Research                                     

Research and teaching in the School are intended to respond to the increasing demands for information technology in today's society. The School offers teaching and engages in research on the development of new technology and information services based on research findings. Research conducted focuses on the methods and techniques of information organization, processing and use. Research in the School enjoys international respect and appreciation.

Research centers

The School of Information Sciences hosts three research centers:

• CIS Research Center for Information and Systems
• TAUCHI Tampere Unit for Computer Human Interaction
• TRIM Tampere Research Center for Information and Media

TAUCHI research center conducts a research program called Human and information technology. The professor responsible for the program is prof. Roope Raisamo. The program is part of Human and technology research program at UTA.

For publications see UTA's electronic database of research publications.

New doctoral dissertations

(links below are permanent links leading to a page in Finnish - please click 'in English' to change the language on each page)

- 15 March 2013 Mr. Linfeng Li, Computer Science dissertation  A Contingency Framework to Assure the User-Centered Quality and to Support the Design of Anti-Phishing Software

- 20 November 2012 Mr. Tomi Heimonen, Interactive Technology dissertation Design and Evaluation of User Interfaces for Mobile Web Search

- 9 November 2012 Mr. Henry Joutsijoki, Computer Science dissertation Variations on a Theme: The Classification of Benthic Macroinvertebrates

- 18 October 2012 2012 Mr. J. Tuomas Harviainen, Information Studies and Interactive Media dissertation Systemic Perspectives on Information in Physically Performed Role-play

- 5 October 2012 Mr. Antti Sirkka, Computer Science dissertation Managing Product Life Cycle Data Using Automatic Identification

- 22 September 2012 Mr. Markus Montola, Information Studies and Interactive Media dissertation On the Edge of the Magic Circle: Understanding Pervasive Games and Role-Playing

- 20 June 2012 Mr. Martin Stenberg, Computer Science dissertation Tiedon jakaminen organisaatiossa - kuinka aineetonta pääomaa kasvatetaan (Information sharing in the Organization - expanding intangible Capital)

- 15 June 2012 Ms. Johanna Lilja, Information Studies and Interactive Media dissertation Challenging the Matthew effect: international exchange of publications in four Finnish learned societies until the Second World War

- 2 June 2012 Ms. Saraleena Aarnitaival, Information Studies and Interactive Media dissertation on Maahanmuuttajanaiset työelämätietoa etsimässä. Tutkimus kotoutumisen tietokäytännöistä. An abstract in English.

- 20 January 2012 Mr. Andro Kull,  A Method for Continuous Information Technology Supervision: The Case of the Estonian Financial Sector  

Tampere University Dissertation database contains UTA dissertations since 1999.

Research evaluations

The research conducted in the School has been evaluated by two external assessments:

In 2007 Computer Sciences research in Finland was assessed by an international group of experts for the Academy of Finland. 

In 2004 the research output of all UTA disciplines was evaluated. The full report is here (pdf).

UTA research pages

The research pages of the University of Tampere