Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology - News

"AI is a bigger change than the internet," Karttunen says. He will start as Principal Investigator at the ELLIS Institute Finland and as Professor and PS Fellow at the University of Eastern Finland in September 2025.

Rector Tapio Määttä has appointed the Heads and Deputy Heads of Departments and Schools of the faculties. The Head and Deputy Heads of UEF Law School was appointed by Vice Rector Jussi Pihlajamäki.

FM Juho Halonen studied tropical Nevanlinna theory and its applications to ultradiscrete equations.

Nacir Bouali, MSc, investigated the creation of virtual reality content from textual input.

The nine newly recruited professors will join ELLIS Institute Finland as principal investigators during the 2025-2026 academic year. The principal investigators will also include PS Fellows funded by Foundation PS.

The Excellent Teaching Practitioner 2025 Awards were presented at the UEF Learning Environment Seminar on 19 August.

MSc Krista Grönlund developed a method that enables rapid, compound-specific identification of BFRs directly from solid plastic samples with minimal sample preparation.

The results of MSc Thao Nguyen Le Phuoc's doctoral research provide a powerful computational framework that can be directly applied to the practical design and development of advanced OLED materials.

MSc Yu Chen's doctoral research focuses on Nevanlinna theory and delay differential equations – two classical areas within complex analysis.

“Investing in hearing care can also help prevent memory disorders,” Professor Aarno Dietz pointed out in a workshop organised by the Hearing Valley project and the UEF Brain Research Unit.