CEMIS Development Programme 2019-2020 implements joint technology development projects in engineering and application fields that provide key support for local business, and develops joint operations for implementing device solutions. It also implements marketing and communication functions and promotes commercial exploitation of research and development project outcomes. The two-year programme mainly relies on funding from the East and North Finland ERDF program, with a total budget of nearly EUR 3.44 million. A steering group comprising representatives
of CEMIS members, financiers and companies guides the programme and its projects

The programme consists of five parallel two-year projects. The first project aims to develop measurement solutions and expertise for bioeconomy, mining and process industries and environmental monitoring (INNOBIO). The second project is for developing small-size (miniaturized) measurement solutions for lactate measurements and environmental monitoring
(MINIME). The aim of third project is to strengthen the competitiveness of the target group companies by developing KAMK's expertise and education in industrial operation and maintenance management (TÄRY). The fourth project aims to develop the innovation environments of wellbeing, health care and sports, and to increase technological competence and competitiveness in these areas in Kainuu (HYTELI) at international level. The fifth project will develop and pilot a model to increase the success rate of early stage companies accelerating the growth of high technology sector in Kainuu (BUZTECH)

The impact goals of the programme recognise national strategies, including key Finnish
government projects, the programmes of EU Regional Development Funds, and the Implementation Plan for the Kainuu Regional Program. The general objectives of the programme include the aim to create new jobs to Kainuu region, to set-up new spinoff companies based on CEMIS technologies, to increase the contract research volume of CEMIS members, to boost commercialisation of research results, to increase international funding in RDI, to develop education further to meet better the requirements of companies in Kainuu, and to support technology companies in expanding to international markets. In quantitative objectives the goal was set to establish 4-7 new companies and commercialise at least four technologies developed at CEMIS.

Projects implemented in the programme are INNOBIO, MINIME, HYTELI, TÄRY and BUZTECH.

The HYTELI project (Innovation Platforms for Wellbeing, Health care and Sports) aims to develop technologically advanced innovation platforms and environments in the Kainuu region, but also to improve the competitiveness and international level technology skillfulness in these. The project exploits interdisciplinary co-operation of the CEMIS consortium within the themes and areas that are important for the Kainuu region and its industries – preventive health care (health technology, nutrition health, intelligent home care systems) and the winter sport environment of Vuokatti and sport tourism. These themes are also central for the regional development of measurement technology, enhancement of international R&D and competitiveness level, but crucial also worldwide. By developing innovation platforms and environments, in addition to improving technology readiness, answering to demands coming from industries becomes faster. This leads to increased research and analytics services volume and thereby creates more jobs. As new methods the project utilizes data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

HYTELI is a CEMIS 2019-2020 Development Programme project.

The key objective of the INNOBIO project is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from industry by developing measurement solutions for optimizing bioenergy production and mining processes. The project also aims to develop the fermentation expertise (bioethanol production) and modernize of existing pilot units. One concrete objective is to adopt the AI and machine learning environments by understanding what kind of data must be produce and how to deal with it so that the desired action is taken. In addition, how to measure uncertainty of measurement data when artificial intelligence or machine learning is applied. The project has been prepared closely with key Kainuu region companies taking into account their needs.

The project tasks are divided into five work packages; 1. Deepening of the modeling skills for business needs, 2. New innovations in the bioeconomy industry, 3. Process measurements in the bioeconomy and mining industry, 4. Quality assurance related to measurements and new analytics and 5. Commercialization and communication.

INNOBIO is a CEMIS 2019-2020 Development Programme project.

The aim of the MiniMe project is to deepen the expertise in the design, implementation and piloting of small-size measuring devices. The project designs and constructs a compact lactate measuring instrument suitable for fermentation process monitoring and a compact (portable, drone attached) measuring solution for measuring low nickel concentrations. The main results are new technology solutions that can be commercialized after the project through corporate R&D projects. The new know-how enables further exploitation of results also in other areas such as health technology.

MINIME is a CEMIS 2019-2020 Development Programme project.

The aim of project is to strengthen the competitiveness of the target group companies by developing
KAMK's expertise and education in industrial operation and maintanance management. The project provides such education to the target group companies directly, and after the project completion, such education continues as a regular education of KAMK for degree students as well as continuing education students. The project is accomplished in solid collaboration with industry. In addition to educational objectives, the project also improves the target group companies' sustainability by providing tools to improve energy-efficiency of industrial processes. One further objective of the project is to emphasize KAMK's strategy as a leading university in smart industrial solutions. In fact, there is a raising need of the education in industrial operation and maintanance management but very few Finnish universities are able to offer such education.

The project is a joint effort with CSC- IT Center for Science Ltd. The role of CSC is to develop new methods to analyze complex condition monitoring data. The project execution is supported by two members of CEMIS (Centre for Measurement and Information System), Measurement Technology Unit of University of Oulu and VTT - Technical Research Center Ltd. They develop process measurements and flow simulation techniques in their parallel CEMIS project.

TÄRY is a CEMIS 2019-2020 Development Programme project.

BUZTECH-project creates a model for increasing the success rate of early stage companies and the model is tested in practice with the most promising CEMIS / Kainuu and Northern Ostrobothnia area technologies. In addition, international market opportunities are identified and utilized, national and international networks are enforced and developed and CEMIS technology commercialization and service business concepts are actively developed. The opportunities identified during the project are supported by early stage technology and market feasibility studies. This reinforces the development of the business environment and resource
utilization of the project area in key industries and brings even more knowhow of technology business to the project area.

BUZTECH is a CEMIS 2019-2020 Development Programme project.

Based on the pre-study in 2018, the research and expertise in Kainuun region has promising possibilities in China market. In this project, the offering that the research and education institutes, and companies in Kainuu can offer to China as a part of the Kajaani data ekosystem, RDI and education expertise, will be concretised. The goal is to initiate concrete projects in RDI, education cooperation and data ecosystem services to China. In the project, an operating model with selected Chinese business and technology parks will be built and tested. Selected China experts and advisors will be benefitted in the implementation. The project is a CEMIS (Centre for Measurement and Information Systems) project and the main contributor is Kajaani University of Applied Science. The project is supported by the City of Kajaani, CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd. and Renforsin Ranta Business Park (UPM-Kymmene Plc.).

CEMIS’s fourth two-year development programme 2017-2018 was prepared jointly between the CEMIS members, local businesses and regional development financiers, with a view to enabling the Centre to achieve its qualitative objectives of improving the attractiveness, competitiveness and impact of its education and research work in the fields of measurement and information systems. The impact goals of the programme recognised national strategies, for example through Finnish government flagship projects, the programmes of EU Regional Development Funds, and the Implementation Plan for the Kainuu Regional Program (TOPSU 2017-2018).

The programme was mainly funded by the ERDF programme for Eastern and Northern Finland, with a total budget of approximately EUR 3.52 million. A steering group comprising representatives of CEMIS members, financiers and businesses guides the programme and its projects. The programme and its projects were divided into three development packages: new technologies for sustainable biofuels and mining (the BIOMIT and KAIMIT projects), new sport and wellbeing technologies and services (the LIIKUTPA project), and international R&D, technology transfer services and demonstrations (the KANTELI project). The programme implemented joint technology development projects in key technology and application fields of importance to the business development of local enterprises, developed collaboration in realising hardware solutions, completed marketing and PR measures related to outcomes of the programme, and promoted commercial exploitation of R&D project findings.

One quantitative programme objective was to increase the Centre's industry and international funding substantially compared to the previous 2015-2016 programme. A further aim was to establish at least 6 new enterprises and commercialise at least 4 technologies developed at CEMIS.

Projects implemented in the programme were: LIIKUTPA, BIOMIT, KAIMIT and KANTELI.

The LIIKUTPA project aims to produce measurement and test solutions which allow citizens’ voluntary self-monitoring of wellbeing and health, development of public health care towards distant or self-diagnostics, and development of Finnish top sport and sport technology business. The project is carried out in co-operation with all five CEMIS organizations as a joint project in which University of Jyväskylä is the main executor (coordinator). The project is planned to last two years.

The work packages are, 1: Sport technology (intelligent ski sport equipment) and advanced test environments, 2: Noninvasive sensors and measurements of wellbeing: smart home care, self-monitoring of wellbeing, and solutions for sport, 3: Serious games and virtual environments: real video as a part of virtual reality in athlete testing or training solutions, and managing of big data, 4: Business development (connection to KANTELI project): company and project co-operation, WP5: Joint project coordination.

LIIKUTPA is a CEMIS 2017-2018 Development Programme project.

The BIOMIT project focus to develop measurement and pre-treatment solutions for bio-economy, mining, forest and paper industry to improve their efficiency and decrease toxic emissions to the environment. The project is divided into five work packages: 1) Development and increasing the knowledge of modelling complex processing systems, 2) Development of pretreatment and measurement solutions for process industry, 3) Pilot tests for measurement solutions in the industry, 4) Development of mathematical models and reliability for data management, 5)
Administration, communication and business development (connection to KANTELI project): company and project cooperation. The main results of the project are: development and piloting 4-5 technologies which improve industrial process control and decrease toxic emissions to the environment and furthermore enable new entrepreneurship in the field of bio-economy in the Kainuu region. 1-2 international pre-reviewed scientific articles / conference papers and
national and international project funding.

The BIOMIT project is planned in the close co-operation with local companies and will be carried out by University of Oulu (main executor), VTT Oy and CSC. KANTELI project participates to the commercialization work for the most promising outcomes of the BIOMIT technologies.

BIOMIT is a CEMIS 2017-2018 Development Programme project.

The Kaimit project focuses on developing real-time measurement technology solutions for sulfate and phosphate determination from the industrial discharge waters. Electrochemical sensors and optical methods (multi parameter analysis) will be applied to develop real-time monitoring tools for measuring low sulfate and phosphate concentrations. Demonstration instruments will be constructed and performance will be proven in field studies with industrial operators. The project produces innovative technological solutions which can be commercialized by the companies through new R&D-projects.

KAIMIT is a CEMIS 2017-2018 Development Programme project.

The KANTELI project developed an operating model seeking to effectively promote the establishment of international business, primarily in Kainuu and also in Northern Ostrobothnia. The aims of the project were to establish new spin-off businesses with the CEMIS members, to network start-ups with existing enterprises and provide more international business opportunities for up-and-coming technology companies, and to identify at least 10 technology solutions with commercialisation potential from the CEMIS members and collaboration networks with a view to commercialising at least four technologies for use by enterprises. A further aim was to provide an exhibition booth once in a year at international trade fairs, produce written and electronic marketing materials, and participate in international technology business events twice a year.

The project was implemented by KAMK and the CEMIS Business Development Unit (CBD), and supported all of the CEMIS members through parallel CEMIS development projects (BIOMIT, KAIMIT and LIIKUTPA).

KANTELI is a CEMIS 2017-2018 Development Programme project.

CEMIS 2015-2016 Development Programme is a joint development programme funded by Kainuu regional council and North Ostrobotnia Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment and implement by CEMIS partners (Oulu university, KAMK, VTT and Jyväskylä university). The programme is divided into three development entities which are development of educational activities, technology development and development of techonology and service business. Technology development actions focus on crucial application areas regarding Kainuu development. These are the mining industry, bio energy and bio fuel production, sports and wellbeing industry as well as games and simulators industry. The technology development in the programme will be implemented through joint development projects with CEMIS partners and the content has been planned along with Kainuu based companies. The development of educational activities is focused on developing the university of applied sciences’ educational activities for the needs of Kainuu based companies. The third development entity is the improvement of technology business and service business. The actions are based on operational models which have been found successful in previous CEMIS Development Programmes. In addition the programme will have the marketing and communication activities and an agile management.

Projects implemented in the programme are: TEPA, SIMPPELI, LIPAT, MiKedeKa and FloModNode

The projects aims to develop Kajaani University of Applied Sciences’ information systems programme training through four objectives. The project expands on the game and simulator technology related education offering to other educational areas (machine and construction engineering, sports and wellbeing, business and datacenter –activities), replace current vehicle information systems training which is not meeting the regional needs with the developed intelligent systems training, integrate game and gamification projects through teaching to practical company based projects and fourth develop the game industry master degree programme with Oulu and Lapland universities.

SIMPPELI is a CEMIS 2015-2016 Development Programme project.

The project aims to create new enterprises and business opportunities. In order to meet the goal, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences (KAMK) develops procedures for the systematic identification and analysis of companies’ needs. Moreover, technology transfer services are enhanced and international networks are expanded to cover growing market areas. Another target is to create a testing concept for athletes, consisting of virtual environments combined with the know-how on measurement system and device development. Furthermore, capacity to provide device development services to companies is improved by strengthening collaboration within CEMIS members. As a result 6 new companies will be founded and 9 technologies will be commercialized.

TEPA is a CEMIS 2015-2016 Development Programme project.

Thousands of athletes and groups related to work wellbeing as well as physically active tourists visit Vuokatti yearly. Because of athletes the area is also in special interest of skiing equipment manufacturers. CEMIS 2015-2016 program will support the start of commercial actions or development of existing ones. The goal is to map the business potential and test developed technologies for athlete and equipment testing (Nordic skiing) and also for measurement technologies for wellbeing applications. Needs of new and existing companies have been considered during project planning. As an outcome 3-4 new companies will be founded and 1-2 new applications or services will be developed.

LIPAT is a CEMIS 2015-2016 Development Programme project.

In this project, CEMIS-Oulu coordinates development, demonstration and commercialization of new measurement technology in CEMIS development program 2015-2016. The aim is to utilize already developed technology and build up new measurement solutions and provide services which can be utilized in the short term by companies of in Kainuu region. The special themes of the project are real time monitoring technology and the solutions that are targeting low carbon emissions. The nit utilizes expertise in sensor development, bioanalytical methods, optical spectroscopy and imaging measurements. In this project new measurement solutions will be developed also for sport and well-being applications supporting especially development of the Vuokatti region. The project strongly emphasis the commercialization of research results including tasks related to marketing of the results and communications. The key objective is to create new companies to the Kainuu region, in particular in the SME sector, and new business development activities. The project is targeted to match the Kainuu area strategies and visions such as bio-based economy, mining, and environmental technology. Their aim is to support the local economy and the attractiveness of the Kainuu in various fields, as well as the stability of the Kainuu region higher level of research and development.

MIKEDEKA is a CEMIS 2015-2016 Development Programme project.

MIKES (VTT Oy) will focus on the computer based modelling and analyzing the phenomena that occur in flow pipes and related structures. Also, utilizing already gained knowledge on ultra wide band, impulse radar andlow energy (VTT Node) technologies will make possible to generate an autonomous (or at least semi-autonomous)platform that is capable to position itself, monitor its environment and send various measurement data to further processing wirelessly.

FloModNode is a CEMIS 2016-2016 Development Programme project.

The project aims to build a simple and functional monitoring system for measuring physical stress, development and technique monitoring. In addition the required test packages and feedback for evaluating the issues in question for endurance athletes in Vuokatti and alpine skiing athletes in Ruka will be constructed as well as tools for their coaches. One framework for the monitoring system is a next generation heart rate monitor. The usability of a skiing technique analyzer prototype will be improved. The system's speed for evaluating bio mechanical variables and interpreting their results will be developed further. Other physiological and biomechanical measures and methods will be tested during the project and a functional system will be created in order to support the coach and the athlete.

CEMIS Development Programme 2013-2014 aims to advance the development of businesses by developing new technologies for companies as well as giving birth to new companies by students and researchers. The programme 2013-2014 is divided into six sets of activities. These sets enable the operations of CEMIS through providing resources for the operations of key people, carrying out joint technology development projects in the core technology and application areas of the regions businesses, develop CEMIS’ joint activities in implementing device solutions, implementing the programme’s results’ marketing and communications activities as well as advancing the commercialization of CEMIS research and development results. Within the programme there are four projects. In ONNI project, online measurement solutions are developed for liquid samples. UWBIT focuses on developing a radar solution based on a new radio technology. HIIHTO focuses on research environment and measurement solutions of skiing. And in ATHENE new simulator solutions are developed for tourism and sports.

The development programme aims to significantly improve the activity, competitiveness and effectiveness of CEMIS. The aim is to generate in total 4 new companies founded by students or researchers and 6 commercialized technologies during the duration of the development programme (2013-2014). Additionally there is an aim to grow the share of national and international research funding and corporate funding as well as significantly increase the amount of foreign corporate partners. The program also aims to provide experts for companies through providing them with thesis topics. The total budget of the programme is 4,02 million euros and University of Oulu, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, VTT Technical Research Centre Finland, MIKES and University of Jyväskylä carry out the programme.

CEMIS Director Risto Oikari is responsible for the programme.

In the ONNI project, new measurement technology and methods were developed for the on-line measurement needs of liquid samples. The aim was to develop online measurement methods to determine the physical and chemical properties of liquid samples and measurement systems and a testing environment for the measurement needs of liquid biofuels, mining process waters and other process liquids and sludge.

ONNI is a CEMIS 2013-2014 Development Programme project.

The project looks at the applications of an impulse radar (UWB) in work machine and vehicle environment. UWB impulse radar (hereafter UWBIT) is a radar technology using UWB frequency rate and configuration, which has been studied somewhat in the fields of military and medicine. We have not found articles related to applications in the field of vehicle technology. The core application of UWBIT, which is behind the idea for this project, is work safety. Protecting the operator (driver, user) from him/herself is an interesting application of UWBIT. Also, there is an intention to study the applicability of UWBIT to mapping shapes of different types of walls (mines) and in monitoring of sport performances as well as the heart rate and breathing of exercisers.

UWBIT is a CEMIS 2013-2014 Development Programme project.

The main expected result in Water-M is the specification, design and development of a framework to support the intelligent management of smart water networks. Along the Water-M –project the objectives of Oulu University are in general as follows: 1) to participate in development of environmental applications in the field of water supply that have highly positive and significant societal and economical impact, 2) to support strongly the creation of new start-up enterprises and increase competitiveness of SME based on environmental technology and CleanTech, 3) development of existing products by facilitating the integration with smart water management tools and domains, 4) to apply novel and rapid on-line methods for real-time water measurements and especially focus to develop new business opportunities for on-line measurements, 5) to create and estimate new business potential for developed measurement instrument, 6) to test and evaluate the developed technology in real environmental measurement processes and conditions, and 7) to support the identification and development of ideas towards the development of values and business networks in the field of Smart Water Technology. The main and very concrete objective is as follows: during the WATER-M project (2014-2016) is to create a network of Finnish SME operators, which aims at the creation of export network in the future.

The project aims to 1) develop low temperature laboratory operations for ski related sports equipment testing as well as look for applied research opportunities with our partners, 2) develop methods for measuring the attributes of skis (conditions affecting the attributes and functioning) to improve the reliability of force measurement systems of the sports technology unit. 3) Continue snow related research - to detect water in snow and chemicals used on ski tracks. 4) Develop further the prototype of skiing measurement module developed in the CEMIS development programme’s (2011-2012) LIIKE project. 5) Developing further the L-lactate sensor and 6) coordination. The project further supports the aim of developing a coaching, testing and research cluster of winter sports; especially ski sports in Vuokatti.

The Athene Project aims to create a concept (ATHENE-concept) for development of a new type of virtual exercising environment and use the concept to implement 2 – 3 pilot environments. New virtual environments increase the attractiveness of gym equipment and the meaningfulness of exercising. In addition, the ATHENE-concept includes a new innovation for virtual tourism and creates opportunities for developing and starting new businesses. The pilot environments are carried out from the needs in Kainuu region, especially Vuokatti, and they will support the tourism and other business in the area.

The aim of the project is to increase the know-how related to water removal and filtration of sludges, such as mineral sludges, in the mining industry. And based on that utilize measurement technology suitable for field conditions to optimize the process.

The project is a parallel project with a project funded by European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP). The host project (JRP) aims to develop new standards for quantum communication (QC). This EMRP research grant project concentrates to assist the aforementioned host project in order to provide commercial value realization of the JRP consortium research work, and thus will have a positive impact on the quality and standards of the QC. Furthermore, the expected results of the work package (the roadmap) will help the consortium in planning future related activities and possible research project. The REG-research work will also has an impact on the strengthening the bridge between the JRP consortium and QC industrial stakeholders, which could play a critical role in formalising and developing of QC standards and applications. The project consists of three main tasks. Task 1: Investigating the state-of-the-art QC measurement tools, the current technological competitiveness of the MIQC consortium, and markets of QC measurement tools , Task 2: Building up the QC measurements system roadmaps and initiating contact with different industrial partners and Task 3: Creating Impact.

The project forms a vision and a road map for development of arctic knowhow and utilization regarding the question: "when thinking from the viewpoint human and environmental wellbeing how is sustainability ensured when natural resources and new transportation routes are being capitalized?" The project finds out the vital research questions, to which opportunities regarding the economy and business are also related.

The themes (work packages) of the project are:
• Environmental information and mobile technologies
• Smart logistics, traffic and living environment
• Natural resource control and economy
• Human in the north
• Arctic business opportunities

Based on the vision and the road map a readiness for a grand strategic initiative is opened.