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Kimmo Raatikainen
Middleware For Mobile Computing |
Kimmo Raatikainen, the Research Director of Mobile Computing in the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, which is a joint research institute of the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki University of Technology, is contributing with a series of articles on Middleware for Mobile Computing.
Prof. Kimmo Raatikainen has M.Sc. (1983) and Ph. D. (1990) degrees in computer science (University of Helsinki). He was a system manager at Finnish State Computer Centre, Division of University Support, 1981 - 1985. From 1986 he has been employed by the University of Helsinki in the Department of Computer Science as a research and teaching assistant, as an Assistant Professor, as an Associated Professor and as a Full Professor (from 1998). From January 2000 Kimmo Raatikainen has been on partial leave working as a Principal Scientist in Nokia Research Center. From January 2002 he has been the Research Director of Mobile Computing in the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, which is a joint research institute of the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki University of Technology.
Kimmo Raatikainen has participated in a leading role several European and national research projects (funded by CEC, National Technology Agency of Finland and industry) on mobile computing, wireless communication, middleware for mobile computing and on telecommunications software architectures. His current research interests include mobile computing, wireless communication, middleware for mobile distributed systems, and operating systems. He has over 90 scientific publications in these areas. In Nokia his activities are related to research and standardization on middleware for mobile computing.
Kimmo Raatikainen has actively participated in OMG since 1997 leading in the Telecom DTF the specification of Wireless Access and Terminal Mobility in CORBA. |
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