Thesis supervision

PhD thesis supervision

1. Cortés Orduña, Marta. Digital Fabrication and Making in Empowering Marginalized Populations [Co-supervised]

Master thesis supervision

Currently ongoing:

1. Jokela, Annu. The use of generative artificial intelligence in the work of micro-entrepreneurs in the creative and cultural sectors.
2. Tammi, Jooa. Finnish young adult’s perception of online scams and dark patterns, and their ability to recognize them
3. Kanniainen, Saana. A gamified application to motivate children to do chores
4. Karjalainen, Miikka. Discourses about Grooming in Finnish media
5. Räinä, Heikki. Online safety apps for Android and iOS.
6. Haaranen, Ada. Diversity and inclusion in the IT field.
7. Marjomaa, Heli. WoW classic Add-ons

Completed theses:

1. Esquivias, Alberto. 2023. Organized fandoms: Case Snyder Cut
2. Ali, Muhammad. 2023. Unsafe Interactions in Dating Apps
3. Salmelin, Silja. 2021. Getting involved: an interview study on parental control, trust and involvement when mediating children’s online safety
4. Valanne, Ville. 2020. Cyberbullying in World of Warcraft: Experiences of Finnish Gamers
5. Rytilahti Viljami. 2019. Technical Mediation of Children’s Online Safety in Oulu Area
6. Haipus, Juha. 2019. Instagram Use of Finnish Teenagers: A Qualitative Inquiry Concerning their Privacy and Sharing Habits
7. Uurtio, Hanna-Kaisa. 2019. Collaborative Learning and Knowledge Building in a Small Group during an Interdisciplinary Learning Module – Qualitative Case Study. [MEd, co-supervised]
8. Zhao, Yurong. 2019. Wireless Network Security Status in Oulu: Wardriving with Drone
9. Balogun, Kamoli & Mushimiyimana, Simeon. 2012. Information Security Issues of Enterprise Content Management: Case study: Helsinki City Library
10. Emanuelsson, Fredrik. 2012. Control Gates for Assuring Information Security during System Development: A Case Study [Co-supervised]
11. Umair, Rafia. 2012. Is Green IT Threat to Security?: Assessing the Green IT from Information Assurance and Security Perspective [Co-supervised]

Bachelor thesis supervision

Currently ongoing:

1. Vuola, Paula. Cyberbullying
2. Kyllönen, Jonna. Technical solutions for preventing the distribution of harmful child-related content
3. Vuonnala, Leo. Malware evasion
4. Tuohimaa, Rita. Bullying and harassment in WhatsApp
5. Sirviö, Hannu. Mobile authenticator apps
6. Kaipia, Riina. Fraud and money laundering prevention systems in financial institutions
7. Lang, Matias. Security of OAuth 2.0.
8. Uusitalo, Heikki. Social media use in political campaigning

Completed theses:

1. Siltala, Niko. 2025. Music generating AI.
2. Maunula, Tiina. 2025. Phishing Susceptibility
3. Liimatainen, Antto. 2025. Factors influencing user engagement and behavior on TikTok
4. Korhonen, Maria-Pauliina. 2025. Safety and privacy features of Instagram
5. Tammi, Jooa. 2024. Email scams susceptibility
6. Jokela, Annu. 2024. Business adoption of generative AI: identifying and overcoming key challenges
7. Kanniainen, Saana. 2024. Children’s roles in Participatory Game Design
8. Alatalo, Pasi. 2024. The use of artificial intelligence as an aid to software development workload estimation.
9. Pyrrö, Milla. 2024. What makes people participate in viral challenges?
10. Palosaari, Hanna. 2023. Social media content and mechanisms that might impact users’ body image
11. Karjalainen, Juhani. 2023. The impacts of smart phone use for young children
12. Sirviö, Taija. 2023. The impacts of sharenting for the interaction between parent and child
13. Heikkilä, Julia. 2023. The impact of social media on the studies and concentration of students of higher education
14. Lehtola, Niklas. 2022. Prevalence of cyberbullying among young people, factors and seeking help
15. Klaavo, Sara. 2022. Sharenting
16. Kaan, Peetu. 2022. Social media bubbles and the spread of false information in social media
17. Salow, Anniina. 2022. Information security behavior on a smartphone
18. Rutkowski, Tara. 2021. Family Communication: Examining the Differing Perceptions of Parents and Teens Regarding Online Safety Communication. [Honors Undergraduate thesis, co-supervised]
19. Ojutkangas, Lauri. 2018. Information Security Threats of Electronic Voting and Challenges of Electronic Voting Systems

PhD Follow-Up group member

1. Gong, Zhengya , Understanding cultural influence on creativity in ideation. Computer Science and Engineering. University of Oulu
2. Lao, Yucong, Youth Meeting Generative AI: Young People’s Media and Information Literacy Practices in Today’s Information Ecosystem. Information Studies. Univesity of Oulu
3. Badri, Mahmoud. Enhancing the clinical relevance of user-created data for multimodal corpora for medical AI. University of Oulu

Research trainee supervision

1. Ali, Muhammad. University of Oulu. Scholarship research training, 2022
2. Khalid, Imran. University of Oulu. Scholarship research training, 2021
3. Nelson, Pia. University of Central Florida. Directed independent research, 2019-2020
4. Laaroussi, Gabriel. University of Central Florida. Directed independent research, 2019-2020
5. Mariz, Gabriel. University of Central Florida. Directed independent research, 2019-2020
6. Rutkowski, Tara. University of Central Florida. Directed independent research, 2019-2020
7. Kane, Chas. University of Central Florida. Directed independent research, 2019
8. Rytilahti, Viljami. University of Oulu. Scholarship research training, 2019
9. Jalli, Sampsa. University of Oulu. Scholarship research training, 2019

Work trainee supervision

1. Tiia I. Educational consortium OSAO. Media and communications internship in ARTiFAB project. 2025
2. Catalina P., Educational consortium OSAO. Media and communications Internship in ARTiFAB project. 2023
3. Riku P., Lappia vocational college. 2 Work internships in MAD project, 2021-2022
4. Arttu P., Putaan koulu. Work training period in FabLab Make4Change project, 2021
5. Alexi H., Summer trainee in Make4Change project, summer 2021
6. Ilari K., Summer trainee in Make4Change project, summer 2021
7. Jan G., Summer trainee in Make4Change project, summer 2021
8. Saku K., Summer trainee in Make4Change project, summer 2021
9. Veera V., Summer trainee in Make4Change project, summer 2021
10. Joona U., Educational consortium OSAO. Work internship at INTERACT research unit, 2018.