[4eyes] FW: [faculty] MAT 595M Seminar - Haptics Research in Tampere

[Matthew Turk]

Friday's MAT seminar will be a short talk by Roope Raisamo, who has visited
the Four Eyes Lab before, about haptics research at the University of
Tampere. Details below.

 

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Haptics Research in Tampere Unit for Computer Human Interaction (TAUCHI)


Professor Roope Raisamo
University of Tampere, Finland


Friday, March 13, 2009 - 2:00 pm


Webb 1100



Abstract


In this talk I will introduce the Tampere Unit for Computer-Human
Interaction (TAUCHI) and its research groups. Special focus will be given
for the research on multimodal interfaces where haptics is used as one of
the interaction modalities. I will introduce our projects doing basic and
applied research on haptics, and the latest developments on the use of
haptics in mobile contexts. Collaboration with Stanford University and UC
Santa Barbara will also be introduced.


Bio


Roope Raisamo received his Ph.D. in computer science in 1999 at the
University of Tampere.  He has been doing research on human-computer
interaction since 1995 specializing in multimodal interaction and
constructive user interface research. Since 1998 he has worked as a full
professor at the University of Tampere, appointed in a permanent position in
2003. Prof. Raisamo has been the supervisor, examiner or reviewer of 7 Ph.D.
theses. He is the author for more than 70 articles in scientific journals
and conferences. His research interests are in the fields of haptic
interaction, bimanual interaction, multimodal information presentation,
proactive and intelligent environments and multimodal interfaces for the
visually impaired children. Since September 2004 he has been coordinating
the MICOLE project (Multimodal Collaboration Environment for Inclusion of
Visually Impaired Children), funded by the European Union. Presently he
coordinates a joint research project with Prof. Mark Cutkosky from Stanford,
having active collaboration with Nokia and other Finnish companies studying
mobile haptics.With UC Santa Barbara, there is a joint project focusing on
multimodal interaction in pervasive games, including gestures and computer
vision.

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