Stories about people at Aalto
Visual design enables communication between cultures
Award-winning designer Chao Yang sees visual communication design as a means to communicate across borders.
Ageing networks
Mia Liljeström studies how the brain networks that process language change with ageing
Professor Tom Bäckström: Smart devices can eavesdrop and therefore we must study privacy
Social rules involving privacy should be considered in the design of speech interfaces.
Kati Hagros, how is digitalisation visible at your home?
According ºÚÁÏÍø's Chief Digital Officer, open-mindedness and a desire for experimentation keeps us up to date with digital progress.
Otaniemi, like coming back home
Tauno Voipio, godfather of the Electric Workshop course, believes in learning through doing.
Science makes ships lighter and more environmentally friendly
With new structures and materials, we can reduce cruise ship hull weight by as much as 20%
Everyday choices: How would you fill waste land, Tuukka Saarimaa?
Whether land gets used to build a park or a high-rise, this Professor of Urban Economics would ensure that any solution is the result of careful consideration.
Ironing tunes
Technology can make an instrumentalist out of anyone. The brain loves music, but you need to be careful with the ears.
Simo Särkkä: Sensor data guides robots and helps with care of premature infants
This Professor of Sensor Informatics uses models to turn noisy data into a clear overall picture. Welcome to hear more at the Installation Talks event on 30 October!
Professor wins international prize for research on decision-making
Emeritus Professor Raimo P. Hämäläinen’s career celebrated with the 2019 Frank P. Ramsey Medal
Martin Andraud: Research work is much like doing sports
Assistant professor Martin Andraud combines artificial intelligence research with integrated circuit design to develop more energy-efficient and adaptable everyday devices
Elias Rantapuska: Markets fluctuate, and so do investors
This Professor of Finance knows that investing one’s own money is not just a rational process. Welcome to learn more at Installation Talks 30 October!
Mika Järvinen turns slag and carbon dioxide into profitable business
Professor of Energy Technology believes that science should come up with solutions to major environmental problems
How to create things that don’t exist
The newest theoretical physics professor at Aalto calculates what we need to do to create electronic states that can’t otherwise exist in nature, and how we can harness them for quantum computing
'Social welfare and healthcare reform should be implemented in stages'
Creating markets requires patience, says Professor Juuso Välimäki.
From a Bachelor of Hospitality Management to a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration
Studying in a Master’s programme deepens and expands competence. If you like studying, you will thrive in your studies also on the basis of a degree from a university of applied sciences.
Jan Blech designs software for the new industrial revolution
Professor of Practice is setting up a new research facility for the factories of the future
'Machine learning excited me before I knew it was a thing'
Arno Solin received funds allocated to young researchers in the summer of 2019. Solin is excited about machine learning, as it offers a way to both delve deep into theory and solve real-life problems.
Virva Salmivaara: I study the role of entrepreneurs in sustainable development
According to the researcher of entrepreneurship, researchers must have a personal vision they believe in, and they need to be prepared to work persistently to achieve their goals.
Understanding the past helps train future engineers
Saara Matala, Doctor of Technology and historian, studied last spring the role of Nokia engineers in the development of mobile platform security
