Automatic Assessment and Feedback on Algorithm Simulation

Staff of the SVG group

Scientific staff

Docent Ari Korhonen, co-ordinator
Docent, D.Sc (Tech) Korhonen runs the SVG research group and AAFAS research project at HUT. He also acts as an instructor for many of the M.Sc and D.Sc students in the group.
Professor Lauri Malmi
Prof. Malmi acts as the supervisor for M.Sc and D.Sc projects conducted in this group. He also runs the joint research group COMPSER as well as the cooperative TAPAS project.
Professor Jorma Tarhio
Prof. Tarhio supervises M.Sc. thesis related to Software Visualization, which is one of his areas of interest. His current projects, however, are more related to String Algorithms, however.

Technical & supporting staff

M.Sc. (Tech) Pekka Mård

D.Sc. (Tech) students

M.Sc. Petri Ihantola (on leave)
M.Sc. Ville Karavirta (XAAL project)
M.Sc. Mikko-Jussi Laakso (TAPAS project)
M.Sc. Jan Lönnberg
M.Sc. Jussi Nikander (VISTA project)
M.Sc. Otto Seppälä (AAFAS project)
M.Sc. Ahmad Taherkhani (TAPAS project)
M.Sc. Mu Zhou (SIMUTRAF project)

Master's students

Research assistant Tapio Auvinen
Research assistant Lasse Hakulinen
Research assistant Juha Helminen
Research assistant Ari Sundholm

Collaboration and Guests

Lecturer Satu Alaoutinen, Lappeenranta University of Technology (TRAKLA2 use in the Data Structures and C language course)
Professor Moti Ben-Ari, Weizmann Institute of Science (Program Visualization and Animation)
M.Sc. Linda Grandell and M.Sc. Xuemei Qiu, Åbo Akademi University (TRAKLA2 usability study)
EurIng Dr Mike Joy, University of Warwick (A short course on Autamating Assessment, January 2006)
Professor Hannu-Matti Järvinen, D.Sc. Kirsti Ala-Mutka, Researcher Minna Ruuska, and Lecturer Terhi Kilamo, Tampere University of Technology (Finnish Network for Basic Programming Courses, TRAKLA2 use in the Utilization of Data Structures course)
Professor Thomas L. Naps, Ph.D. Guido Rößling, et al. (Development of XML-based Tools to Support User Interaction with Algorithm Visualizations, see also Education)
Principal Lecturer Erja Nikunen, Stadia - Helsinki Polytechnic (TRAKLA2 use in the Data Structures and Algorithms course)
Professor Rockford J. Ross, Montana State University (A short course, August 16-20, 2004, Development of XML-based Tools to Support User Interaction with Algorithm Visualizations)
Professor Jorma Sajaniemi, University of Joensuu (Muuttujien roolit ja niiden käyttö ohjelmoinnin opettamisessa, see also Roles of variables)
Professor Tapio Salakoski and M.Sc. Mikko Laakso, University of Turku (TRAKLA2 use in the Data Structures and Algorithms course in the University of Turku, Finnish Network for Basic Programming Courses)
Professors Cliff Shaffer and Stephen Edwards, Virginia Tech and Chris Hundhausen, Washington State University (AlgoViz project)
Professor Erkki Sutinen and M.Sc. Niko Myller, University of Joensuu (MirrorWolf project, TRAKLA2 usability study)
Associate Professor Gregory D. Weber, Indiana University East (TRAKLA2 use in the Introduction to Data Structures course)

Former members

Mr. Erik Fallenius
B.Sc. Isaac Jurado
M.Sc. Jouni Karppinen
M.Sc. Markku Rontu
M.Sc. Juan Sáez García
M.Sc. Riku Saikkonen
Mr. Harri Salonen
M.Sc. Panu Silvasti
Mr. Kimmo Stålnacke

This research project is funded by Academy of Finland (2005-2008).