Events:
Helsinki Distinguished Lecture: Joseph Konstan "Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: An Experimentalist’s Approach"
The next lecture in the Helsinki Distinguished Lecture Series on Future Information Technology will be given by Professor Joseph A. Konstan. Konstan is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota.
Summer School on New Directions in Quantum and Quantum Reservoir Computing, Quantum Devices and Related Technologies
The QUEST consortium, with support from the QRC-4 project, organizes a Summer School in August with the topic "New Directions in Quantum and Quantum Reservoir Computing, Quantum Devices and Related Technologies".
Machine learning on HPC: Advanced Workflows and Tools
Curious how to run AI jobs efficiently on the LUMI supercomputer? Wondering how to manage hyperparameter search or train models on multiple GPUs? Join us online on Thursday, August 21 (13:00–15:30 Helsinki time) for a session on advanced AI workflows in HPC environments!
Aalto Creatives afterwork event on 27.8.2025 focuses on Aalto Creatives alumni stories and introducing the Aalto Creatives pre-incubator programme.
Changing the world through crafting
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025: The Marvelous Materials book encourages children and young people to experiment creatively using nothing more than nature’s resources and household biowaste.
A fusion of architecture, chemistry, and biotechnology gives rise to ultra-ecological yeast construction
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025: Yeast biomass can be shaped using a 3D printer into desired forms — even directly at the construction site.
Living Panels: Reimagining Materials with Nature
The exhibition showcases design artefacts that reimagine how we work with living and post-living systems, offering new ways to think about sustainability through partnerships with the more-than-human world. These student-led projects explore how design objects can evolve, adapt, and participate in ecological processes beyond human needs.
These projects are a result of "BioMakerStudio Summer Course" - a cross-institutional collaboration between Aalto University and IAAC (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia) - supported by the EU-funded COCOON Project.
These projects are a result of "BioMakerStudio Summer Course" - a cross-institutional collaboration between Aalto University and IAAC (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia) - supported by the EU-funded COCOON Project.
Waste-based eco-concrete saves energy and resources
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025: A super-strong alternative to traditional concrete works in both ceramic art and construction.
Looking back to think ahead
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025: The Nokia Design Archive reveals the time, thinking and human effort behind everyday technology—challenging us to reflect on the past and consider the acts that will lead to a future we want to live in.
Heartfelt Kasvu shows how a small space can hold a good life
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025: This compact living unit, just under 10 square meters in size, arrives at the construction site as flat-packed components and requires no crane for assembly.
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025 exhibition
Aalto University’s biggest annual exhibition presents visionary cross-disciplinary work. Come explore prototypes, experiments and solutions.
From waste clay to carbon sink: Building a greener future
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025: Biocarbon earth aggregates turning construction waste into climate solutions.
Canopy map reveals whether your neighbourhood has enough trees
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025: Aalto University researchers’ canopy cover map highlights the striking differences in tree coverage across the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.
Events programme – Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025
Attend open seminars, talks, tours, film screenings and workshops.
Nature’s wonder materials are entering everyday life
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025: What happens when material experiments move from the lab to stores and homes?
Tiny House Shadow: Living within planetary boundaries
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025: The 34-square-metre Shadow incorporates fossil-free steel, old windows, and recycled car tires. And when the residents move, the home moves with them.
Mobile imaging technology reveals dementia risk
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025: A wearable EEG cap and body sensors monitor brain and physical activity in everyday life—researchers analyze extensive data using artificial intelligence.
AI accelerates seamless knitwear design
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025: Technology brings new inspiration to creative textile design processes.
Fungal fibers feed on paper waste – and build the future
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025: A composite of mycelium and cardboard challenges not only traditional, unsustainable materials—but also our preconceptions.
