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Department of Information Technology. Michael Thuné Head of Department. The IT department is:. The third largest department at Uppsala University (239 employees ). The most complete department : - in Uppsala ( balance between edu . & research) - in Sweden ( unique coverage of IT).
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Department of Information Technology Michael Thuné Head of Department
The IT department is: • The thirdlargestdepartment at Uppsala University (239 employees). • The mostcompletedepartment: - in Uppsala (balancebetweenedu. & research)- in Sweden (uniquecoverage of IT)
Undergraduateeducation • 4000 students eachyear (about 1000 full time students) • Participation in about 30 study programs, a total of 150 courses starts per academicyear. • Singlesubjectcourses, distancecourses, summer courses and webbasedcourses. • Everything from introductory courses for beginners to specialist courses. • 200 computer work stations for the students. • High quality (UndergraduateEducation Department of the Year 2009)
Research We cover a broad spectrum of research areas: • Computing Science: algorithm design; compilerconstruction; constraintprogramming; databases; distributed systems; e-commerce; formal methods; machinelearning; programminglanguages; and software engineering • Computer Systems: formal specification, verification, experimental systems development, and evaluation; with applications in computer networks, computer architecture, and embedded systems
Research (cont.) • ScientificComputing: numericalanalysis, numerical software development and high-performancecomputing; with collaborativeprojects in Computational Science and Engineering, and industrialapplications • Systems and Control: estimation, system identification, signal processing, spectralanalysis, faultdetection, and automaticcontrol; with applications in wireless communications, radar and syntheticaperture radar, modelling and control of mechanical systems, process control, environment, and medicine
Research (cont.) • Visual Information and Interaction: image analysis, image processing, visualization, human-computer interaction, and IT sustainability; with applications in healthcare, medicine, biology, forestry, and transportation systems
The IT departmentshosts: • Research Centres • UPMARC (Uppsala Programming for MulticoreArchitectures) 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 Excellencefunded by Vinnova. Total budget: 210 million SEK. • eSSENCE – a national collaboration in e-science. • CBA (Center for Image Analysis – in collaboration with Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences (SLU) • SNIC (Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing), is under the Swedish Science Council a metacentrewhose task is to coordinate and develop high endcomputingcapacity for Swedish research. • UPPMAX(Uppsala Multidisciplinary Center for AdvancedComputational Science), which is Uppsala University's center for high performance computing.
Citations from externalevaluation(KoF07 & KoF11) • The friendly atmosphere and the cohesiveness that prevails at the Information Technology Department have been mentioned by several members. The panel believes that such friendly atmosphere is indeed a valuable and rather unique asset that undoubtedly contributes to the quality of the work performed at the department. • … world-class quality … world leading … internationally recognized
Impact • Our graduated students and PhDs are muchappreciated in industry and academia. • Several high techspin-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 academiccollaborationnationally and internationally.
Arne Andersson Computing Science AbdullaParosh Computer Systems Bengt Jonsson Computer Systems Torsten Söderström AutomaticControl Peter Stoica System Modelling Gunilla Borgefors Image Analysis Per Gunningberg Data Communication Bengt Carlsson Automatic Control Pierre Flener Computing Science Erik Hagersten Computer Architecture Ewert Bengtsson Image Analysis Ingrid Carlbom Computer Graphics Professors, December 2012 Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos Human-Computer Interaction Gunilla Kreiss NumericalAnalysis Stefanos Kaxiras Computer Architecture Alexander Medvedev Automatic Control Håkan Lanshammar Automatic Control &Systems Analysis Sverker Holmgren ScientificComputing Per Lötstedt NumericalAnalysis Ingela Nyström Visualization Joachim Parrow ComputingScience Bengt Sandblad Human-Computer Interaction Wang Yi Real-Time Systems Stefan Seipel Computer Graphics Tore Risch DatabaseTechnology Michael Thuné Scientific Computing ThiemoVoigt Wireless Sensor Networks Torbjörn Wigren AutomaticControl