Sari A. Laakso

University Lecturer University of Helsinki Dept. of Computer Science Email salaakso@cs.helsinki.fi Tel. +358 9 191 51309 Room D228 Office hours: Managing Director Interacta Design Oy Email sari@interacta.fi GSM +358 50 505 9960 GSM Fax +358 50 8505 9960

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Professional Expertise

Simulation-based user interface design (interaction design)

User interface design patterns [Suunnittelumallikokoelma 2006]

Development of the goal-driven process model GUIDe [Finnish] [English]

Field studies for finding out the user’s goals and workflows

Usability review and testing methods

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Lecturing and Teaching

User Interfaces (4 cu)

Spring 1998

Spring 1999

Spring 2000

Spring 2001

Spring 2002

Spring 2004

Spring 2005

Spring 2006

User Interfaces II (3 cu)

Fall 1999

Fall 2000

Fall 2002 (in Finnish)

Fall 2004 (in Finnish)

Fall 2006 (in Finnish)

Seminars on user interfaces (2 cu)

Visualization in User Interface Design (Fall 2002) (in Finnish)

User Interface Design Process: from Goals to Design (Fall 2003) (in Finnish)

Testing Methods for User Interfaces (Spring 2006) (in Finnish)

Influences of User Interface Design on Software Processes (Spring 2007) (in Finnish)

Software engineering projects on user interface design (6 cu)

Fall 2002: Goal-based web design for the User Interfaces course [topic] [project Kali]

Spring 2003: Demo prototypes for movie ticket reservations [topic] [project Kino]

Summer 2003: Field studies and demo prototypes for train tickets [topic] [project Juna]

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Research on User Interfaces

Käyttöliittymät 2006 [pdf 25 MB]
Sari A. Laakso, Antti Latva-Koivisto

Luentomoniste, Helsingin yliopisto, tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitos, sarja D-2006-1, 2006.

Käyttöliittymät 2005 [pdf 27 MB]
Sari A. Laakso

Luentomoniste, Helsingin yliopisto, tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitos, sarja D424, 2005.

Käyttöliittymien suunnittelumallit (kokoelma esimerkkeineen) [pdf 2 MB]
Sari A. Laakso, Karri-Pekka Laakso, Antti Latva-Koivisto

Käyttöliittymät II –kurssin luentomateriaali, Helsingin yliopisto, tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitos, 24.11.2004.

Collection of User Interface Design Patterns
Sari A. Laakso

University of Helsinki, Dept. of Computer Science, September 16, 2003.

http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/salaakso/patterns/

Ensuring quality of the user interface with the GUIDe process model [pdf]
Sari A. Laakso, University of Helsinki, Dept. of Computer Science
Karri-Pekka Laakso, Interacta Design Oy

University of Helsinki, Dept. of Computer Science, unpublished paper, October 3, 2004.

Hyvän käyttöliittymän varmistaminen GUIDe-prosessimallilla [pdf]

Edellisen suomenkielinen versio

Field Studies – Evolution and Revolution [pdf]

Dennis Wixon, Microsoft, USA

Judy Ramey, University of Washington, USA

Karen Holtzblatt, Hugh Beyer, InContext Enterprises, USA

JoAnn Hackos, The Center for Information Development Management, USA

Sari A. Laakso, Karri-Pekka Laakso, Interacta Design Oy, Finland

Colleen Phillips Page, Microsoft, USA

Stephanie Rosenbaum, Ted-Ed, USA

CHI 2002 Conf. Proc., Extended Abstracts, ACM, New York.

CHI 2002 Practitioner’s Track

Problems with Save [pdf]
Sari A. Laakso, Interacta Design Oy
Karri-Pekka Laakso, University of Helsinki
Panu Vartiainen and Asko Saura, Interacta Design Oy

CHI 2001 Conf. Proc., Extended Abstracts, ACM, New York, p. 185-186.

CHI 2001 Interactive Posters

Pattern Languages for Interaction Design, position paper [pdf]

Sari A. Laakso, Karri-Pekka Laakso, Asko J. Saura, University of Helsinki

CHI 2000 Workshop Pattern Languages for Interaction Design, Hague, Netherlands.

Improved Scroll Bars [pdf]

Sari A. Laakso, Karri-Pekka Laakso, Asko J. Saura, University of Helsinki

CHI 2000 Conf. Proc., Extended Abstracts, ACM, New York, p. 97-98.

CHI 2000 Interactive Posters

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Updated February 5, 2008 / salaakso@cs.helsinki.fi