Perttu Hämäläinen
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
A806 Department of Art and Media
Professor (Associate Professor)
Computer Science - Visual Computing (VisualComputing) - Research area
I'm a tenured associate professor of computer games. I work on topics such as gameplay innovation, understanding player experience, and developing novel game development tools, typically building on a foundation of AI, machine learning, human-computer interaction, and psychology.
See my for papers, projects, videos etc.
Phone number
+358505967735
Areas of expertise
games, AI, human-computer interaction, machine learning, Virtual Reality, Extended Reality
Research groups
- Computer Science Professors, Professor (Associate Professor)
- Computer Science - Visual Computing (VisualComputing) - Research area, Professor (Associate Professor)
- Professorship Hämäläinen Perttu, Professor (Associate Professor)
Publications
Prabhav Bhatnagar, Markus Laattala, Supriya Dutta, Tom Cole, Perttu Hämäläinen
2025
FDG '25: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games
Markus Kirjonen, Adas Slezas, Supriya Dutta, Markus Laattala, Perttu Hämäläinen
2025
FDG '25: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games
Jaakko Väkevä, Perttu Hämäläinen, Janne Lindqvist
2025
CHI 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Prabhav Bhatnagar, Markus Laattala, Supriya Dutta, Perttu Hämäläinen
2024
CHI-PLAY Companion 2024 - Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Don Samitha Elvitigala, Armağan Karahanoğlu, Andrii Matviienko, Laia Turmo Vidal, Dees Postma, Michael Jones, Maria F. Montoya, Daniel Harrison, Lars Elbæk, Florian Daiber, Lisa Anneke Burr, Rakesh Patibanda, Paolo Buono, Perttu Hämäläinen, Robby van Delden, Regina Bernhaupt, Xipei Ren, Vincent van Rheden, Fabio Zambetta, Elise van den Hoven, Carine Lallemand, Dennis Reidsma, Florian Mueller
2024
CHI 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Florian Fischer, Aleksi Ikkala, Markus Klar, Arthur Fleig, Miroslav Bachinski, Roderick Murray-Smith, Perttu Hämäläinen, Antti Oulasvirta, Jörg Müller
2024
UIST 2024 - Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Markus Laattala, Perttu Hämäläinen
2024
CHI-PLAY Companion 2024 - Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Markus Laattala, Roosa Piitulainen, Nadia Ady, Monica Tamariz, Perttu Hämäläinen
2024
CHI '24: Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Solip Park, Perttu Hämäläinen, Annakaisa Kultima
2024
CHI 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Ville Tanskanen, Chang Rajani, Perttu Hämäläinen, Christian Guckelsberger, Arto Klami
2024
Transactions on Machine Learning Research
Nina Tepponen, Prabhav Bhatnagar, Perttu Hämäläinen
2024
CHI-PLAY Companion 2024 - Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Susanna Värtinen, Perttu Hämäläinen, Christian Guckelsberger
2024
IEEE Transactions on Games
Noshaba Cheema, Rui Xu, Nam Hee Kim, Perttu Hämäläinen, Vladislav Golyanik, Marc Habermann, Christian Theobalt, Philipp Slusallek
2023
Proceedings - SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 Conference Papers, SA 2023
Perttu Hämäläinen, Mikke Tavast, Anton Kunnari
2023
Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23)
Reetu Kontio, Markus Laattala, Robin Welsch, Perttu Hämäläinen
2023
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Robby Van Delden, Dennis Reidsma, Dees Postma, Joris Weijdom, Elena Márquez Segura, Laia Turmo Vidal, José Manuel Vega-Cebrián, Ana Tajadura-Jiménez, Annika Waern, Solip Park, Perttu Hämäläinen, José Maria Font, Mats Johnsson, Lærke Schjødt Rasmussen, Lars Elbæk
2023
Veera Vimpari, Annakaisa Kultima, Perttu Hämäläinen, Christian Guckelsberger
2023
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Amin Babadi, Michiel Van de Panne, Caren Liu, Perttu Hamalainen
2022
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Inan Evin, Perttu Hämäläinen, Christian Guckelsberger
2022
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Perttu Hämäläinen, Mikke Tavast, Anton Kunnari
2022
27th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI 2022 Companion
Perttu Hämäläinen, Juuso Toikka, Amin Babadi, C Karen Liu
2022
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Aleksi Ikkala, Florian Fischer, Markus Klar, Miroslav Bachinski, Arthur Fleig, Andrew Howes, Perttu Hämäläinen, Jörg Müller, Roderick Murray-Smith, Antti Oulasvirta
2022
UIST '22: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Aleksi Ikkala, Perttu Hämäläinen
2022
Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation IV
Nam Hee Kim, Markus Kirjonen, Perttu Hämäläinen
2022
MIG '22: Proceedings of the 15th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games
Jeppe Theiss Kristensen, Christian Guckelsberger, Paolo Burelli, Perttu Hämäläinen
2022
UIST '22: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Solip Park, Perttu Hämäläinen, Annakaisa Kultima, Laia Turmo Vidal, Elena Márquez Segura, Dennis Reidsma
2022
FDG '22: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games
Roosa Piitulainen, Perttu Hämäläinen, Elisa Mekler
2022
CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Mikke Tavast, Anton Kunnari, Perttu Hämäläinen
2022
27th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI 2022 Companion
Simone Kriglstein, Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken, Laia Turmo Vidal, Madison Klarkowski, Katja Rogers, Selen Turkay, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Elena Márquez Segura, Anders Drachen, Perttu Hämäläinen
2021
Kenny Mitchell, Babis Koniaris, Monica Tamariz, Jessie Kennedy, Noshaba Cheema, Elisa Mekler, Pieter van der Linden, Erik Herrmann, Perttu Hämäläinen, Iain McGregor, Philipp Slusallek, Carmen Mac Williams
2021
Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021
Otso Pietikäinen, Perttu Hämäläinen, Jaakko Lehtinen, Antti J. Karttunen
2021
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
Shaghayegh Roohi, Christian Guckelsberger, Asko Relas, Henri Heiskanen, Jari Takatalo, Perttu Hämäläinen
2021
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Tuure Saloheimo, Maximus Kaos, Pia Fricker, Perttu Hämäläinen
2021
Academic Mindtrek 2021
Noshaba Cheema, Laura A. Frey-Law, Kourosh Naderi, Jaakko Lehtinen, Philipp Slusallek, Perttu Hämäläinen
2020
Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Inan Evin, Toni Pesola, Maximus Kaos, Tuukka M. Takala, Perttu Hämäläinen
2020
CHI PLAY 2020 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Perttu Hämäläinen, Amin Babadi, Xiaoxiao Ma, Jaakko Lehtinen
2020
Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 30th International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing, MLSP 2020
Ilya Kurinov, Grzegorz Orzechowski, Perttu Hämäläinen, Aki Mikkola
2020
IEEE Access
Grzegorz Orzechowski, Perttu Hämäläinen, Aki Mikkola
2020
Archive of Mechanical Engineering
Shaghayegh Roohi, Asko Relas, Jari Takatalo, Henri Heiskanen, Perttu Hämäläinen
2020
CHI PLAY 2020 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Amin Babadi, Kourosh Naderi, Perttu Hämäläinen
2019
Proceedings - MIG 2019
Maximus D. Kaos, Ryan E. Rhodes, Perttu Hamalainen, T. C. Nicholas Graham
2019
CHI 2019: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Lauri Lehtonen, Maximus Kaos, Raine Kajastila, Leo Holsti, Janne Karsisto, Sami Pekkola, Joni Vähämäki, Lassi Vapaakallio, Perttu Hämäläinen
2019
CHI PLAY '19: Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Kourosh Naderi, Amin Babadi, Shaghayegh Roohi, Perttu Hamalainen
2019
IEEE Conference on Games 2019, CoG 2019
Shaghayegh Roohi, Elisa Mekler, Mikke Tavast, Tatu Blomqvist, Perttu Hämäläinen
2019
CHI PLAY '19 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Amin Babadi, Kourosh Naderi, Perttu Hämäläinen
2018
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG’18)
Antti Granqvist, Tapio Takala, Jari Takatalo, Perttu Hämäläinen
2018
CHI PLAY 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Veera Hokkanen, Thomas Holmes, Hannu Koivuranta, Antti Sandberg, Helena Sorva, Juuso Toikka, Perttu Hämäläinen, Maximus Kaos
2018
Christina Lassheikki, Iina Nokelainen, Yuanqi Shan, Maximus Kaos, Martti Raevaara, Heikka Valja, Perttu Hämäläinen
2018
Florian Mueller, Zach Toups, Daniel Johnson, Peta Wyeth, Ben Schouten, Perttu Hämäläinen, Jo Iacovides, Elisa Mekler, Hartmut Koenitz, Günter Wallner, Max Birk, Lila Bozgeyikli, Kathrin Gerling
2018
CHI PLAY 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Kourosh Naderi, Jari Takatalo, Jari Lipsanen, Perttu Hämäläinen
2018
Proceedings Graphics Interface 2018, GI 2018
Kourosh Naderi, Amin Babadi, Perttu Hämäläinen
2018
Computer Graphics Forum
Joose Julius Rajamaki, Perttu Hamalainen
2018
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Joose Rajamäki, Perttu Hämäläinen
2018
2018 Annual American Control Conference, ACC 2018
Shaghayegh Roohi, Jari Takatalo, Matias Kivikangas, Perttu Hämäläinen
2018
Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Shaghayegh Roohi, Jari Takatalo, Christian Guckelsberger, Perttu Hämäläinen
2018
Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Perttu Hämäläinen, Vero Vanden Abeele
2017
Perttu Hämäläinen, Jari Takatalo
2017
Duodecim: Lääketieteellinen aikakauskirja
Perttu Hämäläinen, Xiaoxiao Ma, Jari Takatalo, Julian Togelius
2017
Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Reima Karhila, Sari Ylinen, Seppo Enarvi, Kalle Palomäki, Aleksander Nikulin, Olli Rantula, Vertti Viitanen, Krupakar Dhinakaran, Anna-Riikka Smolander, Heini Kallio, Katja Junttila, Maria Uther, Perttu Hämäläinen, Mikko Kurimo
2017
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH
Mikko Kytö, Krupakar Dhinakaran, Aki Martikainen, Perttu Hämäläinen
2017
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Kourosh Naderi, Joose Rajamäki, Perttu Hämäläinen
2017
ACM Transactions on Graphics
Kourosh Naderi, Jari Takatalo, Perttu Hämäläinen
2017
CHI PLAY 2017 Extended Abstracts - Extended Abstracts Publication of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Joose Rajamäki, Perttu Hämäläinen
2017
SCA '17 : Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH / Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation
Raine Kajastila, Leo Holsti, Perttu Hämäläinen
2016
CHI '16 Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Felipe Marjalizo Alonso, Raine Kajastila, Tuukka Takala, Mikael Matveinen, Mikko Kytö, Perttu Hämäläinen
2016
Proceedings of Academic Mindtrek 2016
Joose Rajamäki, Kourosh Naderi, Ville Kyrki, Perttu Hämäläinen
2016
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Perttu Hämäläinen
2015
Perttu Hämäläinen, Joose Rajamäki, C.Karen Liu
2015
ACM Transactions on Graphics
Perttu Hämäläinen, Joseph Marshall, Raine Kajastila, Rich Byrne, "Florian 'Floyd'" Mueller
2015
ACM CHI PLAY, London, United Kingdom, October 3-7, 2015
Raine Kajastila, Perttu Hämäläinen
2015
Interactions
Kourosh Naderi, Joose Rajamäki, Perttu Hämäläinen
2015
MIG '15: Proceedings of the 8th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion in Games
Tuukka M. Takala, Perttu Hämäläinen, Mikael Matveinen, Taru Simonen, Jari Takatalo
2015
Computer-Human Interaction
Perttu Hämäläinen, Raine Kajastila
2014
CHI'14 workshop on HCI and Sports
Perttu Hämäläinen, Sebastian Eriksson, Esa Tanskanen, Ville Kyrki, Jaakko Lehtinen
2014
ACM Transactions on Graphics
Raine Kajastila, Perttu Hämäläinen
2014
Raine Kajastila, Perttu Hämäläinen
2014
CHI EA '14 CHI '14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Raine Kajastila, Perttu Hämäläinen
2014
Sports Technology
Raine Kajastila, Leo Holsti, Perttu Hämäläinen
2014
International Journal of Computer Science in Sport
Leo Holsti, Tuukka Takala, Aki Martikainen, Raine Kajastila, Perttu Hämäläinen
2013
Tuukka Takala, Perttu Hämäläinen, Mikael Matveinen, Taru Simonen, Jari Takatalo
2013
Proceedings of the 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI '13)
Tuukka Takala, Meeri Mäkäräinen, Perttu Hämäläinen
2013
Proceedings of 2013 IEEE 8th Symposium on 3D User Interfaces
Inger Ekman, Antti Poikola, Meeri Mäkäräinen, Tapio Takala, Perttu Hämäläinen
2008
Ville Nenonen, Aleksi Lindblad, Ville Häkkinen, Toni Laitinen, Mikko Jouhtio, Perttu Hämäläinen
2007
IGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems CHI '07, April 28 - May 3, San Jose, California, USA
Perttu Hämäläinen, Timo Aila, Tapio Takala, Jarmo Alander
2006
Mutated Kd-tree Importance Sampling, in Proceedings of the The Ninth Scandinavian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SCAI 2006), Helsinki, Finland, 25.10.-27.10.2006
Teemu Mäki-Patola, Perttu Hämäläinen, Aki Kanerva
2006
New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME06), Paris, France 3.6-8.6.2006
Perttu Hämäläinen
2005
International Symposium on Mixed Reality, Riika, Latvia, 20-21.5.2005
Perttu Hämäläinen, Johanna Höysniemi, Tommi Ilmonen, Mikko Lindholm, Ari Nykänen
2005
ACM Conference on CHI'2005, Portland, Oregon, 2-7.4.2005
Johanna Höysniemi, Perttu Hämäläinen
2005
Conference on Designing for User eXperience (DUX 2005), San Francisco, USA, 3-5.11.2005
Johanna Höysniemi, Perttu Hämäläinen, Laura Turkki, Teppo Rouvi
2005
Communications of the ACM
Johanna Meltaus, Perttu Hämäläinen, Victor P. Plessky, Martti M. Salomaa
2005
IEEE International Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Joint 50th Anniversary Conference, Montréal, Kanada, 23-27.8.2004
Perttu Hämäläinen, Mikko Lindholm, Ari Nykänen, Johanna Höysniemi
2004
2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'2004), Vienna, 23-30th April, 2004
Perttu Hämäläinen
2004
NordiCHI 2004, Tampere, 23. - 27.10.2004
Perttu Hämäläinen, Teemu Mäki-Patola, Vesa Pulkki, Matti Airas
2004
7th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx'04), Napoli, Italia, 5.-8.10.2004
Johanna Höysniemi, Perttu Hämäläinen
2004
Workshop on Multimodal Corpora: Models of Human Behaviour for the Specification and Evaluation of Multimodal Input and Output Interfaces, 25 May 2004, Lisbon, Portugal
Johanna Höysniemi, A. Aula, P. Auvinen, J. Hännikäinen, Perttu Hämäläinen
2004
Johanna Höysniemi, Perttu Hämäläinen, Laura Turkki
2004
International conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC2004), 1-3.7.2004, Maryland, USA
Sonja Kangas, Perttu Hämäläinen
2004
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Teemu Mäki-Patola, Perttu Hämäläinen
2004
International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx), Napoli, Italia, 5.-8.10.2004
Teemu Mäki-Patola, Perttu Hämäläinen
2004
International Computer Music Conference, Miami, USA, November 1-5, 2004.
Johanna Höysniemi, Perttu Hämäläinen, Laura Turkki
2003
Interacting with Computers
Perttu Hämäläinen, Johanna Höysniemi
2002
7th Ercim Workshop 'User Interfaces for All', Paris, France, October 24. - 25. 2002
Perttu Hämäläinen
2002
Johanna Höysniemi, Perttu Hämäläinen
2002
The International Workshop 'Interaction Design and Children'