Prof. Veikko Surakka received MA, Lic, and PhD degrees in Psychology in 1990, 1993, and 1999, respectively, from the University of Tampere. He is a professor of interactive technology (2007–present) and Head of the Research Group for Emotions, Sociality, and Computing, Tampere Unit for Computer–Human Interaction, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University. His research focuses especially on research on emotion, cognition, human–human and human–technology interaction research and the development of new multimodal interaction technologies.