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Tampere University
paivi.majaranta [at] tuni.fi (paivi[dot]majaranta[at]tuni[dot]fi)
phone number+358503185879

About me

Researcher and teacher interested in human-technology interaction, with special expertise on the applied use of eye tracking in interfaces.  

Responsibilities

Teaching:
- Usability Evaluation Methods
- Methods in Human-Centered Design 

Teacher tutor for Human-Technology Interaction (HTITLY ) module in the Master's Programme in Computing Sciences 

Supervisor of Master's theses on topics related to my expertise and research interests (see my google scholar profile). 

Researcher in the Speechreading project "Katse huulioon?", in collaboration with University of Oulu. 

Fields of expertise

Eye tracking, gaze-controlled interfaces, human-computer interaction (HCI), gaze-based HCI, usability user, experience, accessibility, user/human-centered design (UCD/HCD), animal-computer interaction (ACI)

Main positions of trust

Memberships and positions of trust in scientific societies

2023-current, Member of the Advisory Board for Eyes4ICU Doctoral Network.

2015-current, Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Eye Movement Research. 

2018-2021, Member of the Steering Committee of ACM ETRA

2018-2020, President, Vice President (2015-2018) and Member (2018-2021) of the Management Board of the COGAIN Association.

2014-2018, Member of the Steering Committee of PETMEI international workshop series.

2012-2014, Secretary of Finnish Society for Computer Science, member since 2011.

2003-2005, Auditor of ACM SIGCHI Finland , member since 2001.

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In-house positions of trust at Tampere University

2020-2022, Leader of the Visual Interaction Research Group (VIRG)

2019-2020, Member of the Steering Board of Doctoral Education, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University

2017-2020, Member of the Steering Board of Master’s Degree Programme in Human-Technology Interaction (HTI), (prev. University of Tampere) Tampere University. From 2021-current, MSc in Computing Sciences / Specialization in HTI. 

2017-2018, Member of the Council of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tampere

Research unit

https://research.tuni.fi/tauchi/

Selected publications

For a list of publications, see Google Scholar