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  Tapio 'Tassu' Takala

Professor of Interactive Digital Media
Chair of Information Networks Degree Programme

Head of Department of Media technology  (formerly TML and Media)
Aalto University School of Science (formerly within TKK)

Room: Tietotekniikka, A 137 (office hour during study periods: Wednesday 9-10)
Street address: Konemiehentie 2  (building #30 on the map)
Postal address: box 15400, FI-00076 AALTO, Finland
Mobile phone: +358 50 551 3222,       Email: tassu(at)cc.hut.fi, or  tapio.takala(at)aalto.fi

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NEW / AJANKOHTAISTA:

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IN THE MEDIA:

Aino 5/2010 (s.50): Kuinka kesäloma sujui, ope?

Tutkiva juttu: Sinun silmiesi tähden (YLE Teema to 16.4. 2009 klo 20, ja la 18.4. klo 16.50)

Päiväntasaaja kysyy: Palveleeko tietotekniikka ihmistä vai päinvastoin? (YLE Puhe to 12.3.2009 klo 15)

"Ei sen tarvitse olla vaikeata" (julkishallinnon tietojärjestelmien  heikkoa toimivuutta koskeva haastattelu Helsingin Sanomissa 4.1.2009).

Research Areas

Computer graphics and interactive systems, virtual reality (VR), animation, sound synthesis, embodied interaction, computational models and simulation, creativity.

Art & Magic – research group on technology for artistic applications [introductory presentation]
Odeion – research facilities for immersion and interaction

Current projects
  • aivoAALTO – interdisciplinary research in the Aalto university
  • Enactive Media – narrative montage with enactive control
  • Multimodaalinen kieliteknologia – finding correlations of physical movement and its linguistic description
  • DIGITALIS – usability of management information systems of the university [in Finnish]
  • MMR – Mobile Mixed Reality, part of DIEM project in ICT-SHOK (Tekes)
  • UI-ART – Urban contextual information interfaces with multimodal augmented reality
 

Courses (mostly in Finnish)

Fall 2011
T-111.5450  Tietokoneanimaatio
T-111.4800 Sosiaalinen media
T-111.5077  Sisällöntuotannon projektityö
T-111.2211  Informaatioverkostot: Studio 4

Spring 2012
Inf-0.1300  Estetiikka
Inf-0.3100/3101  Verkostojen perusteet
Inf-0.4100  Informaatioverkostot: Studio X
T-111.5900 Experimental User Interfaces

All courses by Media Technology  –  WebOodi  –  Noppa

Useful links for students

My graduated students

 

Other Activities

Graduate schools: UCIT
EIT ICT Masterschool
Networks: ACM/SIGGRAPH Helsinki chapter, SID, QUALINET, Cartes, Athene (oltermanni), Media Factory

Some past projects and results

  • MWI / MRConference – meetings in another space, see demo video
  • HandsOn – Truly 3D User Interfaces for Product Design and Animation
  • IEEE – Interactive Embodied Emotional Experience
  • ALMA – synthetic musical instruments, also a spin-off company: Virtual Air Guitar
  • HELMA – drawing in the air
  • DIVA – virtual orchestra
  • EVE – Cave-like experimental virtual environment
  • Virtual opera – digital effects for stage performances.
    • previous production: Kohtalokkaat oppitunnit, see  Siba-TV
  • Picasso – drawing in the air, interactive virtual art installation at Annantalo arts centre

Hobbies: playing piano and violin (PO), singing, badminton, diving (Kupla), gardening...

Publications

All || Journals || 2011- || 2006-2010 || 2001-2005 || 1996-2000 || 1991-95 || 1990 & before ||  Videos || In Progress
http://www.cs.hut.fi/~tta/      updated 5 May 2012