Ubiquitous Computing as a Resource for Engagement

Speaker: Professor Giulio Jacucci (University of Helsinki)

Giulio Jacucci is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki and also Professor at the Department of Design, Aalto University. He has a background in computer science and interaction design with a PhD in information processing science. In this lecture Giulio will review cases of developing ubiquitous computing to address engagement in collective interaction at public displays,energy awareness in households, and pervasive games.

Giulio has previously visited the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics in Darmstadt and the Vienna University of Technology. He participates in organising and is part of program committees for several conferences in the area of human-computer interaction and ubiquitouscomputing (Associate Chair ACM CHI 2008 2010, ACM DIS, ECSCW, TEI, PD, MHCI, MUMM). He has won funding for several EU projects and is currentlycoordinator of BeAware a FP7 EU ICT project involving eight international partners (www.energyawareness.eu). He is also co-founder and chairman ofthe board of MultiTouch.fi a company commercialising products for scalable multitouch screens

.…followed by an opportunity to meet the speaker over drinks and buffet