Name

Email

Miika Valtonen

firstname.lastname@tut.fi

Family

Married, two boys

Education

Master of Science (Technology), Tampere University of Technology, 2006
Major: Embedded systems. Minor: Software engineering

Positions of trust

Member of the board in a housing company Asunto Oy Ketunkoto.
One of the leaders in the audiovisual group at my church.

Hobbies

I act as a parachute-jump pilot in the summer and carry out forest fire surveillance flights. I also go climbing sometimes.

Occupation

Researcher, postgraduate student
UCIT Doctoral Programme (1.1.2010 – 31.3.2012)

Workplace

Tampere University of Technology
Department of Electronics
Personal Electronics Group

Main interests

Capacitive measurement applications.
Control and learning systems for smart homes.

Publications

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Refereed international Journals

M. Valtonen, L. Kaila, J. Mäentausta and J. Vanhala, “Unobtrusive human height and posture recognition with a capacitive sensor,” Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments. IOS Press. Vol. 3. No. 4. October 2011. pp. 305-332. Read***

A.-M. Vainio, M. Valtonen, and J. Vanhala, “Proactive Fuzzy Control and Adaptation Methods for Smart Homes,” IEEE Intelligent Systems, Special issue on Ambient Intelligence. Vol. 23. No. 2. March/April 2008. pp. 42-49. Read*

International conferences with review process

Harri Pensas, Miika Valtonen and Jukka Vanhala, “Wireless Sensor Networks Energy Optimization Using User Location Information in Smart Homes”, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications, 2011, pp. 351-356.

M. Valtonen, H. Raula and J. Vanhala, “Human Body Tracking with Electric Field Ranging,” in Proceedings of the 14th International Academic Mindtrek Conference, 2010, pp. 183-186. Read**

M. Valtonen, J. Mäentausta and J. Vanhala, “TileTrack: Capacitive Human Tracking Using Floor Tiles,” in Proceedings of the Seventh Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, 2009, pp. 31-40. Read*

M. Valtonen and J. Vanhala, “Human Tracking Using Electric Fields,” in Proceedings of the Seventh Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, 2009, pp. 354-356. Read*

M. Valtonen, A.-M. Vainio, and J. Vanhala, “Proactive and Adaptive Fuzzy Profile Control for Mobile Phones,” in Proceedings of the Seventh Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, 2009, pp. 371-373. Read*

M. Valtonen, A.-M. Vainio, and J. Vanhala, “Continuous-time Fuzzy Control and Learning Methods,” in Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, 2007, pp. 346-351. Read*

A.-M. Vainio, M. Valtonen and J. Vanhala, “Learning and adaptive fuzzy control system for smart home,” in Developing Ambient Intelligence, The First International Conference on Ambient Intelligence Developments, 2006, pp. 28-47. Read

Other

M. Valtonen, “Proactive and Context Sensitive Home Control System,” Master of Science Thesis, Tampere University of Technology, 2006. 74 p.

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** © ACM, 2010. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in the Proceedings of the 14^th Academic MindTrek Conference.

*** This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of IOS Press. Not for redistribution. Originally published in Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, 2011, Vol. 3, No. 4; DOI 10.3233/AIS-2011-0120, © 2011 IOS Press