Turku Centre for Computer Science

Turku Centre for Computer Science (abbr. TUCS, Finnish: Turun tietotekniikan tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskus, Swedish: Åbo datatekniska forsknings- och utbildningscentrum) is a joint department of University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University. TUCS was founded on March 21, 1994 by the aforementioned two universities, and Turku School of Economics, which then was a university of its own.[1] The purpose of TUCS is to coordinate the education, research and societal interaction of the affiliate Universities in the field of ICT. The TUCS office facilities are located in Turku in the Turku Science Park area.

TUCS Graduate Programme forms a significant part of the TUCS activities. Started in 1994, it was the first Finnish graduate student school.[2]

Departments involved in TUCS

University of Turku

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Turku School of Economics

Åbo Akademi University

Division of Natural Sciences and Technology

Organization

Turku Centre for Computer Science coordinates education, research and The Third Task (societal involvement) in Master's Programmes, Graduate Programme and Research Units. TUCS is governed in a Board. The Director of TUCS is Professor Johan Lilius and the Vice Director is Professor Ion Petre.[3]

The research in TUCS is focused on TUCS Research Programmes. Since 1 May the research programmes are:[4]

The research is carried out in 17 research units.

Cooperation with other universities and colleges

TUCS is an affiliate partner of EIT ICT Labs of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.[5]

TUCS is a member of the European Education Forum (abbr. EEF).[6] There are seven research centers in EEF in Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Germany and United Kingdom.

TUCS is a member of the Finnish state wide INFORTE-programme for ICT professionals, which is designed to offer networking and education events to professionals working in Finnish companies, polytechnics and public administration.[7]

TUCS participates the Network of Finnish Graduate Schools in Information Technology (Figsit). 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.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Agreement between the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in the University of Turku, Department of Administrator in Turku School of Economics, and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in Åbo Akademi University, on March 21st 1994.
  2. ↑ "Aurora 2/2003". University of Turku. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
  3. ↑ http://tucs.fi/about-us/personnel/, April 23rd 2012.
  4. ↑ http://tucs.fi/news/article/researchProgrammeAndLectureSeries.php TUCS Research Programmes and Distinguished Lecture Series, April 19th 2012
  5. ↑ http://www.eitictlabs.eu/ EIT ICT Labs
  6. ↑ http://www.win.tue.nl/EEF/, EEF home page, April 23rd 2012
  7. ↑ http://inforte.fi/ INFORTE programme
  8. ↑ http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/figsit/ Network of Finnish Graduate Schools in Information Technology (Figsit)

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