Teija Kujala)
The faculty's team of scientifc experts (MATIAS): Hannu Toivonen
The faculty's committee for alumni and fund-raising (AVARA): Petri Myllymäki
The faculty's committee for postgraduate degrees: Hannu Toivonen
The faculty's studies committee: Jaakko Kurhila (deputy Heikki Lokki)
The faculty's admissions committee: Jyrki Kivinen (deputy Otto Nurmi)
The faculty's teaching skills evaluation committee:
- Professors: Seppo Sippu, Sasu Tarkoma, Hannu Toivonen
- Teachers and researchers: Jaakko Kurhila, Harri Laine
- Students: Tatu Tahvanainen
The faculty's internationalisation planning committee: Pirjo Moen
Kumpula campus PR and information taskforce: Sasu Tarkoma
Advisory board of Kumpula campus library: Jyrki Kivinen (deputy Sasu Tarkoma)
Kumpula campus infrastructure taskforce: Esko Ukkonen
Library liaison at the department: Teija Kujala
LUMA centre board of directors: Esko Ukkonen
Director of LUMA resource centre Linkki: Jaakko Kurhila
HIIT board of directors: Hannu Toivonen (deputy Jukka Paakki)