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User Experience Research Group LUX

User Experience Research Group LUX
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Portrait_Jonna_hakkila.pngJonna Häkkilä
PhD
Professor of industrial design, Vice Dean
jonna.hakkila@ulapland.fi
+358 40 ...
Lacris profile

Jonna Häkkilä, the leader of LUX research group, is professor for Industrial Design at the University of Lapland and docent for computer science at University of Oulu. She has earlier ramped up and led research teams at University of Oulu (2012-2014), and Nokia Research Center (2007-2011). She has published 120+ peer reviewed scientific papers on HCI and has received research grants from Horizon 2020, Academy of Finland, Interreg, and Tekes/Business Finland addressing user centric and future oriented research at the cross-section of design and technology. Her research group’s works have been exhibited e.g. in Milan Design Week ’16 & ’17, New York 2018, and awarded at ISWC ‘16 and ‘18.

 

Ashley Colley.pngAshley Colley
PhD
Docent and university researcher
ashley.colley@ulapland.fi
+358 40 5906669
Lacris profile

 

Ashley Colley is a docent and university researcher at the University of Lapland, Finland. Having more than 25 years professional industry experience, including almost 10 years as a Principal Designer in Nokia; he has lead design projects that formed the core of more than 50 million shipped products and is the inventor of more than 30 patents/applications. He has co-authored 80+ peer-reviewed research papers. Colley is a co-founder of Oura Health (www.ouraring.com), where he was instrumental in the initial development of their successful sleep and activity tracking ring

Çağlar Genç is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Lapland, the faculty of Art and Design. His background is from industrial design (BSc), he received his Ph.D. degree at Koç University, İstanbul. During his Ph.D., he researched the relationship between fashion and computational materials to design wearable displays for everyday scenarios. His research has been published in first-tier conferences and journals.

Emmi_Harjuniemi.jpgEmmi Harjuniemi
emmi.harjuniemi@ulapland.fi

Lacris profile

  

 

Emmi Harjuniemi is a University Teacher in Design Technology and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Lapland, the faculty of Art and Design. Her background is in clothing design and since leaving the industry she has worked in the intersection of design and technology in several projects and developed technology education. Her research explores e-textiles and wearable technology from aesthetics and educational perspectives.

Mari Suoheimo is a postdoctoral service design researcher at the UX team. She is currently working as a project manager in the Smart Social Distancing project funded by Business Finland and at the Muittut, muitalusat - the story of the Sámi by the Sámi, funded by the Interreg Nord. Suoheimo in her work wishes to secure that the user’s are kept in the center of the development process.  
Siiri Paananen is researching Mixed Reality applications in Cultural Heritage contexts at LUX. She holds a Master’s Degree in Internet and Game Research from Tampere University. Previously Siiri has worked in game development and has experience of creating art for games and using game engines, for example Unity. In her work, she enjoys the combination of arts and technology, and coming up with new ways to create captivating experiences for people. Currently she is working in “Muittut, muitalusat – the story of the Sámi by the Sámi” -project as a 3D designer.
Damien Brun is a post-doctoral researcher at the UX team of University of Lapland. His research focuses around augmented reality and wearable technology. In the past, he designed a do-it-yourself smart glasses toolkit, he explored the combined use of smartwatches and headsets as well as created a cubic keyboard  dedicated to the whole reality-virtuality continuum. Currently, he is working on electrochromic display for decorative and calm computing.
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