Director of the Lab
Janne Lindqvist
Janne Lindqvist
Janne Lindqvist’s research interests are at the intersection of human-computer interaction and security engineering.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr Heidi Rautalahti – Postdoctoral researcher at Aalto University, Finland
Heidi has a Phd in Study of Religion (ThD) from the University of Helsinki. Her dissertation focused on contemporary religion in digital games and among gamers from actor-centred and game-immanent perspectives - in other terms: meaning-making and eudaimonic player experiences. Her current research interests relate to otherworldly and extraordinary encounters with digital games and technology.
Contact: heidi.rautalahti[at]aalto.fi
Publications: Google Scholar
Doctoral Researcher
Amel Bourdoucen (she/her)- Doctoral Researcher at Aalto University, Finland
Amel holds an M.Sc of Technology from the University of Turku, Finland in Information Security and Cryptography (Network Track). Her research interests are focused on investigating the usability of Cloud services and user awareness of privacy, understanding cognitive processes involved with making privacy and security related choices on different platforms, and implementing solutions to assist users in making better decisions.
Contact: amel.bourdoucen[at]aalto.fi
Rongjun Ma (she/her)- Doctoral Researcher at Aalto University, Finland
Rongjun holds an M.sc of Human-computer Interaction of EIT master joint program (Entry: Aalto University, Finland, Exit: the University of Twente, the Netherlands). Her current research interests focus on the user experience of everyday digital technology usage, information overload-related challenges, and decluttered design.
Contact: rongjun.ma[at]aalto.fi
Publications: Google Scholar
Henrik Lassila (he/him) - Doctoral Researcher at Aalto University, Finland
Henrik holds M.Sc. in Cognitive Science from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland and M.A. in Literature from the University of Oulu, Finland. His research interests focus on understanding and modeling user behavior and experiences related to everyday digital technologies by applying models and theories from psychology and social sciences.
Contact: henrik.lassila[at]aalto.fi
Publications: Google Scholar
Jaakko Väkevä (he/him) - Doctoral Researcher at Aalto University, Finland
Jaakko holds a M.Sc. of Technology from Aalto University, Finland in Information Networks (Digital & Social Media track). His research interests are focused on investigating how videogames can support eudaimonic well-being, by producing aesthetic player experiences that may be considered emotional, reflective, meaningful, or personally transformative.
Contact: jaakko.vakeva[at]aalto.fi
Emmi Kärnä (she/her) - Doctoral Researcher at Aalto University, Finland
Emmi is a games researcher, whose doctoral dissertation investigates players’ interpretation formation during gameplay, their connection to aesthetic game experiences and in particular how to design for player interpretation with the means of interpretation design. Emmi has M.A. in New Media - Game Design & Production from Aalto University, and has additionally worked as an entrepreneur and game designer since 2015.
Contact: emmi.karna[at]aalto.fi
Portfolio: www.emmikarna.fi
FORMER Aalto lab alumni
Leysan Nurgalieva, Postdoctoral researcher at Aalto University
FORMER Rutger lab alumni
Xianyi Gao, PhD, Insight Data Science -> Foursquare
Fengpeng Yuan, PhD, Amazon
Yulong Yang, PhD, Uber -> Foursquare -> Google
Meghan C. McLean (post-doc)
(James) Shridatt Sugrim, PhD
Can Liu, PhD
Hua Deng, PhD
Christos Mitropoulos, MSc