Research

Research on trust, AI, and public-service technology, feeding directly into how I design.

For a fuller academic record, you can view my academic CV.

Lumi: Conversational AI for Public Services

Research

Lumi is a conversational AI prototype I designed to help international students find their way through Finnish public services. This case study covers what happened when I studied real newcomers using it, and what that revealed about how trust in AI actually works.

Aseer sitting between Misty, a Joy for All companion cat, and QT.

Multimodal Robot Interaction (RoboCarnival)

Research

A multimodal interaction concept across three robot platforms, voted Best Team by visiting high schoolers at RoboCarnival 2025.

Editorial illustration: a game controller silhouette beside an ascending bar chart with player-type markers, over a dark gradient with a scattered field of 28 dots representing survey respondents.

Tailoring Game Difficulty to Player Types

Research

Survey-based UX research exploring how game difficulty influences player engagement • 2023