%SECTION            Academic Unit
%Country            Finland, Tampere
%Shortname          Univ. of Tampere, Computer Science
%Institution        University of Tampere
%Unit               Department of Computer Science
%Address            P.O. Box 607
FIN-33101 Tampere, FINLAND
%Phone              +358-31-2157-057
%Fax                +358-31-2156-070
%Email              mln@cs.uta.fi
%Contact            Marja Liisa Nurmi
%Updated            1994-03-03
%Degrees            MS, Ph.Lic., Ph.D. in CS
%HCI_MS_Theses      12
%HCI_PhD_Theses     -
%HCI_MS_Current     4
%HCI_PhD_Current    2
%Description The department has traditionally been strong in
databases, programming, and the social effects of computing.
Emerging new specialization areas are object-oriented methods and
HCI (including interface issues in CSCW).
%Facilities The department has
 * about 10 Sun workstations mounted on two Sun servers (SS2, SS10)
 * about 30 high-end Macs (Mac II series, large or color monitors etc.)
 * some PCs

%SECTION            HCI Program
%Contact            Kari-Jouko Raiha
%Title              Professor
%Address            University of Tampere
P.O. Box 607
FIN-33101 Tampere, FINLAND
%Phone              +358-31-2156-952
%FAX                +358-31-2156-070
%Email              kjr@cs.uta.fi
%Program HCI is one of 6-7 areas of specialization in the
department.

%SECTION            HCI Faculty
%Name               Kari-Jouko Raiha
%Title              Professor
%Degree             Ph.D., 1982, University of Helsinki, Computer Science
%Phone              +358-31-2156-952
%Email              kjr@cs.uta.fi
%Interests +
 * HCI Education
 * User Interface Evaluation
 * New Interaction Techniques
%Publications +
 * Helttula, E., Hyrskykari, A., Raiha, K.-J. (1989) "Graphical
   Specification of Algorithm Animations with ALADDIN." In:
   Proceedings of the 22nd HICSS, January 1989, 892-901.
 * Helttula, E., Hyrskykari, A., Raiha, K.-J. (1991) "Principles
   of ALADDIN and Other Algorithm Animation Systems." In Visual
   Languages, Korfhage, Ichikawa & Jungert (eds.), Plenum, 1991.
 * Kantola, M., Mannila, H., Raiha, K.-J., Siirtola, H. (1992)
   "Discovering Functional and Inclusion Dependencies in
   Relational Databases". International Journal of Intelligent
   Systems 7, 7, September 1992.

%SECTION            HCI Courses
%Title              User Interfaces
%Instructor         Kari-Jouko Raiha
%Frequency          Annual
%Times_Taught       6
%Enrollment         70
%Format             Lecture + two projects
%Tools              one of HyperCard/ToolBook/Visual Basic, Video, Demos
%Text +
 - Readings
%Description The course covers the issues, information sources,
and methods used in the design and evaluation of user interfaces.
Implementation techniques are not covered in this course (a
separate course is devoted to the programming of graphical user
interfaces).

%SECTION            HCI Courses
%Title              Groupware
%Instructor         Kari-Jouko Raiha
%Frequency          Infrequently
%Times_Taught       1
%Enrollment         8
%Format             Lecture
%Tools              Video, Demos
%Text +
 - Readings
%Description The course covers the issues and possibilities of
groupware systems, including message systems, electronic meeting
rooms, group editors, computer conferencing, and systems based on
shared data.