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Master鈥檚 student Daniel Bruzual successfully combined software containers with Internet of Things
Bruzual presented his research on the Internet of Things at the Docker conference.

ProDE game opens the way to the world of directed evolution
Master鈥檚 students Lassi Vapaakallio and Laura Laakso constructed a game about last year's Millenium Technology Prize winner Frances Arnold鈥檚 directed evolution technology. The game was commissioned and funded by TAF, Technology Academy Finland.

Dissertation, publications, prototypes
In 2016-2017 we have had some very very low, but also some high moments. Let鈥檚 focus on the good things.

A film research study shows how the brain reacts to difficult moral issues
The family relationship between film characters clearly affects the reactions in the viewers' brain.

Recent graduate Klaudia Krawiecka received the 2017 national information security Master thesis of the year award
Klaudia鈥檚 thesis introduced a new technique that uses widely available trusted hardware for protecting user鈥檚 passwords and other sensitive data on the web.
Director Aku Louhimies studies the practices of film directing
The new film version of the novel The Unknown Soldier has its premiere last week. For the film's director Aku Louhimies, the film also serves as a research subject at Aalto University.

Tekes research funding completely renewed starting from 2018
Tekes will renew its research funding instruments into Business Finland research funding.
A proposal involving CEST scientists is selected for 2018 INCITE award by ALCF
Proposal "Materials and Interfaces for Organic and Hybrid Photovoltaics" receives a 2018 INCITE award by ALCF with a total amount of 330M core hours for 2018. CEST leader Patrick Rinke is one of the PIs of this project, Milica Todorovi膰 and Jingrui Li are members.
Finance paper accepted for publication in the Management Science
Finance Assistant Professor Sean Seunghun Shin's paper has been accepted for publication in the Management Science.
Awards and honours for professors of the School of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Orlando Rojas, Prof. Patrick Gane and Prof. Eero Kontturi of the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, have been acknowledged for their significant work.
Tommi Himberg to head the newly established Young Academy Finland
The academy for young scientists wants to promote science in Finnish society.
鈥婫眉nther H. Filz appointed Associate Professor of Structures and Architecture
Filz麓s research and teaching is oriented trans鈥 and interdisciplinary, and centers on the intersection of architecture, structure and geometry.
Extraordinarily strong nonlinear optical graphene-like material could renovate nonlinear photonics
The discovery could enable high resolution imagining at low-power.
Aalto University and the University of Helsinki join forces in artificial intelligence research
The objective of the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence is to make Finland a leading country in artificial intelligence research and its utilisation.
New online trade expertise for Finnish businesses
The Global Marketplaces research project opens up online trade opportunities for Finnish companies.

Pilot project for smart building services technology investigates the functionality of building services technology in the future in an everyday environment
The project tests new smart technology solutions in a pilot environment in Otaniemi.
Holding an object requires smooth interaction between high and low brain frequencies
Researchers have identified a neuronal mechanism enabling people to maintain constant contraction force.
Finnish design that conquered Burning Man can be utilised even in human settlements in Mars
The Cosmic Egg was built to the Nevada desert with the help of more than fifty volunteers.
Contemporary forms of work need to be incorporated into official statistics
Policy makers and individuals would benefit from statistics that capture new hybrid forms of work.
A concrete assessment framework to improve the quality of learning
A new study emphasises the importance of assessment in the development of teaching. An assessment framework of high quality is as understandable as possible and takes into account the entire process, not only a student's thesis.
