Appointments
Professor Valeriy Vyatkin becomes Vice-President for Technical Activities at IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
During his term, Professor Vyatkin hopes to create more synergies and cross-border interaction between the technical committees
Professor Harri Laakso appointed as Head of Department for the merging Departments of Art and Media
Professor Harri Laakso has been appointed to the position of Head of Department for the merging Departments of Art and Media of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Tiina Ritvala appointed Assistant Dean of the School of Business
The position will start on 1 January 2022, with a period of 1,5 years.
New heads of departments and deputy department heads appointed at the School of Engineering
Pedro Vila莽a, Raine M盲ntysalo and Leena Korkiala-Tanttu will begin their terms as heads of departments in January 2022.
New School of Science legal counsel Anniina Harju provides legal assistance related to contracts and research projects
Anniina Harju provides legal assistance related to contracts and research projects conducted at departments of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science ja Industrial Engineering and Management
Three Aalto University professors become members of the Academia Europaea聽
Professors Risto Nieminen, Zhipei Sun and P盲ivi T枚rm盲 were elected as members.
Minna Tiainen begins as new communications manager at the School of Science
Minna Tiainen transferred to SCI from the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI
Finding the red thread between design research, science and technology and innovation
Industrial designer, Academy Fellow Researcher Andrea Botero Cabrera will take on the position of Associate Professor, New Frontiers in Design in Aalto University starting from August 2022.
Mariana Amatullo appointed 色色啦 University Board
Mikko Kosonen and Ilkka Kivim盲ki to continue for a new three-year term.
Paula Jouhten appointed Associate Professor in the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems
The field of the professorship is Microbial Physiology. The five-year term begins on 1 January 2022.
Geoinformatics and space technology expert Jarkko Koskinen, Alumnus of the Year 2021
"Spatial data is in the middle of some massive developments and geoinformatics experts are more sought-after than ever. Some of the largest companies in the world, such as Google, Microsoft, Apple and Huawei currently count spatial data among their fields of business. With the advances in robotisation and digitalisation, accurate and high-quality real-time spatial and position data are needed everywhere", says Koskinen.
Sami Itani joins the Department of Management Studies at the School of Business as Professor of Practice
His focus areas are socio-cultural sustainability, especially diversity and inclusion.
Marcela Acosta-Garcia appointed as new Program Manager for UNITE! at Aalto University
Marcela Acosta-Garcia is the new Program Manager at the Aalto University Summer School, joining the Unite! project, an alliance under the Erasmus+ Framework Program. She is working with EU partner universities to create learning opportunities at home or abroad.
Ewald Kibler joins the Editorial Review Board of Academy of Management Discoveries
AMD is a new, leading management journal in promoting phenomenon-driven empirical research that current theories inadequately explain
Niina Nurmi is tackling Zoom fatigue and hybrid work in her research
The new assistant professor of management is especially interested in the future of work and the management of virtual work, employee engagement and well-being.
Marjo-Riitta 鈥滿aikki鈥 Diehl: My research concerns organizational justice
According to the new Associate Professor at the Department of Management Studies, fairness and justice are critical to ensuring cooperation and coordination between groups and organizations.
Aalto University President Ilkka Niemel盲 appointed to second five-year term
President's new term starts on 1 July 2022
Aalto Distinguished Professor Risto Ilmoniemi and his team are developing a new kind of brain stimulator
In the future, artificial intelligence-enabled 鈥渟elf-driving鈥 brain stimulators can ameliorate the condition of millions of patients suffering from brain disorders, says Professor of Applied Physics Risto Ilmoniemi. He also thinks that his best research results may still be in the future.
Mashrura Musharraf, Assistant Professor of Marine Technology, studies intelligent ships
鈥淢aritime automation needs to be developed so that the systems are safe and meet human needs,鈥 she says.
Assistant Professor in Machine Learning Arno Solin nominated for Young Academy Finland
Young Academy Finland has selected Arno Solin as a member for the four-year period of 2021-2025.
