The Finnish chapter of ACM’s special interest group on human computer interaction (SIGCHI) organizes an annual contest for the best MA thesis dealing with HCI topics. Last year Media Lab’s Eirik Fatland’s project was among the finalist. This year Martin Gimpl got the first prize.
Martin Gimpl work: Stripes – A Conceptual Operating System User Interface is available for download from the Media Lab’s master thesis archive. You will find more information about the project from Martin’s website, too. Check the video.
Winner was announced in the SIGCHI fall seminar and the World’s Usability day. The jury contains the leading figures of the Finnish HCI community:
Pertti Huuskonen, Nokia Research Center
Hannakaisa Isomäki, University of Jyväskylä
Turkka Keinonen, University of Art and Design Helsinki
Kari Kuutti, University of Oulu
Martti Mäntylä, Helsinki University of Technology, HIIT
Roope Raisamo, University of Tampere
Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila, Tampere University of Technology
Karin Österman, Åbo Akademi