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Engaging audience and space
New Media MA student Robbert Groenendijk has been selected to create an installation for M盲ntt盲 Art Festival 14.6.鈥31.8.2020. His upcoming work "Protocol" places the visitors within the data flow between two computers.
CEST goes Oodi
CEST group members contributed an exhibit to the Aalto Junior winter break program at Oodi Library
Appointment at FinnCERES materials bioeconomy Flagship
Joanna Witos has been appointed Academic Coordinator at Aalto CHEM.
A movie as a Dove of Peace
The documentary film, Colombia in My Arms, brings together different perspectives in a unique way in post-peace Colombia.
Aalto University leading a digital vision of Finnish higher education
President Niemel盲 elected to chair steering group for project planning now underway.
New teaching case addresses the internationalisation difficulties of global marketplaces
The e-commerce company Rakuten has grown into a giant online player in trade and services.
'I know you think I鈥檓 crazy'
Dissertation of the Month: in Mikko Koivisto's opinion, psychiatrically disabled people must have the right to define themselves and their role in the society.
Molecular big data
Using quantum mechanical calculations, a dataset of 62k organic molecules was generated
Pricing principle for charging electric cars to change
The pricing principle for the charging of electric cars on campus will change on Friday, February 28 at 16.00 (4:00 pm). Instead of the previously used time-based charge, you will be charged based on how much energy you use.
The joys and responsibilities of student life - Share your story
We warmly invite Aalto University Alumni to share stories from their student days as part of an Aalto 10 exhibition in Dipoli Gallery 27.8. - 30.9.2020.
Finnish Culture Foundation allocates nearly one million euros of grants 色色啦
The grants are allocated to 32 Aalto University applicants and working groups. The largest individual grant is awarded to Professor Matti Liski for his working group that studies the market impacts of the energy transition
Juha Siivola encourages researchers to innovate and think of ways to commercialise their work
'In addition to having a long-term academic goal, it would be good to think about possible short-term results,' says Siivola, who works as an innovation advisor.
Five new members to join the Aalto University alumni network board
On 7 February 2020, Tuula Antola, Isabella Haas, Mikko J. Salminen, Kaisa Vikkula and Antti Ylimutka joined the Aalto University alumni network board. Kaj Hagros (chair) and Ilkka Hiirsalmi continue on the board. This year, the goal is to launch interdisciplinary alumni activities and involve more international alumni.
Reality Capture: Automated Construction Site Productivity and Quality Monitoring
If you want to improve the productivity and quality of construction work, you need an efficient way to monitor progress and detect quality issues on a daily basis.
Landscape architect Jussi Virta gets the Lappset Prize
In his master's thesis, Virta explores how children's development can be better supported by renewing playgrounds.
New high-tech mouthwash uses light to kill harmful bacteria on teeth
The new method developed by Finnish researchers is based on dual-light photodynamic therapy. The method doesn鈥檛 interfere with friendly bacteria in the mouth, or cause bacterial resistance
New book from Professor Vesa Puttonen
The book is titled 鈥淭he Savvy Investor's Guide to Avoiding Pitfalls, Frauds, and Scams鈥 and is written by H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger, and Vesa Puttonen.
A car without a driver 鈥 the future of transportation or a low priority innovation?
Assistant professor Milos Mladenovic tackles the underlying challenges as a member of European Commission expert group, which is formed to advise on specific ethical issues raised by driverless mobility.
Young programmers competed at Aalto 鈥 competitions help improve one's programming skills and can even open the doors to university
Good performance at the Finnish Olympiad in Informatics can help upper secondary school students get into a Finnish university to study technology and pursue a career as a successful coder
A smart jumpsuit provides information on infants鈥 movement and development
A new innovation by University of Helsinki and Aalto University makes it possible, for the first time, to quantitatively assess children鈥檚 spontaneous movement in the natural environment.