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University of Jyväskylä
Agora Human Technology Center
Agora Concept► Human factors in technology
► Interdisciplinary approach based on top level research
► Research + teaching + business
► Shortening the innovation chain
UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ
2006
The structure for scientific work and network in the Agora Center
Advisory Board
New innovative, interdisciplinary
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AGORA CENTER
UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ
2006
Research Process at the Agora Center
Partner Network Partner Network
Interdisciplinary Network of the Agora Center
PrivateEnterprises
PrivateEnterprises
PublicSectorPublicSector
Others,e.g.,
associations
Others,e.g.,
associations
Innovative
Research
Projects
Feedback
Needs & Problems
SolutionsInnovationsInformationEducation
UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ
2006
Jyväskylä ”Human Technology City”
►150 ICT-enterprises
►ICT employees nearly 5000
►Other industry increasingly
using ICT-technology
►The first Faculty of Information Technology in
Finland
UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ
2006
NATIONAL STRATEGY
Development of Society and Economics
Social and Technological Innovations
Preconditions to innovative actions,innovative environments
The Science and Technology Policy Council of Finland 2003
UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ
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Faculty of Information Technology
► Founded in 1998
► Three departments Department of Mathematical Information Technology
Department of Computer Science and Information Systems
Information Technology Research Institute
► Research and teaching in Computing Science since 1967
► The amount of full-time staff over 200
► 1800 basic degree students, 180 postgraduate students
► The largest and oldest faculty on its field in Finland
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► Simulation and Optimization
► Software Engineering
► Mobile Systems
► Teacher Education (in Mathematical information technology)
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Specialities in Information Technology
►Information Systems (Information Management and Information Systems Development) ►Electronic Commerce
►Software Business (English programme)
►Digital Media
►User-friendly Information Technology
2006
Dimensions of the Knowledge
Society
PSYKOCENTERresearch areas
= Psychology
= Educational research
= Humanities
= Social Sciences
= Sport and Health Sciences
= Information Technology
= Economics
Human Development and Life Span
Human – Technology Interaction
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2006
UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ
---- Child Research Center -----
Longitudinal research on human life span
Infancy Childhood Youth Adulthood Old age
--Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia ----
---- Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development -------------
----- Finnish Centre forInterdisciplinary
Gerontology
--------------- Family Research Center---------
------------- Mukava -----------
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Agora CenterLaboratories and Environments
► Agora MindTech Laboratory► Agora Game Laboratory AGL ► Agora Learning Laboratory ALL► Agora Virtual Environment AVEC► Agora Industrial IT Center► Agora Innoroad Laboratory► Agora User-Psychology Laboratory
► Forum for Social Innovations SIF► Agora ICT forum
UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ
2006
Human TechnologyAn Interdisciplinary Journal on Humans in the ICT Environments
Open Access Online Journal for Interdisciplinary, Innovative Research Reaches both researchers and companies from all around the world Editor in Chief: Professor Pertti Saariluoma
www.humantechnology.jyu.fi
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