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Convergence is the trailblazing doctoral field, aiming at bringing together expertise of natural sciences & engineering (ENG) and social sciences & humanities (SSH) in multidisciplinary union. As many as 16 doctoral research projects are related to the following developments: affective computing, gamification, augmented reality, cybernetics, ubiquitous connectivity, dispersed computing, AI & machine learning, and robotics & machine perception. Each student will be supervised by two leading senior faculty members (and, sometimes, a PostDoc or company/organization representative). The main supervisor and the co-supervisor are from different research fields: ENG and SSH.

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Doctoral Researcher	Topic	Main supervisors	Additional supervisors	Field
Jurgis Peters 🔗 Press release	AI/Human-generated Worlds: Merging Psychophysiology and Machine Learning for Creating Virtual Realities	Riku Roihankorpi, Moncef Gabbouj	Juho Hamari, Mila Bujić	Affective computing
Kalle Lahtinen 🔗 Press release	Human and Machine Perception of Affect in Speech	Okko Räsänen, Liisa Mustanoja	Juraj Šimko (University of Helsinki)	Affective computing
Aska Mayer	The Future of Human Augmentation in Games	Frans Mäyrä, Roope Raisamo	n/a	Gamification
José Siqueira de Cerqueira 🔗 Press release	Ethical Issues in Pervasive Gamified Software, Datafication, Metrification, and Algorithmic Control of Human Practice	Pekka Abrahamsson, Juho Hamari	Nannan Xi (Faculty of Management and Business)	Gamification
Suman Ghosh 🔗 Press release	Digital Experience Ecology of Societal Value	Kaarina Nikunen, Markku Turunen	n/a	Virtualization
Albina Rurenko 🔗 Press release	Augmented Awareness of Contextual Information	Roope Raisamo, Sanna Kumpulainen	Marja Salmimaa, Zoran Radivojevic (Nokia Bell Labs)	Virtualization
Samuel Kujala	Technologically Augmented Embodiment and Contemporary Theatre Performance	Pauliina Hulkko, Jukka Vanhala	Davide Giovanzana (Theatre Arts), Ismo Rakkolainen, Mikko Kanninen (Tampere Theatre), Esa Kirkkopelto (Theatre Arts)	Cybernetics
Linas Gabrielaitis 🔗 Press release	Games & Play for Posthumans	Oğuz Buruk, Johannes Riquet	n/a	Cybernetics
Lotta Ylinen 🔗 Press release	Young People and Future Technology: New Ways to Decrease Social Isolation and to Increase Social Interaction (YouthTech)	Sirkku Kotilainen, Elena-Simona Lohan	Atte Oksanen (Faculty of Social Sciences), Oana Cramariuc (CITST)	Ubiquitous connectivity
Tippayaporn Pavavimol 🔗 Press release	XR in the Wild – Wireless Technology and the Future of Human Environmental Experiences	Mattia Thibault, Mikko Valkama	Aleksandr Ometov	Ubiquitous connectivity
Hsiao-Chun Lin 🔗 Press release	Combining IoT Sensors and Machine Learning to Detect Emotions and Social Experiences	Jari Nurmi, Kaarina Nikunen	Aleksandr Ometov, Otso Arponen, MD (TAYS)	Dispersed computing
Ninja Kajas 🔗 Press release	Second Skin – A Wireless Artificial Cutaneous Sensing System	Matti Mäntysalo, Veikko Surakka	Leena Ukkonen (Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology)	Dispersed computing
Henri Pullinen	The Influence of Algorithms or Bots on Political Communication in Social Media	Pekka Isotalus, Tapio Elomaa	Salla-Maaria Laaksonen (University of Helsinki)	AI & machine learning
Reza Shafiloo 🔗 Press release	Explanations, Fairness, and Interactivity of Recommendations	Konstantinos Stefanidis, Thomas Olsson	Jaakko Peltonen	AI & machine learning
Chia-Hsin Wu 🔗 Press release	Robots as Companions to Support Life-Long Wellness	Kaisa Väänänen, Esa Rahtu	Aino Ahtinen, Roel Pieters (Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences), Arja Ranta-Aho (GettingBetter / Atapley Europe Oy)	Robotics & machine perception
Parthasaarathy Ariyakulam Sudarsanam 🔗 Press release	Socially-Aware Machine Perception	Tuomas Virtanen, Maija Hirvonen	Esa Rahtu, Okko Räsänen	Robotics & machine perception