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Graduate school in Systems Analysis, Graduate school in Systems Analysis,

Decision Making and Risk Management Decision Making and Risk Management

director Raimo P. Hämäläinen

coordinator Antti PunkkaSystems Analysis Laboratory

Helsinki University of Technology

P.O. Box 1100, 02015 TKK, Finland

http://www.sal.tkk.fi

firstname.lastname@tkk.fi

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Graduate school 1995-2009Graduate school 1995-2009

Research groups involved– Systems Analysis Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology (TKK)

» Prof. Harri Ehtamo, Prof. Raimo P. Hämäläinen, Prof. Ahti Salo

– Subjects of Management Science and Quantitative Methods of Economics

and Management Science, Department of Business Technology, Helsinki

School of Economics and Business Administration (HSE)» Prof. Markku Kallio, Prof. Pekka Korhonen, Prof. Jyrki Wallenius

About 7 professors, 20 full-time and 40 part-time students

59 doctoral degrees (TKK 39, HSE 20) in 13,5 years– Average 4,4 doctors / year

– 31 studied full-time, 28 part-time

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TKK 1995 Räsänen Mika Helsingin energia TKK 2003 Murto Pauli HSE

HSE 1996 Hakanen Tuula Merita, Luxembourg HSE 2003 Syrjänen Mikko Gaia Group

HSE 1996 Haapalinna Ilkka puolustusvoimat HSE 2004 Koivu Matti EKP

HSE 1997 Bragge Johanna HSE TKK 2005 Virtanen Kai TKK

TKK 1998 Pöyhönen Mari Gaia Group TKK 2005 Näsäkkälä Erkka Nordic Investment Bank

HSE 1998 Yu G.Y. Nokia TKK 2005 Gustafsson Janne Cheyne Capital Mgmt, London

TKK 2000 Lindroos Marko HSE TKK 2006 Kitti Mitri HSE

TKK 2000 Raivio Tuomas Lumeo Software TKK 2006 Könnölä Totti VTT

TKK 2000 Ylikarjula Janica Academy of Finland TKK 2007 Mustajoki Jyri SYKE

HSE 2000 Joro Tarja Univ. of Alberta HSE 2007 Hilli Petri QSA Oy

TKK 2001 Uutela Kimmo Datex-Ohmeda Div. HSE 2007 Stenfors Sari SCANCOR / Stanford univ.

HSE 2001 Heiskanen Pirja Fortum HSE 2007 Malo Pekka Fosta Consulting

HSE 2001 Kallio Maarit Metla TKK 2008 Karelahti Janne Accenture

HSE 2001 Kuosmanen Timo Univ. of Copenhagen TKK 2008 Liesiö Juuso TKK

HSE 2002 Heikkinen V-P Varma-Sampo HSE 2008 Eskelinen Petri HSE

TKK 2003 Kettunen Anu DANISCO

Full-time students’ first employers after graduation

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Employers of graduated part-time students

TKK 1995 Jauri Osmo Grantia TKK 2003 Rosqvist Tony VTT

TKK 1996 Laininen Pertti TKK TKK 2003 Holmberg Maria SYKE

TKK 1997 Siikonen M-L Kone Oy HSE 2003 Kahra Hannu Monte Paschi Asset Mgmt, Milano

TKK 1997 Holmberg Jan Vattenfall, Sweden TKK 2004 Salmenkaita J-P Nokia

TKK 1998 Sinisalo Jukka Kemira TKK 2004 Sinkko Kari Säteilyturvakeskus

TKK 1998 Keppo JussiSuomen optiopörssi / Helsingin energia

TKK 2005 Makkonen Simo Process Vision Oy

TKK 1999 Simola Kaisa VTT Automation TKK 2006 Höglund Albert Nokia

TKK 1999 Linna Miika STAKES HSE 2006 Voutilainen Raimo WM-data Oy

TKK 2001 Inkala Arto EIA HSE 2006 Pulkkinen Pertti sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö

TKK 2001 Lehtonen Heikki MTT Economic Research TKK 2007 Alanne Kari TKK

HSE 2001 Teikari Ismo Tilastokeskus TKK 2007 Seppä Mika TKK

TKK 2002 Pyykönen Jouni VTT HSE 2007 Ruotoistenmäki Antti Destia

TKK 2003 Nurminen Jukka Nokia TKK 2008 Jarimo Toni VTT / Nokia

TKK 2003 Seppälä Jyri SYKE TKK 2009 Perttunen Jari Metla

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Graduates’ placement in the job market

Research in industry (incl. consulting, risk mgmt) 39 %

Research in public sector 24 %

Universities 24 %

Public administration 9 %

Other jobs in the private sector 5 %

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Examples of research fields covered

Multi-criteria decision analysis and optimization

Optimization and game theory

Modeling of dynamic systems

Energy, environmental and biological modeling

Data envelopment analysis

Safety and risk analysis

Finance and stochastic optimization

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Typical activities

Research done in research groups

Intensive courses given by foreign experts, e.g. opponents of

dissertations– 2-4 courses per year

– Short-term visits – longer visits in the future?

– Open to everybody interested in the subject» Popular among researchers from SYKE, VTT and other organizations

– Attendance 10-70 students

Graduate school students have a possibility to take any

courses in TKK or HSE

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Annual graduate school seminars

2-3 days out of town– Boat trips etc.

In collaboration with foreign universities– St. Petersburgh, Stockholm, Tallinn

Focus on one specific topic at a time– Writing, citations, journals

Students’ presentations of their research

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Full-time students’ funding (2006-2007)

Ministry of

Education

5 graduate school positions 23 %

Academy of

Finland

Research projects 7 %

TKK, HSE 4 assistantships and complementary funding for

graduate school positions

30 %

Other project

funding

FaF, MATINE, VTT, Pöyry, Nokia, Kone, Finnish

road administration, ministry of agriculture and

forestry, SA, Tekes, ...

27 %

Scholarships 12 %

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Communication to students and supervisors

Email list– Upcoming events

Website– Contact information

– Intensive courses and

seminars

– Events organized by other

organizations

– Other graduate schools,

summer schools

– Archive of past activities

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Organization -2009

Strong research groups are the basis of the graduate school

Director and 4 othersupervising professors

Involved researchgroups

TKK 1 TKK 4TKK 3TKK 2 HSE 5 HSE 6 HSE 7

Graduatestudents

Steering committee

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National graduate school from 2010

The goal is to cover all the major OR groups in Finland

3 new research groups will join the school– Christer Carlsson, Åbo Akedemi

– Marko Mäkelä (and Risto Lahdelma, TKK), University of Turku

– Kaisa Miettinen, Jyväskylä University

12 supervising professors, about 30 full-time graduate

students

7 graduate school positions for the period 2010-2013– Call for applications in October 2009

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Organization from 2010

Extended steering group coordinates the school– Management group directs the school

– Advisory group works as a link between the school and collaboration

organizations

– Other supervising professors

Extended steering group:Mgmt group, advisory group, supervising professors

TKK ÅAJyUHSE UTU

Collaboration:

-Research projects’ customers- Other graduate schools-Research collaborationwith research institutes

-Foreign universitiesResearchgroups

Graduatestudents

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Efforts to increase students’ internationalization

Funding to participate in international summer schools– Only 1-4 students per year have taken advantage of this possibility

Students give presentations about their research in

international conferences once a year (funded by research

groups)

Researcher visits– Supervisors’ contacts yield good possibilities in top universities abroad

– ½-1 year long visits – little interest

– 1-4 weeks short visits – some interest

– Important, but how to encourage?

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Recruitment

Most full-time students have already been working as research

assistants in some of the school’s research groups– Supervisors have first hand knowledge about the candidates’ capabilities

Promising master-level students are involved early in the

graduate school’s activities already before graduation– Intensive courses

– Seminars

– Conferences

Foreign students possible

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Practises proven good

Seminars with a specific topic– Seminar on Scientific writing held in 2006 was found very useful by the students

– Require professors’ contribution in preparation

– Reproducible

Intensive courses– A glance at a more specific area of research in a short time

– Require only little contribution from the universities’ staff

– Networking possibilities for the students

Conference presentation rehearsals– Held for laboratory staff about 2-3 weeks before the conference

– Critical comments and discussion