Antti Salovaara
Senior University Lecturer
A803 Dept. Design
Senior University Lecturer
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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.
Full researcher profile
Email
antti.salovaara@aalto.fi
Postal address
Otaniementie 14
02150 Espoo
Finland
Phone number
+358503360143
Areas of expertise
Honors and awards
Best paper award
Awarded for "Triangulating on Possible Futures: Conducting User Studies on Several Futures Instead of Only One"
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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).
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Apr 2025
ARTS Act of the Year
Awarded for Suomi-kahvit initiative.
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Jan 2025
Research groups
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Publications
Antti Salovaara, Leevi Vahvelainen
2025
CHI 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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
Felix Anand Epp, Anton Poikolainen Rosén, Antti Salovaara, Camilo Sanchez
2024
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Henna Paakki, Heidi Vepsäläinen, Antti Salovaara, Bushra Zafar
2024
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Anton Poikolainen Rosen, Antti Salovaara, Andrea Botero, Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard
2024
More-Than-Human Design in Practice
Anton Poikolainen Rosen, Antti Salovaara, Andrea Botero, Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard
2024
Emmi Pouta, Jussi Mikkonen, Antti Salovaara
2024
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Camilo Sanchez, Anton Poikolainen Rosen, Antti Salovaara, Felix A. Epp, Tim Moesgen
2024
More-Than-Human Design in Practice
Severi Uusitalo, Antti Salovaara, Tero Jokela, Marja Salmimaa
2024
DIS '24: Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Severi Uusitalo, Anna Kantosalo, Antti Salovaara, Tapio Takala, Christian Guckelsberger
2024
Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines
Tim Moesgen, Antti Salovaara, Felix Anand Epp, Camilo Sanchez
2023
Interactions
Tapani Rinta-Kahila, Esko Penttinen, Antti Salovaara, Wael Soliman, Joona Ruissalo
2023
Journal of the Association for Information Systems
Felix Anand Epp, Tim Moesgen, Antti Salovaara, Emmi Pouta, Idil Gaziulusoy
2022
DIS 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
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
Tim Moesgen, Antti Salovaara, Emmi Pouta, Rebecka Pyykko, Yu Xiao
2022
ICMHI 2022 - 2022 6th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics
Antti Salovaara
2022
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
Heidi Vepsäläinen, Henna Paakki, Antti Salovaara
2022
Language@Internet
Aleksandre Asatiani, Pekka Malo, Per Rådberg Nagbøl, Esko Penttinen, Tapani Rinta-Kahila, Antti Salovaara
2021
Journal of the Association for Information Systems
Elena Mazurova, Esko Penttinen, Antti Salovaara
2021
Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Matti Nelimarkka, Antti Salovaara, Giulio Jacucci
2021
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Henna Paakki, Heidi Vepsäläinen, Antti Salovaara
2021
Computer Supported Cooperative Work: The Journal of Collaborative Computing and Work Practices
Antti Salovaara, Matti Nelimarkka, Kai Kuikkaniemi, Giulio Jacucci
2021
Academic Mindtrek 2021
Antti Salovaara, Andrea Bellucci, Andrea Vianello, Giulio Jacucci
2021
CHI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Heidi Vepsäläinen, Antti Salovaara, Henna Paakki
2021
Aleksandre Asatiani, Pekka Malo, Per Rådberg Nagbøl, Esko Penttinen, Tapani Rinta-Kahila, Antti Salovaara
2020
MIS Quarterly Executive
Aleksandre Asatiani, Esko Penttinen, Tapani Rinta-Kahila, Antti Salovaara
2020
40th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2019
Aleksandre Asatiani, Esko Penttinen, Joona Ruissalo, Antti Salovaara
2020
Information Systems Outsourcing
Henna Paakki, Antti Salovaara, Heidi Vepsäläinen
2020
Disinformation in Open Online Media - 2nd Multidisciplinary International Symposium, MISDOOM 2020, Proceedings
Antti Salovaara, Bikesh Raj Upreti, Jussi Ilmari Nykänen, Jani Merikivi
2020
European Journal of Information Systems
Antti Salovaara, Felix Epp, Emmi Pouta
2020
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)
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
Antti Salovaara, Kalle Lyytinen, Esko Penttinen
2019
MIS Quarterly
Jani Merikivi, Antti Salovaara, Matti Mäntymäki, Lilong Zhang
2018
Electronic Markets
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
Jeffrey Bardzell, Nina Boulus-Rødje, Michael Muller, Antti Salovaara, Alina Krischkowsky, Verena Fuchsberger
2017
Jani Merikivi, Antti Salovaara, Matti Mäntymäki, Lilong Zhang
2017
Matti Nelimarkka, Antti Salovaara, Bryan Semaan, Giulio Jacucci
2017
CHI 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Antti Salovaara, Antti Oulasvirta, Giulio Jacucci
2017
CHI 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Jani Merikivi, Matti Mäntymäki, Antti Salovaara, Lilong Zhang
2016
24th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2016
Matti Nelimarkka, Kai Kuikkaniemi, Antti Salovaara, Giulio Jacucci
2016
DIS 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Fuse
Lassi Liikkanen, Antti Salovaara
2015
Computers in Human Behavior
Antti Salovaara, Kalle Lyytinen, Esko Penttinen
2015
48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Hawaii, USA, 5-8 January, 2015
Antti Salovaara, Jani Merikivi
2015
23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Münster, Germany, May 26-29, 2015
Antti Salovaara, Virpi Tuunainen
2015
23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Münster, Germany, May 26-29, 2015
Petteri Nurmi, Antti Salovaara, Andreas Forsblom, Fabian Bohnert, Patrik Floréen
2014
ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems
Antti Salovaara, Jani Merikivi
2014
4th Concurrent ICIS-SIGPHIL Workshop on IS Theory, Auckland, New Zealand, December 14-15, 2014
Antti Salovaara, Anssi Öörni, Bertta Sokura
2013
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2013, Milan, Italy, December 15-18, 2013
Antti Salovaara, Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen
2013
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2013, Milan, Italy, December 15-18, 2013
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
Herkko Hietanen, Antti Salovaara, Kumaripaba Athukorala, Yefeng Liu
2012
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2012), Austin, USA, May 5.-8.2012
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
Herkko Hietanen, Kumaripaba Athukorala, Antti Salovaara
2011
Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference
Petteri Nurmi, Antti Salovaara, Sourav Bhattacharya, Teemu Pulkkinen, Gerrit Kahl
2011
2011 Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), Palo Alto, CA, February 2011
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
Antti Salovaara, Sacha Helfenstein, Antti Oulasvirta
2011
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
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
M. Wahlström, A. Salovaara, L. Salo, A. Oulasvirta
2011
Human-Computer Interaction
Peter Peltonen, Ann Morrison, Antti Salovaara, Esko Kurvinen, Antti Oulasvirta
2010
Shared Encounters
Antti Salovaara, Asko Lehmuskallio, Leif Hedman, Paula Valkonen, Jaana Näsänen
2010
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Antti Salovaara, Sakari Tamminen
2009
Future Interaction Design II
Antti Salovaara
2009
SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009), Doctoral Consortium
Antti Salovaara, Sacha Helfenstein, Mikael Wahlström, Antti Oulasvirta
2009
European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE 2009), Helsinki, Finland, September 30 - October 2, 2009
Peter Peltonen, Esko Kurvinen, Antti Salovaara, Giulio Jacucci, Tommi Ilmonen, John Evans, Antti Oulasvirta, Petri Saarikko
2008
CHI '08: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Antti Salovaara
2008
Human Technology
Antti Salovaara, Esko Kurvinen
2008
Nuoret kielikuvassa: Kouluikäisten kieli 2000-luvulla
Antti Salovaara
2008
The 22nd British HCI Group Annual Conference
Giulio Jacucci, Antti Oulasvirta, Antti Salovaara
2007
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Giulio Jacucci, Antti Oulasvirta, Antti Salovaara
2007
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Giulio Jacucci, Antti Oulasvirta, Tommi Ilmonen, John Evans, Antti Salovaara
2007
CHI 2007, San Jose, CA, 28.4.-4.5.2007
Esko Kurvinen, Mia Lähteenmäki, Antti Salovaara, Fabiola Lopez
2007
Knowledge, Technology and Policy
Peter Peltonen, Antti Salovaara, Giulio Jacucci, Tommi Ilmonen, Carmeolo Ardito, Petri Saarikko, Vikram Batra
2007
MUM2007: 6th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, Oulu 2007
Antti Salovaara
2007
CHI 2007, San Jose, CA, 28.4.-4.5.2007
Kai Kuikkaniemi, Marko Turpeinen, Antti Salovaara, Timo Saari, Janne Vuorenmaa
2006
MUM 2006 - The 5th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia; Stanford University, CA, USA; December 4th-6th 2006
Petri Martikainen, Arto Karila, Jukka Kemppinen, Mikko Kontiainen, Esko Kurvinen, Martti Mäntylä, Antti Oulasvirta, Olli Pitkänen, Mika Raento, Antti Salovaara, Katri Sarkio, Risto Sarvas, Marko Turpeinen, Perttu Virtanen
2006
A. Salovaara, G. Jacucci, Antti Oulasvirta, T. Saari, Pekka Kanerva, E. Kurvinen, S. Tiitta
2006
SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems (CHI'06), Montreal, Canada, 24.-27.4.2006
G. Jacucci, Antti Oulasvirta, A. Salovaara, T. Psik, Ina Wagner
2005
Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2005
G. Jacucci, A. Salovaara
2005
Interactions
Giulio Jacucci, Antti Oulasvirta, Antti Salovaara, Risto Sarvas
2005
Conference on Supporting Group Work, Group 2005, November 6-9, 2005 Sanibel Island, Florida, USA
Esko Kurvinen, Mia Lähteenmäki, Antti Salovaara, Fabiola Lopez
2005
DPPI 2005. Eindhoven, 24-28 October 2005.
Antti Oulasvirta, A. Salovaara
2005
Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction
Antti Salovaara, Mikael Johnson, Kalle Toiskallio, Sauli Tiitta, Marko Turpeinen
2005
ACM SIGHI International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE2005), Valencia, Spain, June 15-17, 2005
Antti Salovaara, Mikael Johnson, Kalle Toiskallio, Sauli Tiitta, Marko Turpeinen
2005
ACE '05: Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in computer entertainment technology
Antti Salovaara, Petri Mannonen
2005
IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Interact 2005), Rome, Italy, September 12-16
Antti Oulasvirta, Antti Salovaara
2004
Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Austria, Vienna
Antti Oulasvirta, Antti Salovaara
2004
NordiCHI 04, November 23-27 2004, Tampere
Antti Salovaara, Hannu Kuoppala, Marko Nieminen
2003
Antti Salovaara, Heikki Hyötyniemi, Juha Syri
2002
The 10th Finnish Artificial Intelligence Conference, VTT Electronics, Linnanmaa, Oulu, Finland, 15-17 December 2002
J. Syri, H. Hyötyniemi, A. Salovaara
2001
18th International Symposium on Human Factors in Telecommunication HFT 2001, November 2001, Bergen, Norway