CURRICULUM VITAE
May 14, 2007
Prof. Tapio Seppänen
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High-school diploma, Oulun lyseon
lukio,
- Master of science in electrical engineering,
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Licentiate of technology,
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Doctor of technology,
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Docent (Information processing, especially signal processing and machine
vision),
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Finnish army, telecommunications division, 3.5.1982; present rank is First
Lieutenant (yliluutnantti)
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professor of biomedical engineering, Dept. of
Electrical Engineering,
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director of WellTech Oulu
institute,
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member of board of Infotech Oulu Graduate School,
financially supported by Ministry of Education and the Finnish Academy,
December 1999 - present
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program director of Biomedical Engineering
degree programme of the
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biosignal processing and
interpretation (ECG, EEG,
respiration, sympathetic nerves, speech signal)
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multimedia signal processing (signal analysis,
filtering, interpretation, language technology)
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applications (medical informatics, intelligent
systems, networked multimedia)
(i) University of Oulu:
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research assistant or research scientist: 7 months in
1984-1986
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teaching assistant: 21 months in 1984-1987 (nomination
for 5 years)
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acting senior assistant: 58 months in 1986-1993
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acting associate professor: 23 months in 1990-1993
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acting professor: 12 months in 1996-97
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acting professor, August 1999 - November 2000
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professor of information engineering, 1.12.2000-31.12.2003
(nomination for 5 years)
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head of Information processing laboratory of
University of
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head of the ICT Task Force of the University of Oulu,
2004-2006
(ii) Technical Research Centre of
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research scientist: 1993-1994
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senior research scientist: 1994-1998
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chief research scientist, 1998-1999
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vice head of Electronic circuits and systems division:
11/1997-6/1998
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head of Electronic circuits and systems division:
6/1998 – 8/1999
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member of the board of executives of VTT Electronics:
6/1998 – 8/1999
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3-year grant during PhD dissertation studies from the Tauno
Tönning Foundation, Oulu, Finland, 1988-1990
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one-year grant from the Tauno
Tönning Foundation,
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the best scientific paper of sports medicine in
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editor of Journal of Information Assurance and
Security (JIAS)
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reviewer in scientific journals (Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on
Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence, Journal of Systems Architecture,
Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, EURASIP Journal of Applied Signal
Processing, Biotechnology Progress, Iranian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, IEEE Transactions on
Audio and Speech Processing, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Neuroscience
Letters, EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech and Music Processing)
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editor, organizer, session chair, reviewer and member
of program committee in many scientific conferences since 1985
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member of Pattern Recognition Society of Finland
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treasurer of Pattern Recognition Society of Finland, 1
year
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member of
- member of International Association for
Pattern Recognition
- member of International Speech Communication
Association