Different Roles in ResearchProfessor Heikki Kälviäinen
Machine Vision and Pattern Recognition Laboratory
Department of Information Technology
Faculty of Technology Management
Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT)
Heikki.Kalviainen@lut.fi
http://www.lut.fi/~kalviai
http://www.it.lut.fi/ip/research/mvpr/
Different Roles in Research
Professor Heikki Kälviäinen
Machine Vision and Pattern Recognition Laboratory
Department of Information Technology
Faculty of Technology Management
Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT)
Heikki.Kalviainen@lut.fi
http://www.lut.fi/~kalviai
http://www.it.lut.fi/ip/research/mvpr/
Content
Research categories.
Roles in a research group.
International co-operation.
Publishing research results.
Funding sources.
Practical matters in a research project.
Research Categories
Basic research.
Applied research.
Product development.
Product/service.
Something between basic and applied research?
Roles of academy and industry: research mainly in universities and product development always in companies.
Research in an university (http://www.lut.fi)
Roles in a Research Group
A research group consists of the following persons in projects of basic and applied research:
Professor.
Post doc.
Ph.D. student.
M.Sc. student.
Other staff: coordinators, maintenance, secretaries.
For example see http://www.it.lut.fi/ip/research/mvpr/
International Co-operation
Human mobility.
Researcher/teacher exchange.
Ph.D. and M.Sc. student exchange.
Joint research projects.
Joint research and student supervision.
See e.g. http://www.it.lut.fi/project/facedetect/.
Joint summer schools and Ph.D. courses.
See e.g. http://spectral.joensuu.fi/ipcv08/.
Networks (e.g., networks funded by EU), conferences, journals, expert exchange in the evaluation of research proposals, doctoral dissertations, etc.
Publishing Research Results
Quantity is not quality!
H index of a researcher (for example, see http://www.harzing.com/pop.htm).
Impact factor of a scientific journal.
Beware of forums without the proper referee practice!
Several forums:
Scientific journals.
Referee practice: submission, review by qualified referees, first feedback, modifications, feedback to the referees, final decision.
Impact factor = citations to articles/published articles in a journal.
See impact factors (ISI JCR) at (available inside the university network)
http://www.isiknowledge.com/jcr/
See a journal e.g. at http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/tpami/
Scientific conferences and workshops.
Referee practice and acceptance rates.
For example, http://www.icpr2008.org/.
Publishing Research Results (cont.)
Scientific books.
Books: 1-3 authors about one topic.
Edited books: several authors chapter by chapter about relevant topics.
Research reports.
Internal university level reports.
M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses.
Categories of publications in a researcher’s list of publications:
See e.g. http://www.lut.fi/~kalviai/bibliography.html.
Funding Sources
Academy of Finland http://www.aka.fi
Basic research (100 % from Academy of Finland).
Centers of excellences in research.
Research programs.
Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation
(TEKES, http://www.tekes.fi)
Support to both universities and companies.
Three levels (max support from TEKES in parentheses):
Strategic basic research (95 % - 100 %).
Long or mid term research (75 % - 95 %).
Applied research (50 % - 75 %).
Technology programs.
Funding Sources (cont.)
European Union and other international sources
Companies
Direct funding from companies.
Foundations
There are many foundations which support research.
Finnish Cultural Foundation (http://www.skr.fi), Emil Aaltonen Foundation, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, foundations connected to universities and companies, etc.
See e.g. http://www.utu.fi/hallinto/tutkimuspalvelut/turatiedotus.htm
Practical Matters in a Research Project
Agree everything beforehand!
Responsibilities.
Expectations.
Research plan: content, time-tables, budget.
Co-operation agreements with industry.
Data collection.
Who can take advantage of the results in product development?
Immaterial rights.
NDAs.
Patents.
Summary
Research categories.
Roles in a research group.
International co-operation.
Publishing research results.
Funding sources.
Practical matters in a research project.
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