Past projects

  • Six City Strategy and COMBAT project

    Center for Ubiquitous Computing at the University of Oulu, funded by the EAKR and the Academy of Finland, 1 Sept 2015 – 31 Aug 2018

    The projects focused on hybrid urban spaces where digital and physical are interconnected in multiple ways. What comes to specific technologies, I explored the possibilities and challenges of collaborative 3D environments, virtual reality and augmented reality from a sociocultural perspective. Further, we created a VR experiment with a public library by using participatory design as an approach.

  • Data Archive of Cultural Anthropology

    University of Oulu, Faculty of Humanities, 1 Feb – 31 Aug 2015.

    I was leading a short-term project aiming at organizing, updating and digitalizing the Data Archive of Cultural Anthropology (DACA) in cooperation with the Saami Culture Archive. DACA is a local archive that enables archiving research materials collected by students and researchers affiliated with cultural anthropology of University of Oulu. DACA supports the principles of national initiative on Open Science and Research.

  • UBI Metrics – Multidisciplinary Framework for Evaluating Ubicomp Systems in Real-World Urban Settings

    Funded by the Academy of Finland 2011-2014

    I finished my doctoral thesis and worked as a doctoral student in UBI Metrics in 2013-2014. The objective was to develop a multidisciplinary framework for experimentally evaluating real-world ubiquitous computing systems. The realization of the proposed evaluation framework was approached with multidisciplinary research involving computer science, economics, cultural anthropology and urban design. A part of the research was conducted in cooperation with Adaptive Urban Lighting – Algorithm Aided Lighting Design project.

  • UBI Anthropos – Adoption and Meanings of Ubiquitous Technology in Northern Urban Space

    Funded by the Academy of Finland 2010-2012

    I worked as a doctoral student in UBI Anthropos in 2010-2012. The objective of this project was to study how new ubiquitous technology functions as a part of everyday life in Northern urban surroundings. UBI Anthropos aimed to study both the design process of the new technology and its usage. Thus, the goal was two-fold: on the other hand, the project was studying the socio-material actors behind the concrete ubiquitous infrastructure and on the other hand the actual and potential users inhabiting the city center. The study provided useful information on how people experience and appropriate technological applications in urban public spaces.