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University of Helsinki doctoral dissertation form and publishing an electronic dissertation in E-thesis

University of helsinki doctoral dissertation form.

Doctoral candidates should fill in the electronic doctoral dissertation form three weeks before the public examination of the dissertation at the latest. The purpose of the dissertation form is to integrate the collection and storing of all information on dissertations as well as their abstracts. Currently the information is used by the Helsinki University Library, by the University Communications Department and also by the University calendar of events. The collected information is also made available in DART- Europe E-thesis portal. In addition, the abstracts of the dissertations in medicine are stored in Medic - the Finnish reference database of health sciences produced by Meilahti Campus Library Terkko.

If the date of the public examination changes, please contact the library ([email protected]) before submitting the doctoral disseration form again.

The abstracts submitted with the dissertation form are published in University of Helsinki Digital Repository Helda . Two abstracts are submitted, a popular abstract in Finnish or Swedish and a scientific abstract in English. The recommended maximum length for the scientific abstract is 1-2 pages, for the popular 1 page (about 2400 characters). If the abstract is longer, it should be sent separately as an attachment (text file, Microsoft Word is recommended) to [email protected]. In this case, please fill in a notification (such as "Abstract will be sent separately") to the text field for the abstract in the form. If the doctoral candidate wishes to publish an abstract in a language not mentioned above, the abstract should be sent to as an e-mail attachment.

Publishing an electronic dissertation in Helda

The doctoral candidate is required to publish the doctoral dissertation as a digital publication in Digital Repository Helda. The format of digital dissertations in Helda is PDF. The publishing of an digital dissertation in Helda is free of charge for the doctoral candidate.

If your dissertation is based on articles, it is sufficient if the summary part of the dissertation is published in Helda. However, the articles can be included in the digital dissertation, if you have checked that the publishers allow this.

In addition, 20 printed copies of the dissertation are required. The distribution of the printed copies should be checked from the faculty of the doctoral candidate. It is possible to apply for financial support to cover the expenses of the printing of the dissertation. For further information, see Instructions for Students .

Separate ISBN numbers are required for each version of the dissertation, i.e. different numbers for the printed version and the PDF version. If necessary, ISBN numbers can be obtained from the Finnish ISBN Agency (e-mail [email protected]).

The author of the dissertation should sign a publishing agreement (https://ethesis.helsinki.fi/files/sopimus-eng.pdf) with the University of Helsinki. You will receive a request to sign the agreement in the UniSign system .

The electronic version of the dissertation is normally published in Helda five days before the public examination of the dissertation, at the latest.

The file may be sent to the Libray as an e-mail attachment. If the electronic version of the dissertation has been ordered from Unigrafia, Unigrafia will deliver the file directly to the Library.

To summarize, please remember the following when publishing your dissertation in Helda

• The electronic University of Helsinki dissertation form, preferably at least three weeks before the public examination of the dissertation (N.B.: this is a recommendation, the form can be sent later as well).
• The dissertation as a PDF file, preferably two weeks before the public examination. If your dissertation is printed in Unigrafia, Unigrafia will take care of sending the file to the Library. N.B. If the file is over 20 MB, please contact the Library before sending it.
• The author must approve the publication agreement by which she/he authorises the publication of the dissertation online. The agreement is approved in  UniSign service . You will receive a request for acceptance to the e-mail address you filled in the doctoral dissertation form (please submit a helsinki.fi address if possible). If it is not possible to accept the agreement in UniSign, please contact the library ([email protected])

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The examiner (called ‘reviewer’ in the E-thesis system) receives an automatic message from the E-thesis system when the examination stage begins. The message is sent to the email address that the E-thesis official at the Student Services on-site service point has entered into the system. The examiner must log in to E-thesis with the email address to which the message has been sent and to which the thesis has been submitted for examination. This means, for example, that theses sent to a hus.fi address can only be found if the examiner logs in to the system by clicking on Authentication with email address and password. For users that don’t have University of Helsinki’s credentials. Theses to be evaluated are always associated with the email address attached to them. 

The message comes from a no-reply address. The message contains a direct link to the main page of the thesis evaluation form. The message contains three links that lead to the main page and form in different languages. Please read the faculty guidelines on the language in which the thesis must be evaluated.

Another option for logging in to the E-thesis system is to use the front page. The front page is available at https://ethesis.helsinki.fi/en/ . You can find the Login link at the bottom of the front page.

You must then select the login method.

If you do not have University of Helsinki credentials and are using the E-thesis system for the first time, you must register in the system before you can receive theses to be examined. An official at the Student Services on-site service point sends external examiners a registration invitation through the E-thesis system to the email address supplied. You can then create a username following the instructions in the email message.

You can find links to the PDF version of the thesis and the Ouriginal report at the top of the main page for the thesis to be evaluated, together with information on the examination deadline and the faculty and degree programme associated with the thesis in question. The current content of the evaluation form is displayed on the main page. 

Examiners can write comments to each other, only intended for mutual communication. Such comments are only available to the examiners, and they will be deleted from the system after the examination stage.

Both examiners are assigned their own colour (orange and grey; see below). If the examiners agree on the evaluation of various areas of the thesis, the colour is black. If the evaluation form only accepts one value for each evaluation criterion (bachelor’s theses), the selected values are displayed on a grey background. 

Examiners can edit the content of the form by clicking on Edit evaluation. Editing the evaluation locks the content for the logged-in user and prevents other examiners from editing the content of the evaluation. If an examiner opens the information on the thesis while the other examiner is editing the evaluation form, the former examiner will be shown a message about the locked content and the examiner editing the form. The content will be unlocked after the examiner has saved or cancelled the changes made to the evaluation form or after the form has been open for 30 minutes without being saved or cancelled. 

If the Approved column is ticked, it means that the examiner in question has approved the content of the evaluation form.

If you click on Evaluation help, you will be taken to the faculty instructions for the examination of theses on the Instructions for Teaching website. NB! On the Instructions for Teaching website, you must select the degree programme of the thesis you are examining.

The most important element in the Evaluation information section is the evaluation form and the related details. The E-thesis system contains several evaluation forms that also differ depending on whether the examination focuses on a bachelor’s or master’s thesis. The logic of the forms also varies. The evaluation forms of new master’s theses contain both examiner-specific sections and shared sections. The latter include the grade proposal, its grounds and any faculty-specific additional information.

The examiners edit the content of the evaluation one at a time, saving the form after each edit. The evaluation does not need to be approved immediately if the interim edits are to be used in the evaluation. In this case, the examiners can use the comment field to send each other messages on their edits.

When the evaluation has been completed, the examiner approves it by clicking on Approve evaluation. The approval of the evaluation means that the logged-in examiner no longer wishes, or is able, to change the evaluation. The evaluation must be approved twice by the examiner who saved and approved the evaluation first. The other examiner(s) must usually approve the evaluation only once.

Approving the evaluation locks the evaluation form for the logged-in user. However, the form opens again for editing if another examiner (or one of the other examiners) edits the content of the evaluation. In other words, both (or all) examiners must approve the evaluation in order for the thesis to be sent to the faculty, degree programme steering group or grading committee for consideration and approval. The Approve evaluation button is not activated if all selections are blank (-).

However, the examiner’s approval is cancelled if another examiner either edits their own evaluation section (radio button selections in the evaluation areas) or revises the shared evaluation section (grade proposal, faculty-specific additional information, grounds). When all examiners have approved the evaluation, the thesis is automatically sent on to the next stage, and the examiners receive an automatic email from a no-reply address. Attached to the email message is the content of the evaluation form as a PDF file.

The E-thesis official from the Student Services on-site service point then forwards the thesis for approval at the relevant meeting. This must be done at least one week before the meeting. The student will receive an automatic message from the system, attached to which is the content of the evaluation form as a PDF file. Once the thesis evaluation has been approved at the above meeting, a student adviser will separately record the thesis as completed in the student information system and submit the thesis to the E-thesis archive. The student will receive an automatic message about the grading decision and a link for allowing online publication.

The student provides information on the possible need for an embargo (delayed publication) at the beginning of the submission stage in the field Other notes on the submission form. This field is included in the master’s thesis submission forms of all faculties, with the exception of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The Student Services official confirms the embargo. 

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This corpus contains the University of Helsinki’s master’s theses as well as the doctoral theses and their summaries in the following languages: English, Finnish, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Swedish, published at https://ethesis.helsinki.fi by September 2016. The corpus is divided in subcorpora, one for each language mentioned above.

Please note: Due to a known bug in the automatic conversion process that was applied on this corpus, there are some missing characters in the text, i.e., some individual words may have been erroneously truncated or split. The bug has probably affected every 129th character in the original text. This problem will be fixed in the next version (1.1) of the corpus.

Of this language corpus different versions/subcorpora are published in the Language Bank of Finland. The versions are available through the Language Bank Download Service and/or through the Korp concordance tool . The links to the different versions can be found from the list above.

Detailed information on the content of each version, user rights and licenses can be found from it’s specific metadata record in META-SHARE .

This resource group page has a Persistent Identifier: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:lb-2021031601

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The headings of the mandatory fields are in bold letters and marked with an asterisk ( * ). Instructions are in brackets and in italics next to the field concerned. When you have filled in the form, click the Preview button at the end of the form. You will then be directed to a page, which lists the information you have submitted. At his point you can easily check the information, and also print it. If necessary, you can return to the previous stage to correct eventual mistakes. If you need help with the form or would like to give feedback, please contact Helsinki university library ( [email protected] , 02941 44584).

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(If the language of the dissertation is Finnish, the translation is in English. Otherwise the translation is in Finnish.)

(Faculty which have given the permission to defend the dissertation. Optional name of department unit can be typed in the unit field. The unit is typed in using the language (Finnish, English or Swedish) of the dissertation .)

(In this field you can type in other research institutions in which dissertation work was carried out, for instance independent institutes within University of Helsinki and/or institutions outside University of Helsinki. Please, use the language of the dissertation . If you would like to include more than one research institution, use the semi-colon between them; for instance: University of Tampere, Faculty of Information Sciences, Department of Computer Sciences; University of Helsinki, Institute of Biotechnology.)

Please choose one to six fields of science which describe your dissertation (national classification by the Ministry of Education and Culture). The information will used in the reporting of University’s research.

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• 113 Computer and information sciences
• 114 Physical sciences
• 115 Astronomy, Space science
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• 1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology
• 11831 Plant biology
• 11832 Microbiology and virology
• 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology
• 119 Other natural sciences
• 211 Architecture
• 212 Civil and Construction engineering
• 213 Electronic, automation and communications engineering, electronics
• 214 Mechanical engineering
• 215 Chemical engineering
• 216 Materials engineering
• 217 Medical engineering
• 218 Environmental engineering
• 219 Environmental biotechnology
• 220 Industrial biotechnology
• 221 Nano-technology
• 222 Other engineering and technologies
• 3111 Biomedicine
• 3112 Neurosciences
• 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine
• 3122 Cancers
• 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics
• 3124 Neurology and psychiatry
• 3125 Otorhinolaryngology, ophthalmology
• 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology
• 313 Dentistry
• 3141 Health care science
• 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health
• 3143 Nutrition
• 315 Sport and fitness sciences
• 316 Nursing
• 317 Pharmacy
• 318 Medical biotechnology
• 319 Forensic science and other medical sciences
• 4111 Agronomy
• 4112 Forestry
• 412 Animal science, dairy science
• 413 Veterinary science
• 414 Agricultural biotechnology
• 415 Other agricultural sciences
• 416 Food Science
• 511 Economics
• 512 Business and Management
• 5141 Sociology
• 5142 Social policy
• 5143 Social and cultural anthropology
• 5144 Social psychology
• 5145 Social work
• 515 Psychology
• 516 Educational sciences
• 5171 Political Science
• 5172 Global Politics
• 518 Media and communications
• 519 Social and economic geography
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• 5201 Political History
• 5202 Economic and Social History
• 5203 Global Development Studies
• 611 Philosophy
• 6121 Languages
• 6122 Literature studies
• 6131 Theatre, dance, music, other performing arts
• 6132 Visual arts and design
• 614 Theology
• 615 History and Archaeology
• 6160 Other humanities
• 6161 Phonetics
• 6162 Cognitive science
• 6163 Logopedics
• 6164 Speech communication

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Mutta miten E-thesis toimii? Yksinkertaistettuna, palautusprosessi on jaettu kolmeen osaan: ensin tarkistetaan henkilötiedot, sitten täytetään tutkielman tiedot ja palautetaan kaikki tutkielmaan liittyvät tiedostot. Ja se oli siinä! Sen jälkeen opiskelija voi ottaa iisisti ja odottaa ilmoitusta valmiista arvioinnista. 

E-thesiksen tarkoituksena on toimia ”all in one”-palveluna, josta opiskelija pääsee itse tutkielman palautuksen lisäksi palauttamaan tiivistelmän, tarkistamaan kypsyysnäytetietojaan sekä valitsemaan tutkielmalleen sopivan julkaisusopimuksen, kaikki samalta sivulta. Tutkielmatiedoston lisäksi on myös mahdollisuus lisätä muut liitteet ja tiedostot sekä verkko-osoitteen, jos esimerkiksi osa tutkielmasta löytyy netistä. 

E-thesis ei ole tarkoitettu pelkästään tutkielman palautukseen, vaan myös tutkielman arviointiin. Kun tutkielma palautetaan järjestelmään, lähtee siitä pian viesti tarkastajille. Tarkastajat arvioivat tutkielman samassa järjestelmässä, ja arviointiprosessin jälkeen opiskelija saa viestin valmistuneesta arvioinnista sähköpostitse. Tieto valmiista tutkielmasta siirtyy automaattisesti Helda-julkaisuarkistoon , jolloin se saa pysyvän verkko-osoitteen. Jos tutkielmalle antaa julkaisuluvan, se on saatavilla verkkosivulla PDF-tiedostona, jolloin Helda-linkkiä voi jakaa esimerkiksi työnhaussa. 

Koska E-thesiksen käyttökokemuksesta on tarkoitus tehdä mahdollisimman helppo ja mielekäs, opiskelijoille tullaan tekemään käyttöohjeet. Haluatko koelukea E-thesiksen tulevia käyttöohjeita  – ilmoittaudu mukaan! Heräsikö sinulla kysymyksiä E-thesiksestä? Ota yhteyttä [email protected] . 

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M.Sc. Anton Björklund defends his doctoral thesis "Interpretable and explainable machine learning for natural sciences " on Friday the 31st of May 2024 at 13 o'clock in the University of Helsinki Exactum building, Auditorium B123 (Pietari Kalmin katu 5, 1st floor). His opponent is Professor BenoÎt Frénay (University of Namur, Belgium) and custos Professor Kai Puolamäki (University of Helsinki). The defence will be held in English.

The thesis of Anton Björklundis a part of research done in the Department of Computer Science and in the Exploratory Data Analysis group at the University of Helsinki. His supervisor has been Professor Kai Puolamäki (University of Helsinki).

Interpretable and explainable machine learning for natural sciences

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are becoming fundamental parts of the modern world. Characteristic for modern machine learning is the use of large and complex models. We call these kinds of models black box models because their internal reasoning is practically impossible to follow. However, understanding the processes and decisions is important when human lives are affected and for the scientific discovery of new knowledge.

The topic of this dissertation is machine learning where human understanding is desired, or required. We will discuss two approaches to enable understanding; interpretable machine learning and explainable artificial intelligence. Interpretable machine learning involves the use transparent processes and models that are directly understandable. These kinds of methods let us verify that they work correctly and, possibly, extract new knowledge.

The use of black box models is often motivated by their higher accuracy. If we want to use black box models, we have turn to explainable artificial intelligence. Here, the goal is not to replace the complex models, but rather extract more information from them, to better understand their reasoning.

In this dissertation we take a closer look at two types of interpretable machine learning methods: how robust regression deals with unreliable data and how non-negative matrix factorisation decomposes the data into recognisable parts. As for explainable artificial intelligence, we look at model-agnostic, local explanation methods, that can explain individual predictions from any black box model, and how we can visualise multiple local explanation to get a holistic view of the behaviour of a black box model.

Finally, the increased use of machine learning also extends to scientific applications. The main objective of science is the pursuit of knowledge, which makes interpretability and explanations crucial tools when applying machine learning. An advantage of scientific domains is the vast amount of background knowledge, that can be used to inform and improve the modelling. This dissertation demonstrates applications of interpretable machine learning and explainable artificial intelligence on two scientific domains: high energy physics and atmospheric science.

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An electronic version of the doctoral dissertation will be available in the University of Helsinki open repository Helda at  http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-84-0144-5 .

Printed copies will be available on request from Anton Björklund: [email protected]

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Urban gardening may improve human health—research subjects benefit from microbial exposure

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A collaborative study between the University of Helsinki, Natural Resources Institute Finland and Tampere University demonstrated that a one-month indoor gardening period increased the bacterial diversity of the skin and was associated with higher levels of anti-inflammatory molecules in the blood.

In his doctoral thesis , Mika Saarenpää investigated, among other things, how microbial exposure that promotes the health of urban residents, particularly enhancing their immune regulation , could be increased easily through meaningful activities integrated into everyday life. The study has since been published in the journal Environment International .

Previously, it has been shown that contact with nature-derived, microbially rich materials alters the human microbiota. In Saarenpää's study, research subjects committed to urban gardening, a natural activity for them, which may result in long-term changes in the functioning of the immune system.

"One month of urban indoor gardening boosted the diversity of bacteria on the skin of the subjects and was associated with higher levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines in the blood. The group studied used a growing medium with high microbial diversity emulating the forest soil," says Doctoral Researcher Saarenpää from the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki.

In contrast, the control group used a microbially poor, peat-based medium. According to Saarenpää, no changes in the blood or the skin microbiota were seen. Peat is the most widely used growing medium in the world, and the environmental impact of its production is strongly negative. Moreover, Saarenpää's research indicates that it does not bring health benefits similar to a medium mimicking diverse forest soil.

"The findings are significant, as urbanization has led to a considerable increase in immune-mediated diseases, such as allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases, generating high health care costs. We live too 'cleanly' in cities," Saarenpää says.

"We know that urbanization leads to reduction of microbial exposure, changes in the human microbiota and an increase in the risk of immune-mediated diseases. This is the first time we can demonstrate that meaningful and natural human activity can increase the diversity of the microbiota of healthy adults and, at the same time, contribute to the regulation of the immune system."

Urban gardening is an effortless way to improve health

Microbial exposure can be increased easily and safely at home throughout the year. The space and financial investment required is minor: in the study, the gardening took place in regular flower boxes, while the plants cultivated, such as peas, beans, mustards and salads, came from the shop shelf.

Changes were observed already in a month, but as the research subjects enjoyed the gardening, many of them announced that they would continue the activity and switch to outdoor gardening in the summer.

According to Saarenpää, microbe-mediated immunoregulation can, at its best, reduce the risk of immune-mediated diseases or even their symptoms. If health-promoting microbial exposure could be increased at the population level, the health care costs associated with these diseases could be reduced and people's quality of life improved.

"We don't yet know how long the changes observed in the skin microbiota and anti-inflammatory cytokines persist, but if gardening turns into a hobby, it can be assumed that the regulation of the immune system becomes increasingly continuous," Saarenpää notes.

Saarenpää considers it important to invest in children's exposure to nature and microbes, as the development of the immune system is at its most active in childhood. Planter boxes filled with microbially rich soil could be introduced at kindergartens, schools and, for example, hospitals, especially in densely built urban areas.

For urban gardening to bring health benefits instead of risks, the skin of the hands in particular must be unbroken, and the inhalation of dusty growing media avoided.

"My research emphasizes the dependence of our health on the diversity of nature and that of soil in particular. We are one species among others, and our health depends on the range of other species. Ideally, urban areas would also have such a diverse natural environment that microbial exposure beneficial to health would not have to be sought from specifically designed products," Saarenpää says.

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• The thesis has been approved as a requirement for completion of a Master’s degree during the period 1.8.2023 - 31.7.2024  at a  UniPID member university .
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