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Academy of Finland April call: funding for Antarctic research and ICT-related research, and a roadmap call for research infrastructures
The Academy of Finland’s April call includes funding for Antarctic research and ICT-related research as well as a roadmap call for research infrastructures. Applications are also invited in a follow-up call for consortia that have been funded in the Academy Programme Health from Science. The call is open 1.-29.4.2020. The roadmap call for national research infrastructures is open until 27 May, but the Aalto internal deadline is on 10 March.
Grant Writing seminar for researchers 6.-7.5.2020
Do you need good tips to write competitive funding applications? The seminar comprises lectures, workshops and a panel discussion that hosts experienced applicants, which will share their experience in proposal writing or in the evaluation process.
Financial Times listed top Business School Research with Social Impact
Two recent publications from the School of Business that focused on social impact were included in the FT top 100 list. The list used social media attention as one of its indicators.
Aalto University’s fashion and textile know-how acknowledged in Finland and internationally
Aalto takes home two prizes at the Fashion Finland Gala and ranks third at CEO World Magazine fashion school listing
The Global5G.org closing project details a transformative 5G future
Global5G.org project has been analysing some of the trends and mechanisms for guaranteeing the transformative impacts of 5G in Europe in the coming few years
Engaging audience and space
New Media MA student Robbert Groenendijk has been selected to create an installation for Mänttä Art Festival 14.6.–31.8.2020. His upcoming work "Protocol" places the visitors within the data flow between two computers.
New teaching case addresses the internationalisation difficulties of global marketplaces
The e-commerce company Rakuten has grown into a giant online player in trade and services.
'I know you think I’m crazy'
Dissertation of the Month: in Mikko Koivisto's opinion, psychiatrically disabled people must have the right to define themselves and their role in the society.
Reality Capture: Automated Construction Site Productivity and Quality Monitoring
If you want to improve the productivity and quality of construction work, you need an efficient way to monitor progress and detect quality issues on a daily basis.
Research Winter Day presented School’s research to high schoolers and industry partners
On 6 February, we had the pleasure of presenting our school’s research to hundreds of upper secondary school students, industry partners and alumni at the Research Winter Day.
A smart jumpsuit provides information on infants’ movement and development
A new innovation by University of Helsinki and Aalto University makes it possible, for the first time, to quantitatively assess children’s spontaneous movement in the natural environment.
Deep learning can fool listeners by imitating any guitar amplifier
A study from the Aalto Acoustics Lab demonstrates that digital simulations of guitar amplifiers can sound just like the real thing. The implications are that as the software models continue to improve, they can replace traditional analogue guitar amplifiers, which are bulky, fragile and expensive.
The latest installation talks available on video
Aalto University's newly tenured professors reveal the secrets of fashion history and science of security, among other things.
Aalto ARTS Annual Review celebrated the highlights of 2019
Nine awards and prizes were presented 5 February 2020 at the traditional get-together for Aalto ARTS faculty, staff and students.
Calls for the FIRI Roadmap and for the Centre of Excellence (CoE) programme
The Academy of Finland is going to open a call for the FIRI Roadmap call for the years 2021-2024 and the Centre of Excellence (CoE) programme for the years 2022-2029.
Professor Michael Hummel awarded a Proof of Concept grant from the European Research Council
The ERC grant facilitates the commercialisation of developments that evolved from ERC-funded research projects.
Building with wood is a climate-friendly option – the Wood Wonders exhibition provides five interesting viewpoints on construction
Forest wood used in buildings can bind carbon for centuries. Wood is a strong and versatile building material that improves indoor air quality, reduces the need for heating and air conditioning – and provides pleasure.
What is work and what is its future?
According to experts, we will define work in the future in a different way than we do now.
Flux Island at Vuotalo
Flux Island is a collaboration between Aalto Media Lab and Vuotalo gathering an exhibition, workshops, and audiovisual performances.
Reijo Luostarinen’s legacy can generate a new agenda for IB research
Panelists discussed the other Nordic internationalization process model in the EIBA annual conference
