Design and evaluation methods of games, mobile and pervasive games, social phenomenon in online games.

Selected Public Speeches

• Ollila, E.M.I. Improving the End User Experience: Advances in Playtesting Mobile Games. Game Developers Conference 2008 (Upcoming).
• Koivisto, E.M.I. Vision of the Future Mobile Games. Cyber Games and Interactive Entertainment Conference, Perth, Australia, 2006 (a keynote speech)
• Koivisto, E.M.I. Researching and Creating the Future of Mobile Games. Game Design and Technology Workshop, Liverpool, UK, 2006.
• Palm, T. and Koivisto, E.M.I. Creating MMOGs for Mobile Phones. Austin Game Conference, Austin, USA, 2006.
• Koivisto, E.M.I. Designing Games for the Mobile Phone. X|Media|Lab, Melbourne, Australia, 2006.
• Koivisto, E.M.I. Future of the Mobile Games - Open Source. Game Development and Networking Workshop, Belgium, 2006.
• Palm, T. and Koivisto, E.M.I. Creating MMOGs for Mobile Phones. Game Developers Conference, San Jose, USA, 2006.
• Koivisto, E.M.I. Networked and Electronic Technology Platform. Game Design & Tehcnology Workshop, Liverpool, UK, 2005.
• Palm, T. and Koivisto, E.M.I. Developing Online Mobile Games. Game Developers Conference Europe, London, UK, 2004.

Memberships etc.

• Member of the organizing committee of DIMEA 2008 conference
• Member of the organizing committee of Second International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts (DIMEA 2007) conference
• Member of the organizing committee of Mobile HCI 2007 conference
• Member of the editorial board of ACM Computers in Entertainment
• Auditor for Digital Games Research Association (DigRA) 2003-2004

• Ollila, E.M.I., Suomela, R., and Holopainen, J. Prototyping Pervasive Games. To be published in ACM Computers in Entertainment.
• Korhonen, H. and Koivisto, E.M.I. Playability Heuristics for Mobile Multi-Player Games. In Second International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts: DIMEA 2007 , Perth, Australia, 2007.
• Koivisto, E.M.I, and Suomela, R. Using Prototypes in Early Pervasive Game Development. In Proceedings of Sandbox Symposium, SIGGRAPH 2007. San Diego, CA, USA, 2007.
• Koivisto, E.M.I, and Ollila, M. How to Fail: Mobile Game Design in Research Projects Involving Software Prototype Development. Proceedings of Game Design and Technology Workshop, Liverpool, UK, 2006.
• Koivisto, E.M.I, and Eladhari, M. User Evaluation of a Pervasive Game Concept. Proceedings of DIME-arts 2006, Bangkok, Thailand, 2006 (October 25.-27th).
• Koivisto, E.M.I., Suomela, R., Koivisto, A. Ancient Runes - Using Text Input for Interaction in Mobile Games. Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH Video Game Symposium. Boston, USA, 2006.
• Koivisto, E.M.I., and Eladhari, M. Paper Prototyping a Pervasive Game. Proceedings of ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, Hollywood, USA, 2006. (Poster)
• Korhonen, H. and Koivisto, E.M.I. Gameplay Heuristics for Mobile Games. Proceedings of MobileHCI, Helsinki, Finland, 2006.
• Koivisto, E.M.I. and Korhonen, H. Mobile Game Playability Heuristics. Forum Nokia, 2006.
• Koivisto, E.M.I. and Palm, T. Iterative Design of Mobile Games. Proceedings of Game Design & Tehcnology Workshop, Liverpool, UK, 2005.
• Koivisto, E.M.I., and Wenninger, C. Enhancing Player Experience in MMORPGs with Mobile Features. Proceedings of DIGRA conference, Vancouver, Canada, 2005.
• Foo, C.Y. and Koivisto, E.M.I. Grief Play Motivations. Proceedings of Other Players Conference, Copenhagen, Dennmark, 2004.
• Foo, C.Y. and Koivisto, E.M.I. Defining Grief Play in MMORPGs: Player and Developer Perceptions. Proceedings of ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, Singapore. June 3-5 2004.
• Koivisto, E.M.I. Supporting Communities in MMORPGs by Game Design. Proceedings of Level Up! Games Research Conference, Netherlands 2003.