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  • 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.


    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. There won't be an evening seminar in spring 2022, just the afternoon one.



    Spring 2022

    • Jan 12
      • Spring kickoff, what's new?
    • Jan 19
      • Thesis roundtable – checkup, sharing, discussion and peer support
    • Jan 26
      • Brandon Startz 1st
      • Thesis structure and ingredients tutorial
    • Feb 2
      • Noora Heiskanen 1st
      • Francesca Bogani Amadori 1st
      • Citations and references tutorial
    • Feb 9
      • Lorenzo Marchesi 2nd, opponent: Julia Sand
      • Navid Bayat 1st
    • Feb 16
      • Lassi Häkkinen 2nd, opponent: Oskar Koli
      • Simon Fankhauser 1st
      • Emeline Jouvencel 1st
    • Mar 2
      • Robbert Groenendijk 2nd, opponent: Lassi Häkkinen
      • Aurora Frestadius 1st
      • Eero Pitkänen 2nd, opponent: Hannu Ikola
    • Mar 9
      • Eerika Jalasaho 1st
      • Boeun Kim 1st
      • Tuuli Saarinen 1st
      • Juha Perä 1st


    *** Thesis deadline Mar 14 ***

    • Mar 16
      • Hannu Ikola 2nd, opponent: Emeline Jouvencel
      • Lucien Montandon 1st
      • Dinan Yan 1st
      • Özge Raudanjoki 1st
    • Mar 23
      • Liga Felta 1st
      • Joaquin Rossi 1st
      • Mathias Hörlesberger 1st
    • Mar 30
      • Juuso Heikkilä 1st
      • Anna Bernal 2nd, opponent: Liga Felta
      • Özge Raudanjoki 2nd, opponent: Phuong Nguyen
      • Henry Lämsä 1st
    • Apr 6
      • Lucien Montandon 2nd, opponent: Juuso Heikkilä
      • Bailey Polkinghorne 2nd, opponent: Marie Kumpulainen
    • Apr 20
      • Juuso Heikkilä 2nd, opponent: Lucien Montandon
      • Oskar Koli 2nd, opponent: Robbert Groenendijk
      • Anze Bratus 2nd, opponent: Juha Perä
    • Apr 27
      • Aurora Frestadius 2nd, opponent: Lari Tarvainen
      • Simon Fankhauser 2nd, opponent: Francesca Bogani Amadori
      • Juha Perä 2nd, opponent: Anze Bratus


    *** Thesis deadline May 2 ***

    • May 4
      • Lari Tarvainen 2nd, opponent: Anna Bernal
      • Noora Heiskanen 2nd, opponent: Navid Bayat
    • May 11 (extra day added)
      • Pyry Takkunen 2nd, opponent: Jenni Varila
      • Dinan Yan 2nd, opponent: Siena
      • Brandon Startz 2nd, opponent: Boeun Kim
      • Boeun Kim 2nd, opponent: Brandon Startz
      • Mathias Hörlesberger 2nd, opponent: Taavi Kervinen
    • May 18 (former megablast)
      • Alexey Nikolaev 2nd, opponent: Joaquin Rossi
      • Pekka Lammi 2nd, opponent: Taavi Kervinen
      • Emeline Jouvencel 2nd, opponent: Bailey Polkinghorne
      • Navid Bayat 2nd, opponent: Noora Heiskanen
      • Pekka Salonen extra presentation
    • May 25 (emerging megablast)
      • Francesca Bogani Amadori 2nd, opponent: Simon Fankhauser
      • Henry Lämsä 2nd, opponent: Mathias Hörlesberger
      • Tuuli Saarinen 2nd, opponent: Henry Lämsä
      • Liga Felta 2nd, opponent: Mathias Hörlesberger
      • Taru Pohjanpalo 2nd, opponent: Tuuli Saarinen
      • Philippe La Grassa 2nd, opponent: Arto Chydenius
      • Arto Chydenius 2nd, opponent: Philippe La Grassa


    Fall 2021

    *** Sep 13 Thesis deadline ***

    • Sep 15
      • Kickoff (shared with the evening seminar)
    • Sep 22
      • Thesis structure and ingredients tutorial
    • Sep 29
      • Eero Pitkänen 1st
    • Oct 6
      • Lassi Häkkinen 1st
    • Oct 13
      • Abhisek Jaiswal 2nd, opponent: Pyry Takkunen
    • Oct 20
      • Marie Kumpulainen 2nd, opponent: Eero Pitkänen
    • Nov 3
      • Wan-Ting Hsieh 2nd, opponent: Dinan Yan
    • Nov 10
      • Citations and references tutorial


    *** Nov 15 Thesis deadline ***

    • Nov 17
      • Thesis roundtable
    • Nov 24
      • Thesis grading workshop
    • Dec 1
      • Cancelled: out of filler material and no presentations booked
    • Dec 8
      • Hannu Ikola 1st
      • Aleksi Villberg 2nd, opponent: Philippe la Grassa