DIGI-USER - Smart Services for Digitalisation

Digital infrastructures provide a wealth of data as well as opportunities for developing new services and optimising the related processes.

The active role of users in digital service development and management is at the core of our work in the LUT Research Platform on Smart Services for Digitalisation.

Our user-centric approach to systemic issues combines the macro-, meso- and micro-levels. We aim to reveal problems, needs, barriers and solutions through research, and help companies (especially SMEs) to co-create digital services with users for various fields, such as energy systems and everyday living. 

The means to do this are, for instance, user-driven "real-life laboratories", Living Labs, and data analytics. We bring users and SMEs together so that SMEs can fully take advantage of digitalisation and increase their competitiveness.

Research team

• Smart energy systems
  Leader: Samuli Honkapuro
  School of Energy Systems

• Smart services for everyday living contexts
  Leader: Helinä Melkas
  School of Business and Management

• Human-centric engineering and management of services
  Leader: Ahmed Seffah
  School of Business and Management

• Data analytics of high-dimensional and volatile data
  Leader: Lasse Lensu
  School of Engineering Science

Partners

• Finland: Aalto University, University of Helsinki, VTT, SYKE…
• Internationally: University of Cambridge, Delft University of Technology, Aalborg University, University of Québec...