Timo T. Poranen

Research and academic

• Research interest: topological graph theory, graph algorithms, optimization, approximation algorithms, game algorithms, automatic methods for drawing diagrams in software engineering, software projects, ethics and computer science, informatics education.
• My suggestions for Master's thesis topics (in Finnish).
• List of publications (in English) and my publication in DBLP Bibliography Server -server.
• Reaserch co-operation with PhD students and postdocs: Are you interested on designing and implementing approximation algorithms for various topological invariants of graphs (thickness, bookthickness, geometric thickness, k-page crossing number,...)? Please send me an email for further discussion!
• Member of MESSI (Methodology for software system and information system development) research group

Teaching 2011 - 2012 and work related links

• Project work (TKOPA12) and software project management (TKOPS118).
• Theory of Software Project Management (TKOPS117) .
• A new course: Innovation project (SISYA200).
• Opintojen ohjattu suunnittelu.

Work related information and links

• InnoPilotti-project.
• I coordinate Finland's national Bebras contest (Tietotekniikan Majava-kilpailu). Bebras is an international contest on informatics and computer fluency.
• Member of Pitky (board member 2006, chairman 2007, chairman 2008), SYTYKE and Tietojenkäsittelytieteen seura (board member 2010 and 2011).
• I coached Finland's BOI2010, BOI2009, IOI2008, BOI2007 and IOI2007 teams.
• Look at pictures taken from my PhD thesis defence (22.10.2004). The title was "Approximation Algorithms for Some Topological Invariants of Graphs".
• My LinkedIn.com -profile (for work connections) and Facebook-profile (for friends, old friends and acquaintances).

Hobbies and other projects

• Elämänkatsomustiedon sivusto (koululaisille ja opettajille): www.et-opetus.fi (life view / philosophy of life, only in Finnish)
• Morpion Solitaire
• Demola

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