People

Group members

Päivi Majaranta

Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358503185879
+358503231733 (mobile)
paivi.majaranta@tuni.fi

Upon agreement (email first).

About me

Researcher and teacher interested in human-technology interaction, with special expertise on the applied use of eye tracking in interfaces.

Responsibilities

Teaching:
- Usability Evaluation Methods
- Methods in Human-Centered Design

Teacher tutor for Human-Technology Interaction (HTITLY ) module in the Master's Programme in Computing Sciences

Supervisor of Master's theses on topics related to my expertise and research interests (see my google scholar profile).

Researcher in the Speechreading project "Katse huulioon?", in collaboration with University of Oulu.

Field of expertise

Eye tracking, gaze-controlled interfaces, human-computer interaction (HCI), gaze-based HCI, usability user, experience, accessibility, user/human-centered design (UCD/HCD), animal-computer interaction (ACI)

Research unit

https://research.tuni.fi/tauchi/

Main positions of trust

Memberships and positions of trust in scientific societies

2023-current, Member of the Advisory Board for Eyes4ICU Doctoral Network.

2015-current, Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Eye Movement Research.

2018-2021, Member of the Steering Committee of ACM ETRA.

2018-2020, President, Vice President (2015-2018) and Member (2018-2021) of the Management Board of the COGAIN Association.

2014-2018, Member of the Steering Committee of PETMEI international workshop series.

2012-2014, Secretary of Finnish Society for Computer Science, member since 2011.

2003-2005, Auditor of ACM SIGCHI Finland , member since 2001.

In-house positions of trust at Tampere University

2020-2022, Leader of the Visual Interaction Research Group (VIRG)

2019-2020, Member of the Steering Board of Doctoral Education, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University

2017-2020, Member of the Steering Board of Master’s Degree Programme in Human-Technology Interaction (HTI), (prev. University of Tampere) Tampere University. From 2021-current, MSc in Computing Sciences / Specialization in HTI.

2017-2018, Member of the Council of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tampere

Selected publications

Poika Isokoski

Staff Scientist
Ihmisen ja teknologian vuorovaikutus
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358401901718
poika.isokoski@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9769-3506

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Responsibilities

I am responsible for the Human-Technology Interaction research infrastructure in the ITC Faculty. I am also the coordinator of the Staff Scientist network at the ITC faculty and the immediate supervisor of our laboratory engineers laboratory managers, etc.

I am the primary contact for these practical matters on the centre campus:

hardware and software acquisitions for laboratories
Approvals for laboratory reservations
Chemical acquisition and supervision of use in the computing unit on the centre campus.
Varjo software license administration

In research I am active in the projects of the research group on Emotions, Sociality and Computing.

Research fields

Human-Technology Interaction

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Jari Kangas

Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
jari.a.kangas@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1970-1862

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About me

Doing research on human technology interaction

Field of expertise

Pattern recognition, signal processing, human technology interaction

Harri Siirtola

Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358503185899
+358405488700
harri.siirtola@tuni.fi

By appointment only
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4720-1702

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About me

Researcher and teacher interested broadly in Human-Technology Interaction and specially in information visualization

Responsibilities

Supervision

- I supervise theses related to information visualization, data graphics, user interfaces, and usability

Field of expertise

information visualization, data graphics, user interfaces

Research unit

TAUCHI Research Center: https://research.tuni.fi/tauchi/

Latest publications

Accessibility in Senior-Robot Interactions within Care Homes

Karhu, N., Ahtinen, A., Siirtola, H., Chowdhury, A., Valokivi, H., Kiuru, H. & Raisamo, R., 2024, 2024 IEEE-RAS 23rd International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids). IEEE, s. 682-689 (IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots).

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Changing styles of letter-writing? Evidence from 400 years of early English letters in a POS-tagged corpus

Säily, T., Vartiainen, T., Siirtola, H. & Nevalainen, T., 2024, Unlocking the History of English: Pragmatics, prescriptivism and text types. Caon, L., Gordon, M. S. & Porck, T. (toim.). John Benjamins, s. 154-179 26 Sivumäärä (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory; Vuosikerta 364).

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Distinct and shared genetic architectures of gestational diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes

Estonian Biobank Research Team, FinnGen, Elliott, A., Walters, R. K., Pirinen, M., Kurki, M., Junna, N., Goldstein, J. I., Reeve, M. P., Siirtola, H., Lemmelä, S. M., Turley, P., Lahtela, E., Mehtonen, J., Reis, K., Elnahas, A. G., Reigo, A., Palta, P., Esko, T. & Mägi, R. & 3 muuta, Palotie, A., Daly, M. J. & Widén, E., maalisk. 2024, julkaisussa: Nature Genetics. 56, s. 377–382

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Oral and non-oral lichen planus show genetic heterogeneity and differential risk for autoimmune disease and oral cancer

Reeve, M. P., Vehviläinen, M., Luo, S., Ritari, J., Karjalainen, J., Gracia Tabuenca, J., Mehtonen, J., Padmanabhuni, S. S., Kolosov, N., Artomov, M., Siirtola, H., Ollila, H. M., Graham, D., Partanen, J., Xavier, R. J., Daly, M. J., Ripatti, S., Salo, T. & Siponen, K.-M., 6 kesäk. 2024, julkaisussa: The American Journal of Human Genetics. 111, 6, s. 1047-1060 14 Sivumäärä

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Author Correction: FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population

FinnGen, Kurki, M. I., Karjalainen, J., Palta, P., Sipilä, T. P., Kristiansson, K., Donner, K. M., Reeve, M. P., Laivuori, H., Aavikko, M., Kaunisto, M. A., Loukola, A., Lahtela, E., Mattsson, H., Laiho, P., Della Briotta Parolo, P., Lehisto, A. A., Kanai, M., Mars, N. & Rämö, J. & 31 muuta, Kiiskinen, T., Heyne, H. O., Veerapen, K., Rüeger, S., Lemmelä, S., Zhou, W., Ruotsalainen, S., Pärn, K., Hiekkalinna, T., Koskelainen, S., Paajanen, T., Llorens, V., Gracia-Tabuenca, J., Siirtola, H., Reis, K., Elnahas, A. G., Aalto-Setälä, K., Bizaki-Vallaskangas, A., Kähönen, M., Kosma, V.-M., Kurra, V., Mäkelä, J., Mannermaa, A., Niemi, M. E. K., Niemi, M., Partanen, J., Salminen, A., Schleutker, J., Siltanen, S., Toppila-Salmi, S. & Laitinen, T., maalisk. 2023, julkaisussa: Nature. 615, 7952, s. E19

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Data Resource Profile: Nationwide registry data for high-throughput epidemiology and machine learning (FinRegistry)

FinnGen, Viippola, E., Kuitunen, S., Rodosthenous, R. S., Vabalas, A., Hartonen, T., Vartiainen, P., Demmler, J., Vuorinen, A.-L., Liu, A., Havulinna, A. S., Llorens, V., Detrois, K. E., Wang, F., Ferro, M., Karvanen, A., German, J., Jukarainen, S., Gracia-Tabuenca, J. & Hiekkalinna, T. & 12 muuta, Koskelainen, S., Kiiskinen, T., Lahtela, E., Lemmelä, S., Paajanen, T., Siirtola, H., Reeve, M. P., Kristiansson, K., Brunfeldt, M., Aavikko, M., Perola, M. & Ganna, A., 2 elok. 2023, julkaisussa: International Journal of Epidemiology. 52, 4, s. e195-e200

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FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population

FinnGen, Kurki, M. I., Karjalainen, J., Palta, P., Sipilä, T. P., Kristiansson, K., Donner, K. M., Reeve, M. P., Laivuori, H., Aavikko, M., Kaunisto, M. A., Loukola, A., Lahtela, E., Mattsson, H., Laiho, P., Della Briotta Parolo, P., Lehisto, A. A., Kanai, M., Mars, N. & Rämö, J. & 32 muuta, Kiiskinen, T., Heyne, H. O., Veerapen, K., Rüeger, S., Lemmelä, S., Zhou, W., Ruotsalainen, S., Pärn, K., Hiekkalinna, T., Koskelainen, S., Paajanen, T., Llorens, V., Gracia-Tabuenca, J., Siirtola, H., Reis, K., Elnahas, A. G., Hiltunen, M., Aalto-Setälä, K., Bizaki-Vallaskangas, A., Kähönen, M., Kosma, V. M., Kurra, V., Mäkelä, J., Mannermaa, A., Niemi, M. E. K., Niemi, M., Partanen, J., Salminen, A., Schleutker, J., Siltanen, S., Toppila-Salmi, S. & Laitinen, T., tammik. 2023, julkaisussa: Nature. 613, 7944, s. 508-518 12 Sivumäärä

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LifeTrack: decades of EHR data in a single view

Siirtola, H., Raisamo, R., Reeve, M. P., Gracia Tabuenca, J., Llorens, V. & Padmanabhuni, S. S., 1 marrask. 2023, 27th International Conference Information Visualisation (IV). IEEE, s. 390-395 6 Sivumäärä (Proceedings International Conference on Information Visualisation Online).

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The public health impact of poor sleep on severe COVID-19, influenza and upper respiratory infections

Jones, S. E., Maisha, F., Strausz, S., Lammi, V., Cade, B. E. & Siirtola, H., 8 kesäk. 2023, julkaisussa: Ebiomedicine.

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Glyph-based visualization of health trajectories

Siirtola, H., Gracia Tabuenca, J., Raisamo, R., Niemi, M., Reeve, M. P. & Laitinen, T., 2022, Proceedings of the 2022 26th International Conference Information Visualisation (IV). IEEE, s. 418-425 8 Sivumäärä (Proceedings : International Conference on Information Visualisation).

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Oleg Spakov

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Researcher
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358503185872
oleg.spakov@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7679-4631

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About me

I'm a doctoral researcher, recevied Ph.D. in 2008

Responsibilities

conducting high-quality research
supporting other researchers by developing experiment tools

Field of expertise

eye tracking for human-compuer interaction
software development

Research fields

human-computer interaction
human-vehicle interaction

Top achievements

Latest publications

Foggy fun: an exploration of mid-air gestural interaction with a fogscreen by children with attention-deficits

Remizova, V., Špakov, O., Sand, A., Lylykangas, J., Qin, M., Helminen, T. M., Takio, F., Rantanen, K., Kylliäinen, A., Surakka, V. & Gizatdinova, Y., 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) julkaisussa: Behaviour and Information Technology. 24 Sivumäärä

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Cueing Car Drivers with Ultrasound Skin Stimulation

Spakov, O., Venesvirta, H., Farooq, A., Lylykangas, J., Rakkolainen, I., Raisamo, R. & Surakka, V., 2023, HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems - 5th International Conference, MobiTAS 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings. Krömker, H. (toim.). Springer, s. 224-244 21 Sivumäärä (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vuosikerta 14049 LNCS).

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Exploring Mid-air Gestural Interfaces for Children with ADHD

Remizova, V., Sand, A., Spakov, O., Lylykangas, J., Qin, M., Helminen, T., Takio, F., Rantanen, K., Kylliäinen, A., Surakka, V. & Kuosmanen, J., 15 marrask. 2023, MIG '23: Proceedings of the 16th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games. Pettré, J., Solenthaler, B., McDonnell, R. & Peters, C. (toim.). ACM, s. 1-10 10 Sivumäärä 7. (MIG '23).

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Mid-Air Gestural Interaction with a Large Fogscreen

Remizova, V., Sand, A., MacKenzie, I. S., Špakov, O., Nyyssönen, K., Rakkolainen, I., Kylliäinen, A., Surakka, V. & Gizatdinova, Y., kesäk. 2023, julkaisussa: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 7, 7, 63.

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Multimodal Gaze-Based Interaction in Cars: Are Mid-Air Gestures with Haptic Feedback Safer Than Buttons?

Spakov, O., Venesvirta, H., Lylykangas, J., Farooq, A., Raisamo, R. & Surakka, V., 2023, Design, User Experience, and Usability: 12th International Conference, DUXU 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings. Marcus, A., Rosenzweig, E. & Soares, M. M. (toim.). Springer, s. 333-352 20 Sivumäärä (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vuosikerta 14032 LNCS).

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Vision-Based Interfaces for Character-Based Text Entry: Comparison of Errors and Error Correction Properties of Eye Typing and Head Typing

Gizatdinova, Y., Špakov, O., Tuisku, O., Turk, M. & Surakka, V., 2023, julkaisussa: Advances in Human-Computer Interaction. 2023, 8855764.

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Head and Gaze Orientation in Hemispheric Image Viewing

Kangas, J., Špakov, O., Raisamo, R., Koskinen, O., Järvenpää, T. & Salmimaa, M., 2022, julkaisussa: Frontiers in Virtual Reality. 3, 11 Sivumäärä, 822189.

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Ultrasound Feedback for Mid-air Gesture Interaction in Vibrating Environment

Spakov, O., Farooq, A., Venesvirta, H., Hippula, A., Surakka, V. & Raisamo, R., helmik. 2022, Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies (IHIET-AI 2022): Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications. AHFE International, Vuosikerta 23. 10 Sivumäärä (AHFE international).

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Where's My Cellphone: Non-contact based Hand-Gestures and Ultrasound haptic feedback for Secondary Task Interaction while Driving

Farooq, A., Nukarinen, T., Sand, A., Venesvirta, H., Spakov, O., Surakka, V. & Raisamo, R., 2021, 2021 IEEE Sensors. IEEE, s. 1-4 4 Sivumäärä (Proceedings of IEEE Sensors).

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Gaze Interaction with Vibrotactile Feedback: Review and Design Guidelines

Rantala, J., Majaranta, P., Kangas, J., Isokoski, P., Deepak, A., Spakov, O. & Raisamo, R., 2020, julkaisussa: Human-Computer Interaction. 35, 1, s. 1-39

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Affiliations and Alumni

Roope Raisamo

Professor
tietojenkäsittelyoppi, alana käyttöliittymien ohjelmistokehitys
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
+358505702007
roope.raisamo@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3276-7866

Ismo Rakkolainen

Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
ismo.rakkolainen@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8254-7696

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About me

I am broadly interested in Human-Technology Interaction, including novel user interfaces, virtual and augmented reality, emerging and display technologies, 3D displays, multisensory and multimodal interaction, artificial intelligence, etc.

I am a co-inventor of the FogScreen.

I have also been a visiting scholar for a total of 4½ years at UCSB Four Eyes Lab, most recently on 9/2017 - 12/2018.

Responsibilities

Senior Research Fellow

TAUCHI Research Center

Field of expertise

I research mixed reality, novel user interfaces, novel displays, AI, and their applications.

I have invented several multimodal extensions for HMDs. Proof-of-concept prototypes of mid-air tactile feedback for a mid-air fogscreen (Sand et al. 2015) and for an HMD (Sand et al. 2015) enable to touch and feel synthetic 3D objects while interacting with them. A super-wide FOV optical design for HMDs (Rakkolainen et al. 2016; Rakkolainen et al. 2017) can cover even the full human FOV. Recently we have significantly extended the FOV of a standard VR viewer (Rakkolainen et al. 2017 ). We also invented a visual feedback system for HMDs, which surpasses the eye and its lens, sending light directly to retina (Koskinen et al. 2017), PTZ superzoom + 360° camera, and illumination for 360° cameras.

We have also refined the previous gestural AR/VR interface (Rakkolainen 2003) with new UI concepts together with the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). They enable embedded VR viewing and easy use of 3D UIs for smartphones (Rakkolainen et al. 2016 ).

Research unit

TAUCHI Research Center

Research fields

Computer science

Latest publications

Cueing Car Drivers with Ultrasound Skin Stimulation

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Mid-Air Gestural Interaction with a Large Fogscreen

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Pseudo-Volumetric 3D Display Solutions

Rakkolainen, I., 2023, Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, s. 1-11

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Touchless Tactile Interaction with Unconventional Permeable Displays

Sand, A., Rakkolainen, I., Surakka, V., Raisamo, R. & Brewster, S., 2022, Ultrasound Mid-Air Haptics for Touchless Interfaces. 1 toim. Springer, s. 207-223 (Human-Computer Interaction Series).

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Technologies for Multimodal Interaction in Extended Reality—A Scoping Review

Rakkolainen, I., Farooq, A., Kangas, J., Hakulinen, J., Rantala, J., Turunen, M. & Raisamo, R., 10 jouluk. 2021, julkaisussa: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 5, 12, 35 Sivumäärä, 81.

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A Survey of Mid-Air Ultrasound Haptics and Its Applications

Rakkolainen, I., Freeman, E., Sand, A., Raisamo, R. & Brewster, S., 2020, julkaisussa: IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 14, 1, s. 2-19

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Evaluating Ultrasonic Tactile Feedback Stimuli

Sand, A., Rakkolainen, I., Surakka, V., Raisamo, R. & Brewster, S., 2020, Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications: 12th International Conference, EuroHaptics 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 6–9, 2020, Proceedings. Nisky, I., Hartcher-O’Brien, J., Wiertlewski, M. & Smeets, J. (toim.). Springer, Vuosikerta 12272. s. 253-261 9 Sivumäärä (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vuosikerta 12272).

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Tactile Feedback on Mid-Air Gestural Interaction with a Large Fogscreen

Sand, A., Remizova, V., MacKenzie, I. S., Spakov, O., Nieminen, K., Rakkolainen, I., Kylliäinen, A., Surakka, V. & Kuosmanen, J., 2020, AcademicMindtrek '20 : Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Academic Mindtrek. Turunen, M. (toim.). ACM, s. 161-164

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A Survey of Mid-Air Ultrasonic Tactile Feedback

Rakkolainen, I., Sand, A. & Raisamo, R., 2019, 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM). New York: IEEE, s. 94-98

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Human augmentation: Past, present and future

Raisamo, R., Rakkolainen, I., Majaranta, P., Salminen, K., Rantala, J. & Farooq, A., 2019, julkaisussa: International Journal of Human Computer Studies. 131, s. 131-143

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Kari-Jouko Räihä

Professor of Computer Science (emeritus)
Tampere University

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5639-975X

Istance Howell

Researcher
Ph.D.
Tampere University

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5220-4118