Post on 14-Jan-2017
TUT
Department of Mathematics
Seppo PohjolainenHead of Dept.
Tampere, Finland
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Faculty of natural sciences at TUT
• Departments: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry• Service teaching (mathematics, physics, chemistry)• BSc and MSc -studies• Teacher training: Matematics, Physics, Chemistry,
Information technology• Yearly intake 50 students• Degree program is one of the best at TUT
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Department of MathematicsTeaching
• Engineering mathematics (27 cu.) for all students (700/year)
• Bachelor’s level– Major and minor in mathematics (Finnish)
• Master’s level– Major and minor in mathematics (English/Finnish)– Major and minor in theoretical computer science
(English)– Major in hypermedia (Finnish)
• Teacher training
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Major in mathematics• Analysis with applications• Discrete mathematics with applications• Mathematical and semantical modelling• Teacher's major
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Careers in mathematics• Researcher (academia)• Research Engineer (industry)• Teacher (school)
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Staff• 7 professors• 7 lecturers• 3 senior researchers• 3 researchers• 20 (about) project assistants, (paid) graduate students• 10 (about) part-time teachers• Administrative staff: 5.
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Areas of R&D • Discrete mathematics with applications
– Theory of algorithms and computability– Algebra and logic
• Mathematical analysis with applications– Clifford analysis– Inverse problems– Mathematical systems theory
• Mathematical and semantic modeling• Technology enhanced learning
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Technology enhanced learning• Support for first year students
– Basic skill’s test– Remedial instruction
• Mathematical modelling network• Learning analytics
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Support for 1st year students
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Basic skill’s testRemedial instructionMathematic’ clinics
Students work on remedial instruction (MathBridge)
Student’s progress and work during remedial instruction in time
Mathematical modelling network
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Seven universities
• Video lectures
• Students project work andcollaboration over the internet
TUT team
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• Looking forward to a successful project
• Thanks !