Master’s Degree Programme in

Computer, Communication, and

Information Sciences

P. Vuorimaa, J. Hämäläinen, M. Knuuttila, P. Puska

www.aalto.fi/ccis @AaltoCCIS

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Background

Aalto is clearly Finland’s largest ICT education organization

ICT education is carried out in two schools: SCI and ELEC■ available potentials are not fully used when MSc programs are

operated separately

There is no clear work division between SCI and ELEC ■ This has lead to some overlap in MSc education

Why now is right time to merge MSc programs on ICT?■ MSc program renewal ongoing anyway

■ Wide consensus on the benefits of the merger

■ Large joint MSc program between schools will provide a test case for school cooperation and realize student mobility on new level

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Computer, Communication, and

Information Sciences (CCIS)

Master’s Degree Program organized by Aalto Schools of

SCI and ELEC

Eight majors and altogether 15 tracks

Faculty includes over 50 professors

First call for students starts in December 2014

Operation starts in January 2015

New students start their studies in September 2015

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Degree structure Master’s degree 120 ECTS

■ Major: 40-65 ECTS Long major (55-65 ECTS)

Compact major (40-45 ECTS) + minor (20-25 ECTS)

■ Minor 20-25 ECTS (optional) Master’s program decides

whether minor is allowed

Minors can be chosen from a list defined by the Master’s program

■ Elective studies 25-35 ECTS Additional minor (student’s own

preference)

Multidisciplinary courses

Courses supporting the major

Full semester abroad

■ Master’s thesis 30 ECTS

Major

40-65 ECTS

Elective Studies

25-35 ECTS

Master’s Thesis

30 ECTS

Minor

20-25 ECTS

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International Studies

All CCIS students are expected to have international component as part of their studies

Various study abroad options (bit.ly/1zjA42P)

Double degree possibility in EIT ICT Labs Master’s School (masterschool.eitictlabs.eu) and NordSecMobProgramme (nordsecmob.aalto.fi)

International minor at EURECOM Graduate School (eurecom.fr) or at many other international partner universities

Exchange agreements with both European and non-European partners

A number of international internship options (e.g., summer jobs) are also available

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Majors

Computer Science

Communications Engineering

Software and Service Engineering

Mobile Computing, Services, and Security

Acoustics and Audio Technology

Machine Learning and Data Mining

Signal, Speech, and Language Processing

Game Design and Production

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Admission to CCIS (to be confirmed)

Majors except

game design

TIKBSc’s

ATI/ITBSc’s

BSc’s outside

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Entry to any major

Separate admission (to a specified major)

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Computer Science

Combines both theoretical and applied computer

science

Six different tracks (broad major)

Wide range of advanced courses

Faculty includes over 25 professors

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Computer Science

Core Courses (select five):

Operating Systems

Web Software Development

Information Security

Computer Graphics

Principles of Algorithmic

Techniques

Discrete Models and Search

Machine Learning: Basic

Principles

User Interfaces

Tracks (select one):

Software Systems and

Technologies

Secure Systems

WWW Technologies,

Applications, and Science

Interactive Technologies

Algorithms, Logic, and

Complexity

Big Data and Large-Scale

Computing

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Communications Engineering

Organized jointly by two departments:

■ Communications and Networking (Comnet)

■ Signal Processing and Acoustics (SPA)

Three different tracks

■ Wireless communications (Comnet and SPA)

■ Internet Technologies (Comnet)

■ Communication Ecosystems (Comnet)

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Communications Engineering

Core Courses:

Trends in Communications (project course)

Internet Traffic Measurement and Measurement Analysis

Wireless Systems

Tracks:Wireless communicationsInternet TechnologiesCommunications Ecosystem

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Software and Service Engineering

A combination of three current majors

■ Together, these majors represent 26% of all CS major students

(2012)

Includes four tracks

The major is offered as both long and compact

In addition, two minors are offered

Prof. Casper

Lassenius

Prof. Marko

Nieminen

Prof. Marjo

Kauppinen

Prof. Mika

Mäntylä

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Software and Service Engineering

Core Courses:

Software Engineering

User Interfaces and Usability

Software Design and Modeling

Software Development Project

Seminar in Software and

Service Engineering

Methods for User-centered

Product Development

User-centered Concept Design

Usability Evaluation

User Interface Construction

Tracks:

Software Engineering

Service Design and

Engineering

User-Centered Design

Enterprise System

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Mobile Computing, Services, and Security

Based on existing Master’s Programme in Mobile

Computing – Services and Security

Also available Erasmus Mundus Master’s Program in

Security and Mobile Computing (NordSecMob)

Prof. N.

Asokan

Prof. Jukka K.

Nurminen

Prof. Tuomas

Aura

Prof. Keijo

Heljanko

Prof. Mario Di

Francesco

Prof. Antti

Ylä-Jääski

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Mobile Computing, Services, and Security

Core Courses:

Methods and Tools for Network

Systems

Computer Networks II -

Advanced Features

Applications and Services in

Internet

Laboratory Works in

Networking and Security

Mobile Systems Programming /

Mobile computing project

Seminar

Elective Courses:

Network Services Business

Models

Internet and Computing Forum

Special course in data

communication software

Internet Technologies for

Mobile Computing

Network Security

Mobile Systems Security

etc.

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Acoustics and Audio Technology

Joint major organized by departments of

■ Signal Processing and Acoustics (ELEC)

■ Media Technology (SCI)

The major is offered as both long and compact

In addition, a minor is offered

Prof. Vesa

Välimäki

(ELEC)

Prof. Ville

Pulkki

(ELEC)

Prof. Lauri

Savioja

(SCI)

Prof. Tapio

Lokki

(SCI)

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Acoustics and Audio Technology

Core Courses:

Communication acoustics

Acoustics and the physics of

sound

Acoustical measurements

Audio signal processing

Room acoustics

Acoustics and audio technology

seminar

Elective Courses:

Electroacoustics

Noise Control

Digital signal processing

systems

Speech processing

Speech recognition

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Machine Learning and Data Mining

Based on already established international master’s

program called Macadamia

Organized by department of Information and Computer

Science

Faculty belongs to two centers of excellence: the

Computational Inference Research (COIN) center is

coordinated by the department

Prof.

Aristides

Gionis

Prof. Erkki

Oja

Prof. Juha

Karhunen

Prof.

Samuel

Kaski

Prof. Harri

Lähdesmäk

i

Prof. Juho

Rousu

Prof.

Tapani

Raiko

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Macadamia Courses

Compulsory Courses:

Machine Learning: Basic Principles

Machine Learning and Neural Networks

Machine Learning: Advanced Probabilistic Methods

Algorithmic methods of data mining

Kernel Methods in Machine Learning

Information Visualization

Research Project in Computer and Information Science

Elective Courses:

Computer Vision

Speech Recognition

Statistical Natural Language

Processing

High-Throughput Bioinformatics

Signal Processing in

Neuroinformatics

Artificial Intelligence

Digital Image Processing

Special Course in Computer and

Information Science I-VI

Principles of Pattern Recognition

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Signal, Speech, and Language Processing

Organized by department of Signal Processing and

Acoustics

Prof. Unto K.

Laine

Prof. Paavo

Alku

Prof. Mikko

Kurimo

Prof. Jorma

Skyttä

Prof. Visa

Koivunen

Prof. Risto

Wichman

Prof. Sergiy

Vorobyov

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Courses of Signal, Speech and Language Processing Common for the major (10 cr)

Signal processing for communications, 5cr

Machine learning: basic principles, 5cr

Elective courses: (30 cr)

For speech path selected courses from:

Pattern recognition, machine learning (T-61)

Audio and acoustics

Signal processing

Computational modeling and cognitive science

Mathematics and optimization

Usability and user interfaces

Language technology, UH

Common for speech path: (20 cr)

Speech processing, 5cr

Speech and language processing methods, 2cr, and seminar, 3cr

Speech recognition, 5cr

Statistical natural language processing, 5cr

Common for signal path: (20 cr)

Select 4 courses from these 5:

Convex optimization for engineers

Sensory array signal processing

Statistical signal processing

High volume data processing (new)

Signal processing for distributed systems

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Game Design and Production

Joint major offered by schools of SCI and ARTS

■ Department of Media Technology (SCI)

■ Department of Media (ARTS)

Separate admission, selective intake

Prof. Perttu

Hämäläinen

Prof. Jaakko

Lehtinen

Prof. Tapio

Takala

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Game Design and Production

CCIS only: Computer Graphics, Advanced Computer

Graphics

M.A. in New Media only: Understanding Media, Art and

Design, Research Skills

Shared compulsory: Game Design, Game Analysis,

Game Project, Advanced Topics in Game Design,

Playability Evaluation

Shared optional: anything related to CS and design: 3D

user interface design, Games Research Project,

Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Parallel

Programming, Scriptwriting, 3D modeling & animation

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Further Information

www.aalto.fi/ccis

twitter.com/AaltoCCIS

www.facebook.com/groups/AaltoCCIS

wiki.aalto.fi/x/miG1BQ

Prof. Petri

Vuorimaa

Prof. Jyri

Hämäläinen

Mari

Knuuttila

Perttu

Puska

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