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Algoa Progress

ALGOA PROGRESS is a ”New Business from Research Ideas” (TUTLI) project funded by Business Finland and the European Regional Development Fund. The project aims to explore the commercial potential of an algorithm that can predict the progression of osteoarthritis. The project seeks to lay both technological and commercial foundations for a novel technology that allows individualized treatment planning for people with, e.g. osteoarthritis. The objective of this type of treatment planning would be to prevent osteoarthritis or to slow down its progression.

The project is based on long-term basic and applied research carried out by the Biophysics of Bone and Cartilage research group (http://luotain.uef.fi/) at the Department of Applied Physics, UEF, as well as on utilising these research findings in computational modelling.

Blas Mola (blas.mola@uef.fi)

My main research lines focus on all topics related to biomass production for energy, both from forest management and fast-growing plantations. My interests entail the production and economic aspects, policy framework, environmental effects and social consequences of their development. In addition to this, I have interest on the analysis and modelling of risk, especially combined with ecosystem services, either caused by natural disturbances, man-made origins or social conflicts.

Concerning teaching, I am in charge of advanced courses on bioenergy (“Supply and energy use of lignocellulosic biomass”, and “Bioenergy markets and policies”) and methods (“Academic skills” and “Research methods in forest sciences”). In addition, I am supervisor of several MSc and DSc students. I keep close cooperation at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden), the Norwegian Institute of bioeconomy research (Norway), the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (Spain) and the Northwest A&F University (China).

Denis Dobrynin (denis.dobrynin@uef.fi)

I am coordinating the activities implemented by the University of Eastern Finland within the framework of the EDUCase platform. Supported by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, the EDUCase platform is focused on strengthening partnerships in education, sustainable development and global responsibility. In 2022, we organize courses on environmental collaboration and conflict resolution in Finland and in Tanzania. These courses address conflicts related to natural resources management, including the examination of theoretical frameworks and conflict cases, hands-on exercises and the development of collaboration, mediation and consensus-building skills. The courses are both academic and practice-driven.

As a researcher, I am interested in environmental and forest policy and governance, sustainability, and bioeconomy. In my research, I am focused on the role of globalization and privatization of forest governance and sustainable forest management, including the market-driven forest certification, NGOs and private companies. My research was supported by the Kone Foundation and the Department of Geographical and Historical Studies.

Ilkka Jormanainen (ilkka.jormanainen@uef.fi)

Tutkimusalaani kuuluvat mm. ohjelmallinen ajattelu sekä tietotekniikan opetus, oppimisympäristöjen tiedonlouhinta, opetusrobotiikka ja teknologiakasvatuksen kysymykset sekä kehittyvien maiden teknologiat. Ohjaan parhaillaan neljää väitöstyötä näiltä aihealueilta sekä opetan aiheisiin liittyviä kursseja tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitoksella. Johdin hiljattain päättynyttä ”ICT for Education in Eritrea” -hanketta (UM, HEI-ICI). Olen ollut mukana useissa EU-rahoitteisissa projekteissa (mm. Erasmus+ Avaintoimi 2 -rahoitteiset CONSTRUIT! ja TACCLE3 sekä H2020-rahoitteinen eCraft2Learn). Olen ollut aktiivisesti mukana SciFest tiede- ja teknologiafestivaalin kehittämisessä ja taannoin johdin festivaalia kolmen vuoden ajan. Minulle on kertynyt opetus-, tutkimus- ja hankehallinnon kokemusta useista kansainvälisistä yhteyksistä useissa Euroopan ja Afrikan maissa, mm. Eritreassa, Etelä-Afrikassa, Nepalissa, Tansaniassa, Sambiassa ja Mosambikissa.

Jarkko Suhonen (jarkko.suhonen@uef.fi)

Olen työskennellyt Joensuun yliopistossa/Itä-Suomen yliopistossa vuodesta 2000 lähtien. Väittelin tohtoriksi Joensuun yliopistosta vuonna 2005, ensimmäisenä professori Erkki Sutisen tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitokselle perustamasta opetusteknologian tutkimusryhmästä (nykyisin opetus- ja kehitysteknologian tutkimusryhmä). Pääasialliset työtehtäväni ovat väitöskirjaopiskelijoiden ohjaus, opetus sekä IMPDET online tohtoriopintojen koordinointi. Olen lisäksi LUMETO -tohtoriohjelman tietojenkäsittelytieteen yhteyshenkilö ja osallistun myös Itä-Suomen ICT polku -opintojen toteutukseen.

Tutkimusta olen tehnyt pääosin seuraavista aiheista:

  • verkko- ja monimuoto-oppiminen/opetus
  • digitaalinen oppiminen ja oppimisen teknologiat
  • tietojenkäsittelytieteen opetus ja oppiminen
  • kehitysteknologia (ICT4D)

Lukuvuonna 2023-2024 opetan Tietojenkäsittelytieteen tutkimusmenetelmät -opintojakson.

Kajar Köster (kajar.koster@uef.fi)

Research interests: Disturbances (fire, wind, reindeer grazing, insects, etc.) and biogeochemistry, carbon dynamics, greenhouse gas emissions, pyrogenic matter formation and post-fire transport (by water), post-disturbance changes in biogeochemical processes, etc.

My research deals with questions how the northern ecosystems respond to climate change, the changes in land-use, and the changes in disturbance dynamics. My current research focusses on how northern ecosystems respond to changes in fire dynamics and other disturbances, and what are the consequences on the formation of greenhouse gas, volatile organic compound, pyrogenic carbon, and soot emissions. The research uses a wide scope of measurements with extensive field-based measurements including experimental and natural fires and detailed process-level studies on the effects of fires on the formation of particles using the existing laboratories in UEF. The work will link disturbance related studies to plant ecology, biogeochemistry and atmospheric sciences, and will improve predictions of ecosystem responses to a changing climate, and helps to understand possible tipping points in the environment (e.g. transitions of ecosystems from carbon sinks to carbon sources).

Markku Tukiainen (markku.tukiainen@uef.fi)

Työskentelen opetusteknologian, ohjelmistotuotannon, ihmisen ja tietokoneen vuorovaikutuksen (HCI), kehitysmaateknologian (ICT4D), tietojenkäsittelyn didaktiikan ja muunnettujen todellisuuksien (XR, VR, AR, MR) parissa.

Philippe Fayt (philippe.fayt@uef.fi)

Originally from Belgium, Philippe completed his Bachelor’s studies in Biology at his home university UCLouvain in 1994 and his Doctoral studies, also in Biology, at the University of Joensuu (now UEF) in 2003. In between, in 1994-1995, he completed an International Study Programme in Environmental Sciences and Forestry in the same Finnish university. His PhD thesis focused on the population ecology of the rare Three-toed Woodpecker. In 2005, he successfully organised the Academy of Finland-funded 6th International Woodpecker Symposium at the university’s Mekrijärvi research station, bringing together scientists from 12 countries. Fayt’s past employment relationships include e.g. responsibilities at the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment of Kainuu, the Finnish Forest Research Institute, the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, the Finnish Museum of Natural History, Metsähallitus, the Finnish Environment Institute and Snowchange. Philippe is currently writing a science-popularizing book on birds living in Finnish forests based on the most exhaustive scientific bibliography on the topic (3000 peer-reviewed references), with the support of the Kone and Alfred Kordelin Foundations and the Association of Finnish Nonfiction Writers. He is also involved in another Kone-funded project on Kelo trees and is the planner and builder of the Finnish Biodiversity Research & Education Platform, in collaboration with Vilma Lehtovaara (ELY-keskus).