Crowd Computing Research Group

At the University of Oulu, Finland



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We conduct fundamental and applied research in HCI: Crowd and AI-Assisted Wellbeing, Human-AI Interaction, and Meta-Research

Given the rapid advances in AI, it is imperative to identify and harness the unique aspects of human cognition and develop ways for humans and algorithms to collaborate seamlessly across different domains. 

What's Happening at CC now?

  • New members joining the crew: Navod Neranjan, Ali Goodarzi, and Truc Ngueyn!
  • Li Junhao succesfully defended his doctoral thesis, entitled "Investigating Social Media Credibility through Crowd-Powered Technologies" on June 13, 2025!
  • Meta-HCI happened! We are organising a workshop in the flagship HCI conference, CHI, on the science of science in HCI: https://meta-hci.github.io/
  • Dr. Jonas Oppenlaender appointed as the new AI Tutor for ITEE Faculty

Three Focus Areas:

Digital Health

We study and develop solutions for tracking, monitoring and helping people with various chronic and challenging medical conditions. 

Crowdsourcing

We work with the crowds in many ways: Basic research on how the modern online human subject pools and labour markets operate and applied research where we employ the crowds for applied use cases online. 

Meta HCI

We study how the HCI community conducts research: From the way authors cite each other, to how the different research areas that work on the future of computing have evolved over the years. 

Here is our awesome team

Simo Hosio

professor, academy research fellow

Digital Health, Crowdsourcing

aku visuri

academy postdoctoral researcher

Mobile Health & Sleep Studies

Jonas Oppenlaender

postdoctoral researcher

Generative AI, Agentic Systems, Creativity, Meta-HCI

Navod Neranjan

postdoctoral researcher (msca fellow)

Machine Learning, Wellbeing

mahmoud badri

doctoral researcher

Crowdsourcing Wellbeing Data

dániel szabó

Doctoral Researcher

Human-AI Interaction

Ali Goodarzi

Doctoral researcher

Human-AI Interaction

Truc Nguyen

Doctoral researcher

Human-AI Interaction, Mental Wellbeing

Henna Ojala

Research assistant

Mobile Health & Sleep Studies

Alumni:

  • Dr. Li Junhao
  • Bharathi Sekar
  • Mohammadreza Sadeghi
  • Matthew Utti
  • Tanvir Hasan
  • Shanaka Niranjan
  • Ali Goodarzi
  • Dr. Saba Kheirinejad
  • Nazanin Nakhaie Ahooie
  • Dr. Ville Paananen
  • Mähä Eldamnhory
  • Kavindu Magalage
  • Achira Hendalage
  • Niloofar Meftahi
  • Katri Säily
  • Dr. Denzil Ferreira
  • Dr. Kennedy Opoku Asare
  • Dr. Andy Alorwu

Alumni:

  • Dr. Sharadhi Suryanarayana
  • Joonas Moilanen
  • Danial Khaledi
  • Piushana Abeygunawardena
  • Maha Eldamnhory
  • Eetu Huusko
  • Sina Kiarostami
  • Dr. Elina Kuosmanen
  • Dr. Jonas Oppenlaender
  • Fatemeh Soufian Khakestar
  • Abu Roman
  • Mufrad Mahmud
  • Nicholas Hettiarachchige Don
  • Aqib Ilyas

Contact us

Visit us at the University of Oulu:

Erkki Koiso-Kanttilan katu 3. Tietotalo 1, Entrance E Linnanmaa 90570 Oulu


Or email: 

contact@crowdcomputing.net