Tenured Professors’ Installation Lectures 12.10.2016
Professor Eero Vaara at Tenured Professors' Installation Lectures on 19 January 2016, photo by Lasse Lecklin.
Aalto University celebrates its tenured professors with popular lectures by the new tenure track professors of Associate or Full level.
Welcome to hear about Aalto University’s research on Wednesday 12 October 2016 at 14.15 at Undergraduate centre, Otakaari 1 M (halls U1, U3 and U6).
All lectures will be held in English and are open for everyone: professors, students, faculty, staff, and the public. The multidisciplinary lectures will be followed by a reception hosted by Tuula Teeri, the President of Aalto University.
Lecturers and topics:
"Does the gender composition of scientific committees matter?"
Manuel Bagues
Department of Economics, School of Business
“Magnetic materials as part of the electromechanical energy conversion”
Anouar Belahcen
Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, School of Electrical Engineering
“Algorithms and computation”
Petteri Kaski
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Science
“Biohybrid materials: where synthesis meets biology”
Mauri Kostiainen
Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Technology
“Computational image synthesis and analysis”
Jaakko Lehtinen
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Science
“Auctions and information”
Pauli Murto
Department of Economics, School of Business
“Aesthetics in three (easy?) steps”
Ossi Naukkarinen
Department of Art, School of Arts, Design and Architecture
“Imaging brains in action”
Lauri Parkkonen
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, School of Science
"Design of marine structures meets continuum mechanics”
Jani Romanoff
Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering
“Role of software in digital transformation”
Kari Smolander
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Science
“Antennas enabling the wireless world”
Ville Viikari
Department of Radio Science and Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering
“Wood – the material of the future”
Monika Österberg
Department of Forest Products Technology, School of Chemical Technology
, updated 4 Oct (pdf)
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