Umeå University
- Statistical learning and inference for spatiotemporal data
- Statistical methods for analysis of functional data, and high-dimensional data
- Signal and image analysis
- Uncertainty analysis
- Advanced simulations and scenario analysis
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computational intelligence
- Decision modelling
- Information structures and ontology
- Many-valued logic and process modelling
Luleå University of Technology
- Earth and planetary atmospheres research including modelling and observations
- Instrument development (in-situ, air and space-borne)
- Acquisition, processing and interpretation of observations to understand relationships between the atmosphere and the environment
- Using models to understand the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and the components of the atmosphere (gases, aerosols, clouds) and to apply this knowledge
University of Vaasa
- Experience in multivariate statistics and machine learning algorithms
- Measurements and measurement infrastructures
- Big data analysis
- Software development
- Database design and development
- User-interface expertise
- Previous experience in creating center of expertise (Nordic Wind Energy Center)
- Long-term cooperation with industry and municipality partners in the region
Novia University of Applied Sciences
- Icing measurement technologies
- Aerodynamic modeling for icing models
- Ice accretion models
- Atmospheric sciences
- Analytical expertise
- Statistical learning
- Experience in creating top-quality and relevant competence including services for trade and industry
- GIS development and visualization
Tampere University*
- Icing research:
- Icing wind tunnel, accretion of different ice types (glaze, mixed, rime)
- Centrifugal ice adhesion testing
- Anti-icing and icephobic coatings and surfaces
- Droplet freezing behaviour
- Understanding of icing phenomena
- Coating development and production:
- Surface engineering solutions
- Surface modifications
- Novel coatings, materials and tailored surfaces
- Thermal Spray Center Finland (TSCF), well-equipped thermal spray facilities
- Materials science and environmental engineering
- Characterization and testing (coating properties and performance), e.g., wettability, chemistry, topography, wearing and corrosion
Tampere University of Technology and the University of Tampere were merged on 1 January 2019 into new multidisciplinary foundation-based Tampere University.