Sami Vihavainen, D.Sc. (Tech.)

I'm currently a researcher at Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT and a member of Digital Content Communities (DCC) research group. I received my doctorate (Tech.) in Human-Computer Interaction from Tampere University of Technology in 2013. My doctoral thesis concentrated on studying user's interaction with automation in context-aware social applications. During 2007-2008 I spent 1,5 years as a visiting scholar at University of California Berkeley/School of Information.

Interests: HCI, user experience design, human factors, context-aware computing, ubiquitous computing, mobile media, social aspects of information, privacy, cross-use of digital and print media, innovation.

PUBLICATIONS

Vihavainen, S., Lampinen, A., Oulasvirta, A., Silfverberg, S., Lehmuskallio, A., The Clash between Privacy and Automation in Social Media. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 13(1): 56-63 (2014). [PDF]

Vihavainen, S., Field Studies on User Experince of Automation in Context-Aware Social Media. Doctoral thesis, Tampere University of Technology, Department of Pervasive Computing, 2013. [PDF]

Vihavainen, S., Karhu, K., Botero, A. Connecting stakeholders through context logging. Proc of MobileHCI 2013, ACM Press.

Vihavainen, S., Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila, K., The Implications of Mobile Notifications for User Experience of a Social Network Service. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 7(2): 9-18 (2013).

Vihavainen, S., Mate, S., Liikkanen, L., Curcio, I. Video as Memorabilia: User Needs for Collaborative Automatic Mobile Video Production. Proc of CHI 2012, ACM Press.

Karhu, K., Botero, A., Vihavainen, S., Tang, T., Hämäläinen, M. A Digital Ecosystem for Co-Creating Business with People. Journal of Service Science and Management. Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA. 2011.

Vihavainen, S., Mate, S., Seppälä, L., Cricri, F., Curcio, I. We Want More: Human-Computer Collaboration in Mobile Social Video Remixing of Music Concerts. Proc. of CHI 2011, ACM Press. [PDF]

Botero A., Karhu K., & Vihavainen S., Exploring the Ecosystems and Principles of Community Innovation. Media in the Ubiquitous Era: Ambient, Social, and Gaming Media. IGI Global. 2011.

Seisto, A., Federlay, M., Kuula, T., Paavilainen, J., Vihavainen, S., Involving the End-users in the Development of Language Learning Material. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning. IGI Global. 2011.

Vihavainen, S. Humans and automation – toward useful collaboration in mobile social applications. Doctoral colloquium of Pervasive 2010, Helsinki.

Vihavainen, S., Kuula, T., Federlay, M. Cross-use of smart phones and printed books in primary school education. Proc. of Mobile HCI 2010, ACM Press.

Seisto, A., Federlay, M., Kuula, T., Vihavainen, S., Book alone is not enough – Enriching printed learning material with digital mobile technology. VTT Research reports 2010.

Karhu, K., Botero, A., Vihavainen, S., Tang, T., Hämäläinen, M., A Digital Ecosystem for Boosting User Driven Service Business. Proc. of MEDES 2009, ACM Press.

Botero, A., Vihavainen, S., Karhu, K. From closed to open to what? An exploration on community innovation principles. Proc. of MindTrek 2009, ACM Press.

Kuula, T., Vihavainen, S., Seisto, A. Playful Learning with Hybrid School Books. A poster abstract at MindTrek 2009 poster session. Proc. of MindTrek 2009, ACM Press.

Vihavainen, S., Oulasvirta, A., Sarvas, R. ”I Can’t Lie Anymore” - The Implications of Location Automation for Mobile Social Applications. Proc. of MobiQuitous 2009, IEEE Press. [PDF]

Vihavainen, S., Oulasvirta, A., Sarvas, R. Automation not Automatically Good in Mobile Social Applications. A poster abstract presented at MobiQuitous 2009 poster session. Proc. of MobiQuitous 2009, IEEE Press. [PDF] [POSTER]

Bäck, A., Melin, M., Näkki, P., Vainikainen, S., Sarvas, R., Seppälä, L., Vihavainen, S. Tags and tagging: Creating meanings, organizing, and socializing with metadata. Report on the Täky project. 2008. VTT Tiedotteita - Research Notes 2449. 86 p. + app. 4 p.

Sarvas, R., Lehmuskallio, A., Lehtinen, V., Näsänen, J., and Vihavainen, S. Snapshot Media: "Kodak Culture" in the 21st Century, CHI 2008 workshop on Collocated Social Practices Surrounding Photos.

Vihavainen, S., Sarvas, R., Näsänen, J., Grenman, K. User-Centric Approach for Designing Cross Media Applications in Personal Photography, Proc. of IARIGAI 2007.

Vihavainen, S., Sarvas, R., Näsänen, J. Survey on Everyday Photography in Finland, KCL - Internal Report 2007.

Sarvas, R. and Vihavainen, S. A Holistic View on Future Snapshot Media, Pervasive Image Capture and Sharing Workshop (PICS2006) at UbiComp 2006

Vihavainen, S., Forsell, M., Seisto, S., Nieminen, S. Measuring the Feel Properties of Paper, Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium 2005, Harrogate, UK

Vihavainen S. Measurement of perceived quality, Master’s Thesis, Department of Measurement and Information Technology, Tampere University of Technology, 2005.

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