Special Session
Integration of Externally Funded Research and Development and Higher Education Functions
The special session: Integration of Externally Funded Research and Development and Higher Education Functions address to the progress of externally funded research and development (R&D) projects in Higher Education Institutions.
Session Chair
Rauno Pirinen (rauno.pirinen@laurea.fi), Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Espoo, Finland.
Topics
In the suggested focus, there are studies which are completed in collaborative research, such as: externally funded research projects, studies which are related to work packages of international research consortiums, or national-regional funded R&D, or research agenda related studies.
Case studies, design research studies, or multimethodological studies which are addressed to the organizational or technological improvements for technology-service-security forecasting, research, development, adoption or dissemination.
Design approaches or methods to innovate R&D related collaborative research processes taking into account multiple interrelated social changes, user experience research, involvement of multiple actors in shared research, design of ICT related service-artifacts or service design.
The determination of innovative requirements for Higher Education collaboration with international research consortiums, customers and citizen taking into account different students, learners, and customer roles like co-creator, co-producer, researcher, content builder and consumer.
Submission
Before preparing your paper, please read carefully the instructions for authors, then submit it to the Conference Submission System. Please submit a complete paper of maximum ten pages (10 pages) for anonymized review (Deadline: June 13th).
Chair contact: rauno.pirinen@laurea.fi
Important Dates
Submit complete papers directly with the respective deadline.
| 31 Mar 2014 | Submission of extended abstracts (full paper, short paper, workshops, tutorials) |
| 28 Apr 2014 | Notification of abstract acceptance |
| 23 Jun 2014 | Submission of complete paper (all submission types) |
| 14 Jul 2014 | Notification of acceptance |
| 20 Oct 2014 | Camera-ready due |
| 03 Dec 2014 | Conference opening |
Special Program Committee
- Rauno Pirinen
Doctor of Science (Technology), D.Sc. (Tech.): University of Oulu Graduate School (UniOGS), Industrial Engineering and Management.
Doctor of Philosophy, PhD (Computer Science): School of Computing, Eastern Finland Doctoral Program in Computer Science and Engineering. - Jyri Rajamäki
Doctor of Science (Technology), D.Sc. (Tech.): Helsinki University of Technology, Electrical and Communications Engineering.