Past Courses

Courses organised in 2011 | Courses organised in 2010 | Courses organised in 2009 | Courses organised in 2008 | Courses organised in 2007

Courses organised in 2011

12 - 14 December 2011
Introduction to Smart Grids
Kithsiri Liyanage, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
and Janaka Ekanayake, Cardiff University, UK

21 November - 2 December 2011
Stochastic modeling of communication systems, Part II
Prof. Evsey Morozov, Institute for Applied Mathematical Research
Karelian Research Centre, RAS and Petrozavodsk University
Host Professor: Andrei Gurtov

21 - 24 Nov 2011
ULTRA-WIDEBAND ANTENNA from THEORY to PRACTICE
Dr. Kamya Yekeh Yazdandoost

21 Sep 2011 - 30 Nov 2011
Multiuser Communications in Wireless Networks Part I and Part II
Dr. Antti Tölli

6 - 8 September 2011
Speckled Computing
Prof. DK Arvind, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh

24 - 26 August 2011
Dependable Wireless Networks Based on Advanced ICT
Prof. Ryuji Kohno, FiDiPro Professor

11 - 15 April 2011
Networking Games, Wardrobe Equilibrium and Optimal Routing
Prof. Vladimir Mazalov, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences

February-March 2011
Cryptoraphy and Network Security
Prof.Andrei Gurtov

March-April 2011
Quality of Services & Queuing Theory - Stochastic Networks Optimization (Part 2)
Prof. Savo Glisic

19 - 20 April 2011
Wireless Body Area Networks: Current Research and Future Trends
Dr. Kaveh Ghaboosi, Center for Wireless Information Networks, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.

2 - 4 May 2011
Wireless Communications for Body Implanted Device
Dr. Kamya Yekeh Yazdandoost, Expert Researcher, NICT-Japan; FiDiPro-Fellow, University of Oulu- CWC

Courses organised in 2010

Stochastic Modeling of Communication Systems (Part of QoS in Networks & Queuing Theory Course)
Prof. Evsey Morozov, Russian Academy of Science
7-15 December

Game Theory for Wireless Networks
Luiz A. DaSilva, Stokes Professor in Telecommunications, Trinity College Dublin
29 November - 2 December

Convex Optimization with Application in Wireless Communications and Networking
Dr. Marian Codreanu, University of Oulu
September - December

Hybrid/ Integrated Satellite – Terrestrial Networks: Architectures, Emerging Standards, and Applications
Dr. Sastri L. Kota, Adjunct Professor University of Oulu and SoHum Consultants
6 - 10 September 2010

Joint Source-Channel Coding in Cooperative Wireless Networks
Associate Prof. Elza Erkip, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, U.S. & Professor Behnaam Aazhang, University of Oulu & Rice University, U.S.
31 August - 2 September 2010

Advanced Medical Healthcare Systems Based on ICT (Information and Communication Technologies)
Prof. Ryuji Kohno
24 - 27 August 2010

Ultra-Wideband Antenna from Theory to Practise
Dr. Kamya Yekeh Yazdandoost, FiDiPro Fellow University of Oulu, NICT, Japan
16 - 18 August 2010

Securing Mobile Internet
Prof. Andrei Gurtov, Telecommunication Laboratory/CWC, University of Oulu
24 - 28 May 2010

Body Sensor Networks
 Dr. Emil Jovanov, University of Alabama in Huntsville, US
17 - 19 May 2010

Recent Results and Current Challenges in Wireless Sensor Networks
 Wendi Heinzelman Associate Professor, University of Rochester, US
18 Feb 2010

Courses organised in 2009

Wireless Sensor Networks: From Network Connectivity Theory to the Real World
Prof. Roberto Verdone
28 October 2009

Cooperative Communication and Coding
Prof. Aria Nosratinia
30 September -1 October 2009

Advanced Medical Healthcare Systems Based on ICT ( Information and Communication Technologies)
Prof. Ryuji Kohno (Japan)
26 - 28 August 2009 Course Info

Topics in Wireless Systems Architecture
Prof. Joseph Cavallaro
17 & 18 August 2009 Course Info

Resource Management for Dynamic Spectrum Access
Prof. Allen B. MacKenzie and Prof. Luiz DaSilva
4-5 May 2009 Course Info

Review of Fundamentals of Wireless Ad Hoc Networking
Prof. Anthony Ephremides
4-5 June 2009 Course Info

Cognitive Networks & Game Theory
Cooperative and Opportunistic Networking (Spring 2009)
Prof. Savo Glisic

Advanced Routing & Network Coding
Prof. Savo Glisic
8 Autumn 2009

Radio Engineering
Prof. Pertti Vainikainen, HUT and Docent Taavi Hirvonen, Elektrobit
Autumn 2009
Course Info

Courses organised in 2008

Advanced Wireless Technologies and Their Applications to Medical Healthcare
(The intensive course belongs to the course series Modern Topics in Telecommunications and Radio Engineering.)
Tue 19 - Fri 22 August, 2008
Prof. Ryuji Kohno, Division of Physics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Director, Center of Medical Information and Communication Technology, Yokohama National University, Japan Director, Medical ICT Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications technology(NICT), Japan Professor, Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), University of Oulu, Finland

Characterization and Estimation of Propagation Channels
Mon 2 June - Tue 3 June, 2008
Professor Bernard Fleury and Associate Pforessor Xuefeng Yin, the Department of Communication Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Denmark

Fundamentals of UWB Systems and Networks
28 - 30 May, 2008
Prof. Moe Win, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT)

Marketing and Commercialisation of Research Results
10 April, 8 May and 23 May, 2008
Dr. Maarit Jokela, Foundation for Finnish Innovations; Petri Leukunen, IP Finland Oy; Pekka Räsänen, University of Oulu

Radio Engineering
Starting lecture on Thu 13 March, 2008
Professor Markku Juntti, docent Taavi Hirvonen and D.Sc. (Tech.) Seppo Karhu

Cognitive Radios and Cognitive Networks
18-20 February, 2008
Luiz DaSilva, Associate Professor and Allen MacKenzie, Assistant Professor Virginia Tech

Courses organised in 2007

Postgraduate course in Radio Engineering (PDF)
13-28 November 2007, University of Oulu

Advanced Wireless Technologies and Their Applications to Medical Healthcare
22-24 August 2007 and 30-31 August 2007
Ryuji Kohno, Professor, Division of Physics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Director, Center of Medical Information and Communication Technology, Yokohama National University, Japan Director, Medical ICT Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications technology(NICT), Japan Professor, Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), University of Oulu, Finland

Turbo Principle: Fundamentals, Information Theoretic Considerations, and Applications
13-21 August 2007
Tad Matsumoto, Professor, CWC, University of Oulu and Professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)

Wireless Multiuser Communication: An Information Theoretic Perspective
4-6 June 2007 and 18-19 June 2007
Prof. Behnaam Aazhang, Centre for Wireless Communications, University of oulu

Applied Wireless Sensor Networks
11-15 June, 2007
Prof. Carlos Pomalaza-Raez, Centre for Wireless Communications, University of oulu