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1.5-million-euro ERC grant for creating physical feedback loops in life-inspired materials awarded to Hang Zhang

Dr. Hang Zhang was granted 1.5 million euros on Thursday by the ERC to create coupled physical feedback loops in hydrogels with varying dimensions.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Photo of Hang Zhang against a dark background.

Training in open research, including AI, ethics, data visualisation, and more – register now

New topics included! Registrations for autumn 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.

Kristiina "Kiikki" Huotari: I want to be growing goodness

'If you look at things from the perspective of love, you are always looking from the right perspective. Then there is room for everyone.'
University
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Kristiina Huotari outside of the office.

President Ilkka Niemelä to employers: ’Let’s connect each student with Finnish working life’

Aalto University wants to work with employers to integrate the international talent that Finland clearly needs.
Press releases
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Students visiting employment fair

It's time to nominate a candidate for Aalto Pioneering Excellence Award by end of September

The award is granted yearly to teams addressing unique challenges and striving for sustainable value creation and superior performance. Get nominating an award recipient by end of September!
Awards and Recognition
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Building 2030 - Aalto Pioneering Excellence Award 2023

Polish up your language skills this autumn

Several language initiatives offer Aaltonians a chance to learn and improve their language skills free-of-charge on campus starting September
For Aalto community
Campus
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Members of Aalto community celebrated again for their great work

The awarded projects emphasize impactful research and collaboration, Aalto's distinctive culture of creativity as well as community spirit
Awards and Recognition, University
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A group of awarded Aalto people posing in Day One event in Marsio

Raimo Kantola in Memoriam

Emeritus Professor Raimo Kantola focused in his last years as professor especially on 5G development and cyber security. He passed away unexpectedly at the age of 69 on 26 August 2024.
Research & Art
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Emeritusprofessori Raimo Kantola

Bringing human touch back to industrial settings – 5 things we should know about Industry 5.0

Integrating digital twins and extended reality (XR) technologies leads to smarter, more adaptable industrial operations, says Doctoral researcher Xinyi Tu.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Doctoral Researcher Xinyi Tu wearing XR glasses

Researchers create entangled quantum magnets with protected quantum excitations

Researchers created a new quantum state of matter, dubbed a high-order topological magnet, that may address key issues in quantum technology.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Artistic illustration showing the creation of topological magnets.

Armaan Hooda spent one day as a math professor in Aalto

As part of the science and technology competition TuKoKe, Armaan Hooda won a Day as a Professor award. He spent the day together with professor Pauliina Ilmonen and other researchers at Aalto’s Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis.
University
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Armaan Hooda on the left, Pauliina Ilmonen on the right

Explore the university's art on guided tours

Tours focusing on the public art at Marsio, Kide and Viima buildings are a part of Designs for a Cooler Planet festival.
Campus, Research & Art, University
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Yksityiskohta metallisesta taideteoksesta punatiilisen rakennuksen julkisivussa

Finding love: Study reveals where love lives in the brain

Researchers from Aalto University utilised functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain activity while subjects mulled brief stories related to six different types of love.
Press releases
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The brain in love: the image shows brain areas that activate in association with the most intensely felt forms of interpersonal

Suggest how you would use 14,000 eur for the wellbeing of Aalto University students!

Submit your proposal by September 30, 2024, for a participatory budgeting project to improve student wellbeing on campus. A winner will be voted on from the feasible ideas within the year 2024.
Campus, University
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Students on Aalto University campus. Photo by Petri Anttila.

A world first: Qubit coherence decay traced to thermal dissipation

Hitherto a mystery, the thermal energy loss of qubits can be explained with a surprisingly simple experimental setup, according to research from Aalto University.
Press releases
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A woman looks into a microscope.

Aalto computer scientists in VLDB 2024

Scientists from the Department of Computer Science in the International Conference on Very Large Databases (VLDB).
Research & Art
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Department of Computer Science research, infrared lights hanging on the roof for machine learning in plant growing project

Marsio opens on 26 August and will be celebrated on 3 September during Aalto Day One

The new meeting place on campus invites you to visit. Come for lunch, visit the Aalto University Shop and be among the first to get acquainted with public art from 26 August onwards.
Campus, University
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Image of the Marsio building in the middle of the campus, Marsio text on sunflower

New Cambridge University Press open access agreement

Aalto affiliated corresponding authors can publish their articles without the open access fee (APC) or with 10% discount.
For Aalto community
Research & Art
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Aalto yellow pen

What makes an alum and a freshman produce a full-length guild documentary together?

Markus Toivonen, a Bioinformation Technology alum, started his studies in Aalto University in 2015. The idea for the documentary about Inkubio, the guild of bioinformation technology, was born in 2019, when the guild celebrated its 15th anniversary.
Studies
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Premiere at Kino Tapiola. Left: Markus Toivonen, right: Matias Ikola. Photo: Paavo Hietala.

Semi-Summer jobs introduce the semiconductor industry to students

Semiconductors play a crucial role in many parts of modern technology. So-called "Semi-Summer jobs" at Aalto University serve as a concrete example of a research and education partnership between the Aalto schools of technology and businesses in the semiconductor industry.
Research & Art, Studies
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The researchers utilized the exceptional facilities of Micronova Nanofabrication Cleanroom. Photo: Aalto University / Mikko Raskinen