08.05.2008

Five top international researchers selected to the second stage of the FiDiPro call

Tekes has selected five projects for the second stage of this spring's FiDiPro call. FiDiPro, Finland Distinguished Professor Programme, finances the recruitment of internationally recognised experts to Finnish universities and research institutes.

In the February call Tekes received 16 applications from nine universities or research institutes. The five projects selected for the second stage are from the Tampere University of Technology, Åbo Akademi and the Helsinki University of Technology. The final decisions will be made by the end of August.

"Tekes wants to finance projects that benefit central sectors of business life, and this possibility should also be clearly indicated in the application. Furthermore, it is beneficial for the project if it falls within the focus areas Tekes has defined," says Erja Ämmälahti, Senior Technology Advisor.

At the moment, a total of 30 FiDiPro professors work in universities and research institutes in Finland. The programme is a joint funding form of the Academy of Finland and Tekes, designed to invite outstanding researchers around the world to team up with the Finnish research groups and companies.

Fidipro projects selected for the second stage of the Tekes spring 2008 call

Prof. Stuart Alan Kauffman, University of Calgary "Modelling and Reverse Engineering of Delayed Stochastic Models of Genetic Regulatory Networks"
Host: Tampere University of Technology, Department of Signal Processing, Ph.D., Prof. Olli Yli-Harja

Prof. Lauri Koskela, University of Salford "Rakentamisen uusi tuotannonohjaus: teoria, menetelmät ja käyttöönotto / New Production Control in Building: Theory, Methods and Implementation"
Host: Tampere University of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Construction Management and Economics, D.Sc., Prof. Teuvo Tolonen.

Prof. Atef Z. Elsherbeni, University of Mississippi "Applied Electromagnetic Systems for Advances Future Wireless Electronics"
Host: Tampere University of Technology, Department of Electronics, Ph.D., Prof. Lauri Sydänheimo

Prof. Stefan Winter, Technische Universität München "Innovative Timber Structures Technologies - Energy Efficient and Sustainable Use of Wood in Building Construction and the Building Stock - From Materials to Constructions"
Host: Helsinki School of Technology, Department of Forest Products Technology, D.Sc., Prof. Matti Kairi

Prof. William James Frederick, Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology "Novel Processes in Pulp Mill - Biorefineries"
Host: Åbo Akademi University - Process Chemistry Centre, Ph.D., Prof. Mikko Hupa

Further information

Senior Technology Advisor
Erja Ämmälahti
Tel. +358 1060 55422
erja.ammalahti(at)tekes.fi

Technology Director
Mika Aalto
Tel. +358 1060 55886
mika.aalto(at)tekes.fi

www.fidipro.fi

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