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Material can be trained like a Pavlov dog – Professor Olli Ikkala and his team develop new materials
The sharpest tip of materials science is coming up with answers to questions such as can materials ‘learn’ new properties or how to keep a cancerous tumour alive outside the body.
Four years and lots of tears – three experts tell how they succeeded in making the change
Many entrepreneurs and researchers set their goals based on a realisation that something needs to be done differently. The change they envision might be a new product or material, or it can be a new way to do things. Implementing change isn’t always easy, however, and it demands a stomach for uncertainty, say Professor Michael Hummel and entrepreneurs Annu Nieminen and Richard Nordström.
Four Aalto subjects rank in top 100 globally
Economics and Business, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Polymer Science are the best performers among Aalto’s fields in the US News ranking
Mariana Amatullo appointed É«É«À² University Board
Mikko Kosonen and Ilkka Kivimäki to continue for a new three-year term.
Machine learning helps to predict blackouts caused by storms
Train delays related to adverse weather can also be predicted with good quality training data, a new thesis shows.
Recent policy recommendation: How to accelerate platform economy in the education sector
Platforms can be used to create increasingly individualized learning solutions and more efficiently distributed learning materials while reducing production and publishing costs.
Find trainings for hybrid way of working
Hybrid work trial period gives us the opportunity to meet each other. Workday Learning offers support for effective hybrid work
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Aalto Pioneering Excellence awards given to School of Arts, Design and Architecture communications team and School of Engineering Majakka project
An Honorable Mention was given to the Aalto Thesis project of the School of Business, which focuses on the development of theses.
Constructive interaction a key factor in remote teams seeking solutions to societal problems
When remote teams work to solve challenging and complex problems, the abilities of individuals to verbalise thoughts and to create verbal contact with the thoughts of others get special emphasis. Teams that participate equally built interface surfaces between each other with the help of contemplative statements and open questions.
Recording and Q&A now available from the Platform Strategy Seminar 5 October, 2021
The Aalto University seminar "How to Win with Platform Strategy" with top experts from MIT, Harvard, Aalto University, and industry took place on 5 October, 2021 both online and onsite at Aalto campus in Espoo. On this page you can find the recording of the event and Q&A.
School of Science researchers now involved in five Centres of Excellence
SCI researchers are partners in three new Centres of Excellence: Life-Inspired Hybrid Materials, Randomness and structures, and Virtual laboratory for molecular level atmospheric transformations.
Two new Centres of Excellence É«É«À² University – the university is also involved in two consortia
Electromechanical Energy Conversion and Transfer and Life-Inspired Hybrid Materials were chosen as Centres of Excellence led by Aalto University
Occupational health physician Jaakko Kalmari: ‘Vaccines allow us to return safely to on-campus work’
Available coronavirus vaccines and boosters are worth taking when your turn comes.
The move of the staff’s general purpose Linux-servers behind firewall on 14 Oct 2021 at 10-12 am
SSH-connections to the servers may get disconnected and you have to reconnect. We are sorry for the inconvenience this may cause.
Business & Economics places 60th in Times Higher Education ranking
Aalto University ranks 2nd among Nordic universities
Master’s Career Monitoring data now available for Aalto staff
You may find the latest career monitoring data of Aalto University Master’s graduates in Power BI report.
Nominations are open for the School of Science awards 2021
The 11 November deadline is approaching for the 2021 awards, so get nominating! The awards will be announced in a ceremony during Dean’s Christmas party on 15 December. Welcome!
Grants for Aalto people from the Wihuri Foundation
The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation grants were awarded to 35 people in Aalto University – majority of the grants are for dissertation work
