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Senior Researcher
Ubiquitous Interaction Research Group (UIx)
Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT
Aalto University and University of Helsinki
Docent
Computer Science, University of Helsinki
Cognitive Science, University of Jyväskylä
“I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.“ -- Bjarne Stroustrup
about me
Antti Oulasvirta is a Senior Researcher at the Helsinki Institute for Institute for Information Technology HIIT where he co-directs the Ubiquitous Interaction group. His research focus lies at the intersection of human-computer interaction, mobile and ubiquitous computing, and cognitive psychology. He received his doctorate in Cognitive Science from the University of Helsinki in 2006, after which he was a Fulbright Scholar at the School of Information in UC Berkeley. During his postgraduate studies, he was an exchange student at UC Berkeley’s Neuropsychology Lab and did an internship at T-Labs in Berlin. Dr. Oulasvirta is a docent (adjunct faculty) of computer science at the University of Helsinki and a docent of cognitive science at the University of Jyväskylä.
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recent publications
Raita, E., & Oulasvirta, A. (accepted). Too good to be bad: Effects of favorable expectations on usability perceptions. Proc. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) 2010.
Saariluoma, P., & Oulasvirta, A. (accepted). User psychology: Re-assessing the boundaries of a discipline. Psychology.
Oulasvirta, A., & Bergstrom-Lehtovirta, J. (2010). A simple index for multimodal flexibility. Proceedings of CHI 2010, ACM Press.
Cui, Y., Oulasvirta, A., & Ma, L. (accepted). Event perception in mobile interaction: Toward better navigation history design on mobile devices. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
Froehlich, P., Oulasvirta, A., Baldauf, M., & Nurminen, A. (accepted). On the move and wired to the world. Communications of the ACM.
Oulasvirta, A., Lehtonen, E., Kurvinen, E., & Raento, M. (in press). Making the ordinary visible in microblogs. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, special issue on Social Interaction and Mundane Technologies.
Vihavainen, S., Oulasvirta, A., & Sarvas, R. (2009). "I can't lie anymore!": The implications of location automation for mobile social applications. Proceedings of MobiQuitous.
Oulasvirta, A., Hukkinen, J.,& Schwartz, B. (2009). When more is less: The paradox of choice in search engine use. Proc. SIGIR, ACM Press, New York.
Morrison, A., Oulasvirta, A., Peltonen, P., Lemmelä, S., Jacucci, G., Reitmayr, G., Näsänen, J., & Juustila, A. (2009). Like bees around the hive: A comparative study of a mobile augmented reality map. Proceedings of CHI2009, ACM Press, New York. Best paper award nomination.
Näsänen, J., Oulasvirta, A., & Lehmuskallio, A. (2009). Mobile media in the social fabric of a kindergarten. Proceedings of CHI2009, ACM Press, New York.
Raento, M., Oulasvirta, A., & Eagle, N. (2009). Smartphones: An emerging tool for social scientists. Sociological Methods and Research.
Oulasvirta, A., Estlander, S., & Nurminen, A. (2009). Embodied interaction with a 3D versus 2D mobile map. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 13 (4).
Oulasvirta, A., & Nyyssönen, T. (2009). Flexible hardware configurations for studying mobile usability. Journal of Usability Studies.
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teaching
582660 Usability evaluation [Käytettävyyden arviointi], Spring 2010, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki
misc pages & writings
Multimodal Flexibility Index
ContextLogger
What is "awareness"
Multi-device management (slides)
CHI statistics from the past 15 years (old!)
contact
Email:
antti oulasvirta at hiit fi
Mailing address:
Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT, PO Box 19800, 00076 Aalto University, Finland
Phone:
+358 50 3841561 (8am - 4pm Finnish time)
Office:
1st floor, Spektri, Metsänneidonkuja 4, Otaniemi, Espoo
A311, Department of Computer Science, Exactum, Gustaf Hallströmin katu 2, Helsinki (Office hours Wednesdays at 12am-1pm)
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