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Tapio 'Tassu' Takala

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Professor of Interactive Digital Media
Chair of Information Networks Curriculum

Head of Department of Media technology  (formerly TML and Media)
Faculty of Information and Natural Sciences

Room: A 137 (office hour Wednesdays at 9-10)
Phone: +358- 9- 451 3222
Mobile: +358- 50- 551 3222
Fax: +358- 9- 451 5014
Email: tassu(at)cc.hut.fi
Street address: Konemiehentie 2  (building #30 on the map)
Postal address: box 5400, 02015 TKK, Finland

AJANKOHTAISTA:

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Ilmaan piirtämisen taide – vuorovaikutteinen installaatio Annantalon taidekeskuksessa lapsille ja nuorille suunnatun Picasso-näyttelyn yhteydessä 25.9. – 13.12.2009.  
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Aalto-yliopiston uusi visuaalinen ilme  >> lue lisää

IN THE MEDIA:

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

Päiväntasaaja kysyy: Palveleeko tietotekniikka ihmistä vai päinvastoin? (YLE Puhe to 12.3. klo 15)

"Ei sen tarvitse olla vaikeata" (haastattelu Helsingin Sanomissa 4.1.2009).
Ks. myös HS-keskustelupalsta "Ovatko käyttämäsi ohjelmistot hankalia?" 

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
  • UI-ART – Urban contextual information interfaces with multimodal augmented reality
  • MMR – Mobile Mixed Reality, part of DIEM project in ICT-SHOK (Tekes)
  • MR-Conference – meeting in another space, see demo video
  • AivoAalto – interdisciplinary research in the Aalto university [in Finnish] - lue lisää
  • Enactive Media – narrative montage with enactive control
  • Media Factory – research and education network within the Aalto university [in Finnish]
  • DIGITALIS – usability of management information systems of the university [in Finnish]
  • Picasso – drawing in the air, interactive virtual art installation at Annantalo arts centre
 

Courses (mostly in Finnish)

Current, fall 2009
T-111.5450  Tietokoneanimaatio
T-111.5077  Sisällöntuotannon projektityö
T-111.7590  Digitaalisen median tutkimusseminaari

Past, spring 2009
Inf-0.1300  Estetiikka
Inf-0.3100/3101  Verkostojen perusteet
Inf-0.4100  Informaatioverkostot: Studio X
T-111.2210/2211  Informaatioverkostot: Studio 4

All courses by Media Technology  –  WebOodi  –  Noppa

Useful links for students

 

Other Activities

Graduate schools: UCIT
Networks: ACM/SIGGRAPH Helsinki chapter, SID, Cartes, Athene (oltermanni)

Some past projects and results

  • 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

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

 

Publications

In Progress || journals || 2006- || 2001-2005 || 1996-2000 || 1991-95 || 1990 & before ||  All

http://www.cs.hut.fi/~tta/      updated 13 Oct 2009