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Risto Ilmoniemi: The most important thing is having confidence that others will be there to support and help when needed
'I have thought many times that I am going to give up the whole thing: this is not going to work. But I recover quickly: often already on the next day, optimism is reborn.'
Vili Lehdonvirta: The digital world isn’t a separate dimension in some virtual cloud
Vili Lehdonvirta has joined Aalto University as a professor at the Department of Computer Science. He also continues to work half-time at the University of Oxford’s Internet Institute.
Keeping your data from Apple is harder than expected
New study shows that the default apps collect data even when supposedly disabled, and this is hard to switch off
Board approved Annual Board Report and Financial Statements 2023 and appointed Raili Pönni as Development Director
The Aalto University Board convened on 19 March 2024.
Master’s thesis management functionality in Student Success Hub to be launched in autumn 2024
The new master’s thesis management functionality centralizes basic thesis data on the Salesforce service platform, enhancing support for the thesis process. It replaces eAge for the approval of Master's thesis topics and both eAge and MyCourses for thesis submission for approval.
Aalto Open Science Award Third Place Awardee 2023 – Intelligent Robotics Research Group with the Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects project
We interviewed the Intelligent Robotics Research Group with the Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects project, 3rd place awardees of the first Aalto Open Science Award.
Surge in the number of applicants É«É«À² University in national joint application
13 500 applied to bachelor’s programmes in Finnish and Swedish
New Oxford University Press open access agreement
Aalto affiliated corresponding authors can publish their articles without the open access fee (APC) or with 15% discount.
Best doctoral theses and master's theses 2023 in the School of Science awarded
SCI granted awards to seven doctoral theses and five master's theses
Aalto University was recognised in national and international evaluations in 2023
University board approved the Annual Board Report and Financial Statements for 2023
Researcher, you are invited to answer a survey on copyright challenges
The survey by the Center for Cultural Policy Research Cupore is open until 27 March
Otaparkki offers smooth parking for campus visitors
The Otaparkki multi-storey car park and other paid parking spaces on the campus provide parking for guests arriving on campus.
Finland's high-tech profile is reinforced in NATO – A business accelerator to be established in Otaniemi
The accelerator focuses on future communication systems and quantum technology
When a team is less than the sum of its parts: tensions between individual and team wellbeing
New research highlights the conflict between the needs of a team and the needs of the individuals in the team – and what leaders can do to strike the right balance to keep things ticking smoothly.
Maarit Korpi-Lagg: I have so few female colleagues that sometimes it’s difficult to maintain self-esteem
'Both in physics and computer science there are very few female researchers and professors. Last year we had a celebration because the first female student passed my course. It was a big thing for me.'
Metsähovi Radio Observatory turns 50 and gets new telescopes
Students helped design and build the new telescopes, which expands the opportunities for multidisciplinary space research and education
AI-powered personalized medicine is on the horizon
People have to be in the loop when machine learning is adapted for medical use.
‘If we make informed and thoughtful choices, it can catalyse diversity in our community’
On 27 February 2024, Assistant Professor Jaana Vapaavuori hosted a breakfast event to catalyze all kinds of diversities, in conjunction with the U.N. Day of Women and Girls in Science. Different diversities can be, for example: ideas, identities, representations, backgrounds, experiences, and bodies.
Pitching in ice cold water and childbirth are both leaps into the unknown
The Natal Mind research team won the Polar Bear Pitching competition last weekend in Oulu. Obstetrician Aura Pyykönen tells us what it was like to pitch in the ice-cold water. Annika Järvelin, Riikka Lemmetyinen and Henni Tenhunen are other members of the winning team at Aalto Department of Industrial Engineering and Management.
Compliance with export control and sanctions increasingly important in research projects
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