I have years of experience working as a usability specialist, researcher and a lecturer in the field of human-computer interaction. In my doctoral thesis, I described the strategies and problems that people have in web information search with search engines as well as several concrete ideas for facilitating information search and re-access in the web through novel interface solutions. In
addition to information search, I have co-authored papers on
eye-typing, affective computing, and usability evaluation, among
others. | Work experience Senior User Experience Researcher, April 2009-current. Google, Inc., Mountain View, USA. User Experience Researcher, October 2006-April 2009. Google, Inc., Mountain View, USA. Senior researcher & project manager, January 2006-September 2006. Institute of Human-Centered Technology, Tampere University of Technology. I was a project manager in two projects: in MOMENTO (Ensuring the success of mobile services for business usage by multidisciplinary measurement tools), we developed measurement tools for both the usability and business performance of mobile services. The other project was related to the subjective quality of audiovisual signals in the context of mobile TV. Researcher and lecturer, 2001-2005. Dept of Computer Sciences, University of Tampere. Responsible teacher of several courses on human factors (mainly cognitive issues) in interactive technology, as well as courses related to usability evaluation methods. Usability specialist, 2001-2005. University of Tampere Usability laboratory. Trainee, May - November 2000. University of Tampere Usability laboratory. Researcher (research assistant),1999-2001. Dept of Computer Sciences, University of Tampere. Education PhD in Interactive Technology, December 2005. Dept of Computer Sciences, University of Tampere. Title of the thesis: "Understanding user strategies and characteristics for developing web search interfaces" Master of Arts in psychology, March 2001. Dept of Psychology, University of Tampere. Title of the thesis: "The Effects of Emotional Feedback in Human-Computer Interaction" Matriculation examination, June 1994. Oulun Lyseon lukio, Oulu. Education abroad Graduate courses in psychology, January - June 1999. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA. Publications I
have (co-)authored several scientific journal articles and about 15
conference publications. The complete list of my publications can be
found from the Publications page. Other activities SIGCHI Finland board member and webmaster, 2005 (vice member in 2006). I have been a reviewer in the following conferences and journals: ACM NordiCHI 2004, ACM SIGCHI 2006, ACM SIGIR 2006, ACM Transactions on the Web. Language skills Finnish - native language |