Ph.D., professor; Tallinn University, co-director USED project.
Short bio
Mauri Kaipainen works as professor of new media at Tallinn University. He studied education, musicology and cognitive science at the University of Helsinki and earned his PhD? 1994 from the same university. His previous affiliations include a researcher position in the department of Music at the University of Jyväskylä 1993-95, a post doc position in the Cognitive Science program of Indiana University 1996-97. He worked as a senior researcher of the Academy of Finland 1996-97, and as a researcher at the Dept. of Psychology, University of Helsinki 1997-99. Between 2000 and 2004 he was in charge for developing and establishing the doctoral program of the Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki. Kaipainen also works as an associated researcher at the Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research, Helsinki School of Economics. He is currently in charge for two research projects funded by the Academy of Finland, and has experience of several TEKES and EU-funded technology projects.
Research interests
His approach to technology-mediated interaction is based on the view to cognition as explorative activity of the embodied mind immersed in its material and cognitive environment, largely building on the findings of cognitive psychology and systems sciences. He uses low level metadata, or “soft ontologies” and nature-like computational models as his core methodologies. The orientation also accommodates the Mc Luhanian view to technology as extensions of the mind, as well as technology as the environment of mind.
Current projects
Kaipainen has different roles associated with a range of new media research and development projects, associated with interaction concepts (USED, INiCS, Obsession), media art (Obsession) and cognitive ergonomy in public services.
Links
Personal webpage: http://mlab.uiah.fi/~mkaipain/
Media Lab doctoral program: http://mlabdoc.uiah.fi/
USED: http://used.m-cult.org
INiCS: http://scig.uiah.fi/#INiCS
CIPHER: http://cipher.uiah.fi/forum/about?lang=en
Election Star: http://crucible.lume.fi/crunet.nsf/etofilmpages/elections
Obsession: http://crucible.lume.fi/crunet.nsf/etofilmpages/obsessio
Crucible Studio: http://crucible.lume.fi
Soft Computing Interfaces Group: http://scig.uiah.fi
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