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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 🔗 Press release	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 🔗 Press release	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 🔗 Press release	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