Department of Information Technology

Department of Information Technology

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Institutionen för informationsteknologi | www.it.uu.se

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Computing Science Division

Division of Computer Systems

Division of Human-Computer Interaction

Division of Systems and Control

Division of Scientific Computing

Department of Information TechnologyAbout 10% of the Faculty of Science and Technology

About 4% of the University

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Short facts About 200 employees 80 faculty, including 25 full professors of which

several have industrial background and connections to the industry

90 PhD students 116 PhD and 95 Licentiate degrees 1999-2009 Turnover 2010: 20 M USD, (1/3 teaching, 2/3

research)

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Undergraduate education 3600 students each year (about 900 full time

students) Contribute in 14 programs of study, a total of

150 courses starts per academic year. Single subject courses, distance courses,

summer courses and web based courses. Everything from introductory courses for

beginners to specialist courses. . 260 computer work stations for the students.

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Undergraduate Education Department of the Year 2009The department of Information Technology

has received the Challenge Cup "Undergraduate Education Department of the Year 2009" by Uppsala studentkår (Uppsala Student Union) with the motivation:"The department shows great interest in its students and they are received with respect and acceptance. Students are taken seriously and looked upon as being important partners for developing the quality of both teaching methods and study environment. The department sets a good example for many and it is with great joy that the Uppsala Student Union awards it the Challenge Cup."

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The IT departments hosts: Research Centres

UPMARC (Uppsala Programming for Multicore Architectures) 2008-2018, a Linnaeus center funded by the Swedish Research Council. Total budget: 100 million SEK.

WISENET (Uppsala Center for Wireless Sensor Networks) 2007-2016. A center of Excellence funded by Vinnova. Total budget: 210 million SEK.

SNIC(Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing), is under the

Swedish Science Council a metacentre whose task is to coordinate and develop high end computing capacity for Swedish research.

UPPMAX (Uppsala Multidisciplinary Center for Advanced Computational

Science), which is Uppsala University's center for high performance computing.

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The IT departments hosts: Particularly strong and large groups in

Specification, verification, and analysis of real-time and distributed systems.

Signal processing and system identification. Construction, analysis and implementation of numerical

methods for partial differential equations. 2 Highly Cited Researchers Members of the Royal Academy of Science, and of the

Royal Academy of Engineering Science Four of the six most highly cited Swedish researchers in

the Computer Science area**

*) as defined by ISI HighlyCited.com**) according to a recent investigation using Citeseer

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Erik HagerstenComputer Architecture

Tore RischDatabase Technology

Per LötstedtNumericalAnalysis

Torsten SöderströmAutomatic Control

Abdulla ParoshComputer Systems

Arne AnderssonComputingScience

Joachim ParrowComputer Systems

Bengt SandbladHuman-Computer Interaction

Wang YiReal-Time Systems

Torbjörn WigrenAutomatic Control

Ewert BengtssonImage Analysis

Per GunningbergData Communication

Professors, June 2010

Bengt JonssonComputerSystems

Gunilla KreissNumericalAnalysis

Alexander MedvedevAutomaticControl

Michael ThunéScientificComputing

Pierre FlenerComputing Science

Jan NordströmNumericalAnalysis

Peter StoicaSystem Modelling

Håkan LanshammarAutomatic Control &Systems Analysis

IordanisKavathatzopoulosHuman-ComputerInteraction

Stefan SeipelComputer Graphics

Bengt CarlssonAutomatic Control Sverker Holmgren

ScientificComputing

ISI Highly Cited Researcher

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Finances

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Citations from KoF panel reports The friendly atmosphere and the cohesiveness that prevails at

the Information Technology Department have been mentioned by several members. The panel believes that such friendly atmosphere is indeed a valuable and rather unique asset that undoubtedly contributes to the quality of the work performed at the department.

COMPUTER SYSTEMS:The work done on Verification, mostly based on Model Checking, is of world-class quality. The work on Stat Cache is world leading and has led to a startup company that is producing a highly useful program analysis tool. The group in Computer Networks is rightly proud of its ability to empirically challenge many of the assumptions made in modelling of mobile networks and to develop tools that are internationally used.

COMPUTING SCIENCE:The four research groups in Computing Science are all internationally recognized, and in some cases world class. Recently, there has been significant world-class work in developing highly effective memory-management techniques making a contribution in this highly competitive area. The database activity within the IS Department is internationally recognized for work in several modern directions

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Citations from KoF panel reports HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION:

Among the three units (at UU) where HCI research gets done, the HCI division at the IT department is clearly the most active, both in absolute numbers and in relation to the size of the personnel. The networking activities of the HCI researchers are outstanding.

SYSTEMS AND CONTROLThe Division of Systems and Control, in the Department of Information technology, even though small compared to similar divisions in other Swedish universities, performs world leading research in system identification and in signal processing. The research activities cover both theoretical research of the highest international quality and a range of applications in which the theoretical results produced by the members of the division are able to achieve significant improvements over existing technologies.

SCIENTIFIC COMPUTINGThe Division has a clear strategy; the research is directed towards challenging and important applications often motivated by scientists outside the department and from industry. The Division is very active and willing to explore new ways to establish research cooperation with other groups. The Division is well positioned in the emerging field of computational science. The overall impression of the research is that it is of internationally high standard with elements of top-level activities.

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The IT department is: Performing research in a vibrant and expanding

area Among the leading departments in Europe in the

IT area according to an investigation by the University vice Chancellor, 2006.

The third largest department at the University. The most complete department:

- in Uppsala (balance between edu. & research)- in Sweden (unique coverage of IT)

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The strenght of Computer Science/Mathematics at SwedishUniversities, according to a recent Governmental enquiry(SOU 2007:81, Nov 2007)The numbers are equivalent number of full time researchers performing on world average level. In Uppsala this is accomplished by about half that number of researchers. The analysis is based on bibliometry.

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