Category: News
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& Espoo Theatre opens a call for new forms of performing arts through XR and AI
& Espoon teatteri on mukana uudessa eurooppalaisessa EXPAND-hankkeessa, joka tutkii ja kehittää esittävien taiteiden uusia muotoja laajennetun todellisuuden (XR) ja tekoälyn (AI) avulla. Kutsumme nyt mukaan työpajoihin uransa alussa olevia taiteilija-tuottajapareja, jotka haluavat tutustua XR- ja generatiivisen tekoälyn teknologioiden mahdollisuuksiin teatterin parissa. Haku on voimassa 20.3. saakka. Lisätiedot ja hakuohjeet: https://espoonteatteri.fi/expand/ & Espoo Theatre is…
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University of Helsinki survey on VR users in Finland
Helsingin yliopiston tutkimus suomalaisista VR-käyttäjistä — 15 minuutin kysely + valinnainen haastattelu — See below for text in English — SSH-XR tutkimusryhmä kutsuu suomalaisia VR-käyttäjiä osallistumaan lyhyeen anonyymiin kyselyyn virtuaalitodellisuuden käytöstä ja sen vaikutuksista päivittäiseen sosiaaliseen elämään ja sosiaaliseen havainnointiin. Etsimme osallistujia jotka: Linkki kyselyyn suomen kielellä: https://www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.8/survey?s=ewfYGLinkki kyselyyn englannin kielellä: https://www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.8/survey?s=GMpnw Arvioitu aika: 15 minuuttia Valinnainen palkintoarvonta:…
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Join the MAGICS Community for your postdoctoral research!
Apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship Discover Finland: A Premier Destination for Postdoctoral Researchers Join MAGICS, an interdisciplinary community and infrastructure fostering collaboration for human in the digital world. At MAGICS, researchers benefit from an inspiring infrastructure designed to catalyze breakthroughs. The community offers international networking opportunities with top-tier researchers and institutions. Finland offers…
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MAGICS consortium in search of new research openings
Some 15 members of the MAGICS community from all six partners came together to discuss joint research visions in University of Lapland in Rovaniemi 24 to 26 March 2025. Our purpose is to concretize plans for moving from solely incremental research towards new perspectives during the recently started 5-year period on the roadmap for Finnish…
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MAGICS enters the infrastructure roadmap of the Research Council of Finland
The roadmap for Finnish research infrastructures defines the significant long-term national research infrastructures that are part of the Finnish research ecosystem. The MAGICS infrastructure – a consortium of six Finnish universities – is now accepted to the roadmap and consequently receives 5.3-million-euro funding for the years 2025-2029. This will bolster MAGICS’ efforts to support high-quality…
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Can you measure the impact of performing arts?
MAGICS Aalto, Greta Productions, and Music Theatre Kapsäkki joined forces in measuring the experience of audience and performers through customer satisfaction kiosks, questionnaires, microphones, and CO2 sensors. Manuscript ‘Measuring audience experience across 20 showings of the same theatre performance using customer feedback kiosks and a questionnaire’ by Mikko Sams et al. is available as a…
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Two ERC Grants to Aalto and TAU professors
Two professors affiliated with MAGICS have received and ERC Grant in the 2024 Call. Antti Oulasvirta (Aalto) received an Advanced Grant to investigate how AI could better understand humans, and Mattia Thibault (TAU) received a Starting Grant to investigate the current and future evolutions of our mediascape. Congratulations to Antti and Mattia and their teams!…
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New members join the MAGICS consortium
The MAGICS consortium is now being renewed and strengthened by new members. University of Lapland, Turku University of Applied Sciences, and University of Jyväskylä join the Consortium, established by Aalto University, Tampere University, and the University of the Arts Helsinki in 2020. MAGICS is a truly unique infrastructure and community, combining the expertise of the…