Awards

Netherlands Prize for ICT Research: 2020
European Design Award (Silver) for the project “Red Bull Playrooms - The Sixth Sense: 2017
ITEA gold award for the Passepartout project: 2016
Best demo award 2022: ACM International Conference on Multimedia
Best paper award 2020: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
Best demo award 2020: ACM Multimedia Systems Conference
Best demo award 2020: ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences
Best paper award 2018: ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video
Best paper award 2016: International Conference on Physiological Computing
Best paper award (DASH Forum) 2016: ACM Multimedia Systems Conference
Best paper award on Multimedia 2013: Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and Web (WebMedia)
Best paper award on 3D Technology in Multimedia 2013: ACM Multimedia Systems Conference
Best paper award 2013: International Workshop on Interactive Content Consumption
Best paper of ACM Special Interest Group 2008: ACM SIG Multimedia
Best paper award 2008: EuroITV Conference
Second Prize (poster) 2019: ICT.Open
Best paper award candidate 2018: ACM Symposium on Document Engineering
Runner up for Best paper award (DASH Forum) 2017: ACM Multimedia Systems Conference
Best paper award candidate 2011: ACM Hypertext Conference
Best paper award candidate 2008: ACM Multimedia

PhD GRANTS

January 2004 - December 2005: Helsinki Graduate School of Computer Science and Engineering (HeCSE) Graduate Assistantship for postgraduate studies.

December 2003: Nokia Foundation Scholarship for postgraduate studies (1 year).
June 2003 - June 2004: Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Helsinki university of Technology Graduate Assistantship for postgraduate studies.
December 2002: Nokia Foundation Scholarship for postgraduate studies (1 year).