Topic outline

  • Let's get that thesis and honorable MA degree done! The meetings are on Wednesdays 13:15 to 15:00 online on Zoom – you'll receive the link by email if you're registeredDon't trust the MyCourses calendar, this main page only.

    We also have an evening edition of the seminar which runs on Tuesdays from 16:30 to 18:00 likewise on Zoom. The schedule can be found on the Evening seminar page. Teemu Leinonen manages the evening seminar and Markku Reunanen the afternoon one.

    The schedules will be constantly updated when people book presentation slots. Here is the schedule for the Wednesday afternoon sessions. Note that there are no lectures on workshop weeks.

    • Sep 9
      • Kickoff, arrangements, thesis process


    *** Thesis deadline Sep 14 ***

    • Sep 16
      • Thesis structure and ingredients, presentations possible already
    • Sep 23
      • Samuli Ristimäki 1st
    • Sep 30
      • Thomas Holmes 1st
    • Oct 7
      • Citations and references: tutorial & exercise
    • Oct 14
      • Olli Ketonen 1st
    • Oct 28
      • M Wingren 2nd, opponent: Antton Nuotio
      • Antton Nuotio 2nd, opponent: M Wingren
    • Nov 4
      • Marie Kumpulainen 1st
    • Nov 11
      • Annukka Jyrämä's guest lecture on research ethics


    *** Thesis deadline Nov 16 ***

    • Nov 18
      • Abhishek Jaiswal 1st
      • Bilen Gerawork 1st
    • Nov 25
      • Joonas Pernilä 2nd, opponent: Aleksi Villberg
    • Dec 2
      • Alexey Nikolaev 1st


    2021

    • Jan 13
      • Rerun of the kickoff & thesis process for those who missed the fall one
    • Jan 20
      • Rerun of thesis structure and ingredients
    • Jan 27
      • Thesis roundtable
    • Feb 3
      • Rerun of the citations and references tutorial
    • Feb 10
      • Aleksi Villberg 1st
    • Feb 17
      • Olli Ketonen 2nd, opponent: Abhisek Jaiswal
      • Wan-Ting Hsieh 1st
    • Mar 3
      • Thomas Holmes 2nd, opponent: Olli Ketonen
    • Mar 10 *** No session as Markku is in the admission interviews ***
    • Mar 17
      • Hanna Thenor Årström 2nd, opponent: Milla Määttä


    *** Thesis  deadline Mar 22 ***

    • Mar 24
      • Chen Yu 2nd, opponent: Qi Chen
    • Mar 31
      • Scott McGregor 1st
    • Apr 7
      • Samuli Ristimäki 2nd, opponent: Alexey Nikolaev
    • Apr 21
      • Scott McGregor 2nd, opponent: Samuli Ristimäki
      • Punit Hiremath 2nd, opponent: Özge Raudanjoki
    • Apr 28
      • Thesis grading workshop: processes, tips, examples and an exercise


    *** Thesis deadline May 3 ***

    • May 5
      • Jenni Varila 1st
      • Emmi Kärnä 1st