Crowd Computing Research Group

At the University of Oulu, Finland



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We investigate collective computing, where distributed humans and algorithms together address work too challenging for computers alone.

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?

  • Meta-HCI is happening! We are organising a workshop in the flagship HCI conference, CHI, on the science of science in HCI: https://meta-hci.github.io/
  • Li Junhao is set to defend his doctoral thesis, entitled "Investigating Social Media Credibility through Crowd-Powered Technologies" in June 2025!
  • 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. 

Social Computing

We work with different systems that either foster our human behaviours (e.g. empathy) or leverage sociality as a building block in encouraging contributions to open science. 

Here is our awesome team

Simo Hosio

professor, academy research fellow

Digital Health, Crowdsourcing

aku visuri

academy postdoctoral researcher

Mobile Health

Jonas Oppenlaender

postdoctoral researcher

Generative AI, Agentic Systems, Creativity, Meta-HCI

junhao li

doctoral researcher,

Critical reading skills

mahmoud badri

doctoral researcher

Crowdsourcing health data

dániel szabó

research assistant

Social robotics

Mohammadreza Sadeghi

ResearcH ASSISTANT

Mobile health

Alumni:

  • Dr. Saba Kheirinejad
  • Shanaka Niranjan
  • Nazanin Nakhaie Ahooie
  • Dr. Ville Paananen
  • Mähä Eldamnhory
  • Kavindu Magalage
  • Achira Hendalage
  • Niloofar Meftahi
  • Katri Säily
  • Dr. Denzil Ferreira
  • Dr. Kennedy Opoku Asare

More alumni:

  • Dr. Andy Alorwu
  • Dr. Sharadhi Suryanarayana
  • Joonas Moilanen
  • Danial Khaledi
  • Piushana Abeygunawardena
  • Maha Eldamnhory
  • Eetu Huusko
  • Sina Kiarostami
  • Dr. Elina Kuosmanen
  • Dr. Jonas Oppenlaender

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