CS-E4002 - Special Course in Computer Science: Human-Centred Research and Design in Crisis, 02.06.2020-01.09.2020

Designing Multi-modal Interfaces for Demanding Conditions in Crisis  (PDF slides)

Paula Valkonen, Master of Arts, Aalto University and Dr. Jari Laarni, Principal Scientist, VTT, June 30, 2020 

Workshop: Mapping Ecologies of Crisis using Design Thinking (PDF Slides)

Prof. Nitin Sawhney, Department of Computer Science, Aalto University and André Santos, PdP Course Coordinator, Aalto Design Factory, Aalto University , July 3, 2020

Readings for Lecture: 

• Denef, S., Ramirez, L., Dyrks, T., & Stevens, G. (2008, February).  Handy navigation in ever-changing spaces: An ethnographic study of firefighting practices. In Proceedings of the 7th ACM conference on Designing interactive systems (pp. 184-192).
• Valkonen, P., & Liinasuo, M. (2010, October). Role playing with fire fighters: using a worst case scenario and verbal re-enactment in the role play. In Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries (pp. 805-808).
• Aaltonen, I., & Laarni, J. (2017). Field evaluation of a wearable multimodal soldier navigation system.  Applied Ergonomics 63, 79-90.

Readings for Workshop: 

• Sawhney, N., and Tran, A., 2020. Ecologies of Contestation in Participatory Design. In Proceedings of the 16^th Participatory Design Conference (PDC 2020), Manizales, Columbia. ACM.
• Leyla Acaroglu. Tools for Systems Thinkers: Systems Mapping, Blog Post, Medium, September 20, 2017.
• Nataša Lovrić. 2019. Stakeholder Engagement in Environmental Decision-Making Processes, Life on Land, Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer Nature.

Additional References:

• Lupton, D. (editor). 2020. Doing fieldwork in a pandemic  (crowd-sourced document).
• Iina Aaltonen. 2018. Usability of Emerging Technologies: User Studies with Wearable, Multimodal and Augmented Reality Solutions . Doctoral Dissertation, Aalto University. (Chapter 1)
• Bergroth, J., Koskinen, H., & Laarni, J. (2018).  Use of immersive 3-D virtual reality environments in control room validations . Nuclear Technology, 202, 278-289.
• Laarni, J., Pakarinen, S, Bordi, M., Kallinen, K., Närväinen, J., Kortelainen, H., Lukander, K., Pettersson, K., Havola, J., & Pihlainen, K. (2019). Promoting soldier cognitive readiness for battle tank operations through bio-signal measurements. In: Proceedings of AHFE’2019. Springer. 
• Pakarinen, S., Korpela, J., Karvonen, H., & Laarni, J. (2019). Modeling the cardiac indices of stress and performance of nuclear power plant operators during simulated fault scenarios.  Psychophysiology, [e13513].
• Parker, R., Riley, D., Pearce, G., & Anderson, S. (2007, July). Measurement of Rural Firefighter Productivity & Workload. The Tassie Fire Conference, Wrest Point Conference Centre Hobart, Tasmania.
• How VR ands AR are Making First Responders Safer . Medium Post, April 24, 2017.