Vacant for research projects:

• Helsinki Univ.Tech., grant from the Academy of Finland for project "CAD system's user interface" (including 3 mo visit to Center for Mathematics and Computer Science CWI, Amsterdam, for project "Integrated Interactive Intelligent CAD") 1986 (1 yr)
• Helsinki Univ.Tech., project "CAD for creative design", supported by the Technology Development Centre 1987-88 (2 yr)
• Technical Research Center of Finland, project "Aesthetically qualified environment and new planning techniques" 1988-89 (3+3 mo)
• Sabbatical to The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA, project "Interaction techniques for scientific visualization" 1990-92 (2 yr)

Activities

Editorial boards of journals

• Valokynä (Journal of Finnish CAD/CAM Association) 1983-90, chief editor 1987-90
• Computer Graphics Forum (Eurographics) 1988-93
• Artificial Intelligence in Engineering (Elsevier) 1992-98
• Sciences et techniques de la conception (Ed. HERMES) 1992-
• International Journal of Design Computing (Univ. Sydney, www) 1997-

Executive boards of institutions

• Finnish Association for Computer Graphics 1982-83
• Finnish CAD/CAM Association 1988
• Media Laboratory at University of Art and Design Helsinki 1994
• CARTES computer art center at Espoo 1994-

Memberships in societies

• Eurographics Association 1981-
• ACM (SIGGRAPH and SIGCHI) 1991-
• IEEE Computer Society 1991-
• Int.Comp.Music Ass. (ICMA) 1993-

Program committee member for conferences and workshops:

• 1st - 4rd Eurographics Workshops on Intelligent CAD Systems 1987-90
• 1st - 4rd Eurographics Workshops on Object-Oriented Graphics 1990-94
• TIPS-86, -88 and -90 conferences on Knowledge-Based Systems in Architecture (Helsinki Univ. of Technology) 1986-90
• AIENG'89 and '90 conferences on Artificial Intelligence in Engineering 1989-90
• Modeling Creativity and Knowledge-Based Creative Design (University of Sydney) 1989
  
  Computational Models of Creative Design (Univ. of Sydney) 1995
  
  Computational and Cognitive Models of Creative Design (Univ. of Sydney) 2001

  Eurographics Workshop on Computer Graphics and Mathematics 1991

  IFIP TC5/WG5.10, 2nd Working Conference on Modeling in Computer Graphics 1993

  AID'92, -'94, -'96 and -'98, Artificial Intelligence in Design 1992-98

  ISEA'94, International Symposium on Electronic Arts (University of Art and Design Helsinki) 1994

  IFIP WG5.2, 2nd Workshop on Formal Design Methods for CAD 1995

  7th Intnl. Conference on Auditory Display (Helsinki U. of Tech.) 2001. Paper chair.

Educational merits:

• Teaching several courses at different universities (Helsinki Univ.of Tech., Lappeenranta Univ.of Tech., Univ.of Helsinki, George Washington Univ.) since 1979, including: Basic Course in Programming T1, programming languages (C, APL), Unix as Programming Platform, Data Structures and Algorithms, Programming Language Theory, Computer Graphics 1-2, Geometric Modeling.
• Development (as responsible professor) of the major/minor subjects 'Interactive Digital Media' and 'New Media Content Production' at HUT, 1995-, including founding of several new courses: Multimedia Technology, Virtual Reality, Computer Animation and Modeling, 3D Production, Hypermedia Documents.
• Planning and execution of the new interdisciplinary curriculum Information Networks at HUT, committee chair 1998-
• Faculty at graduate schools HeCSE (HUT and U.of Helsinki) and Pythagoras (HUT, U.of Jyväskylä, U.of Helsinki, Sibelius Academy)
• Supervised ca. 25 Master's theses and 3 Licentiates
• Doctoral dissertations:
  • Supervised L.Savioja 1999 (Helsinki Univ. Tech.)
    (awarded best dissertation on technology in 1999 by The Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers TEK)
  • Opponent to N.V.Carlsen 1992, and H.W.Jensen 1997 (Tech. Univ. Denmark)
  • Reviewer to J-K Gui 1992, T.Laakko 1993, M-R.Koivunen 1994, A.Jolma 1999 (Helsinki Univ. Tech.), and J.Räisänen 2000- (Univ. Art and Design Helsinki)
• link to synopsis in Finnish

Research projects:

• FurCAD (CAD system for fur design), cooperation with the University of Industrial Arts, main researcher 1989-92 (3 yr), funded by TEKES
• COTEX - Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Textile, Fur and Clothing Industries, Helsinki Univ.Tech., project leader 1993-94 (1 yr 7 mo), TEKES
• DIVA - Digital Virtual Acoustics, cooperation projects with Laboratory of Acoustics, Helsinki Univ.Tech., project leader 1993-96 (3 yr), Academy of Finland
• Tacit knowledge in complex mind-environment systems, cooperation with Jyväskylä University, Dept. of Music, and University of Helsinki, Dept. of Psychology, joint project leader 1996-98 (3 yr), Academy of Finland
• INFEMAT (mathematical modeling of infectious deseases), leading the Helsinki Univ.Tech. part of joint project with National Public Health Institute and Rolf Nevanlinna Institute 1994-95 (2 yr), Academy of Finland
• TOVE (TOimialaVErkot, multimedia communications for industrial applications), Helsinki Univ.Tech., joint project leader 1996-98 (3 yr), TEKES
• TEMA (Testbed for Music and Acoustics), EU IT/LTR joint project with Univ.of York and SIM (Berlin), leader of HUT part 1997 (9 mo)
• NETVE (NETworked Virtual Environments), joint project with Tampere University of Technology, leader of HUT part 1997-98 (2 yr), TEKES
• PAULA (Personal access and user interface for multimodal broadband telecommunication), joint project with Oulu University and Tampere University of Technology; leader of HUT part 1998-2001 (3 yr), Academy of Finland
• Orchestra Simulator, 1998 (9 mo), TEKES
• HARMONY (Coping with the complexity of business innovation), EU IMS project, leader of HUT part 1998- (4 yr)
• SimLab (Enterprise simulation laboratory), joint project with HUT Department of Industrial Management, research advisor 1998-2000 (3 yr), TEKES
• Virtual reality in military training, project leader 2000-01 (13 mo), Finnish Defense Forces
• BS-CAVE (3D Visualization of Building Services in Virtual Environment), project leader 200-01 (1 yr), TEKES

Artistic projects:

• Lemminkäinen, exhibition at Ateneum museum in Helsinki, Oct 1995 (multimedia installations made by students), project advisor 1994-95
• Virtual Orchestra Performance (interactive installation) Siggraph'97 Electric Garden, Los Angeles, August 1997. Project leader
• SynChronos (multimedia performance), Helsinki City Festival, 31 Aug 1997. Developer of the interactive computer graphics part
• Performance as soloist with the Polytech Orchestra, Mozart Piano Concert No. 23 in a, KV 488, Helsinki, 17 Dec 1997
• MARIENKIRCHE, animated film - a visual and aural demonstration of architectural and acoustical design, SIGGRAPH'98 Computer Animation Festival, Orlando USA, 1998 . Executive producer
• MetaSYNK (multimedia performance), presented 25 Nov 2000 in Espoo and Helsinki as part of cultural capital programme. Developer of telematic computer graphics artwork.

Publications