Organizers & Committee


Aku Visuri (University of Oulu, Finland) is currently a PhD student at the Center of Ubiquitous Computing at University of Oulu. He has a MSc and a BSc in Computer Science from University of Oulu. He is part of the Community Instrumentation and Awareness (CIA) research group. He has worked in healthcare industry for a large-scale software distributor as an application designed and developer. His research interests include quantified-self, ubiquitous computing, sensing technologies, mobile computing, with emphasis on end-user benefits of applications and technologies.


Denzil Ferreira (University of Oulu, Finland) is an Academy of Finland Postdoc Fellow and is an Adjunct Professor in Mobile Computing. His research focus is on utilising mobile instrumentation (e.g., wearables, smartphones, ambient displays, deployable sensors) to better understand human behavior and social wellbeing. Ferreira leads the Community Instrumentation and Awareness (CIA) research group, and acts as the Vice-Director of the Center for Ubiquitous Computing at the University of Oulu.


Niels van Berkel (The University of Melbourne, Australia) is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne, where he is a member of the Interaction Design Lab. In his PhD research, he focuses on active human sensing through ubiquitous devices, most prominently smartphones. A large portion of his work focuses on the accuracy of active data collection (e.g., using techniques such as the Experience Sampling Method). His research interests include ubiquitous computing, HCI, crowdsourcing, and social computing.


Vassilis Kostakos (The University of Melbourne, Australia) is a Professor at The University of Melbourne School of Computing and Information Systems. He has previously worked as a Professor and Director of the Center of Ubiquitous Computing at University of Oulu, as Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Carnegie Mellon University, and as Assistant Professor at University of Madeira. He is also part of the Academy of Finland Distinguished Professor Programme. He received his PhD and BSc in Computer Science from University of Bath. His research interests include mobile computing, ubiquitous and pervasive computing, social network analysis, human computer interaction, and security and usability.


Yuuki Nishiyama (Keio University, Japan) is a PhD candidate in Media and Governance, and a research assistant of Global Environmental System Leaders (GESL) program at Keio University. He is a member of Tokuda lab, SFC, Keio University. He holds a BArts in Environmental Information (2012), a Master of Media and Governance (2014). His research interests are in distributed, mobile and ubiquitous computing, human behavior change, life-logging, context-awareness, health care, wearables and IoT.

Kennedy Opoku Asare (University of Oulu, Finland) is a Research Assistant at the Center for Ubiquitous Computing, University of Oulu, Finland. He is a June 2018 candidate for MSc Computer Science from the University of Oulu. He holds a BSc in Computer Science from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. He is part of the Community Instrumentation and Awareness (CIA) research group. Before joining the academia, he worked as a full-stack software developer of financial solutions, and as a UNICEF Consultant in Ghana. His research focuses on ubiquitous computing, sensing technologies, and mobile computing.

Elina Kuosmanen (University of Oulu, Finland) is a PhD student at the Center of Ubiquitous Computing at University of Oulu. She has a MSc in Applied Mathematics from University of Oulu. She is a part of the Community Instrumentation and Awareness (CIA) research group. She has a strong industry background in wireless communications.  Her research interests include mobile monitoring of human behavior and wellbeing, and mHealth.

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