Alumni stories
ACTOR Empowers Construction Workers with Process Automation
The ACTOR project brings together six organizations to automate the collection and use of real-time data for construction management. We talked with Aalto University, Carinafour, and VTT to learn about their aspirations for the project.
ACTOR Streamlines construction with automation and AI - Video
The ACTOR webinar on March 27, 2024, discussed how real-time situational awareness is made possible by robotics, sensors, AI, machine learning, extended reality, and standardized data. The company partners of ACTOR showcased the techologies developed during the project.
Alum Ohto Pentik盲inen 鈥楢nyone can come up with problems, but those who can solve them creatively are hot currency in building better business鈥
Our alum Ohto Pentik盲inen has been entrepreneurial since childhood. From establishing a snack kiosk in middle school to officially founding his first company in high school and juggling multiple projects and businesses alongside studies, Ohto emphasizes that entrepreneurship has primarily been a tool for him to solve problems.
Can creativity be measured, managed and thus grow a business? Researchers join forces with Finnish companies
The Creative Leap research project, funded by Business Finland, aims to make creativity visible in business.
Aalto University funds students' sustainability actions with tens of thousands in a year 鈥 鈥淭his is something we haven't seen anywhere else鈥
Aalto University鈥檚 Sustainability Action Booster is a pioneering grant designed to support student-owned sustainability actions on campus and beyond.
Digivisio 2030 transforms the future of learning through opin.fi
Finnish universities have united their efforts in the Digivisio 2030 project to build the future of learning, with its first manifestation being the opin.fi website tailored to the needs of lifewide learners. The service is set to be released first as a beta version in fall 2024 and fully in spring 2025.
Panu Savolainen: I wish we would have a day when we remove the power dynamics completely
鈥業n many indigenous cultures, there are such periods, when leaders relinquish their power. Either that power is given to someone, maybe the poorest or most oppressed community member, or then the power isn鈥檛 used by anyone.鈥
Aalto University participates in Digivisio 3.0 pilot
The Digivisio project office offered all the 2.0 pilot HEIs the opportunity to continue to the 3.0 pilot, which takes place between Q1/2024-Q1/2025. Aalto is involved in the 2.0 pilot as part of the FITech network university until Q1/2024 and continues independently with its own funding to the 3.0 pilot.
Jinjing Zhu: Being able to tell about my skills and give examples of my past experience helped me get this position
Jinjing Zhu, a Master's student in Business Analytics, is doing an internship with OnePlus Finland.
Genuine networking is about meeting people as people
For School of Business alum Jude Kokkonen, people and doing things together is a matter close to his heart
Inspiring encounters in the US with alumni and friends highlighting radical creativity
Inspiring encounters in the US: alumni and friends are important in fostering collaboration and radical creativity
Alum Maija Keskinen: I enjoy learning new things and trying out different roles
Our alum, Maija Keskinen, knew from the start that she wanted to study economics. "Meaningful work to me means being able to serve society and do my part to ensure that decisions made in public administration are based on the highest quality information possible," Keskinen explains.
Sparks of curiosity: two professors share what they wonder about
Two newly tenured Aalto professors talk about what drives them
Aalto University to host CESAER Task Force Openness of Science and Technology
Aalto University is proud to host the鈥疌ESAER鈥疶ask Force Openness of Science and Technology on 16鈥17 April 2024.
Minna Halme: At first, sustainability wasn鈥檛 taken seriously
'I was told to do a doctoral thesis on a different topic if I want a job in the future.'
Doctoral level expertise is needed as ABB is engineering the energy transition
Joint doctoral research projects between Aalto University and ABB are training scientists to develop the cutting-edge products needed in the future.
Architecture students use AI to design social innovations for London
The project combined qualitative evolutionary design and visual generative artificial intelligence, for the first time.
Four student projects receive funding through Unite! Seed Fund
The鈥疐und aims to activate students from the nine Unite! universities to jointly pursue new activities.
Unite!鈥檚 pathway for the management of open science and innovation in the European Universities Alliances
Unite! presents a new university open science and innovation governance model and five policy recommendations.
