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In the decade after the Second World War IBM rebuilt its European operations as integrated, wholly owned subsidiaries of its World Trade Corporation, chartered in 1949. Long before the European common market eliminated trade barriers, IBM... more
In the decade after the Second World War IBM rebuilt its European operations as integrated, wholly owned subsidiaries of its World Trade Corporation, chartered in 1949. Long before the European common market eliminated trade barriers, IBM created its own internal networks of trade, allocating the production of different components and products between its new subsidiaries. Their exchange relationships were managed centrally to ensure that no European subsidiary was a consistent net importer. At the heart of this system were eight national electric typewriter plants, each assembling parts produced by other European countries. IBM promoted these transnational typewriters as symbols of a new and peaceful Europe and its leader, Thomas J. Watson, Sr., was an enthusiastic supporter of early European moves toward economic integration. We argue that IBM’s humble typewriter and its innovative system of distributed manufacturing laid the groundwork for its later domination of the European com...
A group of engineers and architects established a technical society in Tampere 128 years ago in 1893. In 2018, Tampere Technical Society turned 125 years. To celebrate its accomplishments and longevity, the Society published a book called... more
A group of engineers and architects established a technical society in Tampere 128 years ago in 1893. In 2018, Tampere Technical Society turned 125 years. To celebrate its accomplishments and longevity, the Society published a book called Tekniikkaa hyvässä Seurassa. The Finnish title translates roughly ‘about technology in good company’. The volume is a result of an extensive research project funded by the Society. The project aimed at studying the intertwined histories of the City of Tampere, the Society, and its members from the early 1890s until the 2010s. This article introduces the Society and summarises its historical developments in English based on the book.
A short blog article (in Finnish) about nuclear semiotics in the 1980s and especially about the concept of atomic priesthood as presented by Thomas A. Sebeok. / Lyhyesti atomisemiotiikasta ja ydinjätehuollosta. See:... more
A short blog article (in Finnish) about nuclear semiotics in the 1980s and especially about the concept of atomic priesthood as presented by Thomas A. Sebeok. / Lyhyesti atomisemiotiikasta ja ydinjätehuollosta.
See:
https://kulttuurihistoria.wordpress.com/2021/09/10/atomipapiston-jaljilla-ydinjatehuollon-tulevaisuusajattelua-1980-luvulta/
Artikkeli sisältää White Wall -televisiosarjan herättämää kriittistäkin pohdintaa ydinsulusta, ydinsulkusopimuksesta, ydinaineiden valvonnasta ja ydinjätteestä. Tiedot: White Wall -televisiosarja houkuttaa pohtimaan ydinjätteen... more
Artikkeli sisältää White Wall -televisiosarjan herättämää kriittistäkin pohdintaa ydinsulusta, ydinsulkusopimuksesta, ydinaineiden valvonnasta ja ydinjätteestä.

Tiedot: White Wall -televisiosarja houkuttaa pohtimaan ydinjätteen loppusijoitusta. Turun Sanomat 24.1.2021, 19. https://www.ts.fi/lukijoilta/5201565/White+Wall+televisiosarja+houkuttaa+pohtimaan+ydinjatteen+loppusijoitusta
The digital collections of newspapers have given rise to a growing interest in studying them with computational methods. This article contributes to this discussion by presenting a method for detecting text reuse in a large corpus of... more
The digital collections of newspapers have given rise to a growing interest in studying them with computational methods. This article contributes to this discussion by presenting a method for detecting text reuse in a large corpus of digitized texts. Empirically, the article is based on the corpus of newspapers and journals from the collection of the National Library of Finland. Often, digitized repositories offer only partial views of what actually was published in printed form. The Finnish collection is unique, however, since it covers all published issues up to the year 1920. This article has a two-fold objective: methodologically, it explores how computational methods can be developed so that text reuse can be effectively identified; empirically, the article concentrates on how the circulation of texts developed in Finland from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century and what this reveals about the transformation of public discourse in Finland. According to our results, the reuse of texts was an integral part of the press throughout the studied period, which, on the other hand, was part of a wider transnational practice.
Return of the Lichen. Lichen education and outlining a historical research topic by studying text reuse (in Finnish.) Digitaalisen historiantutkimuksen avulla artikkelissa tutkitaan jäkälän käyttöön liittyvää tekstintoistoa... more
Return of the Lichen. Lichen education and outlining a historical research topic by studying text reuse (in Finnish.)

Digitaalisen historiantutkimuksen avulla artikkelissa tutkitaan jäkälän käyttöön liittyvää tekstintoistoa sanomalehdistössä 1860-luvulta vuoteen 1918. Tulosten mukaan valistus jäkälän käytön lisäämiseksi nostettiin tuolloin toistuvasti esiin lehdistössä. Jo 1800-luvun alussa alkanut jäkälävalistus koski vaihtelevasti niin jäkäläleivän kuin jäkälärehun valmistamista. Tutkimuksessa hyödynnettyä tekstin uudelleenkäytön tietokantaa on mahdollista soveltaa monen tutkimusaiheen jäsentämiseen ja makrotason analyysiin.

Available online at:
http://www.ennenjanyt.net/2019/08/jakalan-paluu-jakalavalistus-ja-tekstien-uudelleenkaytto-historiallisen-tutkimusteeman-jasentajana/
Lehden erikoisnumeron johdanto.
Artikkelissa tutkitaan suomalaista sanoma- ja aikakauslehdistöä tekstin uudelleenkäytön näkökulmasta. Saman tekstin julkaiseminen uudelleen eri yhteyksissä on sinänsä vanha ja tunnettu ilmiö, mutta ennen sanoma- ja aikakauslehtien... more
Artikkelissa tutkitaan suomalaista sanoma- ja aikakauslehdistöä tekstin uudelleenkäytön näkökulmasta. Saman tekstin julkaiseminen uudelleen eri yhteyksissä on sinänsä vanha ja tunnettu ilmiö, mutta ennen sanoma- ja aikakauslehtien digitoimista tätä lehdistön piirrettä ei ole voitu tutkia systemaattisesti. Tutkimuksen lähdeaineistona on Suomen Kansalliskirjaston julkaisema sanoma- ja aikakauslehtien digitoitu OCR-korpus, josta on COMHIS-hankkeessa kehitetyn, tekstin uudelleenkäytön tunnistavan BLAST-menetelmän avulla etsitty lehdistössä esiintyvää kopiointia ja toisteisuutta. Aikavälillä 1771–1920 toistoa sisältäviä tekstejä tai tekstikatkelmia on löytynyt noin 13,8 miljoonan klusterin eli pidemmän merkkijonon verran. Artikkelissa esitellään sekä itse uudelleenkäytön tunnistukseen käytettyä BLAST-menetelmää että tämän tunnistuksen tuloksia. Tutkimus osoittaa, että tekstien kopioiminen ja uudelleenkäyttö on merkittävä osa suomalaista lehdistöä. Menetelmänä tekstien uudelleenkäytön tunnistus tarjoaa uuden keinon tutkia informaation liikkeitä ja reittejä.
This paper studies Finnish historians' contact and collaboration with their colleagues in neighboring countries from the late 1960s until the early 1980s, focusing on exchanges concerning the use of computers for historical research.... more
This paper studies Finnish historians' contact and collaboration with their colleagues in neighboring countries from the late 1960s until the early 1980s, focusing on exchanges concerning the use of computers for historical research. Computers were used by some historians in the Soviet Union, in particular Soviet Estonia, as well as in Sweden and other Nordic countries. With the former, historians in Finland organized regular symposiums starting in 1971; and with the latter, Finnish historians completed joint Nordic research projects during the 1970s. Both forms of collaboration resulted in a stream of publications. Further exchanges took place at seminars and Nordic conferences. The approach in this study is transnational, and the paper argues that this approach helps us understand better the deep roots of Nordic collaboration in the early digital humanities, and more broadly, the spread and circulation of humanities computing internationally.
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Artikkelissa tutkitaan suomalaista sanoma- ja aikakauslehdistöä tekstin uudelleenkäytön näkökulmasta.Saman tekstin julkaiseminen uudelleen eri yhteyksissä on sinänsä vanha ja tunnettu ilmiö, mutta ennen sanoma- ja aikakauslehtien... more
Artikkelissa tutkitaan suomalaista sanoma- ja aikakauslehdistöä tekstin uudelleenkäytön näkökulmasta.Saman tekstin julkaiseminen uudelleen eri yhteyksissä on sinänsä vanha ja tunnettu ilmiö, mutta ennen sanoma- ja aikakauslehtien digitoimista tätä lehdistön piirrettä ei ole voitu tutkia systemaattisesti. Tutkimuksen lähdeaineistona on Suomen Kansalliskirjaston julkaisema sanoma- ja aikakauslehtien digitoitu OCR-korpus, josta on COMHIS-hankkeessa kehitetyn, tekstin uudelleenkäytön tunnistavan BLAST-menetelmän avulla etsitty lehdistössä esiintyvää kopiointia ja toisteisuutta. Aikavälillä 1771–1920 toistoa sisältäviä tekstejä tai tekstikatkelmia on löytynyt noin 13,8 miljoonan klusterin eli pidemmän merkkijonon verran. Artikkelissa esitellään sekä itse uudelleenkäytön tunnistukseen käytettyä BLAST-menetelmää että tämän tunnistuksen tuloksia. Tutkimus osoittaa, että tekstien kopioiminen ja uudelleenkäyttö on merkittävä osa suomalaista lehdistöä. Menetelmänä tekstien uudelleenkäytön tunnistus tarjoaa uuden keinon tutkia informaation liikkeitä ja reittejä.

This article explores Finnish newspapers and periodicals produced between 1771 and 1920, with a focus on the reuse of texts. While the reprinting of particular texts in a range of different locations can be regarded as an old and well-acknowledged practice in the press, a systematic examination was not possible until the digitization of these historical documents. This primary research material derives from the digitized OCR corpus of newspapers and periodicals published by the National Library of Finland. In the COMHIS project, we have developed a text-mining software, based on NCBI BLAST, which effectively recognizes and enables the location of textualrepetitions. We have found approximately 13.8 million clusters of text reuse. As well as an introduction to the methods and uses of BLAST, the article will also explore the results gained through these and what they reveal about the nature of the circulation of information in the Finnish press during this period. This article shows that the copying and reuse of texts was a remarkable part of the process.
This article introduces and summarizes in a reader friendly manner a 500 page book I took part writing focusing on the Tampere Technical Society (or Engineering Society of Tampere) turning 125 years in 2018, and the contributions that... more
This article introduces and summarizes in a reader friendly manner a 500 page book I took part writing focusing on the Tampere Technical Society (or Engineering Society of Tampere) turning 125 years in 2018, and the contributions that society of engineers, industrial leaders, business owners and other educated men made in the Tampere region and even beyond that, nationally. In town planning and shaping the technologies for urbanization locally, their influence was especially tangible in the late nineteenth century and in the early twentieth century. The article in Finnish was published in periodical Tammerkoski 6/2018, pages 20-23, and it is aimed for the wider audience.
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This list has most if not all of my publications and in it you can find several of them linked (for instance to corresponding PDF files). For update time, see title.

Please note that the web link to my publications isn't updated anymore.
This newspaper article in Finnish (Turun Sanomat 24.10.2018) presents some thoughts about how Tampere has been made a technological hub whereas the same has to a lesser extent happened in Turku. It is based on a book I took part writing... more
This newspaper article in Finnish (Turun Sanomat 24.10.2018) presents some thoughts about how Tampere has been made a technological hub whereas the same has to a lesser extent happened in Turku. It is based on a book I took part writing about the Tampere Technical Society (or Engineering Society of Tampere) turning 125 years in 2018.
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The title of this short article goes 'The first women of technology', and it is basically about the first women who joined the associations of engineers and architects in Finland (around 1900). It summarizes the results of a longer... more
The title of this short article goes 'The first women of technology', and it is basically about the first women who joined the associations of engineers and architects in Finland (around 1900). It summarizes the results of a longer study.

Artikkelin täydet tiedot:
Paju, Petri: ”Tekniikan ensimmäiset naiset.” TEK-lehti 3/2018, 44-45, ja sen verkkoversio: https://lehti.tek.fi/tekniikka/tekniikan-ensimmaiset-naiset (julk. 22.5.2018)
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This book (501 pages) tells the story of the Technical Society of Tampere from its beginnings in 1893 until 2018. It is also a book full of major industrial and technological developments of Tampere and its surroundings. Tampereen... more
This book (501 pages) tells the story of the Technical Society of Tampere from its beginnings in 1893 until 2018. It is also a book full of major industrial and technological developments of Tampere and its surroundings. 

Tampereen Teknillisen Seuran historia kertoo Seuran merkityksestä jäsenilleen ja yhteiskunnallisesta vaikutuksesta esimerkiksi tekniikan alojen ja niiden koulutuksen sekä Tampereen kaupungin kehittymisen kannalta. Lisäksi teos sisältää joukon henkilökuvia Seurassa toimineista tekniikan alojen asiantuntijoista ja vaikuttajista. Teoksessa selvitetään myös Seuran perinteiden tausta.

Paju, Petri ja Mauranen, Katariina: Tekniikkaa hyvässä Seurassa - Tampereen Teknillinen Seura 125 vuotta. (Tampereen Teknillinen Seura, Tampere 2018.)
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Paju, Petri & Jalonen, Riikka (eds.): “Bibliography of Histories of Technology by Finns or about Finland, in languages other than Finnish or Swedish.” Circulated as a print, in the conference Reusing the Industrial Past (ICOHTEC, TICCIH,... more
Paju, Petri & Jalonen, Riikka (eds.): “Bibliography of Histories of Technology by Finns or about Finland, in languages other than Finnish or Swedish.” Circulated as a print, in the conference Reusing the Industrial Past (ICOHTEC, TICCIH, Worklab). Tampere, Finland, 10–15.8.2010, and (used to be) available as a PDF file in the website www.ths.fi
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(A survey report on digital history in Finland, 2016, in Finnish.) This is a first report from the project ”Towards a Roadmap for Digital History in Finland: Mapping the Past, Present & Future Developments of Digital Historical... more
(A survey report on digital history in Finland, 2016, in Finnish.) This is a first report from the project ”Towards a Roadmap for Digital History in Finland: Mapping the Past, Present & Future Developments of Digital Historical Scholarship”. It is funded by the Kone Foundation. Principal Investigator is Professor Mats Fridlund from Aalto University. //

Tämä on alustava raportti selvityshankkeesta nimeltä ”Towards a Roadmap for Digital History in Finland: Mapping the Past, Present & Future Developments of Digital Historical Scholarship,” joka kartoittaa digitaalisen historiantutkimuksen taivalta, nykytilaa ja kehitystoiveita Suomessa. Osana hanketta toteutettiin verkkokysely ”Digitaalinen historiantutkimus Suomessa: ennen, nyt, huomenna,” jonka tuloksia tämä raportti esittelee.
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A multinational corporation and ties to the West: IBM in Finland and in Western Europe during the post-war years and the 1950s. (Article in Finnish.) This article explores the development of the International Business Machines... more
A multinational corporation and ties to the West: IBM in Finland and in Western Europe during the post-war years and the 1950s. (Article in Finnish.)
This article explores the development of the International Business Machines Corporation in Finland from the 1930s and asks how IBM contributed to rebuilding international economic and political linkages on a national level and on a European level for Finland after WWII. Based on archival sources from both the main IBM Archives in the United States and IBM Finland’s collection, this article argues that IBM skilfully combined its many national and international operations to strengthen Europe for political and economic reasons. A key figure for IBM Finland was its chairman of the board from 1938 until 1959; long-time Finnish foreign minister Carl Enckell. He could for instance support IBM in supplying punched card machines for Finnish companies in charge of war reparations to the Soviet Union. After war reparations, IBM integrated its Finnish subsidiary into the corporation’s new transnational manufacturing system in Europe, aimed at overcoming economic boundaries and duties as well as creating interdependence inside the company and the continent. Exceptionally, salesmen from IBM Finland also introduced an inter-bloc contact when they rented machines to a petrol company owned by the Soviet Union in Helsinki in the mid-1950s. Overall, however, IBM Finland and its sister companies connected willing Finnish customers to the technological community of the Western countries.
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An Invention Factory of Fine Mechanics during Crisis Years: Erkki Laurila as a Research Leader at the State Aircraft Factory (in Finnish). Using a biographical approach, this article explores the inventive development work on the... more
An Invention Factory of Fine Mechanics during Crisis Years:
Erkki Laurila as a Research Leader at the State Aircraft Factory (in Finnish).
Using a biographical  approach, this article explores the inventive development work on the department of fine (or precision) mechanics at the State Airplane Factory, in Tampere, Finland. It was Erkki Laurila who started, built and then managed the fine mechanics department of the factory from 1942 until 1946. The department was created to increase technological independence in aviation instruments vis-à-vis Germany and ended up producing various inventions as well as control engineering instruments for war reparations to the Soviet Union. In 1946, Laurila left the department to become the first Finnish professor of engineering (or technical) physics at the Helsinki University of  Technology, a professorship he had helped to establish in 1944 as an industry representative. The article uncovers a practically unknown invention by Laurila, a remote gyro compass system from 1943, that the Finns tried to sell to Sweden and Switzerland. Laurila’s department later developed into an independent instrument factory under the state-owned Valmet Corporation.
Covers time period from 1890s to 1990s.
Tutkimus ”Ilmarisen Suomi” ja sen tekijät tarjoaa uutta tietoa ja historiallisen tulkinnan huipputeknologisen Suomen rakentamisesta sodanjälkeisenä aikana. Kirja kertoo ESKO-tietokoneen tekijöiden monipuolisesta toiminnasta sekä koneen... more
Tutkimus ”Ilmarisen Suomi” ja sen tekijät tarjoaa uutta tietoa ja historiallisen tulkinnan huipputeknologisen Suomen rakentamisesta sodanjälkeisenä aikana. Kirja kertoo ESKO-tietokoneen tekijöiden monipuolisesta toiminnasta sekä koneen kohtalosta 1950-luvulla. ESKOa rakennuttanut Matematiikkakonekomitea (1954­1960) suunnitteli laitteesta Suomen ensimmäistä tietokonetta, mutta kirjassa esitetyn tulkinnan mukaan komitealla oli myös laajempia, kansallisia ihanteita ja tavoitteita, kuten kansallisen keskuslaskutoimiston perustaminen.
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The dissertation “Building ‘Ilmarinen’s Finland’: The Committee for Mathematical Machines and computer construction as a national project in the 1950s” examines the history of information technology and nationalism in the 1950’s Finland.
The development and transfer of computing technology in postwar Czechoslovakia and Finland, two countries lying directly on the border between the two cold war blocs, were shaped by a mix of factors, from the political to the... more
The development and transfer of computing technology in postwar Czechoslovakia and Finland, two countries lying directly on the border between the two cold war blocs, were shaped by a mix of factors, from the political to the technological, in both countries. This article describes and analyzes the factors influencing the transfer of computing technology in cold war Europe on the basis of comparison of the national histories of these two frontier countries. Although the first computers were put into operation in the two countries during the second half of the 1950s, Czechoslovakia's industrial tradition concealed its gradual lagging behind Finland. During the postwar decade, the possibility of the transfer of computing technology and practices was a crucial factor in the spreading of computing technology in both countries. It was the commercial transfer of computers from the West to Finland that made their availability there, until the mid-1970s, relatively grow to three times that of Czechoslovakia. However, while the physical transfer of actual computers across the Iron Curtain was difficult, the intangible transfer of related ideas, designs, and practices was much easier. Moreover, it was not only politics that affected this technological development, but technology was also used to affect politics and form political ties.
Pienoiselämäkerta: Kauppaneuvos Bengt Grönholm (1909–1976) Oy International Business Machines Ab:n toimitusjohtaja kauppatieteiden maisteri Bengt Grönholm kehitti automaattista tietojenkäsittelyä suomalaisissa yrityksissä ja... more
Pienoiselämäkerta:
Kauppaneuvos Bengt Grönholm (1909–1976)

Oy International Business Machines Ab:n toimitusjohtaja
kauppatieteiden maisteri

Bengt Grönholm kehitti automaattista tietojenkäsittelyä suomalaisissa yrityksissä ja valtiolla International Business Machinesin (IBM) palveluksessa lähes 40 vuotta. Työ alkoi reikäkorttikoneiden myynnillä 1930-luvun lopulla ja laajeni IBM:n tytäryhtiön toimitusjohtajana vuodesta 1956. Tuolloin alkaneella tietokoneiden aikakautena IBM saavutti ylivoimaisen markkinajohtajan aseman. Grönholm johti 17 vuotta Suomen IBM:n nopeasti kasvavaa asiantuntijaorganisaatiota, jolla oli keskeinen asema Suomen tietokoneistamisessa.
This is a short news article on the topic.
The article examines the industrial and technological undertakings of Count Carl Robert Mannerheim. He was born to a Finnish noble family in 1835 and died in 1914. Currently, he is known as the father of General Gustaf Mannerheim, a... more
The article examines the industrial and technological undertakings of Count Carl Robert Mannerheim. He was born to a Finnish noble family in 1835 and died in 1914. Currently, he is known as the father of General Gustaf Mannerheim, a former President of Finland and a war hero. In addition to farming, the Count gained experience in owning a machine shop, producing alcohol and erecting and managing a pulp and paper mill. After personal bankruptcy, he lived in Paris, France, during 1879–1887 and was involved in establishing a panorama show building in New York. Back in Helsinki in 1887, he started importing and selling office supplies and machines. He continued this business for almost thirty years, until his death, and it grew into a renowned company called Systema.
Article title in English: The ESKO computer recalls: my life and time as an exhibition machine, in Finnish. In a book called 'In the History’s Time Machine. A book of congratulations for Hannu Salmi, in Finnish.'
Unlike other foreign computing companies, in addition to sales and service IBM early on also established production facilities in the Nordic countries. To provide a better understanding of the role of IBM in these countries, the article... more
Unlike other foreign computing companies, in addition to sales and service IBM early on also established production facilities in the Nordic countries. To provide a better understanding of the role of IBM in these countries, the article surveys IBM manufacturing in the region: what was produced, and where were these functions located? The term “production” is understood in a rather narrow sense, as manufacture. The results show that for several decades, IBM produced punched cards in four Nordic countries, but that after 1960 there has been only one IBM factory for hardware in the region, located in the Stockholm area. The article also discusses the reasons for Sweden’s importance in IBM manufacture, and suggests that Nordic companies contributed to IBM manufacture through subcontracting.

Keywords: IBM World Trade Corporation, punched card, hardware
production, subcontracting, computer history, Nordic countries.
This article studies a forgotten research project of recent Finnish history of information technology by the name of “Suomalainen tietokoneprojekti”, in English “The Finnish Computer Project”(FICO). The FICO project was a... more
This article studies a forgotten research project of recent Finnish history of information technology by the name of “Suomalainen tietokoneprojekti”, in English “The Finnish Computer Project”(FICO). The FICO project was a government-sponsored research project initially aimed at producing a Finnish (mini) computer for international markets, especially in socialist countries. Researchers carried out the project in 1975-1976. After the researchers had produced their preliminary study report in six months time, the project was however not continued. I argue that historians have misrepresented the FICO project in recent research and when properly studied, the project can offer new perspectives to an early development phase of present-like
science and technology policy in Finland. Notwithstanding FICO’s topicality, this article focuses on examining what the involved people meant by the “national task” of the project. I further argue that we can best understand FICO as a continuation of earlier ideas on building high technology, in this case electronics and computers, capabilities and expertise as a Finnish national project. Moreover, focusing on these distinct national projections in action might offer one key to understanding similar attempts at “national projects” in other countries as well.

Keywords: Computer industry, survey, national project, state-ownership, The Finnish Computer Project, Hans Andersin
The chapter tells about the early computer center in Turku, Finland, and the Wegematic users' international co-operation.
Wireless and Mobile Networks Security This book provides a cutting-edge examination of research and/or security solutions in wireless and mobile networks. It begins by covering the security basic concepts and fundamentals constituting a... more
Wireless and Mobile Networks Security This book provides a cutting-edge examination of research and/or security solutions in wireless and mobile networks. It begins by covering the security basic concepts and fundamentals constituting a base of knowledge necessary for the ...
"Tarkastelun kohteena on erityisesti Nim-pelikone, joka rakennettiin Suomen ensimmäiseksi tarkoitetun ESKO-tietokoneen ohella. Kirjoittamiseni taustalla on ajatus siitä, että ehkä tietotekniikka-alan nykyinen kokeellisuus ja... more
"Tarkastelun kohteena on erityisesti Nim-pelikone, joka rakennettiin Suomen ensimmäiseksi tarkoitetun ESKO-tietokoneen ohella. Kirjoittamiseni taustalla on ajatus siitä, että ehkä tietotekniikka-alan nykyinen kokeellisuus ja leikkimielisyys juontaa kauemmas kuin on yleisesti tultu ajatelleeksi."
Abstract: In this article, the first Finnish computer construction, previously claimed to have produced only an out-dated machine, is studied as an integral part of an attempt to establish a national computer center in Finland. I argue... more
Abstract: In this article, the first Finnish computer construction, previously claimed to have produced only an out-dated machine, is studied as an integral part of an attempt to establish a national computer center in Finland. I argue that the aim of the Finnish Committee for ...

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The research paper by Petri Paju, Adjunct Professor at the University of Turku, explores the methods of and motives for Finns implementing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty from the 1960s onwards. Finland was the first country to sign... more
The research paper by Petri Paju, Adjunct Professor at the University of Turku, explores the methods of and motives for Finns implementing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty from the 1960s onwards. Finland was the first country to sign a comprehensive safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Documentary sources indicate that Finnish experts also participated in drafting the agreement with the IAEA. This achievement laid the foundation for the pioneering image of Finnish nuclear safety experts. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2020.
Tämä teos on onnittelukirja Hannu Salmelle hänen täyttäessään 60 vuotta. Hannu on kulttuurihistorian professori Turun yliopistossa ja akatemiaprofessori vuosina 2017–2021. Kirja on lahja Hannun oppilailta ja siihen on kirjoittanut joukko... more
Tämä teos on onnittelukirja Hannu Salmelle hänen täyttäessään 60 vuotta. Hannu on kulttuurihistorian professori Turun yliopistossa ja akatemiaprofessori vuosina 2017–2021. Kirja on lahja Hannun oppilailta ja siihen on kirjoittanut joukko hänen entisiä väitöskirjaohjattaviaan. Teoksen esseet käsittelevät historian eri ilmiöitä hannumaisen laajalla skaalalla. ”Turun romantikon” jalanjäljissä niissä perehdytään niin kirja- ja musiikkihistoriaan, elokuvien, tähteyden ja tekniikan kuin lintujen historiantutkimukseen sekä muistamisen haasteisiin ja iloihin. Kirjan ovat toimittaneet Juhana Saarelainen, Heli Rantala, Petri Paju ja Mila Oiva.

http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-8427-5
Historical scholarship is currently undergoing a digital turn. All historians have experienced this change in one way or another, by writing on word processors, applying quantitative methods on digitalized source materials, or using... more
Historical scholarship is currently undergoing a digital turn. All historians have experienced this change in one way or another, by writing on word processors, applying quantitative methods on digitalized source materials, or using internet resources and digital tools.
Digital Histories showcases this emerging wave of digital history research. It presents work by historians who – on their own or through collaborations with e.g. information technology specialists – have uncovered new, empirical historical knowledge through digital and computational methods. The topics of the volume range from the medieval period to the present day, including various parts of Europe. The chapters apply an exemplary array of methods, such as digital metadata analysis, machine learning, network analysis, topic modelling, named entity recognition, collocation analysis, critical search, and text and data mining.
The volume argues that digital history is entering a mature phase, digital history ‘in action’, where its focus is shifting from the building of resources towards the making of new historical knowledge. This also involves novel challenges that digital methods pose to historical research, including awareness of the pitfalls and limitations of the digital tools and the necessity of new forms of digital source criticisms.
Through its combination of empirical, conceptual and contextual studies, Digital Histories is a timely and pioneering contribution taking stock of how digital research currently advances historical scholarship.