HI Data Forum @Leaf: Hybrid Intelligence in Action - Showcasing Emerging Research Initiatives

The first part of the Data Forum will showcase projects funded through the Hybrid Intelligence New Research Initiatives (NRI) 2025 call at the University of Oulu. These initiatives represent cutting-edge explorations into how human and artificial intelligence can work together to improve healthcare, education, interaction, and well-being. HI Data Forum is held on 9th of October at 8.30-12.00, at Leaf, University of Oulu and online in Zoom.

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Each project showcases a unique interdisciplinary approach, combining expertise from fields such as medicine, psychology, engineering, and human-computer interaction. Presenters will share early results, insights, and future directions of their work, contributing to the evolving landscape of hybrid intelligence research. This event brings together multidisciplinary teams exploring the intersection of human and machine intelligence across healthcare, education, XR environments, and human-computer interaction. Participants will hear from researchers integrating AI into clinical decision-making, virtual reality learning environments, and personalized health technologies.

The forum will also feature perspectives from recipients of the HI Mobility Grants, which support international collaboration and knowledge exchange by enabling researchers to visit leading institutions abroad. Grant recipients Jens Gebele, Yixing Cheng, and Mark Adamik will share experiences from their research visits, demonstrating how mobility opportunities enrich individual projects while advancing the broader goals of the hybrid intelligence programme.

The hybrid event is open to all! Secure your spot and register here!

Program

8:30 Coffee served

09:00 Opening and presentation of the Profi7 program of Human-AI Co-evolution and Learning in Multi-realities (HI) - Dr. Satu Kaleva, Coordinator.

09:10 – 09:25 Enhancing Healthcare Education through Hybrid Intelligence: Integrating a Metacognitive Agent in Virtual Reality - Dr Marta Sobocinski, Dr Justin Edwards, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Learning and learning Processes.

09:25 – 9:40 Advancing Multimodal Contactless Sensing to Improve Physiological and Cognitive Awareness in Personalized Human-AI Interaction in XR environments - Dr Constantino Álvarez Casado, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Center for Machine Vision, and Signal Analysis

9:40 – 9:55 AI-Assisted Decision Making in Clinical Nursing, Petra Suonnansalo, Faculty of Medicine, Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology

9:55 – 10:10 HealthNudge: Hybrid Intelligence for Personalized Healthy Eating and Sustainable Habits - Dr Mehrdad Rostami, associate prof. Mourad Oussalah, Vahid Farrahi, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Center for Machine Vision, and Signal Analysis

10:10 – 10:25 Make-Believe or AI Besties: Explorations of Children’s Interactions with AI-Agents Across Cultures - Dr Sumita Sharma, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering , Human Computer Interaction and Human-Centered Development Henna Tiensuu (ITEE), Megumi Iwata (Faculty of Education and Psychology)

10:25-10:40 Mark Adamik, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, HI Mobility Grants - onsite

10:40 – 10:55 Yixin Cheng, Monash University, Australia, HI Mobility Grants – online

10:55- 11:10 Jens Gebele, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany, HI Mobility Grants - online

11:15 Networking

12:00 Event closing

Warmly welcome!