

Ville Paananen
Latest publications
‘Honestly, i could lose a few hours on PubMed quite easily’: breaking down the reading barriers of medical literature with an LLM-powered browser extension
Li, J., Ahooie, N. N., Paananen, V., Visuri, A., Szabó, D., Kuutila, M., Yatani, K., Mäntylä, M. & Hosio, S., 3 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Behaviour and Information Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Cognitive Forcing for Better Decision-Making: Reducing Overreliance on AI Systems Through Partial Explanations
de Jong, S., Paananen, V., Tag, B. & van Berkel, N., 2 May 2025, In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 9, 2, CSCW048.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Factors of Trust for Successfully Adopting Social Robots on the Campus
Szabó, D., Visuri, A., Paananen, V., Handelage, A., Ravishan, K., Kirjavainen, E., Yatani, K. & Hosio, S., 28 Nov 2025, OzCHI '25: Proceedings of the 37th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Fredericks, J., Yoo, S., Minh Tran, T. T., Pantidi, N., Hoang, T., Hoggenmueller, M., Caldwell, G., Tag, B., Andres, J., Davis, H., Boden, M., Zhu, H., Harman, J. & Rahman, J. (eds.). ACM, p. 176-189Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Investigating mental wellbeing self-care in higher education using BERTopic modeling
Ali, M., van Berkel, N., Tag, B., Paananen, V., Oppenlaender, J., Yatani, K. & Hosio, S., 2025, In: Discover Mental Health. 5, 204.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
From Digital Media to Empathic Spaces: A Systematic Review of Empathy Research in Extended Reality Environments
Paananen, V., Kiarostami, M. S., Lik-Hang, L., Braud, T. & Hosio, S., May 2024, In: ACM Computing Surveys. 56, 5, p. 1-40 114.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Using text-to-image generation for architectural design ideation
Paananen, V., Oppenlaender, J. & Visuri, A., Sept 2024, In: International Journal of Architectural Computing. 22, 3, p. 458-474 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Eliciting Empathy towards Urban Accessibility Issues
Paananen, V., Visuri, A., Van Berkel, N. & Hosio, S., 20 Sept 2023, CHItaly '23: Proceedings of the 15th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter. ACM, 14Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Exploring Situated Empathy through a Metaverse Campus
Paananen, V., Kiarostami, S., Lee, L. H., Visuri, A., Kheirinejad, S. & Hosio, S., 2023, Mindtrek '23: Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference. ACM, p. 1-12Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
It is an online platform and not the real world, i don't care much: Investigating Twitter Profile Credibility with an Online Machine Learning-Based Tool
Li, J., Paananen, V., Suryanarayana, S. A., Huusko, E., Kuutila, M., Mäntylä, M. & Hosio, S., Mar 2023, CHIIR '23: Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. ACM, p. 117-127Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Perceptions and Realities of Text-to-Image Generation
Oppenlaender, J., Silvennoinen, J., Paananen, V. & Visuri, A., 3 Oct 2023, Academic Mindtrek - Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference. ACM, p. 279-288 10 p. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review