Aalto University

Johannes Arend
Field: Information and Communications Engineering
Research Focus: Virtual Acoustics, Spatial Audio, Psychoacoustics, Hearing Science, Acoustics, Audio Engineering
Homepage: https://www.aalto.fi/en/people/johannes-m-arend

Andrea Botero
Field: Design
Research Focus: Design, design research, participatory design, sts, diseño
Homepage: https://about.me/andreabotero

Pia Fricker
Field: Architecture
Research Focus: Computational methodologies in landscape architecture and urbanism
Homepage: https://www.aalto.fi/en/people/pia-fricker

Christian Guckelsberger
Field: Computer Science
Research Focus: Computational creativity, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, videogame AI, intrinsic motivation
Homepage: https://www.aalto.fi/en/people/christian-guckelsberger

Perttu Hämäläinen
Field: Computer Science
Research Focus: Computer games, game design, human-computer interaction, physically based animation & control, machine learning, VR and AR
Homepage: https://users.aalto.fi/~hamalap5/

Veikko Jousmäki
Field: Biomedical Engineering
Research Focus: Magnetoencephalography
Homepage: https://scholar.google.fi/citations?user=CWiGnkoAAAAJ&hl=fi

Petri Juntunen
Field: Visual Research
Research Focus: Contemporary photography, visual narratives, artistic research
Homepage: https://www.petrijuntunen.com/

Annakaisa Kultima
Field: Game Design
Research Focus: Game design research, game design praxiology, game design, game jams
Homepage: https://aakoosgamelab.com/

Masood Masoodian
Field: Visual Communication Design
Research Focus: Visualization, visual design, interaction design
Homepage: https://www.aalto.fi/en/people/masood-masoodian

Matti Niinimäki
Field: New media
Research Focus: Interactive art, media art, interaction design
Homepage: https://mansteri.com/about/

Antti Oulasvirta
Field: Cognitive science
Research Focus: User Interfaces research, Interactive AI
Homepage: https://users.aalto.fi/~oulasvir/

Lauri Parkkonen
Field: Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Neurotechnology
Research Focus: Neuroscience, neuroimaging, neurotechnology, physics, computer science
Homepage: https://www.aalto.fi/en/people/lauri-parkkonen

Mikko Sams
Field: Cognitive Neuroscience
Research Focus: Cognitive neuroscience, emotions, social interaction
Homepage: https://www.aalto.fi/en/people/mikko-sams

Sebastian Schlecht
Field: Acoustic Signal Processing
Research Focus: Acoustic signal processing, spatial audio, VR/AR
Homepage: https://www.sebastianjiroschlecht.com/

Koray Tahiroğlu
Field: AI and Music Creativity
Research Focus: AI and music creativity, deep learning of audio, new interfaces for musical expression
Homepage: http://dmi.aalto.fi/koraytahiroglu/

Robin Welsch
Field: Engineering Psychology
Research Focus: Engineering psychology, AR/VR, social interaction, Human-Computer interaction, Human-AI interaction
Homepage: https://human-ai-interaction.com/

Uniarts

Otso Aavanranta
Field:  Music technology, composing, sound art
Research Focus: Intersubjectivity in Music
Homepage: https://www.uniarts.fi/en/people/otso-aavanranta/

Alex Arteaga
Field: Artistic research
Research Focus: Embodiment and Environment
Homepage: https://www.uniarts.fi/en/people/alex-arteaga/

Tero Heikkinen
Field: Design
Research Focus: Digital environments in artistic research, publication
Homepage: https://www.uniarts.fi/en/people/tero-heikkinen/

Otso Huopaniemi
Field: Dramaturgy, playwriting
Research Focus: (Theatre Academy Dean 2023-2028)
Homepage: https://www.uniarts.fi/en/people/otso-huopaniemi/

Jaana Okulov
Field: Artistic research, aesthetics, perceptual psychology, technology
Research Focus: Machine vision, machine attention models, affective computing, transformative technology, ethical AI, perceptual models, nonverbal research methods, multidisciplinary collaboration
Homepage:https://www.jokulov.com/

Daniel Peltz
Field: Fine art, performance, site-specific art
Research Focus: Exploration of complex social systems through intervention, ethnographic and performance strategies
Homepage: https://www.uniarts.fi/en/people/daniel-peltz/

Vincent Roumagnac
Field: Scenography, performing arts
Research Focus: Alternative scenographies, stage and theatricality in response to climate urgency and technological advancements
Homepage: https://www.uniarts.fi/en/people/vincent-roumagnac/

Nitin Sawhney
Field: Human Computer Interaction
Research Focus: Responsible AI, Human-Computer Interaction, Computational Social Science
Homepage: https://www.uniarts.fi/en/people/nitin-sawhney/

Imanuel Schipper
Field: Contemporary performance & Dramaturgy
Research Focus: Dramaturgy, performance studies and digital cultures, socially relevant functions of art and concepts of spectatorships
Homepage: https://www.uniarts.fi/en/people/imanuel-schipper/ 

Sirke Seppänen
Field: Drama, performing arts
Research Focus: Psychophysiology of social interactions, theatre improvisation trainingHomepage:https://www.uniarts.fi/en/people/sirke-seppanen/

University of Jyväskylä

Jarmo Hämäläinen
Field: Cognitive neuroscience
Research Focus: Learning difficulties, Auditory and speech perception, Cognitive development
Homepage: https://www.jyu.fi/en/people/jarmo-hamalainen