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Researchers investigate how AI could better understand humans
Antti Oulasvirta has received a EUR 2.5 million Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for the study of user models.

Vili Lehdonvirta: The digital world isn’t a separate dimension in some virtual cloud
Vili Lehdonvirta has joined Aalto University as a professor at the Department of Computer Science. He also continues to work half-time at the University of Oxford’s Internet Institute.

The European Artificial Intelligence flagship project DeployAI builds the AI on Demand Platform
It enables industry and public sector to leverage on AI and generative AI technologies

AI-powered personalized medicine is on the horizon
People have to be in the loop when machine learning is adapted for medical use.

Architecture students use AI to design social innovations for London
The project combined qualitative evolutionary design and visual generative artificial intelligence, for the first time.

New Finnish doctoral program in AI launching in 2024
A national consortium across 10 universities will educate 100 new PhDs in artificial intelligence research.

AI interest high among school students and teachers
Comprehensive and upper secondary schools had opportunities to learn about a range of artificial intelligence tools through the Technology sessions (Teknologiatuokiot) offered by Aalto University Junior last autumn.

Can ChatGPT be trusted? True or false - five myths about the reliability of artificial intelligence
ChatGPT, Dall-e and similar AI systems evoke both excitement and fear. Matti Nelimarkka, visiting scholar at Aalto University and University Lecturer in Social Data Science at the University of Helsinki, clarifies some common misconceptions about these systems.

Mashrura Musharraf: You don’t get to see a lot of women like me in academic leadership positions
'I think my shoes are quite unique, and so is my path. You don’t get to see a lot of women like me, a non-white female from Bangladesh, in academic leadership positions. Especially in a male-dominated field like marine technology.'

Why can’t AI say ‘I don’t know’?
Overconfident AI systems can be dangerous, so researchers are teaching them humility

Season’s Greetings 2023 from FCAI
FCAI wants to attract the best talent to Europe and Finland to bolster artificial intelligence competency

Henry Tirri: Scaling technology business requires strong strategic and psychological competence
A good professor or business director shares wisdom that can only be gained over the years

Aalto’s Legal Services have piloted the new Aalto GPT tool
Aalto’s Legal Services had the chance to try the new AI tool called Aalto GPT. The tool will help make work more efficient for many Aaltonians. We interviewed three pilots from the project about their experiences with piloting the tool.

Innovating with integrity in the AI revolution - highlights from the seminar
On this page you can find highlights, presentations and photos from the AI Revolution - Implications to Business and Society seminar that took place on 9 November 2023 at Aalto University.

Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation donates EUR 3.2 million ºÚÁÏÍø to create the House of AI
Donation will be used to establish a multidisciplinary AI research cluster at Aalto University.

Digital virology pipeline brings AI’s expert eye to identifying infections
Microscopy plus machine learning equals a quick, cheap and automated way to detect coronavirus and other pathogens.

Invisible powers are driving cars and cranes, but what goes on behind the scenes to get these machines moving?
What gets autonomous cars and industrial robots going?

Event: Real Examples of Virtual Laboratories on 13 November 2023
Join us for a networking and knowledge sharing event on cutting-edge digital possibilities of digital twins, metaverse, virtual laboratories and learning environments.

Wihuri Foundation awards major funding for multidisciplinary research of future energy systems
The project will receive a total of €750,000 over four years, and the foundation will also support other Aaltonian endeavours, such as synthetic biology research and encouraging early-stage entrepreneurs.

Bo Zhao believes machine learning systems will become like dictionaries – everyday tools we all use to solve problems
Zhao joined the Department of Computer Science as Assistant Professor in early September
