7th International UBI Summer School was held in Oulu, Finland, June 13-18, 2016. Annual UBI Summer Schools provide researchers, students, and industry and public sector professionals with an opportunity to gain hands on experience and insight on selected topics on the multidisciplinary fields of HCI, ubiquitous computing and urban informatics under the… Continue reading
Just how much do consumers value the battery life on their smartphones? Battery life on mobile devices is a growing concern for consumers and manufacturers, and manufacturers are currently engaged in a heated battle for providing the best battery life on their devices. Yet, very little work has actually attempted… Continue reading
3D Oulu hackathon (1-3. Apr. 2016) is an event for creating and inventing new applications and services on top of the 3D city. The event is suited to both experienced and less experienced developers and designers. Recruitment is targeted towards both students and professionals. Best projects on both tracks… Continue reading
On Thursday 28th of January our group held an open event, presenting the past and future work of the research unit to our students. The event was attended by a full audience of both students as well as our staff. The presenters consisted of Aku Visuri, Denzil Ferreira, Marko Jurmu… Continue reading
Our FabLab is going to have the doors open for everyone from 14th to 17th December, 12.00 to 20.00 for fabricating Christmas gifts for the charity. Some basic supplies are from the lab and people can add their own. We will at least have plywood and acrylic plates for laser cutter and filaments for… Continue reading
The Center for Ubiquitous Computing in collaboration with the Oulu bus company Oubus Oy and the Finnish Meteorological Institute have begun co-operation in Data to Intelligence project on the collection of environmental data. A road condition sensor has been retrofitted onto one of the buses operating between Puolivälinkangas and Saarela, and expected to collect data during December… Continue reading
The accelerating pace of Valossa Labs Ltd, a spin-off from our Center, has been physically tough. When the team won the Midnight Pitch Fest last summer, a coder fainted after hearing the news. The team was tested again at the end of September when it headed to Silicon Valley to participate… Continue reading
On 30 October 2015, Ekaterina Gilman has successfully defended her dissertation “Exploring the use of rule-based reasoning in ubiquitous computing applications“, supervised by Professor Jukka Riekki. The PhD thesis was reviewed by Professor Claudio Bettini (University of Milan) and Professor Tommi Mikkonen (Tampere University of Technology). Professor Arkady Zaslavsky (CSIRO,… Continue reading
