The 26th International Academic Mindtrek conference will take place in Paidia Living Lab of Play in Tampere, between the 3rd and 6th October 2023. We're thrilled to invite you to embark on a fantastic journey as a Student Volunteer at the upcoming Academic MindTrek conference. The...
Photo by Bradley Hook on Pexels According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two? Does that seem right? To the average person that means that if they have to go to a funeral, they’d be...
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)Jan 3, 2024 - Jan 6, 2024, Hawaiian Village, Waikiki, Hawaii, USA Gamification refers to a “process of transforming any activity, system, service, product or organizational structure into one which affords positive experiences, skills and practices similar to those afforded...
Game-based learning (GBL) broadly refers to learning and education that involves characteristics of games and play in their design, pedagogy, praxis, culture or teacher and learner experience. Game-based learning is a broad field of research and practice and contains under its umbrella for example the...
This year you have the opportunity to submit your paper for one of the Gamification Group (co-)chaired minitrack at Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2024). According to Microsoft Academic in 2021, in terms of citations, HICSS has ranked first among information systems as well...
The professors of games and gamification research at Tampere University (TAU) welcome applicants to join and actively co-develop successful applications to the MSCA PF program. The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF) provide funding opportunities for excellent researchers of any nationality and any research field....
Are you passionate about exploring the frontiers of human consciousness and the potential of technology to shape the future? As a doctoral student in our team, you willl have the opportunity to explore cutting-edge and future potentials for digital drugs and other innovative tools for...
Photo by Afif Ramdhasuma on Unsplash Human beings are social species that rely on cooperation to survive, further evolve, and overcome urgent challenges. From everyday interactions to the greatest human endeavors, our success mostly depends on the ability to work together. The rise of digital technologies...
Background Information The XR + 5G mmW Hackathon was organized by Ultrahack between 30 September - 2 October 2022 in collaboration with Elisa, Nokia, Qualcomm, CGI, and the city of Tampere. The Challenge The challenge was to develop an application concept for utilizing and visualizing cities’ transportation, environmental,...
There is a considerable body of work that addresses the design of interactive narratives and food-based interaction systems, but little attention has been paid to the intersection of these two fields. Many approaches in the emerging field of Human Food Interaction (HFI) focus on optimizing...