Tony Torp from TAMK recognised as Nokia Champion recognition

The largest mobile developer community in the world (over 4 million mobile application developers), Forum Nokia, has recognised Tony Torp as a Forum Nokia Champion.

Forum Nokia rewards individuals who have through their work and achievements enabled the mobile technology and community to thrive. Every six minths, the community selects especially distinguished expert developers for a year's honorary membership.

Torp works at TAMK as a senior lecturer in computer systems engineering and has actively worked to make TAMK one of the most well-known higher education institutions offering mobile application development in the world. In the Degree Programme of Computer Systems Engineering, the focus is on developing the field of mobile technology, applying the latest technologies and innovation. Torp has also participated actively in creating university networks of the field, several international projects and sharing his skills in several universities in the world. This input can be seen in the curriculums of several universities around the world.

This is the third time Torp has been rewarded. The previous recongitions were in 2006 and 2009. For more information and Torp's Champion profile, see www.forum.nokia.com/forumnokiachampion

Tämä toimii - This works!

Tämä toimii! (This works!) technology competition for primary school students is underway. The regional preliminaries of the national competition will be held at TAMK on Friday the 19th of March.

17 000 primary school students all around Finland combine their skills in mathematics, Finnish, art and crafts when creating almost 4300 moving toys, their advertisements and a diary documenting their group's working process. 120 students from Tampere, Nokia, Sastamala, Ylöjärvi, Ikaalinen, Jokioinen, Hämeenkyrö, Pori, Ulvila, Mänttä-Vilppula, Pirkkala and Hämeenlinna take part in the preliminaries in Tampere.

The national technology competition for grades 1-6 has once again made it possible to use innovation process as a learning method. The results are magnificent: awesome and diverse moving toys, their advertisements and diaries of the process - there is no limit to the creativitiness of the students! Innovativeness is a skill you can learn!

For more information (in Finnish:)
www.tamatoimii.fi
www.teknologiateollisuus.fi

So in TAMK, you can really earn credits by arranging Speeddates?

Well, I guess you can. At least we do.

Our project group, consisting of TAMK students, have put together two nights of mischief and mingling in which some 20 people of the opposite sex are going to have miniature dates of 3-4 minutes with all the other 20 persons. 

The first speed-date night will be held at Groove on the 17th of March and the second, a week later, on the 24th of March at Tabu. The night at Groove is targeted for people between the ages 19-27 and the Tabu night for the ages 25 to 35. Check out our website http://www.deiteille.com . From the “ilmoittaudu” section, you sign yourself in. We already have enough women, but for men there are still couple free spots.

Both of out events have stunning afterparties in same locations, so feel welcome to join the fun! Doors will open at 10 pm.

Events:
17.3. Groove Bar & Cellar, Aleksanterinkatu 22
24.3. Tabu Wine Bar & Ultra Lounge, Hämeenkatu 10

Speeddates 8 €
Afterparty 4 €, (free for our daters)

Our site is only in finnish, but in case of questions, you can reach us by email from info@deiteille.com.

Story: Tiina Heikkilä and Teemu Oikkonen

TAMK Goes Tampere International Film Festival 2010

The students of TAMK School of Art and Media are annually involved in Tampere Film Festival in many ways. There are a lot of students active with the practical arrangements and duties; working or doing their work practice or voluntary work. The film and television students are also responsible for the broadcasts of the Film Festival Studio and organisation of the Film Fest Party.

The film festival is for many students a part of their studies, a considerable number of study points will be gained. The Film Festival studio is part of the Multicamera course, and participation in Film Festival seminars and workshops add to study points as well as work practice does. The biggest amount of study points is however collected in the process of shooting the films that are seen in the national competition screenings and the special show of School of Art and Media new student films.

This is how TAMK students show on the Film Festival programme:

Wed March 10
14:30-15:00 Film Festival Studio, Dina TV

Thu March 11
14:00-16:00 Memory of Tomorrow D: Pekka Saari Plevna 5 (National Contest 9)
14:30-15:00 Film Festival Studio, Dina TV
16:00-17:00 TAMK New Student Films, Pakkahuone
21:00-04:00 Film Fest Party, Klubi

Fri March 12
14:00-16:00 When I Move... D: Ville Salminen Plevna 5 (National Contest 10)
14:30-15:00 Film Festival Studio, Dina TV

Sat March 13
12:00-14:00 Memory of Tomorrow D: Pekka Saari Plevna 2 (National Contest 9)
16:00-18:00 When I Move... D: Ville Salminen Plevna 2 (National Contest 10)

Additionally many film professionals graduated from TAMK are visible at the Film Festival. E.g. five of the thirteen directors of the Finnish Music Video Show have studied here; Teemu Niukkanen, Jussi Kärnä, Iiro Hokkanen and Miikka Lommi in the Degree Programme of Media and Sami Sänpäkkilä in the Degree Programme of Fine Arts.


The films of the TAMK New Films Special Screening:
    * Adaption, D: Henna Inkinen
    * Asepussi/Gunbag, D: Jukka Hautajärvi
    * Esso, D: Petri Uusitalo
    * Helvetin hyvää työtä/Whistle while you work, D: Ville Hakonen/Jussi Sandhu
    * HERA D: Sanni Rajapolvi
    * Herääminen/The Awakening, D: Miro Laiho
    * Jackpot D: Petri Uusitalo
    * Kahvia ja tupakkaa/Coffee and Cigarettes, D: Tomi Pietilä
    * Korpin laulu/Raven's song, D: Aino Suni
    * Limppu/The Loaf, D: Pauli Kopu
    * Niin paljon sinua halusin/All that I wanted, D: Aino Suni
    * Oman onnensa leipuri/Lucky Baker, D: Markus Aaltonen
    * Perhepotretti/Family Portrait, D: Minna Korhonen
    * Pitkän päivän aamu/Finding Frank, D: Joona Sarisalmi
    * Toivon murusia/Crumbs of Hope, D: Emmi-Sofia Markkanen
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Tampere Film Festival March 10-14 2010
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Creative Cooperation with Tartu

We welcomed again visitors from the Estonian twin city of Tampere, Tartu. Külli Hansen and Raul Oreshkin, representatives of Tartu Centre for Creative Industries were guests of Creative Tampere for two days to learn about creative institutions in Tampere. Tampere UAS Finlayson campus with the School of Art and Media and the proAcademy were targets of the tour.

The contacts between different cultural institutions in Tampere and Tartu are very intense. Also TAMK School of Art and Media and Tartu Art College have close cooperation including staff and student exchange.

Last year students of our Fine Arts Programme had the MAAVARA (Ride Height) exhibition in Tartu, and the Tartu College of Fine Art Graduation Show Lend n 2009 exhibited in Tampere.


Tartu Cantre for Creative Industries
Creative Tampere

Lend n 2009
MAAVARA (Ride Height)