Staff
IHTE consists of wide and flexible expertise. Our strength is the ability to understand and perceive both users' and designers' perspective without forgetting the maintenances' point of view.
Staff consists of two professors, docent, assistant professor, researchers, research assistants and part-time teaching assistants.
Email addresses are firstname.surname@tut.fi.
PROFESSORS
| Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila, Dr.-Ing. Professor of usability and UX | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 849 0731
Director of the unit of Human-Centered Technology (IHTE). Responsible for the usability studies. Supervisor of master's and doctoral theses. Negotiation of research projects. Own research interests include mobile usability and service user experience.
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DOCENT
| Sari Kujala, Ph.D. | |
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Mobile phone +358 50 386 2768 Specialities: Human and technology, user-centered design, collecting and analysing user requirements, user values and value-centred design
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
| Satu Jumisko-Pyykkö, Dr. Ing., Student of Education | |
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Email firstname.surname@tut.fi Research for audiovisual quality: student of UCIT, advisor for research projects and theses. |
| Timo Partala, Ph.D. | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 8490855 User experience, location-based systems and navigation, research methods. |
SECRETARY
| Outi Soiniaho | |
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Phone +358 3 3115 2700 Secretary of the unit. |
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RESEARCHERS
| Tomi Haustola, M.Sc. | |
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Email firstname.surname@tut.fi Researcher in FamCom project. |
| Jani Heikkinen, M.Sc. | |
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Mobile phone +358 45 357 8078 Researcher in HAPIMM project |
| Tiina Koponen, M.Sc | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 849 0629 Researcher in DELUX project. |
| Kati Kuusinen, M.Sc., engineer (AMK) | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 198 1402 Researcher in Cloud Software project. |
| Minna Kynsilehto, YTM | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 849 0687
Researcher in DIEM
-project 08-10 Special interest areas: Cognitive psychology, experimental methods in user psychology, use of mental maps. Experiencing and conceptualizing space and place, and technology acceptance in smart environments. |
| Else Lagerstam, M.Sc | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 777 0350 Researcher MRS3 project |
| Sanna Malinen, M.Sc. | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 849 0683 Researcher in PeCoCo project. |
| Piia Nurkka, M.A., Industrial Designer | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 849 0728 Researcher in DELUX project. |
| Jarno Ojala, M.Sc | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 849 0696 Researcher in PeCoCo project. |
| Thomas Olsson, M.Sc. | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 849 0819 Project manager in DIEM project 08-10 Hot potatoes: collective use of media content, mixed reality. Course responsibility:IHTE-3300 User-Centered Design Project |
| Jarmo Palviainen, M.Sc. | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 777 0350 Researcher in Cloud Software project. Specialities:
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| Petri Saarinen, M.Sc. | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 198 1411 Researcher in SPAGU project |
| Katja Suhonen, M.Sc. | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 849 0817 Researcher in HEI project |
| Teija Vainio, Ph.D., M.Sc., Student of Architecture | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 849 0729 Researcher in INTO project. Special interest areas: Human-computer interaction in mobile systems. |
| Jari Varsaluoma, M.Sc. | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 849 0856 Researcher in and project manager DELUX project. Special interest areas: Cross-cultural design and user experience research methods in multicultural context, heuristic evaluation |
| Tanja Walsh, M.A. | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 849 0627 Researcher in DELUX project. Special interest areas: Remote methods for cross-cultural UX evaluation, localization and internationalization
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| Heli Väätäjä, M.Sc. | |
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Mobile phone +358 40 849 0720 Researcher and project manager in UserUXUS and LOCO project. Research interests: user experience (ux); research and evaluation methods for ux; UCD; requirements engineering; work systems; mobile HCI; journalism; crowdsourcing; open innovation; serious gaming. |
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
| Santtu Pakarinen, Student of Technology | |
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Email firstname.surname@tut.fi
Research assistant in Cloud
Software project |
| Emilia Pesonen, tekn. yo | |
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Mobile phone: +358 40 849 0854 |
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PART-TIME TEACHING ASSISTANTS
| Jukka Järvelä, Student of Technology | |
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Email firstname.surname@tut.fi
Course assistant of |
| Marie-Elise Kontro, tekn. yo | |
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Email firstname.surname@tut.fi
Head course assistant of: |
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