News from the School of Science
One view in TRAIL for all research and creative practice assets
Now you have a convenient and a quick way to verify all Aalto research and creative practice assets with one view at TRAIL.
Meet the data expert: Ilari Lähteenmäki
As IT solution owner, Ilari Lähteenmäki is responsible for that Aalto has good IT systems available to manage research data. Article series Meet the data expert introduces service personnel specialized in research data management support.
A new form of carbon
Not graphene: researchers in Germany and Finland discover new type of atomically thin carbon material
How can researchers make use of cloud services?
Microsoft Azure, which is in use at Aalto University, provides IT services for researchers that can be selected according to personal needs and resources.
Opportunities for researchers to apply for leading projects on themes like AI, bioproducts, or carbon neutral energy
Business Finland has selected seven leading companies, and it is now time to apply for funding for research projects in the selected themes.
New Aalto Innovation Management Solution
Aalto’s Innovation Management Solution offers a modern and secured way to manage Aalto’s inventions and startups processes. The solution has been developed in two phases that cover the main activities of Aalto Innovation Services.
Doing a doctoral thesis at Saab helps understand the challenges of the future
Doctoral students thank Saab’s experts for their help and the company’s real-life application challenges.
Teaching creativity to computers - Christian Guckelsberger wants to equip AI with the motivation to discover the unexpected
Research on computational intrinsic motivation could answer some fundamental questions about the nature of creativity, but also improve household robotics or even self-driving cars
Changes to exhibition bookings at Aalto University
Reservations for Otaniemi campus exhibition spaces can now be made online.
Jukka Pekola announced as acting director of InstituteQ
Professor Pekola will lead the Institute as it starts its operations
Kirsi Peltonen: It is strange to go to an abandoned house to meet students via Zoom
Senior University Lecturer Kirsi Peltonen was able to give one empowering face-to-face lecture last autumn, and now she is mainly teaching remotely from Otaniemi. She finds interactions based on remote connections to be incredibly challenging.
What archaeological objects have been found in different parts of Finland? Researchers have developed FindSampo to bring together the discoveries made by citizens
FindSampo portal prototype, opened for public use on May 17th, 2021, contains information on thousands of discoveries made by citizens and the Finnish Heritage Agency in the archaeological catalogue application after 2015
Almost 500 participants enrolled for research data management training
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Best practices for enhancing internationalization through virtual exchange discussed at the Unite! Staff Week
The week-long training focusing on virtual exchange was organized in February 2021 to promote internationalization between the seven universities in the Unite! network.
I am looking forward to lunch with people and seeing friends in corridors
We spoke to industrial engineering and management student Yacquub Moalim Ali about solving complex problems, the perils of watching hours of YouTube by mistake and how social distancing effected Ramadan this year
How do we promote collaboration, wellbeing and creativity in a hybrid way of working and studying? Share your ideas and best practices by 23 May
Share your ideas on how we can successfully transition to a hybrid mode of working and studying
One euro for every student—how should Aalto University spend it? Submit your ideas by 30.5.2021
This year, Aalto University is trying something new: Inviting students to decide how to use 12 000 euros of the university budget.
Low level of education the clearest common feature behind payment defaults
Payment defaults are also more frequent among families with children and the recently divorced and their accumulation is common especially among young people and those with credit card and instalment payment debt, according to a recent study.
Please avoid visiting campus before and during entrance examinations
Examinations will be over after 11 June.
More certainty for deep learning
With the support of Saab, doctoral student Lassi Meronen is developing models for deep learning that can be used, for example, in radars and medical diagnosis.
