Helsinki ICT Research Events

The potential of computers as interactive tools that support a large
variety of users in a growing range of tasks is constantly increasing.
However, designing complex interactive systems that
satisfy the needs of individual users from highly heterogeneous user
groups is very difficult. This talk focuses on research that aims to
overcome...

M.Sc. Ola Rinta-Koski, Aalto University

Sleep is an important part of health and well-being. While sleep quantity is directly measurable, sleep quality has traditionally been assessed with subjective methods such as questionnaires. The study of sleep disorders has for a long time been confined to clinical environments, and patients have had to endure cumbersome procedures involving multiple electrodes placed on the body....

Sleep is an important part of health and well-being. While sleep quantity is directly measurable, sleep quality has traditionally been assessed with subjective methods such as questionnaires.  The study of sleep disorders has for a long time been confined to clinical environments, and patients have had to endure cumbersome procedures involving multiple electrodes placed on the body....

The students on our Interactive Systems course will be presenting demonstrations of their project work. Please come along and try out some of the great demos focusing on multimodal interaction, sensor based systems, augmented reality and multi-touch interaction techniques. 

Prof. Jack van Wijk, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

An overview is given of work of the visualization group of Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. One focus of the group is to develop new visual representations that convey large amounts of data or complex phenomena effectively in short time, using techniques from computer graphics. Examples are presented using animations and demos. Most of these concern information...

An overview is given of work of the visualization group of Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. One focus of the group is to develop new visual representations that convey large amounts of data or complex phenomena effectively in short time, using techniques from computer graphics. Examples are presented using animations and demos. Most of these concern information...

Prof. Jennie Germann Molz, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

In this talk, I explore the affective dimension of online hospitality exchange networks such as Couchsurfing and Airbnb. These websites are emblematic of a shift in tourism and hospitality toward forms of ?emotional tourism? and ?intimate mobility? (see Bialski 2007, 2013) that play into desires to feel...

In this talk, I explore the affective dimension of online hospitality exchange networks such as Couchsurfing and Airbnb. These websites are emblematic of a shift in tourism and hospitality toward forms of ‘emotional tourism’ and ‘intimate mobility’ (see Bialski 2007, 2013) that play into desires to feel like a local or make an emotional connection. The intersecting...

Dr. Billy Brumley, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., USA

Qualcomm's Snapdragon System on Chip (SoC) integrates many microprocessors with varying degrees of use case specific optimization. At one end of the spectrum lies Qualcomm's Krait application processor, a general-purpose CPU handling operating system tasks such as Android applications. At the other end lies Qualcomm's Hexagon Digital Signal Processor (DSP) designed to allow multimedia and communication...