Lecture courses were given in 1994 on applied mathematics and computer
science in three levels for undergraduate students. Topics of the
courses were programming in C and in Fortran, software for
microcomputers, computer systems, numerical methods, optimization
methods, graphical interfaces, artificial intelligence, scien- tific
computing, mathematical algorithms, numerical solution of partial
differential equations (the finite element method), geometrical
algorithms, simulation, systems analysis, and mathematical modelling.
Moreover, foreign part-time professors gave lectures. Prof. Yu. A.
Kuznetsov lectured about advanced numerical linear algebra, and prof.
J. Haslinger about introduction to mathematical theory of material
sciences.
Jyväskylä Graduate School in Computing and Mathematical Sciences
(COMAS) was founded in 1994. COMAS is a doctoral programme in computing
and mathematical sciences offered by the University of Jyvaskyla.
COMAS programme provides scientifically high-quality education and a
convenient research environment. The programme is jointly organised by
three departments: the Department of Computer Science and Information
Systems, the Department of Statistics, and the Department of
Mathematics.
Scientific computing is one of the four research programmes of COMAS.
The others are software engineering, information systems, and
statistics. The main areas of software engineering are management of
software production, object-oriented methods and programming languages,
document management, and computer-aided software engineering (CASE).
The information systems (IS) programme contains education and research
of organizational and managemental IS applications. The main areas are
information systems methodologies and tools (e.g., computer-aided
methodology engineering, selection of IS development tools, exception
handling in ISs, and introduction of information technology), IS
management and evaluation, and applications of ISs (e.g., multimedia
ISs, computer-aided collaborative work (CSCW), and executive ISs).
The main areas in statistics are spatial and computationally intensive
statistical methods, statistics for data obtained through complex
sampling, analysis of longitudinal data, and industrial statistics.
The COMAS programme provides wide international research co-operation.
It is already involved in about 10 projects financed by the European
Community. The students will study in research projects, in close
contact with professors and post-doctoral researchers. The
participating departments have 15 professors or associate professors.
Each student will have one main advisor and two other advisors (from
Finland or abroad). The COMAS programme will consist of 60{70 full-time
doctoral students.
The director of the COMAS Graduate School is professor Kalle Lyytinen
(Department of Computer Science and Information Systems), and the
vice director is docent Antti Penttinen (Department of Statistics).
There are twelve post-graduate students and fourteen doctoral
candidates in the area of scientific computing.
Post-Graduate Students
- Timo Bister: Computer-Aided Process Design
- Erkki Heikkola: Fictitious Domain Methods in Acoustics and Electromagnetics
- Sari Karjalainen: Sound Propagation in Anisotropic Medium
- Timo Kyntäjä: Mobile Protocols in Cellular Networks (Technical Research Centre
of Finland)
- Leena Lallukka: Quality Management: Hypermedia in Education in Steel Industry
- Markku Malinen: Optimal Control of Mobile Radio Network
- Liina Nenonen: On the Modelling of Cellular Networks and the Optimization of
Base Station Parameters
- Anne Nylander: Computational Statistics
- Vesa-Matti Paananen: Multimedia Software Engineering
- Tuomo Räisänen: Numerical Realization of the Parabolic Optimal Control Problems
- Mikko Sillanpää: Computational Statistics
- Iiris Suutarinen: Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Doctoral Candidates
- Kai Hiltunen: Multiphase Flows in Porous Media
- Jari Järvinen: Numerical Simulation of Czochralski Crystal Growth (TU
Munchen)
- Tommi Kärkkäinen: Error Estimates for Distributed Parameter
Identification Problems
- Aarni Lehtinen: The Problem of Optimal Choice
- Alexandru Murgu: Neural Networks for Planning and Control in Communication Networks
- Antti Niemistö: Numerical Realization of Nonlinear Inverse Problems
- Reijo Pietikäinen: Modelling of Copying Behaviour of Paper
- Pekka Risku: Computer-Aided Learning of Mathematics and Mathematical Hypermedia
- Tuomo Rossi: Fast Separable Solvers with Applications
- Kari Saarinen: Modelling and Simulation of IR-measurement of Humidity (ABB-Stromberg Inc.)
- Lioudmila Seioukova: Free Boundary Problems in Chemistry
- Mikko Tarkiainen: Time Optimal Motion Planning of Articulated Systems
- Timo Taskinen: General Regularization Methods for Solutions of Ill-Posed Problems
- Jari Toivanen: Fictitious Domain Method Applied to Shape Optimization
One Licentiate degree and four doctor's degrees were completed in 1994.
PhLic
- Jari Toivanen: Fictitious Domain Method Applied to Shape Optimization
PhD
- Kaisa Miettinen: On the Methodology of Multiobjective Optimization with Applications
- Markku Miettinen: Approximation of Hemivariational Inequalities and Optimal Control Problems
- Jukka-Pekka Santanen: On Bounding Approach for Timing Simulation of Digital Integrated Circuits
- Pasi Tarvainen: Block Relaxation Methods for Algebraic Obstacle Problems with M-Matrices: Theory and Applications
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