Päivi Majaranta

Researcher and teacher interested in human-technology interaction, with special expertise on the applied use of eye tracking in interfaces.  

Teaching:
- Evaluation Methods: Usability and User Experience 
- User Interface Design: Principles, Methods, and Tools 

Teacher tutor for Human-Technology Interaction (CSEE-HTIY) module in the Master's Programme in Computing Sciences and Electrical Engineering 

Supervisor of Master's theses on topics related to my expertise and research interests (see my google scholar profile). 

Researcher in the AWE - Augmented Wearable Computing project

Researcher in the Speechreading project "Katse huulioon?", in collaboration with University of Oulu. 

Human-computer interaction (HCI), gaze-based HCI, gaze-controlled interfaces, human augmentation, usability user experience (UX), accessibility, user/human-centered design (UCD/HCD), animal-computer interaction (ACI)

Memberships and positions of trust in scientific societies

2023-current, Member of the Advisory Board for Eyes4ICU Doctoral Network.

2015-current, Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Eye Movement Research. 

2018-2021, Member of the Steering Committee of ACM ETRA. 

2018-2020, President, Vice President (2015-2018) and Member (2018-2021) of the Management Board of the COGAIN Association.

2014-2018, Member of the Steering Committee of PETMEI international workshop series.

2012-2014, Secretary of Finnish Society for Computer Science, member since 2011.

2003-2005, Auditor of ACM SIGCHI Finland , member since 2001.

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In-house positions of trust at Tampere University

2020-2022, Leader of the Visual Interaction Research Group (VIRG)

2019-2020, Member of the Steering Board of Doctoral Education, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University

2017-2020, Member of the Steering Board of Master’s Degree Programme in Human-Technology Interaction (HTI), (prev. University of Tampere) Tampere University. From 2021-current, MSc in Computing Sciences / Specialization in HTI. 

2017-2018, Member of the Council of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tampere

For a list of publications, see Google Scholar