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Aalto researcher among 8 finalists for the 2018 Skolar award
Amber Geurts, Postdoctoral Researcher in Physics and Management Studies, is one of eight finalists competing for the 2018 Skolar Award.
Already as a child, Assistant Professor Arno Solin wanted to build smart robots
Over the years, his childhood enthusiasm with programming and mathematical models was developed into research in real-time machine learning and sensor fusion.

SCI Awards 2018 - Call for nominations open until Nov 16th
SCI Awards celebrates the great work and achievements of our faculty, staff and students annually.

Young women want to find their way into careers in technology—high school students rushed to book the new event Shaking up Tech full in an hour
Young women want to find their way into careers in technology—high school students rushed to book the new event Shaking up Tech full in an hour

Project course led to the creation of a mobile game – collecting sensor data from the environment using a magic wand
Students created a mobile game that’s played on a real map of the players’ surroundings. They collect phone sensor data from the environment with a magic wand and use it in battles.
BiographySampo, a new intelligent web service, displays the lives and connections of renowned Finns
What do the personal networks of Alvar Aalto, Jean Sibelius or Eliel Saarinen look like and how do they intertwine? The application is based on over 13 000 biographies.

For Chris Brzuska, truth and understanding are supreme virtues
Assistant Professor Chris Brzuska feels very lucky to be able to interact with great people in mathematics and computer science in a meaningful way, every single day.

You can’t tell whether an online restaurant review is fake—but this AI can
Researchers find AI-generated reviews and comments pose a significant threat to consumers, but machine learning can help detect the fakes.

Five teams awarded at opening ceremony
President Ilkka Niemelä recognised five teams from the Aalto community for their achievements at the Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year. In addition to three Aalto Awards, two Impact Awards were granted for the first time.

How to manage external resources?
Research indicates that at least six factors should be considered.
Defence of dissertation in the field of engineering physics, Maria Morits, M.Sc.
Surface engineering – a versatile tool for the fabrication of functional nanomaterials and tough nanocomposites
Defence of dissertation in the field of engineering physics, Paula Sirén, M.Sc.(Tech.)
Successful fusion power plant requires versatile communication between the experts of plasma and reactor physics
Defence of dissertation in the field of computer science, Jian Liu, M.Sc.
How to protect your privacy while using cloud-assisted services?

Finnish Center of Artificial Intelligence FCAI and VTT join forces
Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT will join Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI launched by Aalto University and the University of Helsinki as a third founding member.

QS Ranking: Aalto places 140th in the world
Aalto is #1 in Finland with regard to relative number of research citations and employer reputation.

World Challenge 2018 Finals in Finland on 27–30 August – work for a better world
Innovators are invited to develop apps that improve life on earth by utilising satellite data.

Finding the unknown, D.Sc. Natalie Segercrantz
Doctoral graduate Natalie Segercrantz likens research work to being an explorer. In a laboratory, one can encounter something that has never been witnessed before.

More Higgs particles can be found by studying superfluid helium
Recent study predicts that these particles are much heavier than earlier observation.

Everyday choices: Pauliina Ilmonen, can you tolerate uncertainty?
Ilmonen, Assistant Professor of Statistics, would not shun risks even if cattle started falling down from the sky.

Open-mindedness guides the new Centre for Quantum Engineering
The newly founded Centre for Quantum Engineering at Aalto University aims to bring science to everyday use as commercial products and applications.
