News | News listing | Aalto University /en/listing/1037181/feed News listing en Better AI models by incorporating user feedback into training /en/news/better-ai-models-by-incorporating-user-feedback-into-training Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:22:51 +0000 Amanda Alvarez 1356561 at /en New research improves a popular method for fine-tuning AI models by 60% using visualization tools. Digitalisation and AI Research Technology and engineering Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI) artificial intelligence interaction machine learning research Research & Art Diagram showing individual and group behaviours, with comparison views of a robotic arm on a checkered floor. Enhancing doctoral researchers’ work-life skills – Join the DOC+ events /en/news/enhancing-doctoral-researchers-work-life-skills-join-the-doc-events Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:57:35 +0000 Eeva Räisänen 1354180 at /en Doctoral student or postdoc, have you been pondering about building a meaningful doctoral career? Or about the future of AI in research and working life? These events and learning opportunities are for you! Careers Collaboration Research All Doctoral Programmes doctoral candidates doctoral education doctoral students Research & Art Studies Text 'Doc+ initiative' with colourful explosion on black background. Slogan: Your skills. Your path. Your impact. Unite! Seed Fund 2026: Open for applications /en/news/unite-seed-fund-2026-open-for-applications Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:43:09 +0000 Melissa Georgiou 1353790 at /en The 2026 Unite! Seed Fund call is officially open, offering funding across three strategic lines: Student Activities, Teaching and Learning, and Research and PhD. Deadline for applications is 20 March 2026. Innovations Research Studies Teaching All Doctoral Programmes All students Teacher services Unite Unite staff Unite students postdoctoral researchers researchers in schools teachers Cooperation Research & Art Studies University Unite! Seed Fund 2026 announcement with a small plant sprouting from soil. Call now open for student activities, teaching, and research. Support for students impacted by the crisis in Iran /en/news/support-for-students-impacted-by-the-crisis-in-iran Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:06:15 +0000 Noora Stapleton 1352343 at /en The university supports and helps students in dealing with the crisis Health and wellbeing University Aalto University All Doctoral Programmes All students wellbeing University A-logo, Aalto-yliopisto, Kuva: Anni Kääriä Aalto Inventors innovation training coming for hydrogen, quantum and microelectronics researchers this spring /en/news/aalto-inventors-innovation-training-coming-for-hydrogen-quantum-and-microelectronics-researchers Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:25:32 +0000 Elettra Virtanen 1351595 at /en Connect with industry and academic thought-leaders and gain widely applicable skills in communication, intellectual property, and business. Innovations Research Entrepreneurship Aalto Inventors School of Engineering InstituteQ All Doctoral Programmes School of Chemical Engineering School of Science School of Electrical Engineering space technology innovations quantum computing quantum technologies microtechnology doctoral students researchers in schools postdoctoral researchers research Research and innovation services newsletter hydrogen economy green hydrogen Research & Art Studies People sitting at tables with laptops and coffee cups, engaging in conversation. Growing Materials, Growing Ideas: Inside the BioMaker Studio /en/news/growing-materials-growing-ideas-inside-the-biomaker-studio Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:09:43 +0000 Carla Taboada 1351218 at /en At Aalto University’s BioMaker Studio, initiated by Ena Naito, students and researchers experiment with living materials, from algae to mycelium, creating an open, interdisciplinary space where design, biology, and collaboration grow together. Sustainability Materials and natural resources Design Arts and design Technology and engineering Research Careers Collaboration Bioinnovation center Bio Materiality CHEM, Doctoral Programmes Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Experimental Design CoDe News student stories alumni biodesign doctoral programmes Research & Art Studies A table with bowls, bottles, and cups. People are working with various items, including a bottle of dark liquid. A new way to measure contagion: the gut bacterium behind blood poisoning can spread like influenza /en/news/a-new-way-to-measure-contagion-the-gut-bacterium-behind-blood-poisoning-can-spread-like-influenza Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:38:31 +0000 Aino Pekkarinen 1341267 at /en Neither the antibiotic-resistant nor the highly virulent strains are the most transmissible. 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Giiguulen Enkhsaikhan: More sustainable textiles with hemicellulose /en/news/giiguulen-enkhsaikhan-more-sustainable-textiles-with-hemicellulose Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:14:46 +0000 Eeva Räisänen 1345459 at /en Aalto University's doctoral researcher's presentation of hemicellulose won the third prize in the Marcus Wallenberg Young Researchers’ Challenge event in November Sustainability Technology and engineering Research Bio Materiality Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems CHEM, Doctoral Programmes biodesign biomass cellulose technology doctoral programmes Research & Art Väitöskirjatutkija Giiguulen Enkhsaikhan laboratorioympäristössä Support for those concerned about flooding in South‑east Asia /en/news/support-for-those-concerned-about-flooding-in-south-east-asia Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:15:31 +0000 Noora Stapleton 1345457 at /en The university supports and helps staff and students in dealing with the crisis. University Aalto University All Doctoral Programmes All students University Tall dry grasses protrude through a blanket of snow, with a distant line of trees visible on the horizon under a cloudy sky. Make proposals to the Publication Forum about the leading publication channels in your field /en/news/make-proposals-to-the-publication-forum-about-the-leading-publication-channels-in-your-field Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:59:43 +0000 Eeva Savolainen 1344840 at /en Proposals for publication channels to be upgraded to level 2 may be submitted in the JUFO portal until 28 February 2026. Services Research open access open science Research & Art Abstract image with swirling patterns in blue, pink, and orange hues. RCF opens the next call under the Finnish Flagship Programme: Aalto internal deadline 2.2.2026 /en/news/rcf-opens-the-next-call-under-the-finnish-flagship-programme-aalto-internal-deadline-222026 Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:09:45 +0000 Outi Oila 1344291 at /en The Research Council of Finland will open the call for the fifth flagship program in March. The call closes on March 25, 2026, and Aalto University's internal deadline is February 2, 2026. Research Services Academy of Finland -Research Council of Finland Research and innovation services funding calls Research & Art Suomen Akatemian logo Quantum research lands doctoral and master's thesis awards /en/news/quantum-research-lands-doctoral-and-masters-thesis-awards Wed, 12 Nov 2025 07:55:02 +0000 Tiina Aulanko-Jokirinne 1342226 at /en Eric Hyyppä and Tuomas Uusnäkki received the prizes from Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland and Tekniska Föreningen i Finland. Research Studies InstituteQ SCI, Doctoral Programmes quantum computer quantum computing quantum physics quantum technologies Awards and Recognition Vasemmalla Eric Hyyppä, oikealla Tuomas Uusnäkki. Kuvat: Jari Härkönen The Publication Forum Steering Group: Level 3 will be abandoned, and term “Level 0” will be discontinued /en/news/the-publication-forum-steering-group-level-3-will-be-abandoned-and-term-level-0-will-be-discontinued Thu, 06 Nov 2025 07:52:37 +0000 Eeva Savolainen 1341384 at /en The discontinuation of Level 3 will not affect the university funding calculations for the years 2025–2028. Research Services open access open science Research & Art BMM To Code or Not to Code? Python or R? Or ChatGPT? /en/news/to-code-or-not-to-code-python-or-r-or-chatgpt Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:44:53 +0000 Enrico Glerean 1341149 at /en Is software coding a skill of the past with generative AI tools? Not at all! Join the open courses! Research All Doctoral Programmes Doctoraleducationpilot Research Data Management (RDM) software programming doctoral students doctoral programmes postdoctoral researchers Research and innovation services Research & Art Python and R logos Three new Academy Professors at Aalto University /en/news/three-new-academy-professors-at-aalto-university Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:48:43 +0000 Anne Tapanainen 1340475 at /en Tuomas Hytönen, Mikko Möttönen and Aki Vehtari from the School of Science have been appointed as Academy Professors – congratulations to all! Research University Academy of Finland -Research Council of Finland academy professors artificial intelligence machine learning mathematics quantum physics quantum technologies University Kolme miestä erilliskuvissa kuvattuna sisätiloissa kauluspaidoissa ja pikkutakeissa. Aalto Doctoral Education Services Receives Unite! Award /en/news/aalto-doctoral-education-services-receives-unite-award Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:45:46 +0000 Melissa Georgiou 1340212 at /en Aalto's Unite! Doctoral Education Team, led by Dr Minna Söderqvist, received an award for their long-term efforts to enhance doctoral mobility and collaboration across the Unite! Alliance. The award ceremony took place during the XII Unite! DIalogue. Collaboration Services Teaching Unite Unite staff Awards and Recognition Cooperation Group of people standing in a line holding certificates. A projector screen is visible behind them. Publishing Research Data Alongside Research Articles /en/news/publishing-research-data-alongside-research-articles Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:25:20 +0000 Anne Sunikka 1338880 at /en Data availability statements are increasingly required by scientific journals. They include information on what data are available, where they can be found, and any applicable access terms Services Research School of Science open access open science newsletter Research & Art Open Access Week 2025 poster with nine images behind the open access symbol and event details. Who publishes our open access publications? /en/news/who-publishes-our-open-access-publications Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:45:52 +0000 Eeva Savolainen 1338869 at /en Researchers at Aalto and Helsinki Universities favor open access journals with author fees published by large publishers. Popular journals without author fees are often published by universities or societies. Research Services School of Science newsletter open access open science Research & Art Open Access Week 2025 poster with nine images behind the open access symbol and event details. Open access agreements under renewal /en/news/open-access-agreements-under-renewal Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:25:30 +0000 Leena Rantamäki 1337439 at /en Elsevier and Cambridge University Press agreements will continue 2026. Negotiations with IEEE, Oxford UP, RSC, Springer and ASME have started. Services Research School of Science open access open science newsletter Research & Art Open Access Week 2025 poster with nine images behind the open access symbol and event details. Learning, growing, and exploring: a path through doctoral studies at Aalto /en/news/learning-growing-and-exploring-a-path-through-doctoral-studies-at-aalto Fri, 03 Oct 2025 09:27:43 +0000 Giulnara Launonen 1337388 at /en Hamidreza Daghigh Shirazi reflects on his doctoral journey at Aalto University Research Multifunctional Materials Design material research material science Research & Art Bioinspired film, leek. Photo by Maija Vaara and Mithila Mohan, Aalto University