The Finnish Cultural Foundation has awarded grants to six University of Vaasa doctoral students.
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A University of Vaasa researcher, Klaus Grobys, investigates how the uncertainty in the Bitcoin market reacts if Bitcoin is subject to hacking incidents – or so-called cyberattacks. The study finds two effects on Bitcoin volatility – an immediate effect and a delayed effect. The proposed model could potentially serve as a tool for investors that are active in the derivative market for cryptocurrencies.
The project EDGE – Edge Analytics for Smart Diagnostics in Digital Machinery Concept – has performed research on how the performance of machines and industrial installation can be increased using edge computing.
University of Vaasa has appointed Professor Martin Meyer Vice Rector of the University of Vaasa responsible for international relations and Director of InnoLab. Meyer is tasked with strengthening the university's international relations, funding and networking. The improvement and management of the well-established research activities via the InnoLab research platform play an important role in Meyer's work.
The University of Vaasa granted the Teaching Act of the Year and Research Act of the Year awards during the anniversary celebrations on 27 January. The Teaching Act of the Year 2020 award was granted to the support and development team for digital teaching. Suvi Karirinne, director of the research platform VEBIC that focuses on energy and sustainable development, received the Research Act of the Year 2020 award. The Student Union of the University of Vaasa awarded the Good Teacher recognition to Niina Nissilä, university lecturer in communication studies.
The University of Vaasa will suspend the admission of exchange students from abroad due to the corona situation until the end of May.
The University of Vaasa's international Master's programmes attracted applicants from all over the world. In the call for applications that ended last week, a total of 1,402 applications from 83 different countries were received for Master's programmes. It is over 23 per cent more than last year (2020: 1137). Six Master’s programmes were open for applications, and the number of individual applicants increased by more than 19 per cent from last year.
Campus development, the new strategy and internationality rose strongly to the forefront at the University of Vaasa's anniversary celebration on Wednesday. Director General Atte Jääskeläinen from the Ministry of Education and Culture, who gave the main speech, emphasised that higher education needs additional resources so that the number of people with higher education will rise to meet the target.
Universities have continued to prepare student admissions for 2021, taking into account the current coronavirus situation. The aim is to organise the spring and summer entrance examinations on campuses or other physical facilities. Applicants will be informed of how the entrance examinations will be carried out by 16 March.
The Academy of Finland has granted the University of Vaasa 750,000 euros of PROFI6 funding for profiling strategic research. The funding application of the University of Vaasa is called Sustainable Energy Transition – Towards Regenerative and Resilient Socio-Technical Systems, and it concentrates on the ongoing energy transition in society.