Aleksei Talisainen

Aleksei Talisainen (born 1 November 1980) is an Estonian computer scientist and educational technology researcher. He is affiliated with Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) as an early stage researcher (doctoral candidate) at the IT College and teaches/works in areas including cybersecurity and technology-enhanced learning.

Education According to ETIS, Talisainen graduated from TalTech with degrees in electronics/biomedical engineering (BSc, 2004) and biomedical technology (MSc, 2007), and later moved into IT/education-related research; ETIS lists him as a doctoral candidate in recent years.

Telepresence robotics and remote learning Talisainen has published on telepresence robots (TPRs) in remote teaching and learning, including evaluating video performance/camera capabilities of telepresence robots for educational use.

He is also a co-author in related telepresence-robot studies in education published in peer-reviewed venues, including a pilot study reported in Frontiers in Education.

Projects On the ReSTELA project site, TalTech lists Talisainen as a participant and notes his presentation of a lab prototype and a telepresence robot in a project meeting.

Cybersecurity outreach Talisainen is a co-author of a Springer proceedings paper on the CyberPin (KüberNööpnõel) initiative aimed at recognising young cybersecurity talent.

Industrial property ETIS lists Talisainen as an inventor/co-inventor on industrial property related to medical technology (UV-detector arrangements for photometric sensors used in kidney replacement therapy).

Selected publications