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Current news and events

In order to address future challenges TUCS is renewing its research and and innovation strategy. TUCS is launching four research programmes and a TUCS Distinguished Lecture Series.

On Friday, May 18th, TUCS GP student Aleksi Saarela presents his Ph.D. thesis "Word Equations and Related Topics: Independence, Decidability and Characterizations" for public criticism. The opponent of M.Sc. Saarela is Professor Dominique Perrin from University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee, France. Professor Juhani Karhumäki will act as the custos at this public defense.

Turku Agile Day, the coziest agile software development conference, will be back in May 2012.

A course on practical aspects of research and the academic vs. enterprise R&D.

Eftersom det finländska forskningssystemet genomgått grundläggande förändringar som kommer att tillämpas från och med nästa år har Turku Center for Computer Science (TUCS) gjort ändringar i sin forskningsstrategi.

Turku Centre for Computer Science virtaviivaistaa organisaationsa. Yksi TUCSin uusista painopistealueista on Biohealth-tutkimusohjelma, joka linkittää biotieteet tietojenkäsittelytieteisiin.

Latest publications

• Tapio Pahikkala, Hanna Suominen, Jorma Boberg, Efficient Cross-Validation for Kernelized Least-Squares Regression with Sparse Basis Expansions. Machine Learning 87(3), 381–407, 2012.
• Fareed Jokhio, Tewodros Deneke, Sébastien Lafond, Johan Lilius, Analysis of Video Transcoding on Multi-Core Platform. In: Christoph Kessler (Ed.), Fourth Swedish Workshop on Multi-Core Computing MCC-2011, 124–124, ACM, 2011.
• Jouni Smed, Once Upon a Time: The Convergence of Interactive Storytelling and Computer Games. In: Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Vitor Hugo Costa Carvalho, Paula Cristina Almeida Tavares (Eds.), Business, Technological and Social Dimensions of Computer Games: Multidisciplinary Developments, 115–124, IGI Global, 2011.
• Luigia Petre, Kaisa Sere, Marina Waldén, Location-Awareness with Action Systems. In: Paulo Alencar, Donald Cowan (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Mobile Software Engineering - Design, Implementation, and Emergent Applications, Engineering Science Reference 1, 463–483, IGI Global, 2012.
• Jussi Laasonen, Jouni Smed, Co-ordinating Formations: A Comparison of Methods. In: Ashok Kumar, Jim Etheredge, Aaron Boudreaux (Eds.), Algorithmic and Architectural Gaming Design: Implementation and Development, 1–22, IGI Global, 2012.