News
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December 2007
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We have established a preliminary website for the Center for Software Business and Engineering (CSBE). This joint Center of the University of Turku and Turku School of Economics coordinates the research and business development activities of three research groups at these universities in the areas of software engineering, software product development, and the general management aspects of software business. The board of the interuniversity institute Turku Center for Computer Science (TUCS) resolved in December to find this Center a member of the TUCS Community.
The Center plans to contribute centrally to the forthcoming merger of the two universities, but welcomes both occasional and deep collaboration from neighboring research groups at either Turku-based, other Finnish, or foreign universities. The Management Board of the Center currently includes Professor Markus Mäkelä, Antero Järvi, Project Manager, Professor Timo Knuutila, Professor Pasi Malinen, Professor Antti Paasio, and Professor Jussi Puhakainen.
For further information, contact the Director, Professor Markus Mäkelä. The Center's website will be developed during 2008 to offer more comprehensive information.
November 2007
- The results of recent research of and established best practices by two of the research groups currently building the new Center for Software Business and Engineering (CSBE), including ours, were presented at the Software Processes Seminar organized jointly by the University of Turku and Tieturi. Articles from the seminar (in Finnish) were published in advance by Tieturi and afterwards by the University of Turku. From our group, the seminar was organized by Tuomas Mäkilä, Project Manager.
October 2007
- The work for the main survey of this year's National Software Industry Survey has been finished. The press conference slides and summary results, as well as the comprehensive final report, have been published. Our research group was a research partner in the survey. In connection with our group's participation, we produced jointly with TKK a special report for the development of the software industry of Southwest Finland. Please contact Mikko Rönkkö, Researcher, for this report.
June 2007
- Mikko Rönkkö, researcher at the Group, was awarded a two-year funding in the annual, very competitive funding allocation round of the TUCS Graduate School, whose reputation always attracts many high-level applicants also from foreign universities. About half dozen applications out of some 30-40 are accepted each year. The election procedure of the TUCS Graduate School is notable for its rigor, requiring the preparation of relatively many planning documents for the applicant, and using two reviewers and a quantified evaluation process.
- Tuomas Mäkilä was appointed Project Manager at the Research Group, effective August 1. He will share key responsibilities over teaching and research of the Group with Markus Mäkelä.
- Planning for a Center for Software Business and Engineering (working title) was begun at Turku Center for Computer Science as a collaboration of three research groups from the University of Turku and Turku School of Economics, working in the areas of software engineering, software product development, information systems, and high-technology entrepreneurship. At realization, this organizational development will involve the move of the Software Product Development Research Group's research activities from the current Product Development Laboratory into the larger Center. We intend that the new Center will importantly facilitate novel, productive collaboration in academic and applied research alike in the its operating area. The Center aims to be one of TUCS' major research units in the strategic research focus areas of applied ICT and commercialization.
May 2007
- The research group entered this year's Finnish Software Industry Survey (Ohjelmistoyrityskartoitus, Oskari), as a research partner of the main contractor and coordinator of the survey, Helsinki University of Technology.
- Mikko Ojala and Tuomas Piippo, Research Assistants, started to work on project research at the Group. They will be involved in survey research on knowledge transmission linkages of the product development and marketing functions of software companies.
March 2007
- Professor Markus Mäkelä was a discussant at the high-level "Visions 2007" panel -- the joint opening ceremony of the Nanotech Northern Europe 2007 conference, ChemBio Finland 2007 conference, and Finnish Chemical Congress events at Helsinki Fair Center.
December 2006
- Professor Markus Mäkelä participated in the Finnish innovation policy and development collaboration-focused delegation that traveled for five days to Shanghai, People's Republic of China. He also held a presentation on Sino-Finnish university cooperation in teaching and research in the 2nd Nokia-Tsinghua Academia Summit, held at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Further information on Professor Mäkelä's personal website.
- Professor Markus Mäkelä will work as a adjunct senior scholar at London School of Economics and Political Science during December 2006 and Spring 2007.
October 2006
- The Chair of Software Product Development is involved in organizing the third New Exploratory Technologies NEXT conference in Salo, Finland 5-October 6, 2006.
- Mikko Rönkkö has joined the Software Product Development Research Group on October 1, 2006. He will work as a researcher.
September 2006
- New teaching by the chair of Software Product Development begins in the fall period of 2006. Master's degree students are provided with majors in Software Product Development (ohjelmistojen tuotteistaminen), and Master's degree major in Software Entrepreneurship (ohjelmistoyrittäjyys).
- In addition, a minor subject in Technology Entrepreneurship is provided by the Southwest Finland Technology Entrepreneurship Program (SOFTENP).
June 2006
- Jussi Nissilä joined the Software Development Research Group. He works as a project manager, with research and teaching coordination as his main responsibilities.
April 2006
- We have established the Southwest Finland Technology Entrepreneurship Program that offers an 20-60 credit unit entity of education and training for potential venturers in high-technology industries at all three Turku-based universities. Professor Markus Mäkelä is the University of Turku-based co-director. The program is funded by the Ministry of Education.
- The Product Development Laboratory has been established at Turku Center for Computer Science, the joint technology research unit of the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, and Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. Professor Markus Mäkelä is the co-director of the Laboratory, together with professor Aulis Tuominen.
December 2005
- Professor Markus Mäkelä was appointed docent (adjunct professor) at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology.
November 2005
- Professor Markus Mäkelä left for a shortened, mid-winter exchange to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business.