TAUCHI – Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction
TAUCHI: Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction Digitalization, technology and wellbeing Prof. Roope Raisamo School of Information Sciences University of Tampere http://www.uta.fi/sis/tauchi
TAUCHI – Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction
TAUCHI in Brief • A multinational and interdisciplinary research center in human-technology interaction
– 4 professors – 50 research staff • The largest and highest ranked academic humantechnology interaction research unit in Finland(*) 1
(*) Source: the Academy of Finland: International evaluation, Computer Science Research in Finland, years 2000-2006.
TAUCHI – Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction
Mission TAUCHI carries out interdisciplinary research and development on human–technology interaction realizing the potential of technology in harmony with human abilities, needs, and limitations.
computer science
social sciences
interactive technology signal processing
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educational science psychology
electromechanical engineering
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TAUCHI Research Groups
Multimodal Interaction (MMIG) Prof. Roope Raisamo
Emotions, Sociality and Computing (ESC) Prof. Veikko Surakka Pervasive Interaction (SPI) Prof. Markku Turunen
Visual Interaction (VIRG) Dr. Poika Isokoski (emeritus: Prof. Kari-Jouko Räihä) 3
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Media
Education
Economics
Language
Literature
Psychology
Translation
Medical
Health
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Medical
Automotive Metal
Entertainment Agriculture
Energy
Mining
Maritime
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SOCIETAL IMPACT OF RESEARCH: SELECTED CASES 5
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Durable community building Integrated R&D activities
Affordable eye-tracking
€99 Improved quality of life
Dissemination Standardization
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COGAIN Association
COGAIN IST Network of Excellence
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Societal impact of the research
University Hospital, Turku, Finland 7
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Guwahati, Assam, India
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Validia, Tampere, Finland
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• SymbolChat
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TERVI - Multimodal gaming environment promoting awareness of health in a social and positive way Collaboration with UTA/HES, TUT, TAMK, PIRAMK and companies in 2008-2009.
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Societal impact of the research
The Light Game - Valopeli Elementary school, Tampere, Finland 11
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FUTURE 12
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Future potential • The role of humans and interaction in
– smart spaces, including sensors and actuators integrated in the environment, – wearable technologies, and – autonomous intelligent machines and systems.
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Augmented Human • Augmenting human sensing, cognition and action through technology
Concrete actions until now: • DIGILE Augmented Human Strategic Research Agenda • Academy of Finland ICT2023 Call (April 27, 2016): Autonomous Systems and the Augmented Human • TUT RAE 2017 Research Community: Augmented Human Activities • A Centre of Excellence proposal under preparation 14
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Augmented Human
(Institute for the Future, Palo Alto, 2015) Connection to Quantified Self 15
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TAUCHI needs in Tampere3 Depends greatly on the project. In this context, expertise in: • health issues, health promotion • medicine • signal processing • electrical engineering And connections to potential users, patients, university hospital, companies in the wellness sector, … 16
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TAUCHI can offer • Interdisciplinary expertise in the latest interaction technologies, including sensors and actuators • Interaction design for consumer driven healthcare • Experience in creating inter-sector consortia of academic and industrial partners • Contacts with related companies (Polar, Suunto, GE Healthcare, Nokia Technologies, …)
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Research Group for Emotions, Sociality and Computing (Prof. Veikko Surakka) • Several new innovative measurement technologies: – Wirelessly sensed bioelectric activity of the human body and face – Wireless and unobtrusive monitoring of human heart rate, body movements, and facial behavior – Machine vision analysis of facial behavior
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Thank you! Contact:
[email protected] http://www.uta.fi/sis/tauchi
