Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering
Department of Information and Communications Engineering
Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI)
ELLIS Institute Finland
Simulation models of human behavior in everyday interactive tasks
We study computational models of human behavior and their applications in interactive and intelligent systems. Our models emulate human-like thinking and movements and can be used to produce predictions of human performance, ergonomics, as well as common errors. The primary application areas lie within human-AI interaction and human-computer interaction and include:
- Human-robot interaction
- Intelligent traffic systems
- VR and AR interfaces
- Graphical user interfaces
- Web navigation and browsing
- Information visualizations
Read more about what simulation can do for HCI and HAI, how AI can understand users, and how our methods helped redesign the French keyboard standard. Read more about computational rationality and how our models work. Read more about how our models can drive computational design and human-centric AI.
Rigorous validation against high quality human datasets
Our laboratory offers equipment and space for experimental research for computational modeling. We have equipment for micro- (fingers, hands, eyes) and meso-scale (body) measurements of human motion. Take a look!
Members
We are an interdisciplinary group with backgrounds in computational sciences, cognitive sciences, and design.
Antti Oulasvirta (lead)
Joon-Gi Shin (postdoc)
Thomas Langerak (postdoc)
Lena Hegemann (PhD student)
Xuejing Luo (ELLIS PhD student)
Xinyin Wen (PhD student, 2nd supervisor)
Ruofeng Wang (PhD student)
Jan Kompatscher (ELLIS PhD student)
Katri Leino (PhD student, 2nd supervisor)
Anna Riha (PhD student, 2nd supervisor)
Nam Hee Gordon (visiting PhD student)
Location
We are located in the new building called Kide (Konemiehentie 1) on the beautiful campus of Aalto University in Espoo, Finland.
