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Boris Krassi

Current position and responsibilities at VTT

Senior Research Scientist, Human-Machine Interaction and Virtual Engineering / Systems Engineering.

Research background and current research topics

Dr. Boris Krassi has expertise in virtual prototyping, modeling and simulation, human-machine systems, emergent information and communication technologies, control and automation, and robotics. Dr. Krassi has attained has over 10 years of experience in planning, implementing and leading European R&D projects. Currently he is the coordinator of the large European R&D project “ManuVAR”. Dr. Krassi’s research interests include:

• Virtual-model-driven architectures for system lifecycle support and integration
  
• Human-machine systems
  
• Dynamic virtual prototyping
  
• Dynamic adaptive reconfigurable computing systems
  
• Cybernetics and complex systems.
  

Current major research projects at VTT

Coordinator of EU FP7 NMP project ManuVAR “Manual work support throughout system lifecycle by exploiting virtual and augmented reality”, 2009-2012,
R&D for the ITER DTP-2 – International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, Divertor Test Platform 2, 2008 – Present.

Education

Ph.D. in computer science. Helsinki University of Technology. Major: interactive environments and mobile applications; minor: systems technology (automation); Ph.D. thesis title: “The application of dynamic virtual prototyping to the development of control systems”, August 2001 – June 2006.

M.Sc. in computer science. Helsinki University of Technology. Major: information technology in production; minor: automation and control technology. July 1999 – June 2001.

M.Sc. in automation and control, with honors. St. Petersburg State Technical University. June 1995 – June 2001.

Work history

Senior Research Scientist. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Systems Engineering, Human-Machine Interaction and Virtual Engineering. February 2007 – present, full time.

Researcher, lecturer, technical project manager. Helsinki University of Technology, Industrial Information Technology Laboratory. August 1999 –January 2007 full time, until October 2008 part time.

Selected publications

Krassi, B., Dynamic Virtual Prototyping for Control Engineering: Concepts, Methods, Applications. Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, 187 p., 2008, ISBN 978-3-639-08926-4 (available from www.amazon.com).

Lind, S., Krassi, B., Viitaniemi, J., Kiviranta, S., Heilala, J., Berlin, C., Linking Ergonomics Simulation to Production Process Development // Proceedings of the 2008 Winter Simulation Conference, USA, December 2008, pp. 1968-1973; full text .

Vink, P., Rhijn, J.W. van, Krassi, B., Collaborative design using mixed reality: suggestions from INTUITION partners // Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE2008, Las Vegas, USA, 14-17 July, 2008 (on CD, ISBN 978-1-60643-712-4), 8 p.

Helin, K., Viitaniemi, J., Leino, S.-P., Krassi, B., Poyade, M., The Virtual Environments and New Human-Centred Design Method in the Design of Vehicular Working Machine Interfaces // Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE2008, Las Vegas, USA, 14-17 July, 2008 (on CD, ISBN 978-1-60643-712-4), 10 p.

Burmakin, E.M., Krassi, B.A., Tuominen, J.O., AMPROS: Distributed Reconfiguration Algorithm // Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, Innsbruck, Austria, February 15-17, 2005, pp. 438-441.

Boris Krassi's publications in VTT Publications Register.