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VisiLean chosen as winner of Construction Computing Award聽
Aalto University-born start-up VisiLean has won the Construction Computing Award for Innovation of the Year. The awards were announced on 15 November in London鈥檚 Covent Garden.
Mets盲hovi Radio Observatory is among the recipients of funding from the Weisell Foundation
The Weisell Foundation supports maritime and environmental projects as well as projects related to research and education.
How ecological is AI? How can you compose with a neural network? Come to AI exhibition to find out!
A new exhibition by Aalto Digi Platform and FCAI combines science and arts and sheds light on the history, state of art, and future of AI.
Creativity Unfolded 鈥 a new blog series
Aalto is home to creative minds and we want audiences also outside our community to get inspired by our amazing and innovative work!
Student project researched new data based services for K-Auto
Students were quick to grasp the challenges of the previously unfamiliar sector.
An 'info student' can teach crowdfunding to entrepreneurs in slums and coding to secondary pupils
In her diploma work, Niina Arvila studied how awareness of crowdfunding and the skills it requires could be spread among entrepreneurs of small communities in poor countries. Alongside her studies, Arvila arranged a coding club to adolescents and worked as a UX Designer at technology event Slush.
Apply 色色啦 Thesis Project: City of Espoo - Population growth as a possibility
Aalto Thesis project's application for Master's students has ended. Read more of the City of Espoo's project!
Tailor-made carbon can help scientists find hereditary diseases and the right doses of medication 鈥 a new method of analysis is speeding up the research
Researchers can now obtain more accurate information than ever before on the structure and surface chemistry of carbon.
New biopsy innovation improves reliability of cancer diagnosis; wins first prize in pitching competition
The new biopsy needle is small and utilizes ultrasound, increases the likelihood of a successful biopsy
鈥淚t鈥檚 up to our generation to end climate crisis鈥 鈥 millennials
Survey finds more than half are confident that humanity can find a solution
What if AI video could solve the food crisis?
Yield Systems aims to have a significant sustainable impact on the global food system by democratising AI capabilities for plant breeding and speeding up the development of crop yields and adaptation
Data sharing is the future of materials research
Solving global challenges requires new materials, and developing these means we need to rethink our data sharing
20 years of HIIT: 'A track record of outstanding research and success in project funding'
The Helsinki Institute for Information Technology celebrated its 20 years anniversary in November. Dive into the celebrations and see how information technology research has evolved during the past 20 years.
Finland鈥檚 best responsibility reports point strongly towards a low-carbon economy
Stora Enso wins overall competition, Tokmanni awarded as the year鈥檚 strongest climber.
A student satellite project launched alumna Maria Hieta鈥檚 career in the space industry
Alumna Maria Hieta majored in Space Science and Technology.
Student Lingyi Chen: 鈥楢t Aalto University, you can turn new ideas into reality'
Collaboration between different disciplines helps discovering new aspects of things, says photonics and nanotechnology major student Lingyi Chen from the Master鈥檚 Programme in Electronics and Nanotechnology.
The sustainable use of metals is at the core of fighting climate change 鈥 It鈥檚 no use to substitute walking with electric scooters
Electric cars and electric scooters are not environmentally friendly options if they are used as an alternative to walking or cycling, for example. Different metals are constantly needed in increasing amounts for batteries, for example. The challenge is both ecological and social.
The Helsinki School: The Nature of Being Volume 6, presented at Paris Photo 2019
The Helsinki School: The Nature of Being Volume 6, published by Hatje Cantz is now here and was presented for the first time at Paris Photo 2019!
Research project CreaTures seeks to further the sustainability agenda with creativity
The transdisciplinary project highlights how the arts can contribute to addressing climate change and associated effects. The project aims at demonstrating effective paths to achieving sustainability, social cohesion and peaceful co-existence at a time of rapid change.
Olli Ikkala receives prestigious Humboldt Research Award
Olli Ikkala will initiate a new research collaboration with Bayreuth University in Germany supported by this award. The project will combine expertise in functional and nanomaterials.
