Helsinki ICT Research Events

Title
Interdependence and Predictability of Human Mobility and Social Interactions

Abstract
The study of the interdependence of human movement and social ties of individuals is one of the most interesting research areas in computational social science. Previous studies have shown that human movement is predictable to a certain extent at different geographic scales. One of the open problems is how to...

Prof. Ian Wanless, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

A k by n Latin rectangle is a k by n matrix containing n symbols in such a way that each symbol occurs exactly once in each row and at most once in each column. An n by n Latin rectangle is a Latin square. A famous theorem of Hall says that every Latin rectangle can be extended to a Latin square. It has been known for some time that the analogous statement fails for all dimensions...

The 8th World Conference of Science Journalists (http://wcsj2013.org/) is hosted by the University of Helsinki during June 24-28. The organizers expect some 500 science journalists to attend. University PR and Press office has produced science-based side programme for the journalists in the brand new Think Corner in Porthania...

Prof. Ilkka Arminen, University of Helsinki

Conversation analysis (CA) is originally a fenomenologically inspired approach to study the elementary forms of human conduct and communication. It can be applied for deciphering the new patterns of interaction and sociability, and user experiences in the context of (new) media and communication technologies. The ongoing project "Media, Families and Children's well...

Conversation analysis (CA) is originally a fenomenologically inspired approach to study
the elementary forms of human conduct and communication. It can be
applied for deciphering the new patterns of interaction and sociability,
and user experiences in the context of (new) media and communication technologies.
The ongoing project "Media, Families...

The ICS department participates in organizing SCIA 2013, the 18th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis. SCIA 2013 continues the long tradition of Scandinavian Conferences on Image Analysis. SCIA 2013 is held in The Hanasaari Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre in Espoo. SCIA 2013 features an exciting program featuring four keynote talks, two tutorials, over 6o accepted papers presented as oral...

Prof. Aris Anagnostopoulos, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

In the last years we have observed the emergence of a variety of systems where users communicate and collaborate online and produce knowledge or provide new services. Success stories include Wikipedia, Linux and the open source community, games with a purpose, crowdsourcing services, online labor marketplaces, and car-sharing services, to name a few. This...

Abstract:
In the last years we have observed the emergence of a variety of systems where users communicate and collaborate online and produce knowledge or provide new services. Success stories include Wikipedia, Linux and the open source community, games with a purpose, crowdsourcing services, online labor marketplaces, and car-sharing services, to name a few. This new...