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Food for thought – rethinking Singapore’s Hawker Centres
Singapore’s traditional open-air cooked food centres or hawker centres presented a perfect case to be explored jointly by the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Aalto University.

Finland Prizes awarded to professor, designer Pirjo Kääriäinen and alumna, artist and activist Marja Helander
Among this year’s prize recipients were Professor of Practice of Design driven fibre innovation Pirjo Kääriäinen and Aalto ARTS alumna, photographer, filmmaker and activist Marja Helander.

The Dead Are Speaking -Audio Drama on Yle
The Dead Are Speaking, a full length audio drama made by Media Lab students has been published on YLE Beta.

The Kone Foundation awarded grants for academic researchers and artists
Bigger grants awarded to the researchers and artists at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture enable longer-term work than earlier.

Aalto Math & Arts in Shanghai Future Lab exhibition
The interdisciplinary Math & Arts program, with its underlying course Crystal Flowers in Halls of Mirrors, is introduced to the visitors of the Shanghai Future Lab exhibition.

Designs for a Cooler Planet returns in September 2020 — This is a university-wide open call
We are looking for research and solutions which address the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

Liquid crystal polymer learns to move and grab objects
Researchers trained material the same way as Pavlov trained dogs.

Member of Parliament Veronika Honkasalo’s independence day dress reflects feminism and ecological values
Aalto University FaCT MA student Heidi Karjalainen has designed MP Veronika Honkasalo’s (Left Alliance) dress for the President’s Independence Day Reception 2019.

Albedo matters for the climate and forestry can have an impact on it
A research project conducted by Aalto University found that favoring broadleaved species in boreal forestry is a climate-friendly option when considering the forest albedo. Therefore, forest management actions can directly affect forest albedo, and hence the climate, without decreasing forest productivity.

Utilizing local reindeer bone waste from Lapland in ceramics
The recycling of reindeer bone remain can create new possibilities and collaborations in the Lapland region.

Pioneers in 3D virtualisation receive the first National Open Science Award
The Research Institute of Measuring and Modeling for the Built Environment (MeMo), led by Professor Hannu Hyyppä, has one of the best 3D studios in the world and a passion for developing and sharing its expertise.

Contemporary design enables critical reflection
Design is the method with which we shape our world. The new MA Contemporary Design combines material-led design with critical and conceptual thinking practices.

How to Digitalise Construction for On-site Workers
What would happen if we could tap into the knowledge of workers on the construction site? Would a real-time situation picture of the site make workers more productive? Theseare critical questions from Christopher Görsch’sresearch project, which formspart of Aalto University’s DiCtion program.

Professor Lasse Niemi appointed General Secretary of EARNet
The primary objective of the network is to promote European Auditing Research.

New way to know an old friend: New method reveals clean carbon nanotube transistors with superb properties
Scientists at Aalto and Nagoya University find new way to make ultra-clean nanotube transistors with superior semiconducting properties

A new semantic portal brings together data on Finnish civil war victims for open use
A new semantic portal and linked open data service combines information about the war victims of the Finnish Civil War (1918) and prison camps, the First World War, and Kinship Wars that took place around the same time, a century ago.

How ecological is AI? How can you compose with a neural network? Come to AI exhibition to find out!
A new exhibition by Aalto Digi Platform and FCAI combines science and arts and sheds light on the history, state of art, and future of AI.

Creativity Unfolded — a new blog series
Aalto is home to creative minds and we want audiences also outside our community to get inspired by our amazing and innovative work!

Data sharing is the future of materials research
Solving global challenges requires new materials, and developing these means we need to rethink our data sharing

20 years of HIIT: 'A track record of outstanding research and success in project funding'
The Helsinki Institute for Information Technology celebrated its 20 years anniversary in November. Dive into the celebrations and see how information technology research has evolved during the past 20 years.
