University of Oulu

The University of Oulu has 8 faculties, 13 500 students and 2 800 staff. The Biomimetics and Intelligent Systems Group part of the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering is a fusion of expertise from computer science and biology. In BISG, our bread and butter is intelligent systems, including data mining, machine learning, robotics, and information security, with applications to industrial manufacturing processes, and environmental monitoring with mobile robots. Robotics research includes collaborations with e.g. processing industry. In addition, BISG also aims to provide new openings to achieve better and concrete synergies and integration of ICT and biotechnology, with applications to personalized medicine. BISG has conducted research in national and international research projects funded by the Academy of Finland AoF, the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation Tekes, as well as in collaboration with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS, the USA National Science Foundation NSF, and the European Union, including many robotic projects. BISG has been granted funded research from AoF and Tekes for more than 10 M€. BISG has spun off more than ten enterprises, e.g. Codenomicon, Clarified Networks, Atomia, Probot, IndooAtlas. BISG regularly organizes summer schools in robotics and information security, which attract international participants, especially from Europe.