Doctoral Programme of Humans and Technologies (DPHAT)

Doctoral Programme of Humans and Technologies (DPHAT) 

The research fields of the Doctoral Programme of Humans and Technologies are the following:

• Human-Technology Interaction,
• Information Studies, and
• Games and Gamification
• Convergence of Human and Machine.

Contact information:
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Pinni B Building
Kanslerinrinne 1
FI-33014 Tampere University

Head of the Doctoral Programme 

Associate Professor Johanna Virkki

Study Services:

Senior specialist: Sari Raudasoja
Education assistant: Heli Haukilahti

You can contact both the senior specialist and education assistant by email itc.doc.tau [at] tuni.fi.
 

Planning group for the Doctoral Programme of Humans and Technologies (DPHAT)

Kaisa Väänänen
Veikko Surakka 
Tuomas Harviainen 
Juho Hamari 
Markku Turunen 
Roope Raisamo 
Thomas Olsson 
Sanna Kumpulainen
Johanna Virkki, Chair
Oguz Buruk 

Doctoral student representative: Saara Ala-Luopa

Secretary: Sari Raudasoja

Vice dean for Research

Professor Juho Hamari

The Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Professor Jyrki Vuorinen

The Dean for example appoints pre-examiners, grants permissions for public defence, appoints staff for the defence (custos, opponent, evaluation board), evaluates Licentiate Theses, approves the changes of supervisors, admits new students, signs degree certificates.

Faculty Council of the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Science

The Faculty Council meetings are on Wednesdays at 13 o’clock. Material for the meeting must be submitted to the presenting official at least one week before the date of the meeting.

Tasks of the Faculty Council are for example grading of doctoral dissertations, the approval of curriculum and course offerings of the doctoral programme, the approval of selection criteria for new doctoral students, the handling of appeals.

Presenting official at the Faculty Council: Senior specialist Sari Raudasoja

Dates of the Faculty Council meetings