BUGGED brings together experts in extended reality, user-centered and ethical design, HCI and AI ethics.

 

Rebekah Rousi, Associate Professor, Communication and Digital Economy

Rebekah Rousi holds a PhD in Cognitive Science with extensive experience of research and teaching in Human-Technology Interaction. Her main research specialtise is in User Experience and human experience (semiotics, communication, logic, culture) with technology. Rousi’s research interests include: design; embodied interactions and experience; human-robot interaction; human-AI interaction; posthumanism; environmental interactions (e.g., elevator and arhitectural experience); ethics; emotions; trust; and sustainability. Rousi also has a background in cultural studies, critical theory and contemporary art. She has trained and practiced as a performance artist and printmaker since 2003.

 

Ville Vakkuri, Postdoctoral Researcher

Ville Vakkuri holds a PhD in Information Systems from University of Jyväskylä where he defended his doctoral dissertation “Implementing AI Ethics in Software Development” in spring 2022. Vakkuri’s research interest lie in AI ethics, privacy, and human emotions in relation to intelligent systems. Vakkuri’s research drives towards ethically minded, human centric and socially aware software engineering.

 

 

Hanna-Kaisa Alanen, Doctoral Researcher

Hanna-Kaisa has studied group mind, relying on the universal framework of fashion. Lived experiences. A case study of a tram experience, contextualized in a city (Tampere). Interviews done with ordinary people of varying ages. Collaboration with Nysse (Tampere regional transport). Research questions, e.g., anticipated attitudes (interpersonal & intrapersonal) as well as active mental representations on the tram whilst it’s moving (presence). Latter, e.g., focusing on the interior, space and generalized others, and the city and its transformations. Socio-cultural perspective. Looking at self-elements as well as the building blocks of design (human-technology interactions). Symbolic interactionism. Looking for ‘we’ experiences, i.e., social emotions.

 

Satu Rantakokko, Doctoral Researcher

Satu is currently finalising her PhD dissertation on XR-based technical instructions, and the possibilities and challenges that XR brings to field of technical communication, including the issue of data privacy.