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Compliance with export control and sanctions increasingly important in research projects

Find the renewed and comprehensive information package on aalto.fi
For Aalto community
University
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A detail of brainlike computing research, photo by Valeria Azovskaya

Remember to apply for internal seed funding latest 15 March

The internal funding call closes 15th of March 2024.
For Aalto community
Research & Art, Studies
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Man and woman working together with a laptop

Saban Ramadani: Is it radical to create a rocket in a week?

‘When you are expected to come up with something quickly, for instance, in visual arts, is the purpose itself lost in the creative process? Is it radical to create a rocket in a week?’
Studies
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Saban Ramadani, Photo by Hayley Le

Aalto Open Science Award Winner 2023 – Aalto Materials Digitalization Platform (AMAD)

We interviewed the AMAD team, winners of the first Aalto Open Science Award.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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Lara Ejtehadian, Patrick Rinke, and Ilari Lähteenmäki sitting with coffee mugs and smiling to the camera.

Sparks of curiosity: two professors share what they wonder about

Two newly tenured Aalto professors talk about what drives them
Appointments, University
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Lohmann, a white female, stands in front of a lit seaweed sculpture. Laakso, a white male, seated in a metallic room with wires.

Tandem Industry Academia 2025 call for postdocs, Aalto’s internal deadline 20.3.2025

The Finnish Research Impact Foundation, Tandem Industry Academia (TIA) funding intends to support joint research projects between academic and industrial partners and to promote mobility across the academia-business interface.
For Aalto community
Research & Art
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New PowerPoint templates rolled out on 27 Feb

They are available to you on your Aalto computer latest on 28 Feb.
For Aalto community
University
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Screenshot of a ppt template for the School of Chemical Engineering

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.
Cooperation, Research & Art, Studies
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A visual AI-generated sketch for urban development in Battersea district in London

Working group to prepare Aalto's tuition fee reform

Changes are planned ɫɫÀ²'s tuition fees and scholarship programme. A working group has been appointed to prepare a proposal for Aalto University's future tuition fees and the renewed scholarship programme during the spring.
For Aalto community
Studies
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Aalto Squad students outdoors

Free crop photos – new feature in material bank

Free crop is an easy way to crop a photo before downloading it.
For Aalto community
University
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Male model as Lucia wearing a wreath with candles on it, and a red jacket.

Significant grants for science from the Finnish Cultural Foundation

A total of thirty individuals and research groups from Aalto University received grants from the Finnish Cultural Foundation for science and art. Professors Harri Lipsanen and Zhipei Sun and their team, were awarded a large grant to develop electronic components mimicking the structure and function of the human brain. Among the grantees is also Professor Mikko Alava, whose team is developing water-resistant foams as substitutes for plastic using AI-based methods.
Research & Art
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Mikko Alava ja kolme muuta tutkimusryhmän jäsentä kuvattuna teknisen laitteen äärellä.

Landscape architect Anu Hakola receives Lappset prize

Hakola’s Master’s thesis examines memorial trees and their significance as part of the commemoration of the deceased.
Awards and Recognition
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An illustration of planting a tree on a grave and the tree's growth

Making creativity happen: new documentary shows how to foster a creative mindset

Companies and organisations can arrange screenings to encourage creativity and experimentation
Press releases
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In the film Radical Creatives, creativity is found by diving below the surface. Photo: Hayley Lê

Renewed business cards now available

This follows the tweaks made to the university visual identity last autumn.
For Aalto community
University
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Example of updated business card with purple background, Aalto ENG logo in black. Black text on white on the other side of card.

Otaparkki parking fee will be reduced - further changes to parking on the Otaniemi campus

New changes will be implemented in mid-February
Campus, University
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Otaparkki julkisivu

Aalto granted 178 positions in doctoral education pilot

Most of the positions are in Finnish flagship programme areas
University
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Henkilö tekemässä kokeellista tutkimusta.

Register for training in open research

New topics included! Registrations for spring 2024 are open.
Research & Art
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Yellow post-it notes with different white symbols on them and a hand grabbing one of the notes.

Open Educational Resources MOOC for teachers and students

Understand how to use materials with open licences in a copyright-compliant manner.
Cooperation, Studies
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Laptop typing

Ruusa Vuori wins ALPHA Award 2024

Aalto University students were victorious in the ALPHA competition for Nordic fashion schools.
Awards and Recognition
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Malli kävelee yleisön reunustamalla catwalkilla kohti kameraa

What is radical creativity? The recent film offers various interpretations

The film "Radical Creatives" expands our understanding of creativity and explores Aalto's culture in a compelling way.
Research & Art, University
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Professor Tapani Vuorinen and Pirjo Kääriäinen are describing their creative pedagogy to the film director Emilia Hernesniemi.