Antti Salovaara

Senior University Lecturer

A803 Dept. Design

Senior University Lecturer

Department of Design

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I am interested in creativity in knowledge work and the role of ICT use in those processes. Humans are creative tool users and able to discover novel solutions for practical problems in their work and everyday life tasks. This creative potential remains however scientifically weakly understood.
My background is in human-computer interaction (HCI) and cognitive science. I study repurposive appropriation - the processes by which users discover new purposes of use for technology. This research includes both quantitative and qualitative methods, and particularly field trials on technology prototypes.
In my previous research, I have investigated creativity in knowledge work contexts. This research involved both individual-level studies on creative cognitive processes as well as development of new models and theories for understanding the organizational factors that may hinder or facilitate creativity in information systems use.

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Otaniementie 14 02150 Espoo Finland

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Best paper award

Awarded for "Triangulating on Possible Futures: Conducting User Studies on Several Futures Instead of Only One"

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Design Jan 2025

CHI 2025 Honorable Mention Award

Awarded as one of the top 5% papers out of 5,014 completed submissions of the ACM SIGCHI Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI).

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Design Apr 2025

ARTS Act of the Year

Awarded for Suomi-kahvit initiative.

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Design Jan 2025

Tutkimusryhmät

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Julkaisut

Triangulating on Possible Futures : Conducting User Studies on Several Futures Instead of Only One

Antti Salovaara, Leevi Vahvelainen 2025 CHI 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Let's Talk Futures: A Literature Review of HCI's Future Orientation

Camilo Sanchez, Sui Wang, Kaisa Savolainen, Felix Anand Epp, Antti Salovaara 2025 CHI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Uncertainties as Generative Resources in Research through Design: Three Dynamics for Moving in a Design Space

Felix Anand Epp, Anton Poikolainen Rosén, Antti Salovaara, Camilo Sanchez 2024 ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Detecting covert disruptive behavior in online interaction by analyzing conversational features and norm violations

Henna Paakki, Heidi Vepsäläinen, Antti Salovaara, Bushra Zafar 2024 ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Introduction

Anton Poikolainen Rosen, Antti Salovaara, Andrea Botero, Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard 2024 More-Than-Human Design in Practice

More-Than-Human Design in Practice

Anton Poikolainen Rosen, Antti Salovaara, Andrea Botero, Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard 2024

Opportunities with Multi-Layer Weave Structures in Woven E-Textile Design

Emmi Pouta, Jussi Mikkonen, Antti Salovaara 2024 ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Peering through Time: Harnessing Anticipation in More‐than‐Human Design

Camilo Sanchez, Anton Poikolainen Rosen, Antti Salovaara, Felix A. Epp, Tim Moesgen 2024 More-Than-Human Design in Practice

”Clay to Play With”: Generative AI Tools in UX and Industrial Design Practice

Severi Uusitalo, Antti Salovaara, Tero Jokela, Marja Salmimaa 2024 DIS '24: Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference

Creative collaboration with interactive evolutionary algorithms: a reflective exploratory design study

Severi Uusitalo, Anna Kantosalo, Antti Salovaara, Tapio Takala, Christian Guckelsberger 2024 Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines

Designing for Uncertain Futures: An Anticipatory Approach

Tim Moesgen, Antti Salovaara, Felix Anand Epp, Camilo Sanchez 2023 Interactions

The Vicious Circles of Skill Erosion: A Case Study of Cognitive Automation

Tapani Rinta-Kahila, Esko Penttinen, Antti Salovaara, Wael Soliman, Joona Ruissalo 2023 Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Reinventing the Wheel : The Future Ripples Method for Activating Anticipatory Capacities in Innovation Teams

Felix Anand Epp, Tim Moesgen, Antti Salovaara, Emmi Pouta, Idil Gaziulusoy 2022 DIS 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference

Hands-on Introduction to Futures Thinking and Foresight with the Future Ripples Method

Tim Moesgen, Felix Anand Epp, Antti Salovaara, Emmi Pouta, Juan Sanchez Carranco 2022 Participative Computing for Sustainable Futures - Adjunct Proceedings of the 12th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2022

Vibrotactile Motion Guidance for Stroke Rehabilitation

Tim Moesgen, Antti Salovaara, Emmi Pouta, Rebecka Pyykko, Yu Xiao 2022 ICMHI 2022 - 2022 6th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics

Users and interaction -course exhibition

Antti Salovaara 2022

Co-creative Product Design with Interactive Evolutionary Algorithms: A Practice-Based Reflection

Severi Uusitalo, Anna Kantosalo, Antti Salovaara, Tapio Takala, Christian Guckelsberger 2022 Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design - 11th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2022, Held as Part of EvoStar 2022, Proceedings

Trolling Call-outs as Communicative Acts

Heidi Vepsäläinen, Henna Paakki, Antti Salovaara 2022 Language@Internet

Sociotechnical Envelopment of Artificial Intelligence: An Approach to Organizational Deployment of Inscrutable Artificial Intelligence Systems

Aleksandre Asatiani, Pekka Malo, Per Rådberg Nagbøl, Esko Penttinen, Tapani Rinta-Kahila, Antti Salovaara 2021 Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Stakeholder-dependent views on biases of human- and machine-based judging systems

Elena Mazurova, Esko Penttinen, Antti Salovaara 2021 Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Exploring Norm Violations and Norm Management in Collocated Synchronous Communication: Dual-channel Communication as Hybrid Space with Spillover and Asymmetries

Matti Nelimarkka, Antti Salovaara, Giulio Jacucci 2021 Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Disruptive online communication: How asymmetric trolling-like response strategies steer conversation off the track

Henna Paakki, Heidi Vepsäläinen, Antti Salovaara 2021 Computer Supported Cooperative Work: The Journal of Collaborative Computing and Work Practices

Augmenting the Performer–Audience Live Participation in Professional Event Productions

Antti Salovaara, Matti Nelimarkka, Kai Kuikkaniemi, Giulio Jacucci 2021 Academic Mindtrek 2021

Programmable Smart Home Toolkits Should Better Address Households’ Social Needs

Antti Salovaara, Andrea Bellucci, Andrea Vianello, Giulio Jacucci 2021 CHI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

What Would Be the Principles for Successful Trollbot Design?

Heidi Vepsäläinen, Antti Salovaara, Henna Paakki 2021

Challenges of explaining the behavior of black-box AI systems

Aleksandre Asatiani, Pekka Malo, Per Rådberg Nagbøl, Esko Penttinen, Tapani Rinta-Kahila, Antti Salovaara 2020 MIS Quarterly Executive

Implementation of automation as distributed cognition in knowledge work organizations

Aleksandre Asatiani, Esko Penttinen, Tapani Rinta-Kahila, Antti Salovaara 2020 40th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2019

Knowledge workers’ reactions to a planned introduction of robotic process automation

Aleksandre Asatiani, Esko Penttinen, Joona Ruissalo, Antti Salovaara 2020 Information Systems Outsourcing

Do Online Trolling Strategies Differ in Political and Interest Forums: Early Results

Henna Paakki, Antti Salovaara, Heidi Vepsäläinen 2020 Disinformation in Open Online Media - 2nd Multidisciplinary International Symposium, MISDOOM 2020, Proceedings

Building on shaky foundations? Lack of falsification and knowledge contestation in IS theories, methods, and practices

Antti Salovaara, Bikesh Raj Upreti, Jussi Ilmari Nykänen, Jani Merikivi 2020 European Journal of Information Systems

Scaling Up HCI’s Prototype Evaluations

Antti Salovaara, Felix Epp, Emmi Pouta 2020

Engaging Learners in Online Video Lectures with Dynamically Scaffolding Conversational Agents

Rainer Winkler, Sebastian Hobert, Tizian Fischer, Antti Salovaara, Matthias Söllner, Jan Marco Leimeister 2020 Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2020)

Sara, the Lecturer

Rainer Winkler, Sebastian Hobert, Antti Salovaara, Matthias Söllner, Jan Marco Leimeister 2020 CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

High reliability in digital organizing: Mindlessness, the frame problem, and digital operations

Antti Salovaara, Kalle Lyytinen, Esko Penttinen 2019 MIS Quarterly

On the way to understanding binge watching behavior

Jani Merikivi, Antti Salovaara, Matti Mäntymäki, Lilong Zhang 2018 Electronic Markets

Hybrid Events : Mediating Collocated Participation

Matti Nelimarkka, Antti Salovaara, Kenton O'Hara, Joel Fischer, Giulio Jacucci, Steven Dow, Louise Barkhuus 2018 CSCW 2018 Companion - Companion of the 2018 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing

Discerning designers' intentions

Jeffrey Bardzell, Nina Boulus-Rødje, Michael Muller, Antti Salovaara, Alina Krischkowsky, Verena Fuchsberger 2017

Correction to

Jani Merikivi, Antti Salovaara, Matti Mäntymäki, Lilong Zhang 2017

Theory-Driven Collocated CMC

Matti Nelimarkka, Antti Salovaara, Bryan Semaan, Giulio Jacucci 2017 CHI 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Evaluation of prototypes and the problem of possible futures

Antti Salovaara, Antti Oulasvirta, Giulio Jacucci 2017 CHI 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Binge watching television shows

Jani Merikivi, Matti Mäntymäki, Antti Salovaara, Lilong Zhang 2016 24th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2016

Live participation

Matti Nelimarkka, Kai Kuikkaniemi, Antti Salovaara, Giulio Jacucci 2016 DIS 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Fuse

Music on YouTube: user engagement with traditional, user-appropriated and derivative videos

Lassi Liikkanen, Antti Salovaara 2015 Computers in Human Behavior

Flexibility vs. structure: How to manage reliably continuously emerging threats in malware protection

Antti Salovaara, Kalle Lyytinen, Esko Penttinen 2015 48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Hawaii, USA, 5-8 January, 2015

IS research progress would benefit from increased falsification of existing theories

Antti Salovaara, Jani Merikivi 2015 23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Münster, Germany, May 26-29, 2015

Mediated sharing as software developers' strategy to manage ephemeral knowledge

Antti Salovaara, Virpi Tuunainen 2015 23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Münster, Germany, May 26-29, 2015

PromotionRank: Ranking and recommending grocery product promotions using personal shopping lists

Petteri Nurmi, Antti Salovaara, Andreas Forsblom, Fabian Bohnert, Patrik Floréen 2014 ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems

IS research progress would benefit from increased falsification of existing theories

Antti Salovaara, Jani Merikivi 2014 4th Concurrent ICIS-SIGPHIL Workshop on IS Theory, Auckland, New Zealand, December 14-15, 2014

Heterogeneous use for multiple purposes: a point of concern to IS use models' validity

Antti Salovaara, Anssi Öörni, Bertta Sokura 2013 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2013, Milan, Italy, December 15-18, 2013

Software developers' online chat as an intra-firm mechanism for sharing ephemeral knowledge

Antti Salovaara, Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen 2013 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2013, Milan, Italy, December 15-18, 2013

Ma$$iv€ - An intelligent mobile grocery assistant

Sourav Bhattacharya, Patrik Floréen, Andreas Forsblom, Samuli Hemminki, Petri Myllymäki, Petteri Nurmi, Teemu Pulkkinen, Antti Salovaara 2012 8th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE’12); Guanajuato, Mexico; June 2012

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Herkko Hietanen, Antti Salovaara, Kumaripaba Athukorala, Yefeng Liu 2012 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2012), Austin, USA, May 5.-8.2012

Dynamic tactile guidance for visual search tasks

Ville Lehtinen, Antti Oulasvirta, Antti Salovaara, Petteri Nurmi 2012 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2012), Cambridge, MA, USA, October 7-10, 2012

What's with the free images? A study of Flickr's creative commons attribution images

Herkko Hietanen, Kumaripaba Athukorala, Antti Salovaara 2011 Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference

Influence of Landmark-Based Navigation Instructions on User Attention in Indoor Smart Spaces

Petteri Nurmi, Antti Salovaara, Sourav Bhattacharya, Teemu Pulkkinen, Gerrit Kahl 2011 2011 Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), Palo Alto, CA, February 2011

Appropriation and Creative Use: Linking User Studies and Design

Antti Salovaara, Kristina Höök, Keith Cheverst, Michael Twidale, Matthew Chalmers, Corina Sas 2011 2011 annual conference on Human factors in computing systems (CHI 2011), Vancouver, CA, May 7-12, 2011

Everyday appropriations of information technology: A study of creative uses of digital cameras

Antti Salovaara, Sacha Helfenstein, Antti Oulasvirta 2011 Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

The phone rings but the user doesn't answer: unavailability in mobile communication

Antti Salovaara, Antti Lindqvist, Tero Hasu, Jonna Häkkilä 2011 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2011), Stockholm, Sweden, 30 Aug - 2 Sept, 2011

Resolving Safety-Critical Incidents in a Rally Control Center

M. Wahlström, A. Salovaara, L. Salo, A. Oulasvirta 2011 Human-Computer Interaction

Ubiquitous media for collocated interaction

Peter Peltonen, Ann Morrison, Antti Salovaara, Esko Kurvinen, Antti Oulasvirta 2010 Shared Encounters

Information technologies and transitions in the lives of 55-65-year-olds: The case of colliding life interests

Antti Salovaara, Asko Lehmuskallio, Leif Hedman, Paula Valkonen, Jaana Näsänen 2010 International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

Acceptance or Appropriation? A Design-Oriented Critique of Technology Acceptance Models

Antti Salovaara, Sakari Tamminen 2009 Future Interaction Design II

Studying appropriation of everyday technologies - a cognitive approach

Antti Salovaara 2009 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009), Doctoral Consortium

What Explains Differences in Users’ Inclination to Appropriate Technology for Unconventional Purposes?A Preliminary Analysis

Antti Salovaara, Sacha Helfenstein, Mikael Wahlström, Antti Oulasvirta 2009 European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE 2009), Helsinki, Finland, September 30 - October 2, 2009