School news
One of the most important characteristics of a researcher is tolerance for uncertainty
Assistant Professor Tomasz Kucner is researching, how and what robots can learn from the human behavior.
Sebastian J. Schlecht: Creating the perfect illusion in virtual reality
Professor Sebastian Schlecht is keen on music, mathematics and virtual reality.
Aalto Talent Expo 2021 was organized successfully both live & virtually
”Combining the virtual world and physical fair is absolutely a positive thing, keep at it!"
- Student feedback from the Aalto Talent Expo fair
- Student feedback from the Aalto Talent Expo fair
Assistant professor Yu Xiao: Making daily activities easier with Extended Reality
Daily life is the ground for the research projects by assistant professor Yu Xiao and her group at Aalto University.
New JUKO shop stewards at Aalto to be selected
New shop stewards will be elected for the next two-year period from schools and personnel associations.
Metsähovi officially becomes a radio observatory in Finnish and Swedish as well
The term ‘radio observatory’ replaces ‘radio research station’ in Metsähovi's new Finnish and Swedish names.
New members for the Academic Committees
New members represent the group 'other teaching and research personnel and other university staff'
Survey on printing – reply by 5 December
Does printing feel stressful and time consuming? Respond the survey by Unigrafia and help making a change.
Short breaks in IdM service on Wed, 24 Nov and Mon, 29 Nov
IdM (Identity Management) service will be updated which will cause service breaks to identity activation and password reset functionalities etc. during the days.
Good design benefits us all – welcome to open DesignTalks lecture series
Join us for our open lecture series discussing about the relevance of design in different contexts.
Aalto University takes increasing responsibility in Finnish-American higher education relations
A high-level delegation from Minnesota, United States, visited the university in November.
New limits on public events have little effect on Aalto
Rrestrictions affect only events where the public may stand (e.g. in grandstands) or sing together.
We participate in the digital security exercise TAISTO21
Aalto University participates in Finland's largest digital security exercise on Thursday, 25 November 2021. TAISTO21 is a nationwide exercise, simulating data protection and security breaches that helps to develop information security management, leadership and communication in the event of a disruption.
Towards more sustainable space research – The Foresail-1 satellite will be launched in spring 2022
Foresail-1 is the first satellite from the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space. The Centre of Excellence is studying space conditions with the aim of developing more sustainable small satellites that do not turn into space debris.
Unique virtual laboratory predicts environmental effects of city traffic
Researchers from the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI develop more sustainable intelligent traffic by bringing together simulators from different fields.
Share your opinion about remote working and answer the survey before 26.11.
What worked well and what will you continue to do remotely, or what have you found challenging? Share your opinion and impact. You can also enter a draw.
Voting in the election of Academic Affairs Committee starts on 16 Nov
Elections will be in the group 'Other staff' between 16 and 22 November. Read the candidates’ introductions and vote!
Internal funding call for research collaboration projects with USA and India
Application deadline is 9 December
Three Aalto University professors become members of the Academia Europaea
Professors Risto Nieminen, Zhipei Sun and Päivi Törmä were elected as members.
