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Network Society

Mission

The objective of the Network Society is to pioneer and develop human-centric, multidisciplinary, ubiquitous information and communication technology based on comprehensive understanding of needs and practices in the everyday life and social relations of a network society.

News

Fuga project in Wired!
Fuga project findings were recently quoted in Wired! magazine. View the article.

Research domains

1. Mobile and ubiquitous interaction
2. Open media creation, management and distribution
3. Tools and methodology for service innovation
4. Development of a sustainable network society

Current research projects

• AMOVEO - Work Practises and the Transition to Ubicomp Dr Antti Oulasvirta
• AVEA Kai Huotari
• BeAware - Boosting Energy Awareness with Adaptive Real-Time Environments Dr Giulio Jacucci
• CALLAS Dr Giulio Jacucci
• ContextCues Professor Martti Mäntylä
• Creative Commons Finland Professor Jukka Kemppinen
• Enactive Social Media and Gaming Professor Marko Turpeinen
• eXdesign, Kai Kuikkaniemi
• FUGA - Fun of Gaming Professor Marko Turpeinen
• GAS - Games as Service Professor Marko Turpeinen
• Global Network Society Professor Pekka Himanen
• Hydrosys, Antti Nurminen
• Innoguard - Detecting patented software Dr Perttu Virtanen
• IPcity Ann Morrison
• LUCRE Dr. Antti Oulasvirta
• Mobile City Moments Dr Risto Sarvas
• Musiquitous Lassi Liikkanen
• PASION Dr Antti Oulasvirta
• PRIMA Asko Lehmuskallio
• PUPS - Personalised and Ubiquitous Public ServicesPeter Peltonen
• P2P-Fusion: Multimedia Archives and Community Content in P2P Networks Dr Ken Rimey
• THESEUS Dr. Antti Oulasvirta
• UDOI BOOSTER Dr. Olli Pitkänen

Past research projects

• Between Professor Martti Mäntylä
• COMSOA: Community Media and Service-Oriented Architecture Professor Marko Turpeinen
• Context Professor Martti Mäntylä, Professor Hannu Toivonen
• Drama Professor Martti Mäntylä
• Immortalidad: Future Social Use of Photographs Dr Risto Sarvas
• MC2: Mobile Content Communities Professor Marko Turpeinen
• MobiLife Professor Martti Mäntylä
• MoMUPE: Multi-User Publishing Environment Professor Marko Turpeinen
• Muppet: Managing Privacy and Trust in P2P Communication Professor Martti Mäntylä
• Pamphlet: Community-Centric Hybrid Media Dr Risto Sarvas
• RISE: Rich Semantic Media for Personal and Professional Users Professor Marko Turpeinen
• <TÄKY> - User-Created Location Tagging Dr Risto Sarvas
• E!3187 CELTIC Db - Wireless Festival Finland Professor Martti Mäntylä

Programme management

• Programme Director: Professor Marko Turpeinen
• Programme Manager: MSc Kai Huotari
• Programme Management Group:
  • Professor Pekka Himanen
  • Dr Giulio Jacucci
  • Professor Martti Mäntylä
  • Dr Antti Oulasvirta
  • Dr Olli Pitkänen
  • Dr Ken Rimey
  • Dr Risto Sarvas / Asko Lehmuskallio

Research groups

The Network Society programme continues with new structure and focus the research of two older research programmes, the Digital Economy and the Media Convergence programmes.

Five partially overlapping research groups collaborate in the research:

• Digital Content Communities Professor Marko Turpeinen, Professor Timo Saari
• Distributed Applications Dr Ken Rimey
• Experimental Law & Economy Dr Olli Pitkänen, Professor Jukka Kemppinen, Professor Pekka Himanen, Dr Perttu Virtanen
• Self-Made Media Dr Risto Sarvas
• Ubiquitous Interaction Dr Antti Oulasvirta, Dr Giulio Jacucci, Dr Ann Morrison, Dr Tommi Ilmonen, Dr Esko Kurvinen, Professor Martti Mäntylä