Tallinn University, School of Digital Technologies, Professor

David Lamas leads the HCI group at Tallinn University’s School of Digital Technologies and chairs the Estonian chapter of ACM’s SIGCHI. He specializes in design theory and has extensive experience. David established the Master in Human-Computer Interaction and the online Masters in Interaction Design. He organizes local HCI training events and the annual World Usability Day, attracting over 600 participants.

He has chaired major conferences like INTERACT 2019, NordiCHI 2020, and AfriCHI 2021.

Email: david.lamas@tlu.ee

Tallinn University, School of Digital Technologies, Research Professor in Digital Transformation

Merja Bauters, a docent of Semiotics at the University of Helsinki, specializes in co-design and technology-enhanced learning. She has lectured extensively, supervised many PhDs, and conducted research at several universities, including AALTO and Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University. Notable projects include Learning Layers, DesignIT, and IlluminatED. Her research focuses on learning through experience, habit change, and enhancing collaboration and creative thinking through design.

Email: merja.bauters@tlu.ee

Tallinn University, School of Digital Technologies, Professor of Technology-enhanced Learning

Kairit Tammets 

Email: kairit.tammets@tlu.ee

Tallinn University, School of Digital Technologies, Associate Professor

Nuno Correia 

Email: nuno.correia@tlu.ee

Tallinn University, Professor in Adult education and informal education

Kai Pata 

Email: kai.pata@tlu.ee

Tallinn University, Associate Professor of educational data mining

Danial Hooshyar

Email: danial.hooshyar@tlu.ee

Tallinn University, School of Digital Technologies, Senior Researcher

Sónia Sousa is an Associate Professor of Interaction Design at Tallinn University, leading the Online MSc in Interaction Design and the Trustworthy HCI research lab. She serves on expert panels for the European Commission, AKA, AFOSR, and SNSF. With expertise in software design and HCI, she has completed two PhDs and two postdocs, focusing on trust in software design and interaction evaluation methods. Sónia Sousa is an active researcher in Human-Machine Trust and HCI, involved in several European and USA projects. She was honored by the Estonian Research Foundation as a notable female academic in 2022.

Email: sonia.sousa@tlu.ee

Tallinn University, Research Fellow of Digital Transformation and Lifelong Learning

Abiodun Ogunyemi 

Email: abiodun_afolayan.ogunyemi@tlu.ee

Tallinn University, Junior Researcher

Anar Abilakimova

Email: anar.abilakimova@tlu.ee

Tallinn University, School of Digital Technologies, Junior Researcher

Janika Hirv-Biene

Email: jaanika.hirv_biene@tlu.ee

Tallinn University, Junior Researcher

Naoto Hieda

Email: naoto.hieda@tlu.ee