News from the School of Science
Youth Technology Competition Winner gets summer job at Aalto University
Suvi Laitinen wants to learn new things, especially in medicine, and with technology at the forefront

Breaking through barriers for a revolution in brain scans
The EU-funded BREAKBEN project promises better and more detailed brain scans

Aalto maintains strong position in ShanghaiRankings
Altogether eight subjects rank in the top 100 worldwide

Apps and wearable technology help to track sleep of people with mental health disorders
According to the findings of a recent review article, this type of technology could even help to recognize factors that correlate with mental health disorders

Aalto to coordinate three new SRC consortia
Aalto University received EUR 9.2 million or 18 percent of the funding allocated.

New laser therapy seeks to halt the progression of age-related vision loss
The Maculaser heat treatment heats the back of the eye with a near-infrared laser while precisely controlling the temperature during the treatment. The goal is to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in an individualised, safe and effective manner.

Funding by the Academy of Finland September call totals EUR 20.6 million
Funding was granted by three Academy of Finland Research Councils: Biosciences, Health and the Environment; Culture and Society; Natural Sciences and Engineering

Aalto’s Economics and Business ranks 79th in NTU ranking
Computer science landed 95th place and four other subjects in technology among top 150

Meet the new Innovation Advisors at SCI
We chat to Ilkka Hyytiäinen and Juha Siivola who, along with Tuomas Planman will support the school as innovation advisors

Working as a researcher is ’like playing with your favorite toy but you get paid for it’
Academic career wasn't a clear choice to Professors Friedrich Simmel and Francesco Ricci.

What is your opinion on the support services for learning, research and innovation?
Researchers and teachers, please give feedback and help us develop our services

Aalto Professors publish new neuroscience textbook
‘Brain Signals’ by Risto Ilmoniemi and Jukka Sarvas comprehensively reviews brain scanning techniques and the mathematics you need to analyse them

From the Dean: Could we play as a team like the ice hockey world champions?
Thanks for the results go to our researchers and teachers, you’re doing a great job!

Dean of the School of Science grants Master’s thesis awards 2018
Kukka-Emilia Huhtinen, Ana Maria Triana Hoyos and Antti Tolppanen receive the Master's Thesis Awards.

Demand for doctors of engineering
Demanding product development projects provide employment for doctors of engineering.

Headphones made from biomaterials produced by yeast and fungal mycelium
Microbially grown materials can be used to replace oil-based materials in various everyday consumer products – such as headphones.

20 new Academy Projects ɫɫÀ²
The total funding granted by the Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering is 8.9 million euros.

Security concerns everyone
The topic of the international ITS conference in Otaniemi is information security from the viewpoint of both science and companies.

Doctoral and master’s degrees conferred in festive events
Attend the lectures and follow the conferment events online on 13 and 14 June starting at 13.00.

Panel discussion featuring our new honorary doctors 11 June
The theme is Future of university as a hub of creativity, heritage, and innovation. Welcome!
