Elias Pentti, Thermal Modeling of an Experiment on Dilute 3He-4He Mixtures at Ultralow Temperatures (Tfy-3) Supervisor: Pekka Hautojärvi. Instructor: Juha Tuoriniemi
Jouni Flyktman, Probing Energy Distribution of Electrons in Mesoscopic Wires (Tfy-3)
Supervisor: Kimmo Saarinen. Instructor: Jukka Pekola
Antti Tarkiainen, Brain Research Unit, Low Temperature Laboratory, HUT defended his thesis Cortical dynamics of visual feature and object-level processing in the human occipitotemporal cortex: MEG source analysis and evaluation of conductivity models for the degree of Doctor of Science in Technology on March 28, 2003. The opponent was doctor Anna Christina Nobre from University of Oxford, UK. (Supervisor: Riitta Salmelin)
Risto Hänninen, Low Temperature Laboratory, HUT defended his thesis Simulations of topological defects and impurities in superfluid 3He for the degree of Doctor of Science in Technology on October 3, 2003. The opponent was Professor Dierk Rainer from University of Bayreuth, Germany. (Supervisor: Erkki Thuneberg)
Teija Silén, Department of Neurology, University of Helsinki, defended her thesis Somatosensory and motor cortical activity in patients and carriers of Unverricht-Lundborg type progressive myoclonus epilepsy, for the degree of Doctor in Medicine on October 31, 2003. The opponent was Professor Peter Brown from University College, London. (Supervisors: Riitta Hari and Nina Forss)
Sari Avikainen, Department of Neurology, University of Helsinki, defended her thesis Cortical mechanisms of action obsevation, imitation and social perception in healthy and autistic subjects for the degree of Doctor in Medicine on November 8, 2003. The opponent was Professor Anthony J. Bailey from Park Hospital, Oxford, UK. (Supervisor: Riitta Hari)
Hanna Renvall, Department of Radiology, University of Helsinki, defended her thesis Temporal processing of sensory information in developmental dyslexia:neuromagnetic and psychophysical studies for the degree of Doctor in Medicine on December 12, 2003.The opponent was Professor Michael M. Merzenich from University of California, San Francisco, USA. (Supervisor: Riitta Hari)