BIO
Computing and New Media Technologies Department chair Tomi Heimonen joined the UW-Stevens Point faculty in 2015. He had worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Tampere, Finland were he earned a Ph.D. in interactive technology. In his dissertation research, Heimonen developed and studied tools that support mobile information access with innovative user interface solutions, including search query visualization and result clustering. Heimonen is interested in understanding how people interact with information, especially through interactive information visualization interfaces. He is the academic director for the online M.S. Cybersecurity program, in collaboration with the UW Extended Campus. He teaches computing and web development. Heimonen’s current research is focused on multimodal and ubiquitous interfaces for collaboration, communication and information access in various contexts, from technologically augmented learning environments to process control rooms in automation industry. In his spare time, he likes to tinker with embedded systems, Raspberry Pi and other ARM-based systems.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (2013-present)
- ACM SIGCHI, Member (2011-present)
PUBLICATIONS
Kaasinen, E., Roto, V., Hakulinen, J., Heimonen, T., Jokinen, J. P., Karvonen, H., … & Turunen, M. (2015). Defining user experience goals to guide the design of industrial systems. Behaviour & Information Technology, 34(10), 976-991. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2015.1035335
LAST BOOK READ
“The Design of Everyday Things, Revised and Expanded Edition” by Don Norman
BEST ADVICE
The best kind of doctoral dissertation is one that is finished.