Overview
The international ICT Summer School is held every year in August. It gives you an excellent opportunity to enhance your knowledge on different areas of information and communication technology, and at the same time explore Finland, meet new people, and expand your network internationally.
Thank you to all participants of ICT Summer School 2019!
ICT Summer School will be organized again in 2020, August 3 - 28. Programme will be published in April-May 2020.
Programme
ICT Summer School programme consists of several intensive courses (3-5 ECTS credits). You can participate in one or more courses. Programme 2019 is listed below, but the course offering varies every year. Programme for August 2020 will be published in April-May 2020.
Course descriptions
Please read the course descriptions before you enrol and notice that some courses may have previous knowledge requirements.
Course offering 2019
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Course name and credits |
Time |
Max. participants |
Teacher |
1st week: 5 - 9 August 2019 |
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Calibration of Measurement Devices and Data Evaluation |
5 - 8 August |
24 | Prof. Dr. Jörg Hoffmann & Mr. Werner Trentmann, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
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Design of Safe and Reliable Systems (3 ECTS) |
5 - 9 August |
24 | Prof. Dr. Norbert Jung and Marcel Hasler (M.Sc.), University of Applied Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany |
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Digital Signal Processing |
5 - 16 August |
50 |
Prof. Dr. Manfred Jungke, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
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Image Processing with MATLAB (3 ECTS) |
5 - 9 August |
24 | Prof. Dr. Hiroyuki Aoki, National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College, Japan |
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Introduction to Japanese Language & Culture (3 ECTS), group 1 |
5 - 9 August |
30 | Prof. Takeda Tsunemi, |
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Algorithms in Graph Theory |
5 - 9 August |
24 | Koos van Tubergen, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands |
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Introduction to Smart Environments (3 ECTS) |
5 - 9 August |
18 |
Prof. Dr. Martin Orehek, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
2nd week: 12 - 16 August 2019 |
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Systematic Innovation with Design-Thinking and Cross-Industry Innovation (3 ECTS) |
12 - 16 August |
25 | Dr. Christian Köhler, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes, Germany |
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Progressive Web App (3 ECTS) |
12 - 16 August |
20 | Dr. Benoît Boucart, HOWEST (University College West Flanders), Belgium |
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Introduction to Embedded Android Programming |
12 - 16 August |
24 |
Dr. Shinji Chiba, National Institute of Technology, Sendai College, Japan |
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Introduction to Japanese Language & Culture (3 ECTS) |
12 - 16 August |
30 | Prof. Takeda Tsunemi, Invited Lecturer, Tokyo, Japan |
| Introduction to Machine Learning (3 ECTS) |
12 - 16 August |
24 | Prof. Dr. Akihiro Yamashita, National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College, Japan |
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Wireless Indoor Location Technologies (3 ECTS) |
12 - 16 August |
24 | Prof. Hideyuki Kobayashi, National Institute of Technology, Sendai College, Japan |
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Introduction to Voice Interfaces |
12 - 16 August |
30 | Prof. Dr. Gudrun Socher, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
3rd week: 19 - 23 August 2019 |
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Introduction to Software Engineering (3 ECTS) |
19 - 23 August |
30 | Dalė Lukšaitė, Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania |
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Robotic Arm Project (3 ECTS) |
19 - 23 August |
24 | Takashi Linzbichler, FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Austria |
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Principles of Fuzzy Logic and Applications to Science and Engineering (3 ECTS) |
19 - 23 August |
24 | Dr. Samuel Morillas Gómez, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain |
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Cryptocurrencies, Digital Currencies for the Future? (3 ECTS) |
19 - 23 August Mon - Fri 09:00-13:00 |
30 | Harald Drillenburg, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands |
| Home Automation with ESP 8266 Workshop (3 ECTS) |
19 - 23 August |
20 | Wolfram Becker, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
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The High Tech Start-up – Building an Idea, Refining the Idea and Taking it to Market |
19 - 23 August |
40 | Siva Ramamoorthy, Honorary Associate, University of Sydney Business School, Australia |
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SQL and Relational Databases |
19 - 23 August |
24 | Frank Brandse, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands |
| Disruptive Changes Based on New Work and Coworking (3 ECTS) |
19 - 23 August |
20 | Prof. Dr. Simon Werther, Stuttgart Media University, Germany |
| Introduction to the Internet of Things Using Raspberry Pi and AWS IoT (3 ECTS) |
19 - 23 August |
24 | Xing Liu, Ph.D., Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada |
4th week: 26 - 30 August 2019 |
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| Mobile App Development Using React Native (3 ECTS) |
26 - 30 August |
40 | Xing Liu, Ph.D., Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada |
Campus
In 2019, ICT Summer School courses were held in Metropolia Myyrmäki campus in the city of Vantaa. The campus address is Leiritie 1, 01600 Vantaa.
Location on map
Registration for the courses
Registration for the ICT Summer School 2020 courses starts in May 2020. The registration time will be announced in March 2020. Registration method depends on your background:
Metropolia degree students
- Enrol for the courses in OMA
- Courses are a free of charge for Metropolia degree students.
- Contact person: mira.myllarinen(at)metropolia.fi
Students from foreign Partner Institutions
- Enrolment by email: tiina.piipponen(at)metropolia.fi
- Enrolments for the courses are accepted on a first come, first served basis.
- Check the list of Partner Institutions
Students from 3AMK partner schools: Laurea UAS and Haaga-Helia UAS
- Courses are a free of charge for Laurea and Haaga-Helia students.
- Each course has a certain amount of places reserved for Laurea and Haaga-Helia students. Enrolments for the courses are accepted on a first come, first served basis.
- Detailed 3AMK registration instructions will be published before registration time starts.
Students who do not study in Metropolia or any partner institution (i.e. Open University students)
- Students who do not study in Metropolia or any partner institution can enrol for Summer School courses through Metropolia Open UAS. Open UAS study fee is 15 euros/1 credit.
- Each course has a certain amount of places reserved for Open UAS students. Enrolments for the courses are accepted on a first come, first served basis.
- Please check the Open UAS website for more information.
- Detailed registration instructions will be published before the registration time starts.
- Open university contact information: avoinamk(at)metropolia.fi
Contact information
ICT Summer School is organized by Information Technology Degree Programme.
General questions
General questions related to ICT Summer School, please contact:
Mira Myllärinen
Programme coordinator
mira.myllarinen(at)metropolia.fi
Interested in teaching in ICT Summer School?
We are constantly looking for new teachers with their favourite topics to join our team of ICT Summer School teachers.
If you are interested to hear more about opportunities, do not hesitate to contact:
Dr. Antti Piironen
Head of ICT Summer School
antti.piironen(at)metropolia.fi
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