Tuomas Mäkilä
tusuma@utu.fi +358 40 541 8955 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku Office: 456L ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8799-185X |
software engineering; software development processes; gamification; mixed reality
D.Sc.(Tech.) Tuomas Mäkilä works as an Associate Professor of Digital Transformation and Software Engineering at the Department of Computing of the University of Turku. Mäkilä has D.Sc.(Tech.) degree in software engineering from University of Turku in 2012. Mäkilä has been a responsible leader in numerous externally funded research and development projects with the total value closing to 2 million euros, and has participated the preparation and the implementation of projects worth several million euros. Mäkilä has published c. 50 scientific papers.
Mäkilä has been a responsible leader in numerous externally funded research and development projects with the total value closing to 3 million euros, and has participated the preparation and the implementation of projects worth several million euros. His research has covered the topics of sofware development process modeling, agile methodlogies, cloud services, and applications of gamification and mixed reality technologies. In many development projects Mäkilä has lead the development of working software prototypes to investigate the possibilities of ICT systems in various fields (e.g. haelthcare, cultural heritage, education, manufacturing industry) of the digitilized society. Mäkilä has also participated activities involving commercialization of the research results e.g. through spin-off companies.
Mäkilä is head of the Software Engineering major in both national M.Sc.(Tech.) in ICT and international MDP in ICT programmes at the University of Turku. He has also lead two large continuing education programs: “Full Stack Training (30 ECTS)” –program 2018 – 2023 and “Game Developer Trainee (30 ECTS)” –program 2012 – 2014 (in collaboration with the Turku University of Applied Sciences). During his academic career Mäkilä has participated the teaching of over 30 unversity courses and supervised c. 25 M.Sc. theses.
- Designing and Testing an Educational Game About Food for School-aged Children (2016) Game-on'2016: 17th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation Johannes Henriksson, Tapani N. Liukkonen, Kaisa Könnölä, Sanna Vähämiko, Tuomas Mäkilä
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Elderly Gamers – For the Experience and Enjoymen (2016) Liukkonen T.N., Mäkilä T.
(Other publication) - Ethical Gathering of Exercise Metrics from Elderly: Case Jumppatikku (2016) Technology and Intimacy: Choice or Coercion Olli I. Heimo, Tapani N. Liukkonen, Miika Oja-Nisula, Julius Rajala, Anne Paavolainen, Kai K. Kimppa, Tuomas Mäkilä
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Examining User Experience in an Augmented Reality Adventure Game: Case Luostarinmäki Handicrafts Museum (2016) Technology and Intimacy: Choice or Coercion Seppälä Kaapo, Heimo Olli I., Pääkylä Juho, Latvala Jussi, Helle Seppo, Härkänen Lauri, Jokela Sami, Järvenpää Lauri, Saukko Frans, Viinikkala Lauri, Mäkilä Tuomas, Lehtonen Teijo
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Food-related Gamification: Literature Review (2016) Game-on'2016: 17th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation Kaisa Könnölä, Tuomas Ranti, Tapani N. Liukkonen, Tuomas Mäkilä
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Mobile Application Ecosystems: An Analysis of Android Ecosystem (2016) Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management Sami Hyrynsalmi, Arho Suominen, Tuomas Mäkilä, Timo Knuutila
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Reforming the Reformation Representation (2016) Lauri Viinikkala, Laura Yli-Seppälä, Olli I. Heimo, Seppo Helle, Lauri Härkänen, Sami Jokela, Lauri Järvenpää, Timo Korkalainen, Jussi Latvala, Juho Pääkylä, Kaapo Seppälä, Tuomas Mäkilä, Teijo Lehtonen
(Other publication) - RuokaEpeli- lasten ruokakasvatuspeli (2016) Vähämiko Sanna, Mäkilä Tuomas, Henriksson Johannes, Louhivaara Mervi
(I1 Audiovisual publication) - Virtual to Virtuous Money: Video Game Business Logic and Virtue Ethics
(Esitys Money and Games seminarissa, 18.-19.2016 Tampere) (2016) Olli I. Heimo, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Kai K. Kimppa, Tuomas Mäkilä
(Other publication) - Comparative Analysis on Game Design Pattern Collections (2015) Game-ON'2015 Tapani N. Liukkonen, Olli I. Heimo, Tuomas Mäkilä, Jouni Smed
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Louhisaari Stories – Augmented Reality Cinema in a Historical Setting (2015) ARea'15 Timo Korkalainen, Lauri Viinikkala, Seppo Helle, Juho Pääkylä, Sami Jokela, Frans Saukko, Tuomas Mäkilä, Olli Heimo & Teijo Lehtonen
(Other publication) - Motion Tracking Exergames for Elderly Users (2015)
- IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information System
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Perceptions of the Elderly Users of Motion Tracking Exergames (2015) Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Game and Entertainment Technologies Liukkonen T.N., Mäkilä T., Ahtosalo H., Heinonen T., Raitoharju R., Pitkäkangas P
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Reaali- ja pelimaailman risteyksessä: Kokemuksia tutkimustietoon perustuvien lisätyn todellisuuden pelien kehittämisestä. (2015)
- Pelitutkimuksen Vuosikirja
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Sulautettujen järjestelmien ketterän käsikirjan lisäosa: Ketteryys avaruusteollisuudessa (2015) Kaisa Könnölä, Samuli Suomi, Ville Rantala, Minna Isomäki, Tuomas Mäkilä, Teijo Lehtonen
(D5 Text book, professional manual or guide or dictionary ) - The Theoretical Connections between Agile Software Development and Innovative Climate (2015) The 21st International Conference on Information and Software Technologies (ICIST) Juhola Tomi, Hyrynsalmi Sami, Mäkilä Tuomas, Leppänen Ville
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Tila haltuun! – Suositukset virtuaalisen suomen opiskelun toteuttamiseen (2015) Tila haltuun! Suositukset virtuaalisen suomen opiskelun toteuttamiseen Tanja Vauhkonen, Mari Poikolainen, Tuija Lehtonen, Minna Lakkala, Johanna Eloranta, Minna Rasila, Yrjö Lappalainen, Tapani N. Liukkonen, Terhi Tapaninen, Heli Kamppari, Anni Itähaarla, Juho Pääkylä, Lauri Järvenpää, Heli Trapp, Heli Kamppari, Ismo Rakkolainen, Timo Korkalainen, Jussi Okkonen, Tuomas Mäkilä
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Virtual Reality Situational Language Trainer for Second Language Design & Evaluation (2015) Game-ON'2015 Timo Korkalainen, Juho Pääkylä, Tapani N. Liukkonen, Lauri Järvenpää, Tuomas Mäkilä, Yrjö Lappalainen, Heli Kamppari
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Agile Principles in the Embedded System Development (2014)
- Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Lean Education methods for expert and adult education (2014) Liukkonen T.N., Mäkilä T., Stenvall-Virtanen S.
(D3 Article in a professional conference publication)
