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Machines to make sense of our health
Making use of artificial intelligence methods for personalised medicine.

Two unique exhibitions by Aalto University at the Oodi Library to experience and play
The Finnish EU presidency is now in full swing and for September (when the EU level AV conference will take place), Aalto is offering two very different exhibitions to be on display at the Oodi library in Helsinki.

SCI Teacher Services; new people have started
New Pedagogical Specialist Miia Forstén started in spring 2019 and Digi-peda Specialist Hannu Tiitu started a few weeks ago.
EURO2022 conference to be hosted by Aalto University
Largest European conference in operations research and management science to be hosted in Otaniemi in July 2022

Win a trip to Berlin with ideas pitching competition
Falling Walls Lab Finland submission period closes soon, enter your research or business idea to be in a chance to compete in the international final

Ahti Salo received the Edgeworth-Pareto Award
The award is given biennially to celebrate a researcher or practitioner who has demonstrated a high level of creativity in developing novel areas of application of Multiple Criteria Decision Making and associated methodology.

Matias Palva, Professor of Brain Signal Analytics, studies the mechanisms of the human mind and brain diseases
Understanding the brain mechanisms behind the diseases is important when developing targeted treatments

Tomorrow's Sustainable Lifestyles Showcased in Otaniemi
One of Helsinki Design Week's main events, Designs for a Cooler Planet, will showcase Aalto University's cross-cutting future prototypes, such as a nanocellulose bicycle, microbial headphones and Ioncell clothes

From clean energy to personalized medicine – a book about the power of the university
The Aalto Effect is a tribute to the ambitious and uncompromising work of dozens of researchers.

'If you feel like an idiot every time you use a service, it isn’t very motivating'
Sari Kujala helped Kone improve its elevators and Fiskars make better axes. Now, she works as a deputy director in the DigiIN project that aims to ensure that digital services will not increase social exclusion.

Deep learning model detects diabetic eye diseases accurately
Finnish AI researchers have developed a deep learning system that may help detecting diabetic eye diseases, which could make doctors’ work easier and reduce healthcare costs

Medals for Aalto students in an international math competition
Selim Virtanen received a silver medal and bronze medals went to Alvar Kallio and Iiro Kumpulainen, whereas Aman Sher Agha obtained an honorary mention.

Inside to be shut down on 12 August – internal content can be found on aalto.fi
On the aalto.fi website, internal content can be found in the ‘Services’ and ‘For Aalto Community’ hubs.

Does data make the difference? Let’s find out at the upcoming RDA Plenary in Finland
Data has both an enormous and diverse potential to change the way we work, make decisions and empower citizens. But does data really make the difference? This is the theme at the heart of the upcoming 14th Plenary of the Research Data Alliance (RDA).

Assistant Professor Elisa Mekler: Gaming can help to cope with difficult life situations and improve one’s wellbeing
Elisa Mekler found out in her recent study that video games might help people to cope with difficult life situations, which offers a new challenge to game designers

Machine learning helps to predict blackouts caused by storms
A collaboration between computer scientists at Aalto University and the Finnish Meteorological Institute applies machine learning to predict how damaging a storm will be

Aalto quantum computing spinout secures €11.45m in funding
IQM hopes to commercialise groundbreaking research from Aalto and VTT

Finns were reluctant to share election tweets of bots
According to the final report of ELEBOT project, the effect of Twitter bots was minimal during this year’s Finnish elections

Ten new doctoral training projects exploring quantum technology in novel ways
The projects focus on scientific, technological, business and/or artistic ideas

Youth Technology Competition Winner gets summer job at Aalto University
Suvi Laitinen wants to learn new things, especially in medicine, and with technology at the forefront
