Olli I. Heimo
Olli I. Heimo, Ph.D., is a Senior Researcher in University of Turku. His research focuses on the ethics of governmental information systems whereas his other fields of interest are gaming, gamification, automated transport, virtual and augmented reality, usability and – naturally – other fields of IT-ethics.
Publishing
Heimo has already published over 50 peer reviewed scientific articles, in e.g. Journal of Business Ethics, ACM SIGGAS, and Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society. He has also published articles in international conferences in IS ethics field, such as ETHICOMP, CEPE, IEEE Ethics and HCC.
Projects
Heimo is currently working in SusCon project concerning sustainable shipbuilding concepts and has previously worked in several projects, e.g. Futuristic History, Miracle and Marin 2 concerning mixed and augmented reality, FitOptiVis in the field of embedded systems, and ChemSAR in Maritime SAR operation research.
Activity
Heimo is a member of TIVIA Ethics Group, ETHICOMP and HCC conference series Programme Committee, in International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism, and Orbit review boards, and the Programme Chair of Seminar on Technology Ethics.
Positions of Trust
Current:
> Secretary of IFIP SIG 9.2.2 Special Interest Group on Framework on Ethics of Computing
> Member of IFIP WG 9.2 Social Accountability and Computing
> Founding member of IFIP WG 9.10 ICT Uses in Peace and War.
Former:
> Member of ETHICOMP conference series Steering committee 2014-2018.
Selected publications
Heimo, Olli I. (2018) Icarus, or the idea toward efficient, economical, and ethical acquirement of critical governmental information systems. Ph.D. thesis manuscript, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku Heimo, Olli I., Harviainen, J. Tuomas, Kimppa, Kai K. & Mäkilä, Tuomas (2018) Virtual to Virtuous Money: A Virtue Ethics Perspective on Video Game Business Logic, Journal of Business Ethics, Springer Heimo, Olli I., Rantanen, Minna M. and Kimppa, Kai K. (2018), Three views to a school information system: Wilma from a sociotechnical perspective, HCC13: THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, IFIP TC9 Human Choice and Computers Conference, in Poznan, Poland, September 2018. Heimo, Olli I., Rantanen, Minna and Kimppa, Kai K. (2015) Wilma ruined my life: how an educational system became the criminal record for the adolescents, in ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society – Special Issue on Ethicomp. Vol 45. No 3. Heimo, Olli, I., Hakkala, Antti and Kimppa, Kai K. (2012) How to abuse biometric passport systems, Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, Vol. 10 Iss: 2, pp. 68 – 81