{"id":83,"date":"2018-01-07T10:46:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T08:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coursepages.uta.fi\/dpit2\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2021-01-07T16:44:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T14:44:13","slug":"past-seminars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coursepages2.tuni.fi\/dpit2\/seminar-schedule\/past-seminars\/","title":{"rendered":"Past seminars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Autumn 2020<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 11.9.2020 9:15 \u2013 10:45, Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rucha Tulaskar \u2013 <em>&#8220;Virtual learning experiences\u00a0of university students \u2013<br \/>\nan ongoing study during COVID-19 pandemic&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nOpponent: Ekaterina Olshannikova<\/li>\n<li>Antti Sand \u2013 <em>&#8220;What to expect when graduating?&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 9.10.2020 9:15 \u2013 10:45, Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toni Pakkanen \u2013 lectio praecursoria rehearsal of the doctoral thesis<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8220;Supporting Eyes-Free Human\u2013Computer Interaction with Vibrotactile Haptification&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 13.11.2020 9:15 \u2013 10.45, Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patrick Coe \u2013 research plan<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Exploration of High Definition and Volumetric Haptics&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nOpponents: Antti Sand and \u00a0Vera Remizova<\/li>\n<li>Alisa Burova \u2013 research plan<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;An Exploration of Virtual Environments to Enable<br \/>\nEfficient Industrial Collaboration: Digital Content<br \/>\nEvaluation and Development&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>Opponents: Johanna Peltola and Zhenxing Li<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 11.12.2020 9:15 \u2013 10.45, Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joel Kiskola \u2013 status report on<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Designing Online Discussion Platform of the Future: Qualities of Goodness&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nOpponents: Ekaterina Olshannikova and Rucha Tulaskar<\/li>\n<li>Georgina Guillem Mandujano \u2013 status report on<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Gamification as an enabler of sustainable consumption&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>Opponent: Alisa Burova<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Spring 2020<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 17.1.2020 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hanna Heinonen \u2013 a Mindtrek paper<br \/>\n<em>\u201cScalable and responsive information for industrial maintenance work \u2013 developing XR support on smart glasses for maintenance technicians\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em>Opponent: Deepa Vasara<\/li>\n<li>Tero Avellan \u2013 a Mindtrek poster<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;AI for ALL: Defining the What, Why, and How of Inclusive AI&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nOpponent: Hanna Venesvirta<\/li>\n<li>Antti Sand \u2013 a Mindtrek poster<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Tactile Feedback on Mid-Air Gestural Interaction with a Large Fogscreen&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nOpponent: Zhenxing Li<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 14.2.2020 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saara Ala-Luopa \u2013 research plan<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Trust in AI technology in expert decision-making&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nOpponent: Sami Koivunen<\/li>\n<li>Ekaterina Olshannikova \u2013 status report<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Exploring Serendipity and Diversity in\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Professional Social Networking&#8221;<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nOpponent: Biju Thankachan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 13.3.2020 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>CANCELLED<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 17.4.2020 9:15 \u2013 10:45, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Zoom<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Johanna Peltola \u2013 research plan<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Finding the Right Words: An Exploration of Natural Language in<br \/>\nConversational Agents for Adolescent Mental Health Support&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nOpponents: Zhenxing Li, Joel Kiskola<\/li>\n<li>Vera Remizova \u2013 update on research plan<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Touchless Gestural Interfaces for Co-located Multi-User Interaction<br \/>\nwith Large and Walk-Through Displays&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nOpponent: Saara Ala-Luopa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 15.5.2020 9:15 \u2013 10:45, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Zoom<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biju Thankachan \u2013 <em>&#8220;Researcher&#8217;s Toolkit &#8211; Beyond Academic Books&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nOpponent: Tero Avellan<\/li>\n<li>Deepa Vasara \u2013 status update on<br \/>\n&#8220;<em>Haptic Responses to Emotional Stimulation&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nOpponent: Juhani Linna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Autumn 2019<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 23.8.2019 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deepak Akkil: lectio praecursoria rehearsal of the doctoral thesis<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Gaze Awareness in Computer- Mediated Collaborative Physical Tasks&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 11.10.2019 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zhenxing Li \u2013 a new study:<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Gaze-based Kinesthetic Interaction for Virtual Reality&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>Opponent: Antti Sand<\/li>\n<li>Joel Kiskola \u2013 research plan:<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Applying Critical Design Methods to Enhance Online Discussion Quality&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>Opponent: Ekaterina Olshannikova<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 8.11.2019 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hanna Heinonen \u2013 research plan<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;X Reality in Technical Communication&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nOpponent: Tero Avellan<\/li>\n<li>Biju Thankachan:<br \/>\n&#8220;<em>Voice Interaction and Voice Assistants &#8211; Alexa and Mycroft<\/em>&#8221; \u2013<br \/>\n<em>Experiences from Summer School at TU Dresden<\/em><br \/>\nOpponent: Juhani Linna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 13.12.2019 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Georgina Guillen \u2013 research plan:<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Gamification as an enabler of sustainable consumption&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>Opponent: Vera Remizova<\/li>\n<li>Sami Koivunen \u2013 a paper in ACM GROUP 2020 conference<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/citation.cfm?id=3361123\"><em>&#8220;Understanding Decision-Making in Recruitment:<br \/>\nOpportunities and Challenges for Information Technology&#8221;<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nOpponent: Joel Kiskola<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Spring 2019<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 11.1.2019 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ekaterina Olshannikova:\u00a0<em>&#8220;Exploring Different Structural Positions on Twitter Networks for People Recommender Systems \u2014 Tampere merging universities use-case&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Antti Sand \u2013 status report: <em>&#8220;Novel Spatial User Interfaces Employing Mid-Air Tactile Feedback&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 8.2.2019 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomi Nukarinen: lectio praecursoria rehearsal of the doctoral thesis \u201c&#8221;<em>Assisting Navigation and Object Selection with Vibrotactile Cues<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 8.3.2019 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biju Thankachan \u2013 status report:\u00a0<em>&#8220;Gamified and Text-Free User Interfaces for Disadvantaged Users&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sami Koivunen \u2013 research plan:\u00a0<em>&#8220;Opportunities and Requirements for Computational Professional Social Matching&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 12.4.2019 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Juhani Linna \u2013\u00a0Research plan updates &amp;<br \/>\nPerDis&#8217;19 paper &#8220;<em>Acceptance and Perceptions of Interactive Location-Tracking Displays<\/em>&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponent: Ekaterina Olshannikova<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 10.5.2019 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, PINNI B1029-30 LOUNGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tero Avellan \u2013 status report: &#8220;<i>Designing and Adopting Intelligent Interactive System to Augmentative and Alternative Communication<\/i>&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponent: Csaba Kert\u00e9sz<\/li>\n<li>Toni Pakkanen \u2013 status report: <em>&#8220;Supporting Distracted User Interaction with Haptification of User Interfaces&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>Opponent: Antti Sand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Autumn 2018<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 14.9.2018 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sumita Sharma: lectio praecursoria rehearsal of the doctoral thesis <em>&#8220;Collaborative Educational Applications for Underserved Children: Experiences from India&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 12.10.2018 9:15 \u2013 10:45,\u00a0PINNI B1029-30 LOUNGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toni Pakkanen \u2013 status report:\u00a0<em>Supporting Distracted User Interaction with Tactile Haptification of User Interfaces<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 9.11.2018 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomi Nukarinen \u2013 status report:\u00a0<em>Enhancing Navigation and Object Selection with Vibrotactile Cues in Human-Technology Interaction<br \/>\n<\/em>Opponent: Arttu Viljakainen<\/li>\n<li>Zhenxing Li \u2013 status report:\u00a0<em>Gaze with kinesthetic interaction<br \/>\n<\/em>Opponent: Juhani Linna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 14.12.2018 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arttu Viljakainen \u2013 research plan: <em>&#8220;<\/em><em>Improving the usability of map based command and control systems<\/em>&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponent: Antti Sand<\/li>\n<li>Csaba Kert\u00e9sz \u2013 status report:\u00a0<em>&#8220;Artificial Intelligence Development with\u00a0Online Communities for Robotics&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>Opponent: Tomi Nukarinen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Spring 2018<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 12.1.2018 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deepak Akkil: <em>The search for non-parametric equivalent of\u00a0ANOVA<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sumita Sharma and Biju Thankachan:<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;INTERACT 2017 Mumbai Fieldtrips:\u00a0Ethnographic experiences in the wild&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 9.2.2018 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deepa Vasara, status report<br \/>\nOpponents: Juhani Linna and Tero Avellan<\/li>\n<li>Pekka Kallioniemi,\u00a0&#8220;There and Back Again &#8211; a PhD Journey&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents:\u00a0Biju Thankachan and Ekaterina Olshannikova<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 9.3.2018 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ville M\u00e4kel\u00e4:\u00a0\u00a0lectio praecursoria rehearsal of the doctoral thesis\u00a0<em>\u201cDesign, Deployment, and Evaluation of Gesture-Controlled Displays in Ubiquitous Environments&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 13.4.2018 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pekka Kallioniemi:\u00a0\u00a0lectio praecursoria rehearsal of the doctoral thesis &#8220;<em>Collaborative Wayfinding in Virtual Environments<\/em>&#8221; (this talk will be in Finnish)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Autumn 2017<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 8.9.2017 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The POSTIT Sharing Session!<br \/>\nOur doctoral students share their productivity do\u2019s and don\u2019ts<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomi Nukarinen: <em>\u201cDigital learning system\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Antti Sand: <em>\u201cCards and Stacks \u2013 the Trello approach to task management\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Toni Pakkanen: <em>\u201cUtilizing cloud and syncing software while working with several computers\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ekaterina Olshannikova: <em>\u201cCollaborative Writing and Publishing with Overleaf &amp; Zotero\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sumita Sharma: <em>\u201cThe disasters of two-country-research\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Deepak Akkil: <em>\u201cHow Mendeley saved me 4 hours\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Pekka Kallioniemi: <em>\u201cTime management\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 13.10.2017 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ekaterina Olshannikova:<br \/>\n\u201cUtilizing Big Social Data to support interdisciplinary collaboration<br \/>\namong knowledge workers\u201d<br \/>\nOpponents: Antti Sand and Pekka Kallioniemi<\/li>\n<li>Tero Avellan:<br \/>\n\u201cDesigning and Adopting Intelligent Interactive System<br \/>\nto Augmentative and Alternative Communication\u201d<br \/>\nOpponents: Santeri Saarinen and Ville M\u00e4kel\u00e4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 10.11.2017 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Antti Sand: \u201cMultimodal Spatial User Interfaces\u201d<br \/>\nOpponents: Vera Remizova and Sumita Sharma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 8.12.2017 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ahmed Farooq:\u00a0\u00a0lectio praecursoria rehearsal of the doctoral thesis\u00a0\u201cDeveloping techniques to provide haptic feedback for<br \/>\nsurface based interaction in mobile devices\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Spring 2017<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 13.1.2017 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CANCELLED<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 10.2.2017 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sumita Sharma and Silvia Rubio:<br \/>\nCityCompass Deepalaya Demo \u2013<br \/>\n&#8220;Collaborative language learning with Indian children&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Deepa Mathew presents research plan titled:<br \/>\n&#8220;Tactile\/Haptic Responses to Emotional Stimulation&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Zhenxing Li and\u00a0Csaba Kert\u00e9sz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 10.3.2017 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lectio praecursoria rehearsal by Jani Lylykangas:<br \/>\n&#8220;Regulation of Human Behavior by Vibrotactile Stimulation&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Csaba\u00a0Kert\u00e9sz presents a paper titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Long-term Evaluation of Heavy Users of a Domestic Social Robot&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Juhani Linna and Deepa Mathew<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 21.4.2017 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B0016<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hanna Venesvirta presents a paper titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Emotional tagging and sharing for lifelogging&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Biju Thankachan and Tomi Nukarinen<\/li>\n<li>Deepak Akkil presents a paper titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Comparison of Gaze and Mouse Pointers for Video-based Collaborative Physical Task&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Lauri Immonen and Toni Pakkanen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 12.5.2017 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zhenxing Li gives a status report titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Haptic simulation with nonlinear soft materials: Challenges and methods&#8221; (tentative title)<br \/>\nOpponent: Juhani Linna<\/li>\n<li>Tomi Nukarinen presents his research plan titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Designing Intuitive Haptics for Mobile Interaction&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponent: Deepa Mathew<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Autumn 2016<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 9.9.2016 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vera Remizova presents her research plan titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Touchless Gestural Interaction&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Santeri Saarinen and Toni Pakkanen<\/li>\n<li>Biju Thankachan presents his research plan titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Text-Free User Interfaces in Mobile Devices for<br \/>\nLow-literate Rural Community Health Volunteers&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Juhani Linna and Tomi Nukarinen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 14.10.2016 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Susanna Paasovaara presents two conference papers<br \/>\n&#8220;Proximity-Based Automatic Exchange of Data in Mobile Gaming:<br \/>\nStudying the Experiences of StreetPass Users&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Tomi Nukarinen and Hanna Venesvirta<br \/>\nand<br \/>\n&#8220;Outlining the Design Space of Playful Interactions Between Nearby Strangers&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Csaba Kert\u00e9sz and Juhani Linna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 11.11.2016 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lauri Immonen presents his research plan titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Using new technology to improve computer-assisted learning&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents:Biju Thankachan and Zhenxing Li<\/li>\n<li>Ville M\u00e4kel\u00e4 presents a paper titled<br \/>\n&#8220;A Taxonomy of External Factors in Public Display Deployments:<br \/>\nAdapting from the \u201cOh Shit!\u201d Moments&#8221;<br \/>\nby\u00a0Ville M\u00e4kel\u00e4, Sumita Sharma, Jaakko Hakulinen,<br \/>\nTomi Heimonen, and Markku Turunen<br \/>\nOpponents: Deepak Akkil and Santeri Saarinen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 9.12.2016 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deepak Akkil will give a talk titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Gaze or Touch: Comparison of Interaction Techniques for<br \/>\nAgent-Based Early-Childhood Learning Application&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Lauri Immonen<\/li>\n<li>Toni Pakkanen will present a paper titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Interaction with WebVR 360\u00b0 Video Player &#8211;<br \/>\nComparing Three Interaction Paradigms&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Antti Sand and Tomi Nukarinen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Spring 2016<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 12.2.2016 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Juhani Linna presents a plan for doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Socio-Technical Issues of Novel User Interfaces in Industrial Environments&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Hannu Korhonen and Vera Nekrasova<\/li>\n<li>Sumita Sharma gives a conference pre-presentation titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Promoting Joint Attention with Computer Supported Collaboration in Children with Autism&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Pekka Kallioniemi and Ville M\u00e4kel\u00e4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 11.3.2016 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ahmed Farooq will give a talk titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Tactile feedback and signal mediation for touchscreen based interaction&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Csaba\u00a0Kert\u00e9sz and Antti Sand<\/li>\n<li>Zhenxing Li presents a plan for doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Haptic rendering for efficient and accurate simulation of deformable soft objects&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Xu Lin and Santeri Saarinen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 8.4.2016 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deepak Akkil presents a full CHI paper titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Gaze Augmentation in Egocentric Video Improves Awareness of Intention&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Jani Lylykangas and Jari Kangas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 13.5.2016 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Matti Luhtala presents a plan for doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;SmartLab \u2013 digitaalisten kuntapalveluiden ihmiskeskeinen suunnittelu&#8221; (this talk will be in Finnish)<br \/>\nOpponents: Jarno Ojala and Toni Pakkanen<\/li>\n<li>Katariina Tiitinen presents a poster titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Opportunities and needs for logged usage data analytics of complex industrial systems&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Sumita Sharma and Hanna Venesvirta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Autumn 2015<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 11.12.2015 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deepak Akkil will give a status update on his doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Gaze enriched egocentric video for collaboration&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Toni Pakkanen will give a status update on his doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Supporting Distracted User Interaction with Tactile Haptification of User Interfaces&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 13.11.2015 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vera Nekrasova presents a plan for doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Real-time recognition of dynamic sign language gestures from video stream&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Susanna Paasovaara and Toni J\u00e4rvenp\u00e4\u00e4<\/li>\n<li>Xu Lin presents a plan for doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Computerized Psychotherapies for the Treatment of Specific Fears&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Santeri Saarinen and Hanna Venesvirta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 9.10.2015 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jarno Ojala presents a plan for doctoral research, titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Social User Experiences in Content Sharing &#8211; A Theoretical Design Framework&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Deepak Akkil and Csaba Kert\u00e9sz<\/li>\n<li>Jani Lylykangas gives a talk about his doctoral research, titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Tactile stimulations for touch-based behavioral regulation and interface design in HTI&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 11.9.2015 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ville M\u00e4kel\u00e4 presents a plan for doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Gestural Information Exchange in Ubiquitous Displays&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Pradthana Jarusriboonchai\u00a0and Sumita Sharma<\/li>\n<li>Santeri Saarinen presents a plan for doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Assisting Teachers With Data Analysis Of Educational Software&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Hanna Venesvirta and Susanna Paasovaara<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Spring 2015<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 8.5.2015 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuuli Keskinen: lectio praecursoria rehearsal of the doctoral thesis<br \/>\n&#8220;Vuorovaikutteisten j\u00e4rjestelmien k\u00e4ytt\u00e4j\u00e4kokemuksen arviointi haastavissa olosuhteissa&#8221;<br \/>\n(&#8220;Evaluating the User Experience of Interactive Systems in Challenging Circumstances&#8221;)<br \/>\nPlease note, this talk will be in Finnish!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 10.4.2015 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toni J\u00e4rvenp\u00e4\u00e4 presents a plan for doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Characterization methods for emerging display technologies<br \/>\nas tools for verifying acceptable viewing ergonomics&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Ville M\u00e4kel\u00e4<\/li>\n<li>Susanna Paasovaara presents a plan for doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Proximity-based playful social interaction&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Pekka Kallioniemi and Toni Pakkanen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 13.3.2015 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adewunmi Obafemi Ogunbase:\u00a0lectio praecursoria rehearsal of the doctoral thesis<br \/>\n&#8220;Pedagogical design and pedagogical usability of web-based learning environments:<br \/>\ncomparative cultural implications from Africa and Europe&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 13.2.2015 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Csaba Kert\u00e9sz presents a plan for doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Community driven artificial intelligence development for Sony AIBO&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Antti Sand and Santeri Saarinen<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/aiboplus.sourceforge.net\/\">http:\/\/aiboplus.sourceforge.net<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aibo-life.org\/\">http:\/\/www.aibo-life.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Friday 9.1.2015 9:15 \u2013 10:45 \u2013\u00a0CANCELLED<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<h2><strong>2014<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 12.12.2014 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2077 (in TRIM premises)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hannu Korhonen:\u00a0lectio praecursoria rehearsal of the doctoral thesis<br \/>\n&#8220;Evaluating Playability of Mobile Games with the Expert Review Method&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 14.11.2014 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Katri Salminen: lectio praecursoria rehearsal of the doctoral thesis<br \/>\n&#8220;Emotional Responses to Friction-based, Vibrotactile, and Thermal Stimuli&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 10.10.2014 9:15 \u2013 10:45, TAUCHI, B2031 SIMSPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jussi Rantala: lectio praecursoria rehearsal of the doctoral thesis<br \/>\n&#8220;Spatial touch in presenting information with mobile devices&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 12.9.2014 9:15 \u2013 10:45 at TAUCHI, B0016<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sumita Sharma presents doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Designing embodied learning experiences in the classroom for marginalized school children in India&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Pekka Kallioniemi and Ville M\u00e4kel\u00e4<\/li>\n<li>Deepak Akkil presents doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;Gaze enriched video calling : Enhancing multimodal remote collaborations&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Jussi Rantala and Matti Luhtala<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 9.5.2014 9:15 \u2013 10:45 at TRIM, Pinni B2077<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hanna Venesvirta presents plan of doctoral research titled<br \/>\n&#8220;A new prototype for technology mediated nonverbal communication&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Binocular and Monocular Augmentations for Different Distances on See-Through Near-Eye Displays&#8221;<br \/>\nby Toni J\u00e4rvenp\u00e4\u00e4, Katja Suhonen, Satu Jumisko-Pyykk\u00f6 and Marja Salmimaa.<br \/>\nA\u00a0conference pre-presentation by Toni J\u00e4rvenp\u00e4\u00e4, NRC<br \/>\nOpponent: Jarno Ojala<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 11.4.2014 9:15 \u2013 10:45 at TAUCHI, SimSpace B2031<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Outi Tuisku: lectio praecursoria rehearsal of the doctoral thesis &#8220;Face Interface&#8221; (&#8220;Kasvok\u00e4ytt\u00f6liittym\u00e4&#8221;).<br \/>\nPlease note: the talk will be in Finnish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 14.3.2014 9:15 \u2013 10:45 at TAUCHI, SimSpace B2031<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toni Pakkanen presents doctoral research titled &#8220;Haptification of Mobile User Interfaces: From Design to Benefits&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 14.2.2014 9:15 \u2013 10:45 at TAUCHI, SimSpace B2031<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A conference pre-presentation by Jussi Rantala: &#8220;Preferences for Touch Gestures in Audio-Tactile Communication&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Pradthana Jarusriboonchai\u00a0and Katri Salminen<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Conference presentations revisited &#8211; Observations about POSTIT seminars&#8221;,<br \/>\nby Satu Jumisko-Pyykk\u00f6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2013<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 13.12.2013 9:15 \u2013 10:45 at TAUCHI, B0016<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CANCELLED<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 8.11.2013 9:15 \u2013 10:45 at TAUCHI, B0016<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A conference pre-presentation by Jarno Ojala<br \/>\nOpponents: Matti Luhtala and Jani Lylykangas<\/li>\n<li>A conference pre-presentation titled\u00a0&#8220;User Experiences of Mobile Audio Conferencing with Spatial Audio, Haptics and Gestures&#8221;\u00a0by Jussi Rantala<br \/>\nOpponents: Hannu Korhonen and\u00a0Pradthana Jarusriboonchai<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 18.10.2013 9:15 \u2013 10.45 at TAUCHI, B0016<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pradthana Jarusriboonchai presents a plan for a doctoral research titled &#8220;Interaction with Social Devices among Familiar Strangers in Co-located Situations&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Jarmo Palviainen and Hanna Venesvirta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 13.9.2013 9:15 \u2013 10:45 at TAUCHI, B0016<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;&#8216;AIE-Studio&#8217; &#8211; a Pragmatist Aesthetic Approach for\u00a0Procedural Sound Design&#8221;<br \/>\nA conference pre-presentation by Matti Luhtala.<br \/>\nOpponents: Jarno Ojala and Ismo Rakkolainen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday 16.5.2013 9:15 \u2013 10:45 at TAUCHI, B0016<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mirja Ilves: lectio praecursoria rehearsal of doctoral thesis &#8220;Human responses to machine-generated speech with emotional content&#8221; (please note, the talk will be in Finnish)<\/li>\n<li>Katri Salminen: travel report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 12.4.2013 9:15 \u2013 10:45 at TAUCHI, B3136<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Cold or Hot? How Thermal Stimuli are Related to Human Emotional System?&#8221;<br \/>\nA conference pre-presentation by Katri Salminen.<br \/>\nOpponents: Jussi Rantala and Hannu Korhonen.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Improving evaluation honesty and user experience in e- learning by increasing evaluation cost and social presence&#8221;<br \/>\nA conference pre-presentation by Juha Leino.<br \/>\nOpponents: Antti Sand and Janne Bergman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 8.3.2013 9:15 \u2013 10:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CANCELLED<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 8.2.2013 9:15 \u2013 10:45 at IHTE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jussi Rantala&#8217;s\u00a0presentation of doctoral research:\u00a0&#8220;Spatial haptic interaction with hand-held mobile devices&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 11.1.2013 9:15 \u2013 10:45 at TAUCHI, B2077<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CANCELLED<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2012<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 14.12.2012\u00a09:00 \u2013 10.30\u00a0at IHTE,\u00a0Tietotalo TB224<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pekka Kallioniemi presents a plan for doctoral thesis<br \/>\nOpponents: Heli V\u00e4\u00e4t\u00e4j\u00e4, Teija Vainio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 9.11.2012 9:15 \u2013 10.45 at TAUCHI, B0016<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomi Heimonen: lectio praecursoria rehearsal of the doctoral thesis &#8220;Design and Evaluation of User Interfaces for Mobile Web Search&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 14.9.2012 at 9:15 &#8211; 10.45 at TAUCHI, B1029<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Location-based crowdsourcing of hyperlocal news &#8211; Dimensions of participation preferences.<br \/>\nIn Proceedings of GROUP 2012, Florida, October 2012. ACM. A conference prepresentation by Heli V\u00e4\u00e4t\u00e4j\u00e4, IHTE<\/li>\n<li>Readers&#8217; motivations to participate in hyperlocal news content creation. A poster prepresentation by Heli V\u00e4\u00e4t\u00e4j\u00e4.<br \/>\nOpponents for both presentations: Tuuli Keskinen, TAUCHI and Jarno Ojala, IHTE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday 8.6.2012 at 9.15 \u2013 10.45 at TAUCHI, B1029<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;SymbolChat: Picture-based Communication Platform for Users with Intellectual Disabilities&#8221;.<br \/>\nA conference pre-presentation by Tuuli Laivo.<br \/>\nOpponents: Katri Salminen (TAUCHI) and Joona Laukkanen (TAUCHI).<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday 11.5.2012 at 9.15 \u2013 10.45 at IHTE, Konetalo K739<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Experiences of Social Mobile Applications Utilizing Haptic Feedback&#8221;.<br \/>\nA plan for doctoral thesis by Jani Heikkinen, IHTE.<br \/>\nOpponents: Heli V\u00e4\u00e4t\u00e4j\u00e4 (IHTE) and Toni Pakkanen (TAUCHI).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2011<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 13.5.2011 at 9.15-10.45 at TAUCHI,\u00a0Pinni B1084<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ting-Ray Chang, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland: a conference pre-presentation on &#8220;Three User-Driven Innovation Methods for Co-Creating Cloud Services&#8221;. To be presented in Interact 2011.<br \/>\nOpponents: MA Katri Salminen and MSc Jussi Rantala, TAUCHI.<\/li>\n<li>Toni Pakkanen, TAUCHI: an overview of a visit to Stanford University around 1.1.2011 &#8211; 30.4.2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>8.4.2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jani Lylykangas: a conference pre-presentation &#8220;Designing Tactile Feedback for Piezo Buttons&#8221;. To be prented in CHI 2011.<br \/>\nOpponents: Janne Bergman, Nokia Research Center and Jarno Ojala, Human Centered Technology, TUT<\/li>\n<li>Wisit Jirattigalachote, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University: &#8220;Portable Haptic System for Motion Training&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11.3.2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yanqing Cui: a plan for doctoral thesis called &#8220;Facilitating on-line social networking services on mobile devices&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Hannu Korhonen and Ahmed Farooq<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>14.1.2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seminar opening by Prof. Veikko Surakka<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Teija Vainio gave an overview of her doctoral thesis &#8220;Applying Urban Planning and Design Principles into the Design of Mobile Multimodal Navigation Aids&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2010<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>17.12.2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joona Laukkanen presented his plan for a doctoral thesis &#8220;Novel Interaction Techniques for the Modern Desktop Environment&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Ahmed Farooq and Roope Raisamo<\/li>\n<li>Veikko Surakka: Introduction to changes in the seminar (e.g. time schedule, places) starting from the Spring 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>8.10.2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seminar opening by Veikko Surakka<\/li>\n<li>Presentation by Janne Bergman and Janne Vainio, Nokia Research Center: Interacting with the Flow<\/li>\n<li>NordiCHI pre-presentation by Poika Isokoski: Motor Efficiency of Text Entry in a Combination of a Soft Keyboard and Unistrokes<br \/>\nOpponents: Toni Pakkanen and Jenni Anttonen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12.11.2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jenni Anttonen&#8217;s presentation of doctoral research: &#8220;Emotion-related changes in the heart, body, and mind&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10.9.2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomi Heimonen&#8217;s presentation of his doctoral thesis called &#8220;Facilitating Mobile Web Search: Design and Evaluation of User Interfaces for Supporting Result Evaluation&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>21.5.2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toni Vanhala&#8217;s conference pre-presentation: &#8220;Virtual proximity and facial expressions of computer agents regulate human emotions and attention&#8221;. To be presented in CASA 2010, Saint-Malo, France, May 31 &#8211; June 2.<br \/>\nOpponents: Hannu Korhonen and Jenni Anttonen<\/li>\n<li>Toni Pakkanen and Jukka Raisamo: Highlights from 3DUI, VR and Haptic Symposium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>9.4.2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomi Heimonen&#8217;s overview of doctoral thesis: &#8220;Facilitating Mobile Web Search: Design and Evaluation of User Interfaces for Supporting Result Evaluation&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12.3.2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deutsche-telekom-laboratories.de\/~rohs\/\">Dr. Michael Rohs<\/a>\u00a0from Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, TU Berlin: Mobile augmented reality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>22.1.2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuuli Laivo, Juho Hella, Jaakko Hakulinen, Tomi Heimonen: User Expectations and User Experience of Multimodal Applications &#8211; Methodology and Case Studies<br \/>\nModerator for discussion: Markku Turunen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2009<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>13.11.2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Katri Salminen, plan for doctoral thesis: &#8220;Haptics: A new potential method for mainstream mobile technology to convey social and emotional information&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Outi Tuisku and Mirja Ilves<\/li>\n<li>Jussi Rantala, plan for doctoral thesis: &#8220;Haptic communication using mobile devices&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Jarmo Kauko (NRC) and Toni Vanhala<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>9.10.2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Janne Bergman, Nokia Research Center: Hands on Music &#8211; Physical Approach to Interaction with Digital Music<\/li>\n<li>Juho Hella: Multimodal Interaction with Speech and Physical Touch Interface in a Media Center Application<br \/>\nOpponents: Jenni Anttonen and Rami Saarinen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>18.9.2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seminar opening, Veikko Surakka<\/li>\n<li>Title: Haptics for Movement Retraining in Medical Applications<br \/>\nPresenter: Pete Shull from Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Laboratory, Stanford University<\/li>\n<li>Katri Salminen: a brief conference report from ACII 2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>8.5.2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P\u00e4ivi Majaranta&#8217;s lectio praecursoria rehearsal: &#8220;Text entry by gaze&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>17.4.2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Tembalethu Jama Ndwe from the University of Cape Town, Department of Electrical Engineering: &#8220;Usability engineering of an Interactive Voice Response system in low literacy users&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>13.3.2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conference pre-presentation: Fast Gaze Typing with an Adjustable Dwell Time, P\u00e4ivi Majaranta, Ulla-Kaija Ahola, Oleg \u0160pakov<br \/>\nOpponents: Outi Tuisku and Henna Heikkil\u00e4<\/li>\n<li>Conference pre-presentation: Disambiguating Ninja Cursors with Eye Gaze, Kari-Jouko R\u00e4ih\u00e4, Oleg \u0160pakov<br \/>\nOpponents: Tomi Heimonen and Harri Rantala<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>6.2.2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Riitta Lahtinen ja Rus Palmer: &#8220;Haptiisit ja hapteemit: Tapaustutkimus kuurosokean henkil\u00f6n kosketukseen perustuvan kommunikaation kehityksest\u00e4.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2008<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>9.1.2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Outi Tuisku&#8217;s plan for doctoral thesis called &#8220;Facial Control over Computers&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents Yulia Gizatdinova and Jenni Anttonen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12.12.2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yulia Gizatdinova&#8217;s lectio praecursoria rehearsal for her doctoral thesis defense on &#8220;Automatic Detection of Face and Facial Features from Images with Facial Expressions&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Outi Tuisku and P\u00e4ivi Majaranta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>14.11.2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Henna Heikkil\u00e4&#8217;s plan for doctoral thesis: &#8220;Design and implementation of an object-based drawing application for gaze control&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10.10.2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jenni Anttonen&#8217;s conference pre-presentation: &#8220;Measuring bodily responses to virtual faces with a pressure sensitive chair&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Henna Heikkil\u00e4 and Rami Saarinen<\/li>\n<li>Hannu Korhonen&#8217;s conference pre-presentation: &#8220;Pervasive Mobile Games &#8211; a New Mindset for Players and Developers&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12.9.2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seminar opening by Veikko Surakka<\/li>\n<li>Yulia Gizatdinova: Doctoral thesis presentation on &#8220;Automatic Detection of Face and Facial Features from Images with Facial Expressions&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11.4.2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oleg Spakov&#8217;s rehearsal for lectio praecursoria on his doctoral thesis &#8220;iComponent \u2013 Device-Independent Platform for Analyzing Eye Movement Data and Developing Eye-Based Applications&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>9.5.2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oleg Spakov&#8217;s thesis defense, so there is no seminar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>14.3.2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Outi Tuisku&#8217;s conference pre-presentation: &#8220;Now Dasher! Dash Away! Longitudinal Study of Fast Text Entry by Eye Gaze&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Henna Heikkil\u00e4 &amp; Yulia Gizatdinova<\/li>\n<li>Katri Salminen&#8217;s conference pre-presentation: &#8220;Emotional and Behavioral Responses to Haptic Stimulation&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Jani Lylykangas &amp; Jukka Raisamo<\/li>\n<li>Tomi Heimonen&#8217;s conference pre-presentation: &#8220;Comparing the User Experience of Web Search User Interface Designs&#8221;<br \/>\nOpponents: Jenni Anttonen &amp; Katri Salminen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>8.2.2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Steve Vickers and Howell Istance from School of Computing, De Montfort University: RApid GAze-Based Interaction Techniques (RAGABITS) for on line games and virtual communities intended for users with severe motor impairments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11.1.2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jenni Anttonen: Research ethics &#8211; Specific issues related to HCI 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Computer-Based Tools to Support the Visually Impaired&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>13.4.2007<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Harri Siirtola: lectio praecursoria of the doctoral thesis &#8220;Interactive Visualization of Multidimensional Data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11.5.2007<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Antti Pasanen and Aatu Lehtovaara: &#8220;An overview of the translation experiments in the EYE-to-IT project&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>CHI conference report by Jenni Anttonen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>9.2.2007<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anssi Kainulainen: research plan for doctoral thesis &#8220;Ambient audio awareness support&#8221;.<br \/>\nOpponents: Mirja Ilves and Tomi Heimonen.<\/li>\n<li>Yulia Gizatdinova: a progress report of her doctoral work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>2006<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>6.11.2006<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jaakko Hakulinen gave a lectio praecursoria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>13.10.2006<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jukka Raisamo presented his 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