DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE Minna Isomursu Prof. Minna Isomursu University of Oulu

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE Minna Isomursu Department History and Background Founded 1969 as an independent department, joined Faculty of Science in ´s emphasis in information systems 1980´s emphasis in software engineering 1990´s rapid growth and extension to digital media, software business as well as embedded software and telecommunication

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE Minna Isomursu Basic facts about the department Total number of students around 1350 (fall 2002) personnel about 120 number of Master’s theses close to 500 in 2001 Master of Science degrees 42, Ph.D.’s 4

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE Minna Isomursu University of Oulu Total number of students around personnel about 3160 number of annual degrees –MS degrees 1126 –Ph.D.’s 111 (year 2001)

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE Minna Isomursu Teaching activities Orientations: –Digital media –Mobile services –Software business –Software engineering –Information systems

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE Minna Isomursu The new economy and the financial bubble “Not withstanding the recent financial downturn the IT and communications sectors of the world economy will grow at annual rates of 30-40% per year for the next decade, or ten times the rate of the rest of the economy.” (Ira Magaziner, Clinton´s ICT advicer, April 2002)

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE Minna Isomursu Research Major themes of research Information systems Software engineering

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE Minna Isomursu Information systems Major themes: Electronical commerce and hypermedia systems User interfaces and usability, distributed teamwork Information systems security Information systems and knowledge work

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE Minna Isomursu Software engineering Major themes: Software quality and inspection techniques Software process capability assessment and improvement Software product business Future telecommunication products and services

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE Minna Isomursu Infotech Oulu Reserch centre founded to promote long- term research in information technology Own graduate school Focal research areas include electronics and measurement technology, software engineering, wireless communication, and information processing Our research groups Spiral and Virgin

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE Minna Isomursu Virgin VIRGIN - Virtual Reality and Hypermedia In Future Telecommunication Products and Services –Virtual Reality Prototyping –Personal Virtual Reality Services –Electronic Commerce –Hypertext information systems Lähde: Virgin tutkimusryhmä Infotech Oulu,

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SCIENCE Minna Isomursu Spiral SPIRAL - Software Process Improvement Research Action Laboratory –Product quality factors and process characteristics –Embedded software development –Combining different approaches