Perttu Hämäläinen

Personal profile

Artistic and research interests

I'm a tenure track assistant professor of computer games at Aalto University. My mission is to improve health through exergames and digitally augmented sports that promote physical activity. My research interests include exergame design and gameplay innovation through technologies such as AI, procedural animation, and computer vision. The showreel above features projects ranging from my M.A. thesis back in 2001 to commercial games by Virtual Air Guitar Company and my group's recent research. I moved to Aalto from VAGC in 2012.

My background is in human-computer interaction, computer vision, electronics, and audio signal processing technology, and before that in sound design, demoscene, short films, and theatre. I used to be fluent in AHDL, embedded system design, and several assembler dialects, but nowadays I mostly implement my game and interaction prototypes using C# and Unity 3D, and technology using Matlab and C++. I'm a hybrid researcher / engineer / designer.

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Science (Technology)

Master of Arts (Art and Design)

Master of Science (Technology)

Keywords

games
animation technology
human-computer interaction
gameplay innovation
exercise gamification
procedural animation

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Research Output

40 Conference contribution
13 Article
4 Abstract
3 Working paper
4 More

A reinforcement learning approach to synthesizing climbing movements

Naderi, K., Babadi, A., Roohi, S. & Hamalainen, P., 1 Aug 2019, IEEE Conference on Games 2019, CoG 2019. 7 p. 8848127. (IEEE Conference on Computatonal Intelligence and Games; vol. 2019-August).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

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1 Citation (Scopus)

67 Downloads (Pure)

Movement Empowerment in a Multiplayer Mixed-Reality Trampoline Game

Lehtonen, L., Kaos, M., Kajastila, R., Holsti, L., Karsisto, J., Pekkola, S., Vähämäki, J., Vapaakallio, L. & Hämäläinen, P., 2019, CHI PLAY '19: Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM, p. 19-29 11 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

Recognizing Emotional Expression in Game Streams

Roohi, S., Mekler, E., Tavast, M., Blomqvist, T. & Hämäläinen, P., 2019, CHI PLAY '19 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play . ACM, p. 301-311

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

Self-Imitation Learning of Locomotion Movements through Termination Curriculum

Babadi, A., Naderi, K. & Hämäläinen, P., 31 Oct 2019, Proceedings - MIG 2019: ACM Conference on Motion, Interaction, and Games. ACM, p. 21-27 7 p. 21

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

Social Play in an Exergame: How the Need to Belong Predicts Adherence

Kaos, M. D., Rhodes, R. E., Hamalainen, P. & Graham, T. C. N., 2019, CHI 2019: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems . ACM, p. 1-13 13 p. 430

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

2 Citations (Scopus)

Projects

3 Finished
3 Active

FCAI: Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI)

Hämäläinen, P., Acharya, A. & Guckelsberger, C.

01/01/2019 → 31/12/2022

Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding

IMAI: Interactive Movement Artificial Intelligence (IMAI)

Takatalo, J., Rajamäki, J., Kaos, M., Babadi, A., Hämäläinen, P., Naderi, K., Pesola, T., Toikka, J. & Ikkala, A.

01/09/2016 → 31/08/2020

Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding

BF CREAIM Hämäl. H2020 valmist

Hämäläinen, P.

02/11/2015 → 31/12/2020

Project: Business Finland: Other research funding

Virtual Coach Based on Multibody Dynamics

Rajamäki, J., Takatalo, J., Naderi, K., Hämäläinen, P. & Kaos, M.

01/01/2017 → 31/12/2018

Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding

Augmented Climbing Wall: Augmented Climbing Wall - Tehostettu kiipeilyseinä

Hämäläinen, P.

01/08/2015 → 31/12/2016

Project: Business Finland: Other research funding