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The builders of digital trust
A society gone online needs encrypters, white hats and appropriately suspicious citizens.
Will AI make us better humans? Why we must be cautious
It’s not news that digitalisation and AI are transforming how we live, work, consume and behave.
Data sculpture illustrates the cycle of traffic flows and air quality in Mall of Tripla
What does data look and sound like? The installation in the Mall of Tripla, Helsinki calls visitors for interaction.
Pinja Helasuo, preparing for Wappu: We are in this together
According to physics student Pinja Helasuo, the most challenging thing in daily life during COVID-19 has been tolerating spending all the time in the same room. The Guild of Physics and Helasuo’s closest friends and family have helped her cope. Helasuo was also involved in launching the WappuApu fundraising campaign to prevent student loneliness.
Professor Joni Pajarinen believes in the future potential of robotsÂ
In the future robots will work and learn independently, also with humans, and will no longer merely carry out programmed instructions.Â
The 5G Hack the Mall summer course is coming again – register now
This year’s Aalto University 5G summer course will again be held as an online training course from 7 to 18 June 2021.
Achieving excellent virtual learning experiences rather than simply carrying out remote lectures
Knowledge co-creation and taking into account different learning styles are both key principles in the virtual teaching of University Lecturer Ville Eloranta.
Making engaging educational videos – how to get started?
In 2020 Aalto Online Learning witnessed higher than ever demand for video production. In just few last years educational videos have made their way from being a niche activity to a must-do in teaching. As of 2021 it is clear: the educational videos are here to stay.
Step up your digital game with this summer's Digital Business Master Class
In the hybrid adaptation of Digital Business Master Class, students from all over the world have the chance to join a highly facilitated and challenge-based course on Digital Business either online or on-campus.
AI technique captures complexity of human faces to help create realistic photo edits
The ability to distil images to their most essential components and anticipate new scenes is what could drive computer vision and robotics forward
€2.75m awarded to European consortium to solve market failure of artificially scarce digital goods
A new economic category for abundant goods — anti-rival goods that increase in value when shared — forms the basis of research to be conducted by ATARCA consortium. ATARCA aims to create a new economic system in which digital goods are no longer traded with mediums of exchange, such as fiat money, but with mediums of sharing.
Slowness in the Aalto Space application
Aalto Space application will be updated and improved between 11th and 19th March and there may be slowness in the application during this time.
New data visualization provides creative ways of analyzing the genetic ancestry of Finland
A new study conducted at the University of Helsinki succeeded in assessing the genetic ancestry of more than 18,000 Finns. School of Arts, Design and Architecture contributed to the study’s information design and interactive data visualization.
Welcome to the 3rd online Unite! Dialogue event, hosted by INP Grenoble
Unite! is an European University Alliance of Aalto University and 6 other high-level European technical universities. Every six months, all staff and students from the seven universities gathered within Unite! meet for a dialogue and cooperate around the various themes and activities of Unite!. The 3rd Dialogue is organized, from March 8th to 10th, by Grenoble INP - UGA in a 100% online format and offers for the 1st time, a session open to the general public.
Former Nokia executive Tero Ojanperä believes intelligent platforms could be next success story for Finland
New professor of practice wants to apply his AI expertise and make sure usable innovations are brought from research papers into practical use.
Forbes AI Award to research on image-creating GAN models
The magazine pays tribute to the development of a model that starkly reduces the amount of data needed for generating new, artificial images
Digitalisation did not increase productivity as expected - researchers propose solutions for increasing productivity
There are large sector-specific differences in productivity with room for improvement, especially in manufacturing and construction.
The majority of Finland's ICT emissions are generated outside our borders – So our reporting must be adjusted
It is difficult for companies and consumers to obtain information on the environmental impact of information technology. Researchers recommend unified, cross-boarder reporting obligations for the ICT sector.
Welcome, student groups, to a virtual neuroimaging laboratory tour
In the laboratory you can use a remote connection to learn about a lie detector and a thermal camera, for example. We welcome upper secondary school pupils, upper comprehensive school pupils, students from universities of applied sciences, and others.
New technology makes telepresence seem almost authentic
Aalto University, the University of the Arts Helsinki, and Tampere University are collaborating to develop a virtual meeting which looks and feels as if all participants were sharing the same space. In addition to the senses of sight and hearing, a feeling of authenticity can also be created through touch and smell.
