Kai Kristian Kimppa

Master of Social Sciences, Philosophy. Doctor of Philosophy, Information Technology.

Acting Lecturer in Information Systems, focus on Information Technology and Ethics, Department of Information Technology at University of Turku.

Fellow in TUCS laboratory LABORIS.

Conferences

Landscapes of ICT and Social Accountability

June 27-29, 2005, University of Turku, Finland

Organising Committee Chair

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

See CV

Research Interests

Information Technology and Ethics

• Justifiability (and lack of) of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in Software and other Digitally Distributable Media
• Ethical Questions in eHealth and TeleMedicine
• Computer Game Ethics
• IT and War
• Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct for IT professionals
• IT Gender Issues
• Teaching IT Ethics

User Interface Design and Usability

• UI Design and Usability of Mobile Devices
• Any HCI issues

Research Projects

Open for suggestions!

Working (in follow-up stage) together with the MINAmI project to coordinate an ethical evaluation for their project, in cooperation with VTT.

Other Positions

Member of TTL ry’s Etiikan työryhmä/FIPA Ethics Work Group

Secretary of IFIP Work Group 9.2 Computers and Social Accountability

Secretary and FIPA national representative of IFIP Special Interest Group 9.2.2 IFIP Framework on Ethics of Computing

Experience

University of Turku Department of Information Technology Various positions, see CV for accurate information 2001-current date

Nokia Mobile Phones Design Engineer (User Interfaces) 2000-2001

Filosofian laitos, Department of Philosophy Research Assistant 1999

Turun Kaupunginkirjasto / maakuntakirjasto, Turku City Library / Provincial Libraries, Network Specialist 1996–1997

Spoken Languages

Finnish (mother tongue)

English (fluent)

Swedish (fair)

Other Interests

Online Computer Games (did I mention that already?)