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a day ago
5 min

How an innocent error turned into a notable invention

One unintentionally contaminated research sample led Aaretti Kaleva on an interesting life path. The research error turned out to be an...

2 days ago
1 min

Professor of Practice Matti Apunen: Happily ever after – The art of corporate storytelling

The vertical media monopolies are gone. But what works in the new order? Storytelling is an ancient method for capturing the minds of an...

A spark for machine learning led to dissertation and to the invention of the first Finnish AI beer

Nea Alanen

Apr 14
5 min

A spark for machine learning led to dissertation and to the invention of the first Finnish AI beer

Sometimes one can find a way into unexpected life paths by following one’s interests and passions. DSII, Metsäteho, and Ponsse were...

Mar 15
1 min

Industry Professor Stephen Wright: Learning from Errors and Events

Industry professor Stephen Wright’s second lecture of the Exploring Industry Experience course focused on learning from errors and...

In his doctoral dissertation Juha Niemi combined both work and a dear hobby

Nea Alanen

Mar 8
4 min

In his doctoral dissertation Juha Niemi combined both work and a dear hobby

- "The process was very pleasing" There is a practical need to prevent collisions with birds and wind turbine blades in the offshore wind...

Samu-Pekka Ojanen

Jan 25
3 min

The difficult case of avoiding errors

When you compare those, who are unfamiliar to those who are experienced at a certain task, you might think that those who are unfamiliar...

Acknowledging human factors in adopting new technologies

Henri Jalo

Jan 22
2 min

Acknowledging human factors in adopting new technologies

The second lecture of the Exploring Industry Experience course by Professor Stephen Wright focused on how various human factors, rather...

The relationship of wind turbines and human errors

Panagiotis Korkos

Jan 15
3 min

The relationship of wind turbines and human errors

Wind turbines, as every technological system, requires maintenance to ensure its sustainability and profitable life. But many accidents...

Once I thought I was wrong, but that was a mistake

Mikko Uuskoski

Dec 29, 2020
2 min

Once I thought I was wrong, but that was a mistake

Each of us knows a person who thinks he is always right and does not make mistakes: “Once I thought I was wrong, but that was a mistake.”...

Jari Ovaskainen

Dec 18, 2020
3 min

“Moka – a gift you avoid to get”

What a delight it is to acknowledge that others fail too – massive or small, but us, as humankind, tend to screw up occasionally....

People or process: Where lies the error?

Tyrone Machado

Dec 15, 2020
4 min

People or process: Where lies the error?

Error in the simplest of terms is a difference between the expected output and the actual output received. Our civilisation is designed...

Dec 15, 2020
1 min

Stephen Wright: Why we screw up?

In his first lecture of the DSII course “Exploring Industry Innovations” Industry professor Stephen Wright explained why things go wrong...

Dec 1, 2020
1 min

DSII Position Open: Autonomous Mobile Machines - deadline December 7th

Tampere University hires a DSII researcher to complete a four-year, company-sponsored dissertation project under the joint supervision of...

Mikko Uuskoski

Nov 16, 2020
2 min

How to make friends with the media

The media is a mysterious, and even frightening contact to a person who is above all an expert in his or her own field. A phone call from...

Stop the press – rules of media engagement for scholars

Jari Ovaskainen

Nov 13, 2020
2 min

Stop the press – rules of media engagement for scholars

All of us in society have our relationship with the media and media has an indisputable role in our daily lives. We consume news and...

How should organizations talk about their technology implementation projects

Henri Jalo

Nov 10, 2020
2 min

How should organizations talk about their technology implementation projects

...in the current media landscape? The opening lecture of the Exploring Industry Experience course by Professor Matti Apunen dealt with...

Tyrone Machado

Nov 6, 2020
4 min

Exploring Industry Experience

Do you ever wonder how the future world would look like? Perhaps you are a luddite- a person who believes that technology will adversely...

Building compelling stories about your research topic

Samu-Pekka Ojanen

Nov 4, 2020
3 min

Building compelling stories about your research topic

...and pushing your ideas in an inherently biased society The first lecture of the Exploring Industry Experience course was given by...

Nov 4, 2020
1 min

Matti Apunen: Making Headlines – Specialists, Innovations and the Media

Professor of practice Matti Apunen opened a series of lectures of the new DSII course “Exploring Industry Innovation”. What are modern...

Oct 13, 2020
1 min

Example of industry-university cooperation: Turo Välikangas' DSII journey with Koja

Turo Välikangas shared his experiences as a DSII student and dissertation researcher at Koja in a workshop on doctoral training as a...

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