TuKoKe Competition

Joonatan Korpela and Justus Hansen's study “Sufficiency of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure” and Jymy Korhonen and Santeri Halme's study “Scenery area identification AI” got into the final. Joonatan Korpela and Justus Hansen's study won a trip to the International Science and Engineering Fair held in Atlanta and was also awarded for the most practical idea or work. Jymy Korhonen and Santeri Halme's study was awarded for the best presentation or demo video. Both studies got an acknowledgement award.

STEK electricity competition

Joonatan Korpela and Justus Hansen's study “Sufficiency of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure” won the competition.

ISEF

Justus Hansen and Joonatan Korpela participated in the International Science and Engineering Fair held in Atlanta with their study.

TuKoKe Competition

Valtteri Aurela and Into Almiala’s study “Synaesthete’s Word-Colour Experience - Research Method and Single Person Study Results”, Konsta Kemppainen’s study “Comparison of Advanced and Intermediate Swedish Matriculation Exam’s Vocabulary” and Joonatan Korpela and Meeri Kuoppala’s study “Programming Education in Finnish High Schools in 2020” got all into the final. Merikki and Esa Lappi were awarded an advisor award.

EUCYS

Valtteri Aurela’s study “Simulating dice with other dice” represented Finland in the European Union Contest for Young Scientists. The study won the BISITE-award.

TuKoKe Competition

Marina Rogulina’s study “The Incorrect Usage of Medicational Inhalers and the Computer Program Designed to Prevent It” and Ella Puustelli’s study “Hobbies and Self-esteem” both got into the final. Marina Rogulina also got a stipend from the Innovation Foundation.

TuKoKe Competition

Olli Järviniemi’s study “Common Polynomial Prime Factors” won the 2019 TuKoKe-competition.

Jaakko Takala and Vihtori Sova’s study “Mobile Keyboard for Two Fingers”, Ella Puustelli, Marina Rogulina and Tia Iskanius’ study “Generating Energy Using Lifting Bags” and Lauri Viljanen’s study “How the Attitudes of Skateboarders Differ From Ice Hockey Player’s Attitudes?” all got into the final. Jaakko Takala and Vihtori Sova’s study also got a trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Phoenix. Ella Puustelli, Marina Rogulina and Tia Iskanius’ study got into the STEK electricity competition.

STEK electricity competition

Ella Puustelli, Marina Rogulina and Tia Iskanius’ study got into the final.

ISEF

Jaakko Takala and Vihtori Sova participated in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Phoenix with their study. Their study got into the final.

EUCYS

Olli Järviniemi’s study “Common Polynomial Prime Factors” represented Finland in the European Union Contest for Young Scientists. The study got second place.

TuKoKe Competition

Josefiina Kuisma ja Pinja Pessi’s study “Webcam That Monitors Posture”, Tomi Lukkarinen and Veikko Laitamäki’s study “Tramline’s Effect on Multiple Campus studying in Tampere” and Olli Järviniemi’s study “Hutunkeitto in Two Player Finite Game” all got into the final. Olli Järviniemi’s study also got a trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Pennsylvania.

ISEF

Olli Järviniemi took part in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Pennsylvania with his study. His study got into the final.

TuKoKe Competition

Kasper Kivimäki’s study named “User Interface for Tandem Chess Program'' got into the final of the TuKoKe competition.

Joel Jäkkö and Max Mecklin’s study “Encryption in daily life” got an acknowledgment award and prize travel to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair contest held in Los Angeles.

ISEF

Joel Jäkkö and Max Mecklin took part in the Intel International Science and Engineering contest that was held in Los Angeles with their study. They won a special prize of 1000 dollars.

TuKoKe Competition

Iiro Kumpulainen and Eero Valkama’s work “Digitalization of Chess Games” won the TuKoKe competition in 2016.

Kaisla Kääriäinen and Maisa Virtanen’s learning game about urban technology got acknowledgment award and prize travel to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair contest held in Phoenix from 7.5 until 13.5.

ISEF

Kaisla Kääriäinen and Maisa Virtanen took part in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair that was held in Phoenix.

Petteri Timonen, who won the TuKoKe competition in 2015, also took part in the ISEF happening in spring. He got a second award there. The award contained, in addition to other things, naming an asteroid after him.

EUCYS

Iiro Kumpulainen and Eero Valkama’s work “Digitalization of Chess Games'' represented Finland in the European Contest for Young Scientists in autumn. The project was awarded with a special prize PRACE that contains a five-day-trip to Czech Republic and a visit to the supercomputer center of Ostrava.

TuKoKe Competition

Jan-Kristian Herring and Jin Qianyu’s study “On the Verge of Starvation” got into the final of the TuKoKe competition. Petteri Timonen won the TuKoKe competition with his work “Optimizing Mobile Blood Collection with a Computational Tool”. On top of that the work “Simulation Model of a Hunting Bat” by Sauli Kokkonen and Katja Kujala was also awarded.

EUCYS

Petteri Timonen represented Finland in the European Union Contest for Young Scientist in autumn 2015.

TuKoKe Competition

Juhani Imberg and Pihla Toivanen’s work “Simulator’s Game Engine” got into the final of the TuKoKe competition. Riku Viippula, Matias Ijäs and Nicklas Ahlskog’s “Energy model” also got into the final and got a bronze medal.

TuKoKe Competition

Eero Räty and Samuli Thomasson’s work “Map Coloring - Finding the Number of Colorings of Maps Colorable with Four Colors” got first place. Kerttu Uusimäki’s study “Anorexia Nervosa Treatment Effectiveness: A Markov Model” got third place. Yuanqi Shan and Tomi Pelttari’s study “Virtual Laboratory for Strategy Games” got the acknowledgement prize.

Academy of Finland’s Viksu Competition

Two works were awarded: Kerttu Uusimäki’s study “Anorexia Nervosa Treatment Effectiveness: A Markov Model” and Neea Palojärvi’s study “Apartment’s suitability for moving in a wheelchair”.

ISEF

Kerttu Uusimäki represented Finland with her work “Anorexia Nervosa Treatment Effectiveness: A Markov Model” in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair contest held in Pennsylvania in May. Yuanqi Shan and Tomi Pelttari also represented Finland with their study “Virtual Laboratory for Strategy Games”

EUCYS

Eero Räty and Samuli Thomasson’s work “Map Coloring - Finding the Number of Colorings of Maps Colorable with Four Colors” took part in the Intel International Science and Engineering contest held in Praha.

TuKoKe Competition

Kiira Saarela’s study “Owl’s Hunting and Highway’s Noise” won the competition. Meri Vainio’s study “Symbolic calculator in the traditional Advanced mathematics matriculation examination” got third place. On top of that Samu Viittanen’s study “In the enchantment of vinyl records” got into the final and Simeon Kangasmaa and Miro Vilk’s study “Electricy From Mud” got an honorary award. Merikki Lappi was also awarded with Instructor award.

Academy of Finland’s Viksu Competition

Ossi Hirvola and Henri Kumpulainen’s study “Algorithmic Generation of Gaming Music” and Meri Vainio’s study “Symbolic Calculator in the Traditional Advanced Mathematics Matriculation Examination” were awarded.

ISEF

Meri Vainio took part in the ISEF with her study “Symbolic calculator in the traditional Advanced mathematics matriculation examination”. Merikki Lappi also attended the event.

EUCYS

Kiira Saarela took part in the International Science and Engineering contest held in Bratislava in Slovakia with her study “Owl’s Hunting and Highway’s Noise”.

TuKoKe Competition

Teo Lappi got third place with his work “Computational Simulation of School Bullying”. Sini Pietilä and Noora Vainio got an acknowledgment prize with their work “Mathematicians in a Boarding School – Self Perception Comparison” and Antti Hepolampi got an incentive award with his work “Screen Versus Paper – Reading Speed and Understanding in Different Exams”.

Academy of Finland’s Viksu Competition

Nyyti Kinnunen and Henna Silvennoinen were awarded for their work “Spotting Animals in the Laser Scanning Materials”.

TuKoKe Competition

Joonas Helminen and Johannes Salminen’s work “Finnish junior football team’s differences in practice” got an acknowledgment prize as well as Heikki Laakki’s “Headlight comparison” and Emmi Jokinen’s “Programming in primary school – five graders, programming and problem solving”. Emmi Jokinen’s work also got Kerhokeskus’ special prize.

Academy of Finland’s Viksu Competition

Karel Kaurila and Timo Toukkari were awarded fourth place for their work “Modeling the Spreading of an Epidemic Using an Agent-based Model”. The work “Fast Bucks Available – Abnormal Profit During the Interim Report” by Aleksi Korpinen got the 7th place.

TuKoKe competition

Mari Fadjukoff and Riikka Ruuhti’s work “Evaluation Abilities of Primary School Students” got second place.

Academy of Finland’s Viksu Competition

Jere Kuusela, Karl Ots and Joni Virtanen won with their group work “Locating a Sound Source on a Smooth Surface Using a Passive Sensor”. Linnea Lappi was also awarded for her study “Programming Education in Finnish High Schools”.

TuKoKe Competition

Sylvester Eriksson-Bique, Aleksi Hartikainen and Mika Laitinen all got their second award. Paula Pennanen got an acknowledgment prize. Janne Puustelli, Merikki Lappi and Esa Lappi were awarded for their guidance abilities.

Academy of Finland’s Viksu Competition

Paula Pennanen got the 5th place. Sylvester Eriksson-Bique got 7th place.

TuKoKe Competition

Joel Kaasinen got the shared first place and Eric Malmi got third place.

Academy of Finland’s Viksu Competition

Eric Malmi was awarded for the best “Today 2015” themed work. Joel Kaasinen got 5th place with his work.

EUCYS

Joel Kaasinen represented Finland in the Intel International Science and Engineering contest held in Spain.

TuKoKe Competition

Juho Roponen got the first place. Timo Viitanen came in second. Matti Nelimarkka got special mention.

Academy of Finland’s Viksu Competition

Matti Nelimarkka got the third place and Juho Roponen was awarded for the best physics work.

EUCYS

Juho Roponen took part in the Intel International Science and Engineering contest held in Stockholm with his work “Defining speed by sound”.

Academy of Finland’s Viksu Competition

Merikki Lappi and Esa Lappi were awarded for their guidance abilities.

Academy of Finland’s Viksu Competition

Olli Etuaho got 7th place. Päivölä was awarded for good success.

Academy of Finland’s Viksu Competition

Kaisa Matomäki won with her work “ Solving Complex Coefficient Quadratic Equations with a Compass and a Ruler“. Merikki and Esa Lappi were awarded for their guidance abilities.

Academy of Finland’s Viksu Competition

Lauri Kangas and Heikki Tikanmäki got 6th place with their work “Spotting Hydroxyethyl Starch in Aqueous Solution”.

Datatähti Competition

Oskar Vihriälä got the 8th place in the final.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students

Valtteri Aurela got fifth place. Ulrika Kaara got into the final.

MAOL National Physics Contest for High School Students

Juho Röyskö got into the final.

National Olympiad in Linguistics

Veikko Virrankoski, Miska Luoma-Aho and Meeri Kuoppala got into the final, in which Veikko Virrankoski got full points.

Datatähti Competition

Valtteri Aurela got third place.

Datatähti Competition

Juho Röyskö got fourth place.

Majava Information Technology Contest

Ulrika Kaara, Juho Röyskö, Rauli Becker, Oskar Vihriälä, Veikko Virrankoski, Joakim Väljä and Otto Silvennoinen got the first seven places.

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO)

Ulrika Kaara represented Finland in the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad.

Majava Information Technology Contest

Juho Röyskö won, Tia Iskanius got the second place, Joakim Väljä got the fourth place and Samuel Ahopelto got the seventh place.

National Olympiad in Linguistics

Nerissa Shakespeare got the second place and Tia Iskanius got the third place.

Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM)

Nerissa Shakespeare, Olli Järviniemi and Valo Hallman got an honorary mention by placing among the top 25% of all contestants.

Chess

Students of Päivölä won gold in the National Chess Championship for Scholastic Teams.

Datatähti

Olli Järviniemi got the third place in the final.

Baltic Olympiad in Informatics (BOI)

Olli Järviniemi won silver.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students

Olli Järviniemi, Nerissa Shakespeare and Jaakko Takala got into the top ten of the final. Olli Järviniemi won the contest.

International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

Olli Järviniemi and Nerissa Shakespeare were among the six contestants representing Finland. Olli Järviniemi won silver.

Chess

Students of Päivölä won gold in the National Chess Championship for Scholastic Teams.

Datatähti Competition

Olli Järviniemi and Pinja Pessi got into the final.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students

Olli Järviniemi and Pinja Pessi got into the final. Olli Järviniemi won the contest.

Nordic Mathematical Contest

Olli Järviniemi, Jaakko Takala and Nerissa Shakespeare represented Finland.

International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

Olli Järviniemi and Nerissa Shakespeare were among the six contestants representing Finland. Olli Järviniemi won bronze.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students

Antti Röyskö won, Joose Lehtinen took eighth place and Pinja Pessi took 19th place in the final.

Datatähti Competition

Antti Röyskö took fourth place, Joose Lehtinen took ninth place and Pinja Pessi took 11th place in the final.

Baltic Olympiad in Informatics (BOI)

Antti Röyskö took 3rd place.

Nordic Mathematical Contest

Twenty Finnish high school students were chosen for the Nordic Mathematical Contest, and among them were Antti Röyskö, Pinja Pessi and Joose Lehtinen.

Majava Information Technology Contest

Pinja Pessi and Olli Järviniemi got full points and shared the first place in the Majava Information Technology Contest.

National Olympiad in Linguistics

The students of Päivölä got places from the third to the sixth in the National Olympiad in Linguistics.

Chess

In the spring of 2017, the students of Päivölä won gold in the National Chess Championship for Scholastic Teams.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students

Iiro Kumpulainen, Joose Lehtinen, Henrik Moilanen and Antti Röyskö made it to the final.

MAOL National Chemistry Contest for High School Students

Eero Valkama participated in the final of MAOL National Chemistry Contest.

Datatähti Competition

Iiro Kumpulainen participated in the final of the Datatähti competition.

International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

Iiro Kumpulainen, Joose Lehtinen and Antti Röyskö competed in the Finnish six-person mathematics Olympic team.

Nordic Mathematical Contest

Twenty Finnish high school students were chosen for the Nordic Mathematical Contest. Among them were Antti Röyskö, Iiro Kumpulainen, Henrik Moilanen and Joose Lehtinen.

Purple Comet Mathematical Contest

Five teams took part in the Purple Comet Mathematical Contest.

Majava Information Technology Contest

In the Majava Information Technology Contest, the first place was shared by five people who got full points. Four of them were from Päivölä: Petteri Huuskonen, Iiro Kumpulainen, Joose Lehtinen and Henrik Moilanen.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

Two teams took part in MCM, one of which received the title of Honorable Mention, i.e. placed in the top 25% in this university-level team contest. The team included Antti Röyskö, Elias Benkhodja and Joose Lehtinen.

The National Olympiad in Linguistics

The students of Päivölä received the 7 highest scores in the National Olympiad in Linguistics. Iiro Kumpulainen won the competition for the second year in a row.

Chess

In the spring of 2016, the students of Päivölä won gold in the National Chess Championship for Scholastic Teams.

What If? -Workshop

We continued a great modeling project Humanitarian Assistance and Global Warming. In the project eight models are combined to predict various scenarios about the effects of climate change to the situation in Somalia. The simulation project was continued in the fall of 2015: What If? Workshop was held in the USA. Merikki and Esa Lappi took part in the workshop. They were connected to the students in Päivölä via the internet. One of the works, “On the Verge of Starvation”, by Jan-Kristian Herring and Jin Qianyue made it to the final of the TuKoKe contest.

Baltic Olympiad in Informatics (BOI)

Petteri Timonen got 23rd place in the Baltic Olympiad in Informatics (BOI).

International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)

Petteri Timonen took part in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in Taiwan in the summer of 2014.

Datatähti Competition

Petteri Timonen, Petteri Huuskonen, Hannes Karppila, Jin Qianyue and Iiro Kumpulainen made it to the final of the Datatähti competition. Petteri Timonen got 5th place.

Nordic Mathematical Contest

Jin Qianyue got 18th place in the Nordic Mathematical Contest. Iiro Kumpulainen and Petteri Huuskonen also took part in the contest.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students

Jin Qianyue tied at 7th place in the Mathematical Contest for High School Students.

Chess

Päivölä School of mathematics won gold and bronze in the National Chess Championship for Scholastic Teams.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

In the international MCM/ICM modeling contest one of Päivölä’s three teams was ranked as “Meritorious Winner”, placing them in the top 9 % of all teams. The two remaining teams were in the top 31 %. It was a university-level modeling contest.

What If? -Workshop

We started a great modeling project Humarian Assistance and Global Warming. In the project eight models are combined to predict various scenarios about the effects of climate change to the situation in Somalia. With our software we participated in the International Data Farming Workshop or International What if? Workshop. The end result was also about ten publications. Two of the works, Simulator’s Game Engine by Juhani Imberg and Pihla Toivanen and Energy Model by Riku Vilppula, Matias Ijäs and Nicklas Ahlskog made it to the TuKoKe final. The Energy Model got bronze. The simulation project is to be continued next fall in Maryland in the USA.

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO)

Mirjam Kauppila got bronze in the European Girls’s Mathematical Olympiad in Turkey.

International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

Mirjam Kauppila traveled to Cape Town in July.

Baltic Olympiad in Informatics (BOI)

Petteri Timonen got a silver medal in the Baltic Olympiad in Informatics (BOI).

Datatähti Competition

Nicklas Ahlskog, Jaakko Hannikainen and Petteri Timonen were among the top ten contestants of the Datatähti final.

Chess

Valkeakoski won silver in the National Chess Championship for Scholastic Teams.

Nordic Mathematical Contest

Annually 20 students are elected to represent Finland in the Nordic Mathematical Contest. Eero Räty, Neea Palojärvi and Mirjam Kauppila participated in the contest. Eero Räty came fifth.

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO)

Neea Palojärvi took part in the European Mathematical Olympiad in Luxemburg in April.

International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

In July of 2013, Eero Räty, Neea Palojärvi and Mirjam Kauppila were among the six contestants representing Finland in the International Mathematical Olympiad in Colombia.

Majava Information Technology Contest

In the fall of 2013 Jaakko Hannikainen, Janne Hannikainen, Sanna Ikäheimonen, Tuomas Lampinen, Kalle Ouwehand, Allan Palmu, Saku Pöyri, Heikki Ruhanen, Cliona Shakespeare and Samuli Thomasson got full points in the Majava Information Technology Contest.

Purple Comet Mathematical Contest

We took part in the international Purple Comet Mathematical Contest.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

We took part in the international university-level modeling contest Mathematical Contest in Modeling.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students

Henri Kumpulainen (10th), Simeoni Kangasmaa (12th) and Jesper Hjorth (14th) made it to the final of the MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students. In addition to them, Eero Räty, Joonas Laukka, Miro Vilkki, Janne Hannikainen and Janne Gröndahl were successful in the preliminary contest.

MAOL National Physics Contest for High School Students

Henri Kumpulainen took part in the final of the MAOL National Physics Contest and got 16th place.

Datatähti Competition

Jesper Hjorth (3rd),Jan Solanti (4th) and Pekka Jylhä-Ollila (11th) made it to the final of the Datatähti Information Technology Competition.

Nordic Mathematical Contest

Eero Räty (3rd), Janne Hannikainen (4th), Neea Palojärvi and Henri Kumpulainen took part in the Nordic Mathematical Contest.

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO)

Neea Palojärvi got an honourable mention in the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad in Cambridge in April.

International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

Eero Räty took part in the international Mathematical Olympiad in Argentina in July of 2012.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

Two teams from Päivölä took part in the contest.

Kangaroo International Math Contest

We participated in the Kangaroo International Math Contest.

Purple Comet Mathematical Contest

We participated in the Purple Comet Mathematical Contest.

Majava Information Technology Contest

Janne Hannikainen (2nd), Eero Räty (3rd), Henri Kumpulainen (4th), Sanna Ikäheimonen (5th), Henri Lunnikivi (5th) and Simeoni Kangasmaa (9th) were successful in the competition.

Other

Neea Palojärvi participated in the Russian-Finnish Summer School of Mathematics and Physics in Moscow. Previous year student Noora Vainio participated in the Millennium Youth Camp science camp this year. Last year, Nyyti Kinnunen participated in the same camp. Two representatives from Finland are elected to the camp every year.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students

Eetu Haavisto (10th) and Noora Vainio (18th) made it to the final of the MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students. In addition to them, Henri Kumpulainen and Jaakko Hartikainen were succesful in the preliminary contest.

MAOL National Physics Contest for High School Students

Juuso Koskinen took part in the final of the MAOL National Physics Contest and got 16th place.

Datatähti Competition

Samuli Löf (2nd), Timo Kalliomäki (4th), Nyyti Kinnunen (4th), Jesper Hjorth, Noora Vainio, Jan Solanti, Jaakko Hartikainen, Henri Kumpulainen and Henri Lunnikivi made it to the final of the Datatähti Information Technology Competition. Nine of the top 15 contestants were from Päivölä!

Nordic Mathematical Contest

Eetu Haavisto and Henri Kumpulainen took part in the competition.

International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

At the International Mathematical Olympiad the Finnish team included Aleksi Korpinen in July 2010 in Kazakhstan.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

Two teams participated in the international university-level team competition Mathematical Contest in Modeling. One of the teams achieved a Meritorious result, which means ranking in the top 15%.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students

Kai Lindholm won the National Mathematical Contest.

MAOL National Physics Contest for High School Students

Aleksi Korpinen got 9th place.

Datatähti Competition

Santtu Keskinen placed 3rd in the Datatähti competition. Timo Kalliomäki, Aaku Kokko and Erkka Saarela were also successful in the final of the information technology contest.

Nordic Mathematical Contest

Aleksi Korpinen won. Kai Lindholm also participated in the contest.

Baltic Way

In Trondheim, Norway, the Finnish team was third. The team included Aleksi Korpinen and Kai Lindholm from Päivölä.

Baltic Olympiad in Informatics (BOI)

In Tartu, Estonia, Santtu Keskinen won a silver medal (13th place).

International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

At the International Mathematical Olympiad the Finnish team included Konsta Lensu in July 2009 in Bremen, Germany.

International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)

Jussi Kokkala won a bronze medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics in August 2009 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In addition, the Finnish team included Santtu Keskinen.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students

Mikko-Pekka Hirvola (11th) and Arttu Ylä-Outinen (15th) made it to the final.

MAOL National Physics Contest for High School Students

Jussi Kokkala made it to the final of the Physics Contest.

Datatähti Competition

8 of the 20 finalists in the Datatähti competition were from Päivölä. Jussi Kokkala, Santtu Keskinen, Konsta Lensu and Joni Virtanen won. In addition, Arttu Ylä-Outinen (9th) and Riikka Ruuth (10th) were among the top 10.

Baltic Way

The Finnish team of five included Konsta Lensu and Jouni Mäki in Gdansk, Poland in November.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

Two teams participated in the International Mathematical Contest in Modeling competition.

Science Olympiad

At the Science Olympics in July in Bremen, Germany, the Finnish mathematics team included Konsta Lensu.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students

Sylvester Eriksson-Bique won the National Mathematical Contest.

Datatähti Competition

Four students from Päivölä School of Mathematics made it to the final of the Datatähti competition.

Baltic Way

The Finnish five-person team included Sylvester Eriksson-Bique, Jaakko Kulhia, and Konsta Lensu from Päivölä. The race was held in Copenhagen in November and the team came ninth.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

Three teams participated in the International Mathematical Contest in Modeling competition. The honorable mentions received were: ‘Meritorious Winner’, ‘Honorable Mention’ and ‘Successful Participant’.

Sylvester Eriksson-Bique, Aleksi Hartikainen and Mika Laitinen received an honorable mention.

Jussi Kokkala, Konsta Lensu and Joni Virtanen won the “Meritorious Winner”.

International Mathematical Olympiad (IOI)

Sylvester Eriksson-Bique received a bronze medal.

International Mathematics Contest

Sylvester Eriksson-Bique took first place and Aleksi Hartikainen 12th.

International Physics Contest

Sylvester Eriksson-Bique took 10th place.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students

In 2007, Joel Kaasinen and Sylvester Eriksson-Bique participated. Sylvester Eriksson-Bique won the opening competition of the open competition in the mathematics competition in October 2007 and also the final competition in January 2008. Aleksi Hartikainen also participated in the final competition (2008).

MAOL National Physics Contest for High School Students

Joel Kaasinen and Toni Lamberg participated in the final competition of the national physics competition in January 2007. In the preliminary competition of the physics competition in November 2007, Sylvester Eriksson-Bique entered the final competition (January 2008).

Datatähti Competition

Joel Kaasinen (8th), Atle Kivelä (11th) and Tero Marttila (6th) participated in the final competition of the national Datatähti programming competition in January 2007.

In the November 2007 Datatähti preliminary competition, four finished in the final competition (January 2008), ie among the top twelve: Mika Laitinen, Aleksi Hartikainen, Jaakko Kulhia and Jussi Kokkala. Of these, Laitinen finished fourth in the January 2008 final competition.

Nordic Mathematical Contest

Sylvester Eriksson-Bigue, Joel Kaasinen and Atle Kivelä participated in the competition.

International Physics Contest

Joel Kaasinen was 8th and Toni Lamberg 18th.

International Mathematical Contest

Joel Kaasinen took 4th place and Sylvester Eriksson-Bique 11th place.

Pythagorean Path Math Competition

Sylvester Eriksson-Bique, Joel Kaasinen, Atle Kivelä and Toni Lamberg took second place.

Finlandia Skiing

About 15 students participated in the spring Finlandia skiing.

Other Awards

The Mathematics Line received a grant of 40,000 euros from the Technology Industry 100th Anniversary Foundation to increase the interest in information technology, especially programming and mathematics at the elementary and high school level.

The 100th Anniversary Foundation of the Technology Industry also awarded the Merikki Lapland Mathematics Teachers' Incentive Award (5000e).

Sini Pessala won the Women's League NRC Tampere Heptathlon.

Eric Malmi, Marko Mahkonen and Atle Kivelä participated in the NRC Tampere Heptathlon.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest for High School Students

The mathematics competition was won by Janne Kokkala, the other representatives were Joel Kaasinen (18th), Simo Poranen (19th) and Eelis Solala (20th).

MAOL National Physics Contest for High School Students

Janne Kokkala was second and Juho Roponen 16th in the physics competition.

Datatähti Competition

In the national IT competition at Datatähti, Janne Kokkala took bronze and Olli Salli was eighth.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

Matti Nelimarkka, Olli Salli and Olli Saarikivi received the “Meritorius Winner” mention.

Atle Kivelä, Eric Malmi and Jouni Harjumäki received an honorable mention.

Baltic Way

The Finnish team, which included Janne Kokkala from Päivölä, took second place.

Chess

Rauno Järvinen won gold in a Blitz and Chess Composition held in Oulu.

Finnish School Team Championships in chess

The team of Rauno Järvinen, Janne Kokkala, Henri Holopainen and Jonne Viitanen won bronze medals in the Finnish School Team Championships in chess competition.

MAOL National Physics Contest For High School Students

Matti Åstrand came in fourth.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

Five teams participated in the competition.

Olli-Petteri Pitkänen, Olli Saarikivi and Vihtori Mäntylä were mentioned as “Meritorious Winner (ICM)”.

Another team with Olli Jarva, Rauno Järvinen and Mikael Matveinen was mentioned as “Honorable Mention (ICM)”.

MAOL National Physics Contest For High School Students

In the physics competition Tomi Pieviläinen came eighth and Matti Åstrand 17th.

MAOL National Chemistry Contest For High School Students

In the chemistry competition, Paul Tötterman finished in 22nd place.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest For High School Students

Janne Kokkala won the mathematics competition and Kosti Jokinen was third. Lauri Oikarinen came fifth.

Datatähti Competition

Ville Mäkynen was second and Alexander Hanhikoski was fifth.

Baltic Way

The Finnish team with Janne Kokkola from Päivölä took second place.

Chess

Rauno Järvinen won gold in the Blitz and Chess Composition competitions in Oulu.

Rauno Järvinen, Janne Kokkala, Henri Holopainen and Jonne Viitanen's team won bronze medals in the Finnish School Team Championships in chess competition.

Rauno Järvinen was third in the Nordic chess competition.

International Physics Contest

Matti Åstrand came in fourth.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

In 2004, three teams participated in the MCM / ICM competition.

The team of Olli-Pitkänen, Olli Saarikivi and Vihtori Mäntylä received “a Meritorious Winner” (ICM)

The team of Olli Jarvan, Rauno Järvinen and Mikael Matveinen received an honorable mention (ICM).

International Physics Olympiad (IPhO)

Ville Mäkynen won bronze.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

The team with Ville Mäkynen, Olli Etuaho and Alexander Hanhikoski received the “Honorable mention”. Three other teams also took part, two of which took part in the ICM competition.

International Physics Olympiad (IPhO)

Juha Arpiainen received an honorable mention.

International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)

Juha Arpiainen and Ville Mäkynen won silver medals at both Olympics.

Chess

Four teams from Päivölä participated, Tomi Nybäck, Jukka Nybäck, Kaisa Matomäki and Niki Paajala won the Finnish School Team Championships in chess.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest For High School Students

In the math competition Kaisa Matomäki won, Olli-Pentti Saira was Fifth, Juha Arpiainen 12th, Olli Rusanen 17th, Lauri Hiivala 18th and Lauri Oikari 20th.

MAOL National Physics Contest For High School Students

Juha Arpiainen won gold.

Datatähti Competition

Ville Mäkynen won the competition and Juha Arpiainen came in fourth.

Baltic Way

Kaisa Matomäki participated.

International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)

Olli-Pentti Saira and Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski won bronze.

International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

Kaisa Matomäki received an honorable mention.

International Physics Olympiad (IPhO)

Olli Pottonen received an honorable mention.

Nordic Mathematical Contest (NMC)

Olli-Pentti Saira was sixth, Kaisa Matomäki ninth and Juha Arpiainen 16th. Lauri Kangas, Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski and Juho Kokkala also participated in the competition.

Chess

Three teams participated and one of them finished second in the National Chess Championship for Scholastic Teams.

Baltic Olympiad in Informatics (BOI)

Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski won a bronze medal and Olli-Pentti Saira also participated.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

The team with Olli-Pentti Saira, Kaisa Matomäki and Juha Arpiainen received an honorable mention.

Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM)

Olli Rusanen, Mikko Hurskainen and Jaakko Viinikanoja received an honorable mention.

Datatähti Competition

Olli-Pentti Saira was second, Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski third, Olli Pottonen eighth, Sampo Syrjänen ninth and Pauli Koskelainen 14th.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest For High School Students

Juho Kokkala won silver, Olli-Pentti Saira and Kaisa Matomäki shared fourth place, Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski was sixth, Lauri Kangas eighth, Juha Arpiainen 14th and Mikko Vataja 18th.

MAOL National Physics Contest For High School Students

Juho Kokkala and Olli Pottonen were in fourth place and Lauri Kangas was 11th.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

Two teams participated. The younger team received a “Meritorious” mention and the older one an honorable mention.

Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM)

Two teams of younger students participated in the ICM competition. They received an honorable mention and a “Successful Participant” mention.

Nordic Mathematical Contest (NMC)

Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski and Teemu Murtola were in 10th place.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest For High School Students

Teemu Murtola was Fifth, Tapio Helin was eighth and Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski was ninth.

MAOL National Physics Contest For High School Students

Teemu Murtola won gold and Mika Pruikkonen was 15th in the final of the Physics Competition.

Datatähti Competition

Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski won bronze and Mika Pruikkonen was fourth.

Chess

Two teams participated in the National Chess Championship for Scholastic Teams. One of whom finished third.

International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)

Teemu Mustola won gold and Mika Pruikkonen and Olli-Pentti Saira won silver.

Baltic Olympiad in Informatics (BOI)

Four out of six of the Finnish team were from Päivölä. Teemu Murtola received a bronze medal.

Central European Olympiad in Informatics (CEOI)

Finland participated in a four-person team consisting of Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski, Mika Pruikkonen and Olli-Pentti from Saira Päivölä. All three won bronze.

Baltic Way

Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski and Kaisa Matomäki were on the Finnish team.

Nordic Mathematical Contest (NMC)

Johanna Tikanmäki came 7th and Teemu Murtola 14th.

MAOL National Physics Contest For High School Students

Juho Kokkola took third, Mikko Rasia sixth and Olli Pottonen ninth place.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest For High School Students

Johanna Tikanmäki was 10th, Teemu Murtola 15th and Jussi Härkönen 19th.

MAOL National Chemistry Contest For High School Students

Olli Pottonen won the competition.

Datatähti Competition

Teemu Murtola won silver and Mika Pruikkonen came 8. and Teppo Känsälä 13.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

Younger team got a “Meritorious” -mention and the older team got a “Successful Participant” -mention.

Chess

Tapio Helin won the Nordic Chess Competition.

A team of four Päivölä students won silver in the National Chess Championship for Scholastic Teams.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest For High School Students

Six students made it to the final, 1. Tuomas Hytönen, 4. Tomi Åberg, 5. Vesa Riihimäki, 11. Simo Härkönen, 11. Jani Toiminen and 17. Leo Moisio.

MAOL National Chemistry Contest For High School Students

Mikko Leppänen was 11th, Tuomas Hytönen 13th and Jarmo Välitalo 17th.

MAOL National Physics Contest For High School Students

Vesa Riihimäki took 15th place.

Baltic Way

Johanna Tikanmäki placed fifth.

International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)

Teemu Murtola won a bronze medal in the competition held in Antalya, Turkey. Tuomas Hytönen, Mikko Leppänen and Vesa Riihimäki participated in a competition organized in Romania.

Chess

Tapio Helin won gold in the Finnish Championship.

International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

Tuomas Hytönen participated.

Scandinavian Business Tournament

NRC Toijala won in the fall.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

Three student teams participated and received the Honorable Mention mention.

Nordic Mathematical Contest (NMC)

Four students from Päivölä participated.

MAOL National Chemistry Contest For High School Students

Leo Moisio was fifth.

MAOL National Mathematical Contest For High School Students

Tuomas Hytönen won, Vesa Riihimäki was third, Matti Nikki was fourth and Leo Moisio was fifth.

In mathematics Petteri Huuskonen and Iiro Kumpulainen received a laudatur with at least 63 points. They received a 1000 euro stipend from Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation for their performance.

On average graduates of spring 2016 included over 6 subjects in their examination and the average for compensation points was over 30.

In mathematics Petteri Timonen, Jin Qianyue and Emil Kattainen received a laudatur with at least 63 points and were rewarded with a 1000 euro stipend from Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation.

Graduates of spring 2015 included an average of 6,4 subjects in their examination and their average amount of compensation points was 30,6.

This year's mathematics examination was a feast for girls: Mirjam Kauppila, Cliona Shakespeare, and Pihla Toivanen received at least 63 points for their performance and were rewarded with a 1000 euro stipend from Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation.

Full 66 points from the test of advanced syllabus in mathematics was achieved by Janne Hannikainen and Eero Räty. They received a stipend from Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation for their performance.

In mathematics 63 points or more was achieved by Jesper Hjorth, Simeoni Kangasmaa, Henri Kumpulainen, Veli-Pekka Uusluoto, Samu Viitanen and Miro Vilkki.

Graduates of spring 2012 included an average of 6 subjects in their examination and their average for compensation points was 29,8.

Graduates of spring 2011 included an average of 6,73 subjects in their examination and received an average of 32,6 compensation points.

Graduates of spring 2010 included an average of 6,63 subjects in their examination. A total of 12 laudaturs were achieved in the advanced syllabus of mathematics of which eight had at least 63 points and received 1000 euro stipend from Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation. The physics and english tests were also met with success.

The students that graduated in the spring of 2008 were excellent candidates for postgraduate studies. Almost every student received a place of postgraduate studies at a university.

The students from Päivölä School of Mathematics became diversely sophisticated secondary school graduates. On average, they took matriculation exams in 6,84 subjects. The results in mathematics, English and physics in particular were excellent. High grades were received also from other subjects such as geography. Riikka Ruuth and Sini Lehtonen both took matriculation exams in ten subjects, which is more than anyone else in Päivölä. Konsta Lensu got the best result at Valkeakoski High School with four Laudaturs and three Eximias.

On average, the students that graduated in the spring took matriculation exams in 6.5 subjects. The best candidates took the exam in eight subjects. The average number of points in mathematics was 6.2 and in physics 5.7. All of the twenty students in the spring received places of postgraduate studies at various universities. The most popular graduate place was the Helsinki University of Technology.