department of information technology håkan lanshammar deputy head of department intro master 120904

Department of Information Technology

Håkan LanshammarDeputy Head of Department

Intro Master 120904

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Institutionen för informationsteknologi | www.it.uu.se

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Computing Science

Computer Systems

Visual information and interaction

Systems and Control

Scientific Computing

Department of Information TechnologyAbout 10% of the Faculty of Science and Technology

About 4% of the University

Lars-Henrik Eriksson

Ivan Christoff

Ingela Nyström

Håkan Lanshammar

Gunilla Kreiss

MichaelThuné

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Short facts About 230 employees 80 faculty, including 29 full professors of which

several have industrial background and connections to the industry

100 PhD students 138 PhD and 104 Licentiate degrees

1999-2011 Turnover 2011: 200 MSEK, (1/3 teaching, 2/3

research)

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Undergraduate education 4000 students each year (about 1000 full time

students) Participation in about 30 study programs, a total

of 150 courses starts per academic year. Single subject courses, distance courses,

summer courses and web based courses. Everything from introductory courses for

beginners to specialist courses. 260 computer work stations for the students.

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Undergraduate Education Department of the Year 2009The department of Information Technology

has received the Challenge Cup "Undergraduate Education Department of the Year 2009" by Uppsala studentkår (Uppsala Student Union) with the motivation:"The department shows great interest in its students and they are received with respect and acceptance. Students are taken seriously and looked upon as being important partners for developing the quality of both teaching methods and study environment. The department sets a good example for many and it is with great joy that the Uppsala Student Union awards it the Challenge Cup."

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The IT departments hosts: Research Centres

UPMARC (Uppsala Programming for Multicore Architectures) 2008-2018, a Linnaeus center funded by the Swedish Research Council. Total budget: 100 million SEK.

WISENET (Uppsala Center for Wireless Sensor Networks) 2007-2016. A center of Excellence funded by Vinnova. Total budget: 210 million SEK.

eSSENCE – a national collaboration in e-science. 26 MSEK/year. SNIC

(Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing), is under the Swedish Science Council a metacentre whose task is to coordinate and develop high end computing capacity for Swedish research.

UPPMAX (Uppsala Multidisciplinary Center for Advanced Computational Science), which is Uppsala University's center for high performance computing.

UpCERGUppsala Computing Education Research Group

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The IT departments hosts: Particularly strong and large groups in

Specification, verification, and analysis of real-time and distributed systems.

Signal processing and system identification. Construction, analysis and implementation of

numerical methods for partial differential equations. 2 Highly Cited Researchers Several of the most cited researchers in Sweden in

CS**.

*) as defined by ISI HighlyCited.com**) according to a recent investigation using Citeseer

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Our graduated students and PhDs are much appreciated in industry and academia.

Several high tech spin-offs: Skype, Acumem, Trade Extensions, OptiMobile, Wisenet Holding

Collaboration with several major Swedish companies; Ericsson, ABB, Scania, Volvo…

Future systems for train traffic control in Sweden is based on HCI research.

Extensive academic collaboration nationally and internationally.

Impact

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Ingela NyströmVisualization

Erik HagerstenComputer Architecture

Tore RischDatabase Technology

Torsten SöderströmAutomatic Control

Abdulla ParoshComputer Systems

Joachim ParrowComputing Science

Arne AnderssonComputingScience

Bengt SandbladHuman-Computer Interaction

Torbjörn WigrenAutomatic Control

Wang YiReal-Time Systems

Ewert BengtssonImage Analysis

Per GunningbergData

Communication

Bengt JonssonComputerSystems

Michael ThunéScientificComputing

Pierre FlenerComputing Science

Peter StoicaSystem Modelling

IordanisKavathatzopoulosHuman-ComputerInteraction

Stefan SeipelComputer Graphics

Bengt CarlssonAutomatic Control

Sverker HolmgrenScientificComputing

ISI Highly Cited Researcher

Ingrid CarlbomComputerGraphics

GunillaBorgeforsImage Analysis

Gunilla KreissNumericalAnalysis

Håkan LanshammarAutomatic Control &Systems Analysis

Per LötstedtNumericalAnalysis

Alexander MedvedevAutomaticControl

Jan NordströmNumericalAnalysis

Professors, Sept. 2012

StefanosKaxirasComputerArchitecture

ThiemoVoigtWirelessSensorSystems

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35%

32%

18%

9%

5%1%

33%

Working revenues 2011, IT. Totally 198 MSEK

Education

Faculty funded research

External funds, Swedish Research Council

External funds, Other Governmental

External funds, European Commision

External funds, Private

Finances

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The IT department is: Among the leading departments in Europe in the

IT area according to an investigation by the University vice Chancellor, 2006.

The third largest department at Uppsala University.

The most complete department:

- in Uppsala (balance between edu. & research)- in Sweden (unique coverage of IT)

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The IT department in SwedenCOMPMATH

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The strenght of Computer Science/Mathematics at SwedishUniversities, according to a recent Governmental enquiry(SOU 2007:81, Nov 2007)

The numbers are equivalent number of full time researchers performing on world average level. In Uppsala this is accomplished by about half that number of researchers. The analysis is based on bibliometry.

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Information Technology Center

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