Curriculum Vitae of Hannu H. Kari

(per 21.12.2003)

Hannu Harald KARI

Date and place of birth: 11.12.1961 in Varkaus, Finland

Marital status: Living together (avoliitto in Finnish)

Personal contact information:

home address: Itätuulenkuja 6, 02880 Veikkola, Finland

mobile: +358-500-527 444

email: hhk


Current (academic) employment:

Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Computer Science

Teknillinen korkeakoulu, Tietotekniikan osasto

Current positions:

mailing address: PL 5400, TKK 02015, Finland

office address: Konemiehentie 2, Espoo, Finland

phone: +358-9-451 2918

fax: +358-9-451 3369

mobile: +358-500 527 444

email: Hannu Kari


Current (industrial) employments:

NONE at the moment

Since 1.1.2004 I have had no permanent industrial position. During the years 2004 and 2005 I have focused on building my house, practicing archery and working at HUT.

Occasionally, I have worked as a consultant at:

  • Teleware: Industrial technology training, especially GPRS related

  • Academic background:

    1997

    Ph.D. in Computer Science Department at Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland on "Latent Sector Faults and Reliability of Disk Arrays"

    1990-1992:

    Post graduate studies in Computer Science department at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (with Fulbright scholarship)

    1991:

    Finnish cultural foundation (Suomen kulttuurirahasto) scholarship

    1991:

    Jenny & Antti Wihuri foundation (Jenny ja Antti Wihurin säätiö) scholarship

    1990:

    Asla-Fulbright scholarship

    1989:

    Award for fast graduation at Helsinki University of Technology.

    1989:

    Lic.Tech. (Licentiate in Technology, TkL in Finnish) in Department of Electrical Engineering, laboratory of Telecommunication Technology, at Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland.

    1986:

    M.Sc. (Master of Science) in Department of Technical Physics, laboratory of Information Science at Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland.


    Professional background:

    2002->

    Teleware
    Technology educator on GPRS related topics.

    2001-> 2002

    Lifix Systems
    Technology adviser. Member of Technology Advisory Board.
    2000-> 2003

    SSH Communications Security
    Technology adviser.
    1.12.2001-31.12.2003: Research director
    2000-30.11.2001: Senior system architect
    Part time position from 2000-31.12.2003.

    2000-> 2003

    Nixu
    Technology adviser. Member of Technology Advisory Board. Part time position.

    2000-> 2003

    First Hop
    Technology adviser. Part time position.

    2000-> 2001

    IO-box
    Technology adviser.

    2000->

    Stratos Ventures
    Technology adviser.

    1998->

    Helsinki University of Technology
  • The cumulative budget of all research projects in TOTI-institute from 1.1.1998 to 31.12.2002 was over 68 MFIM. All this money comes from the research projects funded by industry, Finnish state research organization (TEKES) and EU. TOTI-Institute does not get any budget money from the university, just the opposite, it pays 10% comission of all its research project funding to HUT's headquarter for management fees.
  • 1.7.2004->: 100%-ly professor on Mobility.
  • 1.1.2003->30.6.2004: 60%-ly professor on Mobility.
  • 1.9.2002->31.12.2002: 50%-ly professor on Mobility.
  • 1.10.2001->31.8.2002: 40%-ly professor on Mobility.
  • 1.6.2001-30.9.2001: 90%-ly leave of absense (due to house building project and archery competitions). Part time (10%) director of TOTI-Institute. HUT's main board has decided that TOTI-Institute's tasks will be taken by a new IDC-Institute by year 2001. IDC-Institute is lead by prof. Pekka Eskelinen from 1.1.2001
  • 1.10.2000-31.5.2001: Part time (40%) professor at Helsinki Univ. of Technology, Department of Computer Science, Laboratory of Telecommunication Software and Multimedia (Teknillinen korkeakoulu, Tietotekniikan osasto, Tietoliikenneohjelmistojen ja Multimedian laboratorio).
  • 1.9.1999-30.9.2000: Part time (80%) professor at Helsinki Univ. of Technology, Department of Computer Science, Laboratory of Telecommunication Software and Multimedia (Teknillinen korkeakoulu, Tietotekniikan osasto, Tietoliikenneohjelmistojen ja Multimedian laboratorio).
  • 1.9.1999-> Part time (20%) director of research institute (TOTI-Instituutti) due to professor position in TML-laboratory
  • 1.4.1999: 5-year term of institute director (1.4.1999-31.3.2004)
  • 1.1.1998->31.12.2002 Director of research institute (TOTI-Instituutti)
  • 1994->1997


    Nokia Telecommunications/
    Nokia Cellular Systems/
    Wireless data server systems
  • System Architect in GSM data applications
  • One of the main designers of the GPRS standard (General Packet Radio Service), one of the GSM extensions.
  • 1986-1994


    Nokia Information Systems/
    Nokia Data Systems/
    ICL Personal Systems

  • Local Area Network (LAN) development in office automation environment
  • ICL Distinguished Engineer -award April 1993
  • 1984-1986

    EKE Automation Ltd
  • Local Area Network (LAN) development in flexible manufacturing system (FMS) environment
  • 1983-1984

    Valmet Automaatio Ltd
  • Local Area Network (LAN) development in process control environment
  • 1981-1983

    Altim Control Ky
  • Local Area Network (LAN) development in process automation environment

  • Patents:

    Approved patents: (some titles are in Finnish);

    28.
    World patent number: US6732078 B1
    Approval date: 2004-05-04
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: LUOMI MARKO [FI]; KARI HANNU [FI]; DECKER PETER [DE]; BERGMAN JANNE [FI]
    Description: Audio Control Method and Audio Controlled Device
    Publication: US6732078 20040504

    27.
    World patent number: WO03019876
    Approval date: 2003-03-06
    Company: FIRST HOP OY
    Inventors: KARI HANNU [FI]; MALLAT HANNU [FI]; KALLIOLA JANNE [FI]; KOPONEN JUHA [FI]
    Description: METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE IN WIRELESS NETWORKS USING SNMP AGENTS
    Publication: WO2002FI00703 20020902

    26.
    World patent number: US2002138601
    Approval date: 2002-09-26
    Company: NIXU OY
    Inventors: LEHTOVAARA EIJA RIITTA HELENA (FI); SILVENNOINEN TERO ILARI (FI); KARI HANNU H (FI); AARNIO LAURI TAPIO (FI); KIRAVUO TIMO PETTERI (FI); PIPONIUS TONI MARKUS (FI)
    Description: Proxy for content service
    Publication: US20010956989 20010921

    25.
    World patent number: US2002138565
    Approval date: 2002-09-26
    Company: FIRST HOP OY
    Inventors: KUSTOV ANDREI (FI); AUVINEN OLLI (FI); KARI HANNU (FI); KOPONEN JUHA (FI); MALLAT HANNU (FI); RASANEN JUHANA (FI); HAMALAINEN MIKKO (FI); KHACHTCHANSKI VICTOR (FI)
    Description: Methods & arrangements for providing efficient information transfer over a limited-speed communications link
    Publication: US20020099296 20020314

    24.
    World patent number: WO03019876
    Approval date: 2003-03-06
    Company: FIRST HOP OY
    Inventors: KALLIOLA JANNE (FI); KARI HANNU (FI); KOPONEN JUHA (FI); MALLAT HANNU (FI)
    Description: METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE IN WIRELESS NETWORKS USING SNMP AGENTS
    Publication: WO2002FI00703 20020902

    23.
    World patent number: WO0002367
    Approval date: 2000-01-13
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: HAUMONT SERGE; KANERVA MIKKO; KARI HANNU
    Description: VOICE MAIL SERVER, MOBILE STATION AND METHOD FOR VOICE MAIL MESSAGE TRANSMISSION
    Publication: WO1998EP04339 19980706

    22.
    World patent number: WO0005909
    Approval date: 2000-02-03
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: HAUMONT SERGE; MIKKO KANERVA; HANNU KARI; ANVEKAR D K; PEKKA SOININEN; LAKSHMESHWAR SHREEKANT
    Description: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF PACKETS OF DATA
    Publication: WO1999EP04979 19990714

    21.
    World patent number: WO0001172
    Approval date: 2000-01-06
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: HAUMONT SERGE; KARI HANNU; KANERVA MIKKO
    Description: METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING A SERVICE TO A SUBSCRIBER
    Publication: WO1998EP04132 19980629

    20.
    Finnish patent number: FI980537
    Approval date: 1999-09-10
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARI HANNU H; AHOPELTO JUHA-PEKKA
    Description: Tiedonsiirtoyhteyden reitittäminen
    Publication: publication not available

    19.
    Finnish patent number: FI980062
    Approval date: 1999-07-15
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARI HANNU; PUUSKARI MIKKO; HAUMONT SERGE
    Description: Pääsyn kontrollointimenetelmä matkaviestinjärjestelmää varten
    Publication: publication not available

    18.
    Finnish patent number: FI970237
    Approval date: 1998-07-21
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARI HANNU; HANNULA ANTTI
    Description: Palvelutilanteen määrittäminen pakettiradioverkossa
    Publication: FI104606

    17.
    Finnish patent number: FI973846
    Approval date: 1998-07-21
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARI HANNU; RAHKONEN PEKKA
    Description: Matkaviestintilaajan kutsu pakettiyhteyden muodostamiseksi
    Publication: publication not available

    16.
    Finnish patent number: FI970236
    Approval date: 1998-07-21
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARI HANNU; RAHKONEN PEKKA
    Description: Signalointikuormituksen vähentäminen pakettiradioverkossa
    Publication: publication not available

    15.
    Finnish patent number: FI965049
    Approval date: 1998-06-17
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARI HANNU
    Description: Paketti- ja piirikytkentäinen tietoliikenne matkapuhelinverkossa
    Publication: FI102933

    14.
    Finnish patent number: FI964598
    Approval date: 1998-05-16
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARI HANNU H; HUUSKO SAMI
    Description: Pakettien lähetys tietoliikenneverkossa
    Publication: FI102932

    13.
    Finnish patent number: FI962383
    Approval date: 1997-12-08
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARI HANNU
    Description: Kanavanvarausmenetelmä pakettiverkkoa varten
    Publication: FI101920

    12.
    Finnish patent number: FI962381
    Approval date: 1997-12-08
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARI HANNU
    Description: Datan pakkaaminen tietoliikenneyhteydellä
    Publication: publication not available

    11.
    Finnish patent number: FI962352
    Approval date: 1998-01-21
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARPPANEN ARTO; KARI HANNU; HÄMÄLÄINEN JARI; JUOPPERI JARI
    Description: Menetelmä tiedonsiirron salaamiseksi
    Publication: publication not available

    10.
    Finnish patent number: FI961472
    Approval date: 1997-10-02
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARI HANNU H
    Description: Matkaviestimen toimintatilojen ohjaus pakettiradiojärjestelmässä
    Publication: FI103454

    9.
    Finnish patent number: FI961363
    Approval date: 1997-09-26
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARI HANNU; HUUSKO SAMI
    Description: Lähetettävän datan priorisointi reitittimessä
    Publication: FI103005

    8.
    Finnish patent number: FI960996
    Approval date: 1997-09-05
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARI HANNU; KARPPANEN ARTO
    Description: Pakettimuotoisen lähetyksen turvallisuuden parantaminen matkaviestinjärjestelmässä
    Publication: FI102936

    7.
    Finnish patent number: FI960895
    Approval date: 1997-08-27
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: LEHTONEN ARTO H; PIHKO PETE; TARNANEN TEEMU; KARI HANNU H
    Description: Tietoviestin ja menetelmä tietokorttien tietojen lähettämiseksi
    Publication: FI102869

    6.
    Finnish patent number: FI960211
    Approval date: 1997-07-17
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARI HANNU H; HUOTARI SEPPO
    Description: Digitaalinen matkaviestinjärjestelmä ja menetelmä päättyvän puhelun käsittelemiseksi
    Publication: FI102234

    5.
    Finnish patent number: FI960185
    Approval date: 1997-07-16
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KARI HANNU H; HÄMÄLÄINEN JARI
    Description: Pakettiradioverkko
    Publication: FI102232

    4.
    Finnish patent number: FI955354
    Approval date: 1997-05-08
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: HANNULA ANTTI; KARI HANNU
    Description: Menetelmä ja järjestelmä elektronisen maksutapahtuman suorittamiseksi
    Publication: FI102860

    3.
    Finnish patent number: FI952256
    Approval date: 1996-11-10
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: KANERVA MIKKO; KARI HANNU; VAINIKKA JARI; AHOPELTO JUHA-PEKKA
    Description: Datansiirtojärjestelmä, jossa on liukuvaan ikkunaan perustuva datavuonohjaus
    Publication: FI98174

    2.
    Finnish patent number: FI950117
    Approval date: 1996-07-11
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: HÄMÄLÄINEN JARI; KARI HANNU H; KARPPANEN ARTO
    Description: Pakettiradiojärjestelmä ja päätelaitteisto pakettiradiojärjestelmää varten
    Publication: FI98027

    1.
    Finnish patent number: FI950116
    Approval date: 1996-07-11
    Company: Nokia
    Inventors: AHOPELTO JUKKA-PEKKA; KARI HANNU H
    Description: Pakettiradiojärjestelmä ja menetelmiä datapaketin reitittämiseksi protokollariippumattomasti pakettiradioverkoissa
    Publication: FI98586

    Pending patents:

    several pending patent applications.

    Supervised, instructed, and inspected thesis and other studies

    Every below listed thesis is supervised by Hannu H. Kari, unless otherwise stated.

    Dissertations:

    2004:

  • Henry Haverinen: Interworking between Wireless LAN and GSM/UMTS Cellular Networks: Network Access Control, Mobility Management and Security Considerations (University of Helsinki (UH), supervisor Jarmo Harju, pre-examiner: Hannu H. Kari)
  • 2003:

  • Jukka Manner: Provision of Quality of Service in IP-based Mobile Access Networks (Tampere University of Technology (TUT), supervisor Kimmo Raatikainen, opponent Hamid Aghvami, pre-examiner: Hannu H. Kari)
  • 2002:

  • Alberto Escudero-Pascual: Privacy in the next generation Internet: Data Protection in the context of the European Union Policy (Swedish Royal University (KTH), supervisor Björn Pehrson, opponent: Hannu H. Kari)
  • 2000:

  • Shaoji Ni: Network Capacity and Quality of Service Management in F/TDMA Cellular Systems (supervisor Sven-Gustav Häggman, pre-examiner Hannu H. Kari)
  • Licentiate of Technology:

    2004:

  • Janne Lundberg: A Wireless Multicast Delivery Architecture for Mobile Terminals
  • Catharina Candolin: Information warfare and security in a network-centric environment
  • 2003:

  • Yki Kortesniemi: Managing the Usage of Authorisation Certificates
  • 1998:

  • Heimo Laamanen: Servicability issues in mobile distributed systems (inspector Ph.D. Hannu H. Kari, supervisor prof. Timo Alanko, Helsinki University, department of computer science)
  • Juntong Liu: A Network Architecture for highly integrated Access Points for use by Multimedia Mobile Terminals (inspector Ph.D. Hannu H. Kari, supervisor prof. Gerald Maquire, Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Teleinformatics, Telecommunication System Laboratory, Sweden)
  • Master's Thesis:

    2005:

  • Stefano Marinoni: Performance of Wireless Ad Hoc Routing Protocols - A Simulation Study in Realistic Environments
  • Erkki Ruponen: Integrointitestauksen exit-kriteerit Symbian-pohjaisessa ohjelmistotuotteessa
  • Tuulia Kullberg: The effect of the access point selection method on reachability between a mobile ad hoc node and a fixed node
  • 2004:

  • Anssi Rajaniemi: Verkkopankin toimintavarmuuden turvaaminen tietoverkon näkökulmasta
  • Mikko Särelä: Measuring the Effects of Mobility on Reactive Ad Hoc Routing Protocols
  • 2003:

  • Niyue Chen: Enterprise Portal as the Enterprise Integration Solution
  • Teemu Vainio: The Applicability of Bluetooth in Ad Hoc Networks
  • Antti Järvinen: Smart Card Based Configuration and Authentication for Mobile IPv4
  • Shuqin Li-Kokko: An SPKI Based Secure Multicast Architecture with Copyright Protection
  • Jing Liu: An architectral solution, driven by business, enabled through technology, with an integration perspective
  • Erkki Pulliainen: Reducing Retrieval Time in High-Latency Computer Networks using Predictive Caching
  • 2002:

  • Henrik Petander: Authorization of Mobile IPv6
  • Yafeng Wang: A Gateway Architecture for Content Charging
  • Matti Kokkola: Arkkitehtuuri aikakriittisiä lyhytviestipalveluita varten
  • Matti Salonen: Solution For Content And Service Mediation
  • Catharina Candolin: Network management and routing in mobile military ad hoc networks (instructor Docent Arto Karila)
  • Harri Kuusisto: Käyttäjän sähköinen tunnistaminen ja yksityisyys
  • Jari Leminen: Palveluiden tuottaminen kannettaviin päätelaitteisiin
  • 2001:

  • Ville-Mikko Kanerva: Billing Services in a Mobile Portal (instructor Juha Hulkkonen, CS department)
  • Tomi Mickelsson: Evaluation of secure remote access software technologies (instructor M.Sc. Antti Huima, EE department )
  • Tuomas Salosaari: Enhancing the value of technical customer documentation through personalization (instructor Oskar Lönnberg, CS department )
  • Janne Salmi: An adaptive mobility management mechanism for IP networks using adhoc routing (instructor M.Sc. Jari Malinen, CS department )
  • Juho Yli-Krekola: Software framework for interactive entertainment (instructor PhD Matti Hämäläinen, CS department )
  • Ruizhi Chen: Gross Error Detection in Locating Mobile Station (instructor prof. Hannu H. Kari, CS department )
  • Esa Vires: Uhka-analyysin soveltaminen DX-200 -järjestelmään (instructor Anssi Järvenpää, CS department, in Finnish (Applying threat analysis to DX 200 -system )
  • Harri Tuomela: Functional evaluation of data confidentiality in e-learning environments (instructor Martti Lahti, EE department )
  • Sampo Savolainen: Comparison of wireless short-range connectivity alternatives (instructor M.Sc. Mikko Kolehmainen, EE department )
  • Tomi Mikkonen: Analysis and Deployment of IPSec & PKI Environment (instructor Dr. Petri Kaurinkoski, EE department )
  • Vesa Lindqvist: Access point rehosting in GPRS networks (instructor M.Sc. Anu Lepistö, CS department )
  • Hannu Terävä: Public-Key Certificate Validation Methods in Terminals with Restricted Processing Capacity (instructor M.Sc. Petri Säkkinen, CS department )
  • Tommy Savolainen: Wideband cellular network simulator (instructor TkL Veli Voipio, CS department )
  • Seppo Karhumäki: Liiketaloudellisten tapahtumien jalostaminen tiedoksi (instructor M.Sc. Tapio Ypyä, CS department, in Finnish (Refining of Business Events to the Knowledge) )
  • Tom Weckström: AAA architecture for hierarchical wireless Mobile IPv4 (instructor M.Sc. Sami Tikka, CS department )
  • 2000:

  • Harri Sunila: Architecture for Internet-based services (instructor prof. Hannu H. Kari, CS department )
  • Jani Rautiainen: Using Road Mapping for Convergence Strategy Formulation (instructor M.Sc. Jaakko Wallenius, CS department )
  • Jouni K. Malinen: Using private addresses with hierarchical Mobile IPv4 (instructor M.Sc. Jari T. Malinen, CS department )
  • Dan Forsberg: Communication availability with Mobile IP in wireless LANs (instructor M.Sc. Jari T. Malinen, CS department )
  • Olli Suihkonen: MPLS control architecture in a multipurpose switch (instructor prof. Hannu H. Kari, supervisor prof. Jari Porras, Lappeenranta Univ. of Tech, Information Technology)
  • 1996:

  • Ari Virtanen: Laskutustiedon keräys GSM-järjestelmän ja muiden tietoliikenneverkkojen välisissä yhteyksissä (instructor TkL Hannu H. Kari, Tampere Univ. of Tech. CS department, in Finnish (Gathering billing information in connections between GSM-system and other communication networks))
  • 1992:

  • Harri Ahola: Yhdistettyjen lähiverkkojen hallinta; (instructor TkL Hannu H. Kari, supervisor prof. Kauko Rahko, EE department, in Finnish (Network management of interconnected LANs))
  • 1990:

  • Mira Hagelberg (& Sirpa Päivinen): Suorituskyky eräässä lähiverkkokäyttöjärjestelmäympäristössä (instructor TkL Hannu H. Kari, supervisor prof. Kauko Rahko, EE department, in Finnish (Performance in a local area network operating system environment))
  • Sirpa Päivinen (& Mira Hagelberg): Suorituskyky eräässä lähiverkkokäyttöjärjestelmäympäristössä (instructor TkL Hannu H. Kari, supervisor prof. Kauko Rahko, EE department, in Finnish (Performance in a local area network operating system environment))
  • 1988:

  • Asko Kallio: Työaseman alkulataus lähiverkosta (instructor M.Sc. Hannu H. Kari, supervisor prof. Heikki Saikkonen, Dept. of Technical Physics, in Finnish (Bootloading a workstation in a network))
  • 1987:

  • Esko Sorri: Moniajokäyttöjärjestelmän sovitus lähiverkkoon (instructor Juha Snellman, Hannu H. Kari, supervisor prof. Matti Linnavuo, EE department, in Finnish (Adapting a multitasking operating system in a local area network))

  • Thesis under process

    This list is not complete, since new students are coming all the time. Also, the final topics of the research area may change per student.

    M.Sc. level

  • Juhani Heiskanen: Services in mobile phones
  • Kimmo Mustonen: Secured network management
  • Antti Tuominen:
  • Ville Nuorvala:
  • Licentiate level

  • Mikko Särelä: Identities in networks
  • Henrik Petander: Smooth hand-off algorithms
  • Ph.D. level

  • Catharina Candolin: Ad hoc military networks
  • Leo Bhebbe: GPRS mobility
  • Wassim Haddad: Multicasting, mobility management, SW radio
  • Yki Kortesniemi: Quota certificates
  • Janne Lundberg: Wireless multicast
  • Jouni Malinen: Wireless and secured communication
  • Jukka Ukkonen: Security and mobile communication
  • Tom Weckström: Mobility management

  • Supervised individual studies

    2001:

  • Catharina Candolin, Janne Lundberg: Attacks on GPRS
  • Petri Kettunen: Towards Rapid Development of Embedded Telecommunications System Software Products (individual study paper)
  • Gang Lian: The PKI: Paving the Way for E-Commerce (individual study paper)

  • Supervised programming projects

    Academic year 2000-2001:

  • Tripoli: WAP services for HUT students
  • Academic year 1999-2000:

  • MIPL: Mobile IP for IPv6 (It won the second price year 1999-2000)
  • Piccolo: Distributed control of small, restricted capacity networked devices (It won the first price year 1999-2000))
  • Academic year 1998-1999:

  • Dynamics: Hierarchical Mobile IP for IPv4 (It won the second price year 1998-1999). This is the most complete Mobile IP for IPv4 implementation in the world for Linux! Original project reporting web page
  • MobileDNS: DNS proxy service for mobile users.

  • Supervised research projects

    2003-2005:

  • UbiComp: Privacy issues in wireless world
  • 2003-2005:

  • CAN: Core Ad hoc Networks, and survivability of military communication
  • 2002-2005:

  • GO-CORE: Mobility management in wireless networks (Mobile IP, Ad hoc networks and network mobility)
  • 2002-2004:

  • Brocom: Efficient and secure multicast data delivery engine in wireless environment
  • 2000-2002:

  • 007: Routing and security issues in military-grade ad-hoc networks. Prof. Ilkka Niemelä was the responsible supervisor. From 1.1.2002 Hannu H. Kari will be the new supervisor of the project.
  • 2000-2001:

  • AHAA: The focus of the AHAA project is on network architecture and management of mobile ad hoc networks in a hostile environment.
  • 1999-2001:

  • GO: Service Architecture for the Nomadic Internet Users of the Future. This project has several subprojects studying special problems of wireless communication and mobility. The initial idea of the project was generated and the project funding was arranged/negotiated by Hannu H. Kari. The first two years, the project was in TOTI-Institute under supervision of Hannu H. Kari. The third project year started August 2001 in IDC-Institute. Project coordinator is now Pekka Mard and responsible project leader prof. Petri Vuorimaa. The budget of the GO-project totalled in first two years over 14 MFIM.
  • 1998-2000:

  • MART: Mobile Ad-hoc Routing Testbed -project. This project studied ad-hoc networks and routing of packets in ad-hoc networks. This project developed a MART-node that provides wireless access using IEEE 802.11b technology. Over 80 MART-nodes installed in Otaniemi area.
  • Other research projects 1998-2001

  • ABACI: Requirements engineering for product families
  • ESAPS: Engineering Software Architectures, Processes and Platforms for System-Families
  • SCOMS: Software configurable multidicipline switch
  • Calypso: Programmable broadband networks
  • IP-MAN: Management issues in large IP networks

  • Publications

    2005:

  • Lundberg, Janne; Candolin, Catharina;Kari, Hannu H.: Multicast Source Authentication for Limited Devices, WSEAS Transactions on Computers, Vol. 4, nro 4
  • Lundberg, Janne; Candolin, Catharina; Kari, Hannu: Multicast Source Authentication for Limited Devices, 6th WSEAS International Conference on Automation and Information (ICAI'05), Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1-3 2005
  • 2003:

  • Candolin, Catharina; Kari, Hannu H: An architecture for context aware management, IEEE MILCOM 2003, Boston, USA, October 13-16 2003
  • Candolin, Catharina; Kari, Hannu: Distributing incomplete trust in wireless ad hoc networks, IEEE Southeastcon 2003, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, April 2003
  • Puhakainen Petri; Candolin, Catharina; Kari, Hannu: Using adaptive decision making based on incomplete trust in electronic commerce, The 7th WSEAS International Conference on Communications (ICCON), Corfu, Kreikka, heinäkuu 2003
  • Kari, Hannu H; Candolin, Catharina: Context Aware Management Architecture, CITMO 2003 (Commercial Information Technology for Military Operations), Ronneby, Ruotsi, 23.-25.4.2003
  • Candolin, Catharina; Kari, Hannu H: Ad hoc network routing based on incomplete trust, The 7th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2003), Orlando, USA, 27.-30.7.2003
  • Lundberg, Janne; Candolin, Catharina; Kari, H Hannu: Support for Transparent Multicast Content Distribution to Mobile Wireless Clients, 3rd International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'03), Las Vegas, USA, June 2003
  • 2002:

  • Candolin, Catharina; Kari, Hannu H: Context Aware Management Architecture, IETF Internet Drafts, http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-candolin-cam-0 0.txt
  • Candolin, Catharina; Hietalahti, Maarit; Kari, Hannu H: Providing quality of service in wireless ad hoc networks, 2nd Swedish Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, Stockholm, Sweden, March 2002
  • Candolin, Catharina; Kari, Hannu H: Complexity of route optimization and mobility management, 2nd Swedish Workshop on Wireless Ad hoc Networks, Stockholm, Sweden, March 2002
  • Candolin, Catharina; Kari, Hannu H: A Security Architecture for Wireless Ad hoc Networks, IEEE MILCOM, Anaheim, CA, USA, October 2002
  • Candolin, Catharina; Kari, Hannu H: Dynamic management of core ad hoc networks, InfoWarCon 2002, Perth, Australia, November 2002
  • 2001:

  • C. Candolin, J. Lundberg, H. Kari, "Authorization and privacy protection in organizational ad hoc networks", NordU2001, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2000:

  • Dan Forsberg, Jari T. Malinen, Jouni K. Malinen, Hann H. Kari, "Increasing communication availability with signal-based mobile controlled handoffs", IP based Cellular Networks Conference IPCN 2000, 23-26.5.2000, Paris, La Defense 2000
  • Alexey Mednonogov, Hannu H. Kari, Olli Martikainen and Jari Malinen: "Conformance Testing of Corba Services using TTCN", TESTCOM 2000, IFIP TC 6 / WG 6.1, 29.8-1.9.2000, Ottawa, Canada.
  • Linfeng Yang, Jouni Karvo, Teemu Tynjala and Hannu Kari: "Threshold – Based Registration in Mobile IPv6", Networking 2000, MWCN - Second International Workshop on Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks, 14-19.5.2000, Paris, France.
  • 1999:

  • Jari Malinen, Hannu Kari, and Mikko Tiusanen: " Wireless networks and their impact on network-based learning content", Enable99, Espoo, Finland.
  • Malinen, J.T., Kari, H. & Tiusanen, M.: Scenario-driven Design Considerations for MANET protocols, Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS'99), Helsinki Jun 1999
  • 1997:

  • Timo Alanko, Hannu H. Kari, Markku Kojo, Heimo Laamanen, Mika Liljeberg, Kimmo Raatikainen and Martti Tienari: "Communications Services for Mobile Office in Wireless WAN Environments", Global Communications Interactive '97 (ed. R. Struzak), Hanson Cooke Ltd, 1997, 219-225.
  • Ph.D. Thesis: "Latent Sector Faults and Reliability of Disk Arrays" in Computer Science Department at Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland.
  • 1994:

  • Hannu H. Kari, Heikki Saikkonen, and Fabrizio Lombardi: "Detecting Latent Sector Faults in Modern SCSI Disks", The Second International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems MASCOTS'94, January 31 - February 2, 1994, Durham, North Carolina, pp. 403-404.
  • Kauko Rahko, Kari, H., Lassila, P., Ma, J., Salo, T., Peuhkuri, M., Kaasinen, H.: The global open metacomputer network and its optimal design using neural network architecture, multi-leg optimization model and fault tolerant computers, High Performance Computing Conference `94, Singapore
  • 1993:

  • Hannu H. Kari, Heikki Saikkonen, and Fabrizio Lombardi: "Detection of Defective Media in Disks", The IEEE International Workshop on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, October 27-29, 1993, Venice, Italy, pp. 49-55.
  • Hannu H. Kari, Heikki Saikkonen, and Fabrizio Lombardi: "On the Methods to Detect Latent Sector Faults of a Disk Subsystem", International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems MASCOTS'93, January 17-20, 1993, San Diego, California, pp. 317-322.
  • Hannu H. Kari and Heikki Saikkonen, Fabrizio Lombardi: "Detecting Latent Sector Faults in SCSI Disks", ICL Systems Journal, Volume 8, Issue 4, 1993.
  • 1991:

  • F. Lombardi, Y.-N. Shen, and H. Kari: "On a new approach for enhancing the fault coverage on conformance testing of protocols", The 3rd IEEE Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing, December 2-5, 1991, Dallas, Texas, pp. 428-435.
  • 1989:

  • Hannu H. Kari: "Diskless Workstations in a Local Area Network". Helsinki University of Technology, department of Electrical Engineering. Licentiate thesis.
  • Hannu H. Kari: "Performance Factors of the Micro Computer based Local Area Networks", 8th Nordic Teletraffic Seminar, Otaniemi 29-31.8.1989, pp. X*4-1 - X*4-10.
  • 1986:

  • Hannu H. Kari: "Tapaus EKENET". Helsinki University of Technology, department of Technical Physics. Master's thesis. In Finnish.

  • Presentations

    2002 - 2005:

    List of presentations not updated actively since there are too many presentations...

    2001:

  • 21.11.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "Extinction of Dinosaurs - End of the Era of Telecom Operators", TietoEnator's seminar, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 15.11.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "Visioita tulevaisuuden tietoverkoista: mahdollisuuksia ja haasteita", invited speaker at Pellervon Taloudellinen Tutkimuskeskus, Helsinki.
  • 13.9.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "Internet-TV vs. digi-TV", Teleware's Tietoliikenne 2001 seminar, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 30.8.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Architecture and Technical Principles", Tieture GPRS course, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 30.8.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Security Issues", Tieture GPRS course, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 17-18.7.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "Wireless Networks and Secured Communication as Building Blocks for Virtual Communities", invited speaker at Commercenet's International seminar at Taipei, Taiwan.
  • 13.6.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)", invited speaker at First Hop's product launch seminar, Helsinki.
  • 31.5.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "Important Technology Areas in the Future", invited speaker at Stratos Ventures advisory board, Helsinki.
  • 25.4.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "WLAN technology update and future trends", invited speaker at Jippi's WLAN service release seminar, Helsinki.
  • 24.4.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and other wireless technologies", invited speaker at Tieturi's Commercenet Europe seminar, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 19.4.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "Tietotekniikan vallankumous yhteiskuntarakenteessa" (Computer revolution in society structures", invited speaker at opening seremony of new office building Stella Business Park, Espoo.
  • 4.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "To UMTS or not to UMTS?", invited speaker at Tietotekniikan Liitto, Espoo, Finland.
  • 7.3.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Architecture and Technical Principles", Tieture GPRS course, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 7.3.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Security Issues", Tieture GPRS course, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 13.2.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "Important Technology Areas in the Future", invited speaker at Dipoli Training day, Espoo.
  • 11.1.2001: Hannu H. Kari: "Internet Services for Mobile Users - challenges and possibilities", invited speaker at Stratos Ventures advisory board, Helsinki.
  • 2000:

  • 13.12.2000: Hannu H. Kari: "GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Architecture and Technical Principles", Tieture GPRS course, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 13.12.2000: Hannu H. Kari: "GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Security Issues", Tieture GPRS course, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 22.11.2000: Hannu H. Kari: "Wireless and wired communication - Enablers of the new services in the future", invited speaker at First Hop's product launch seminar, Helsinki.
  • 8.9.2000: Hannu H. Kari: "Internet Services for Mobile Users - challenges and possibilities", invited speaker at ICL's technology seminar, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 16-17.8.2000: Hannu H. Kari: "Mobile Computing Research in the GO Project or Wireless MediaPoli Initiative ", invited speaker at Helsinki Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering (HeCSE), Espoo.
  • 25.2.2000: Hannu H. Kari: "Wireless MediaPoli: Service Enablers of the Future", Wireless MediaPoli opening seminar, Espoo, Finland.
  • 4.2.2000: Hannu H. Kari: "Role of GPRS and Other Radio Technologies in the Wireless Future", invited speaker at Elisa Communications's technology seminar, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 24-26.1.2000: Hannu H. Kari: "Role of GPRS in the Wireless Future", invited speaker at ICM's international seminar on GPRS, London, UK.
  • 1999:

  • 4.11.1999: Luonnonfilosofian seura: "Sähköisen viestinnän tulevaisuuden näkymät"
  • 28.10.1999: Hannu H. Kari: "On wireless future", MediaPoli opening seminar, Espoo, Finland.
  • 20.10.1999: City of Vantaa: "On future possibilities" (in Finnish)
  • 28-30.9.2000: Hannu H. Kari: "Mobility in the Wireless and Wired World", Invited speaker at Nordunet 2000 conference, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 22.4.1999: ISIAS: "Tulevaisuuden tietoyhteiskunnan tietoliikenneinfrastruktuuri"
  • 14.9.1999: Hannu H. Kari: "Wireless world: telecom/datacom", Teleware's Tietoliikenne 1999 seminar, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 14.9.1999: Hannu H. Kari: "Wireless world: Service Enablers of the Future", Teleware's Tietoliikenne 1999 seminar, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 1.9.2000: Hannu H. Kari: "MediaPoli - wireless future", MeritoForum seminar, Espoo, Finland.
  • 1998:

  • 7.10.1998: Telecom Forum: GPRS- packet radio technology and applications, Helsinki University of Technology.

  • Courses

    2005:

  • Fall: T-79.5401 Special Course in Mobility Management
  • Spring: T-79.300 Postgraduate Course in Theoretical Computer Science (4- cr): Simulation
  • 2004:

  • Fall: T-79.192 Special Course in Theoretical Computer Science (2 cr) Mobility and security issues in wireless ad hoc networks
  • Spring: T-79.300 Postgraduate Course in Theoretical Computer Science (2-10 cr): Mobility management
  • 2003:

  • Fall: T-79.192 Special Course in Theoretical Computer Science (2 cr): Ad hoc networks and mobility management
  • Spring: T-79.300 Postgraduate Course in Theoretical Computer Science (2-10 cr): Mobility management
  • Other:

  • 1999-2002: More than 40 courses held at Nokia on "General Packet Radio Service" both basic and advenced level issues
  • from 2002 onwards: About 15 courses held on Teleware on "General Packet Radio Service" both basic and advenced level issues
  • 13-14.2.1998, 6-7.3.1998: "Short Course on GPRS, General Packet Radio Service", University of Oulu.

  • Member of conference program committees

    2001:

  • ICAD 2001 The Seventh International Conference on Auditory Display Helsinki University of Technology, Finland 29th of July - 1st of August 2001
  • 1999:

  • DAIS'99 (Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems) Conference

  • Responsibilities and memberships:

    2005->

  • Member of advisor board of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) committee
  • 2001->

  • Member of HeCSE Helsinki Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering
  • 2001-2003

  • Chairperson of Mensa Finland
  • 2000-2003

  • Chairperson of editorial council of TestIt-magazine by Stellatum
  • 1999-2003

  • Member of scientific advisory board (SAB) of CSC Oy (CSC – Tieteellinen laskenta Oy, Center of Scientific Computing)
  • 1999-2003

  • Member of directorate of Mensa Finland. 2001-2003 the chaiman of Mensa Finland.
  • 1998-2002

  • Chairperson of technical advisory board of Otaverkko Oy (HUT partly owned ISP operator in Otaniemi area)
  • 1993-1994, 1997-2000

  • Chairperson of Helsinki regional group of Mensa Finland
  • 1986->

  • Member of Mensa Finland

  • Sport and leasure activities:

    Mensa:

  • Chairperson of Mensa Finland up to 31.12.2003
  • Archery:

    Active shooter of combound bow at Robin Hood archery club.


  • Several Gold, Silver and Bronze medals on field archery competitions at Finnish Championship competitions 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 (total count of medals 13)

  • First medals:
  • Gold medal on Finnish championship IFAA indoors archery spring 2003
  • Team gold medal on Finnish championship FITA field archery summer 2004, 2005
  • Silver medal on Finnish championship FITA indoors archery fall 2003
  • Team silver medal on Finnish championship FITA field archery fall 2003

  • Best positions in international level competitions:
  • 11th out of 24 in men’s combound bow in IFAA European championship competition 8/2003 on forest in Luhanka, Finland
  • 18th out of 21 in men’s combound bow in FITA 3D World Championship comptetion 5/2005 in Genoa, Italy
  • 21th out of 31 in men’s combound bow in FITA European field archery championship competition 8/2003 in France
  • 36th out of 56 in men’s combound bow in FITA World field archery championship competition 8/2004 in Croatia

  • In-active shooter of kyudo (japanese long bow) at Hikari shooting club. Current ranking 1st kuy.