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Exceptions to opening hours of campus libraries for spring 2016

Exceptions to opening hours of campus libraries for spring 2016 have now been released.
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Jaakko Salavuo appointed Communications Director of Aalto University

Salavuo will start in his new position on 1 April 2016.
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Students aim to give Lift to Lesvos

A visit of four students to the Greek island of Lesvos is the latest example of the Sustainable Global Technologies programme being put into practice.
Studies
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Photo: LIFT project

Why not study a minor in International Business at Mikkeli Campus?

Aalto Minors Fair in Otaniemi on Thursday 10 March.
Studies
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Two engineering students, Ville Parkkonen and Taneli Rautio, have been studying a minor in International Business at Mikkeli Campus.

Sea level rise threatens larger number of people than earlier estimated

More people live close to sea coast than earlier estimat
ed, assess researchers in a new study.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Rising sea level threatens larger number of people that earlier estimated. Shanghai with over 24 million inhabitants is one of the megacities that will suffer from the projected sea level rise and intensified storms. Photo: Olli Varis / Aalto University

Open University moves on 9.-11.3.

Office closed on 9.-11.3.2016
Studies
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Business and growth from research in the field of health

To boost growth, Aalto University and the University of Helsinki join their forces in top-level science with HUS and the City of Helsinki.
Research & Art, Cooperation
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The actors involved in Health Capital Helsinki all emphasised the importance of working together. From left in the picture: Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Helsinki Risto Renkonen, Vice President of Aalto University Tuija Pulkkinen, Rector of the University of Helsinki Jukka Kola, Mayor of Helsinki Jussi Pajunen, CEO of HUS Aki Lindén and Director of Economic Development at the City of Helsinki Marja-Leena Rinkineva.

Log In to Your Phone with a Finger-Drawn Doodle Instead of a Password

Free-form passwords you draw with your fingers can be faster than typing passwords, say researchers.
Research & Art
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Atomic structure of metal-halide perovskites from first principles: The chicken-and-egg paradox of the organic-inorganic interaction

We just submitted our first paper on hybrid perovskites. Look it up on the arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1602.08935)
Research & Art
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Health Capital Helsinki makes Helsinki the leading health and wellbeing hub in Europe

The opening ceremony of Health Capital Helsinki took place on 2 March.
Cooperation
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Density functional theory study of the α−γ phase transition in cerium: Role of electron correlation and f-orbital localization

New paper on the phase transition in cerium published in Physical Review B 93, 075153 (2016)
Research & Art
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The electron density difference between the α and the Ɣ phase exhibits an f-orbital shape and shows that the f-electrons in the Ɣ phase are more localized than in the α phase.

The model for likelihood to participate in conferences can be used to improve communities

Modelling revealed that the probability of participating in the same conference again increases in relation to previous regular participation.
Research & Art
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Aalto-1 satellite is ready for space

Finland’s first satellite will be launched into space later in spring 2016.
Studies, Research & Art, Press releases
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Start-up entrepreneurs’ business ideas praised by investors

Grant receiver Proximi.io aims at rapid internationalisation.
Awards and Recognition, Cooperation
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Venture capitalist Riku Asikainen emphasised the significance of networks and knowledge that growth entrepreneurs can get through business angels.

Excursion to Vaisala

MSc students at "Semiconductor Devices" course had a guest-lecture and factory visit at Vaisala
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Skating at Tapiola Ice Garden

Ex-tempore ice skating nearby our office!
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Members of Aalto community awarded grants for more than half a million euros by Finnish Cultural Foundation

Experts of culture, science, technology and economics were among those who received funding.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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The acclaimed teachers' coding MOOC to continue

The restructured course has four lines of study and makes use of the learning platforms developed at Aalto and is suitable for mass courses.
Studies, Research & Art, Cooperation, Press releases
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Coding applies to all school subjects and enables cooperation between them, say Code ABC activists Tiina Partanen and Tero Toivanen. Photo by Tarmo Toikkanen

Is zero-effort computer security a dream?

Study shows that although ZEBRA works very well with honest people, opportunistic attackers can fool the system.
Research & Art
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Simple yet secure ways to login and logout are particularly crucial in multi-user organizations, such as hospitals.

Quantum physicists turn to the dark state

A team of quantum physicists at Aalto University managed to tame a so-called "dark state".
Press releases, Research & Art
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Artistic impression of the sample, the pulse sequence, and the density matrix. Image by Antti Paraoanu.