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Machine learning to increase efficiency of farming by predicting the interaction between the plant and environment
Machine learning methods will be tested in arable farming, greenhouse cultivation and plant breeding.
Tekes funding awarded for a project aiming at understanding human emotions in digital interaction
The research will produce new understanding about the factors of effective human collaboration and the possibilities of emotion-related data in business.
5 million euro project could see Finland become the model country for the circular economy of metals
Effective recycling would be ecologically-friendly – and accelerate Finland's economy.
The portrait of Tuula Teeri was created by artist Marita Liulia
The portrait of Tuula Teeri, the first President of Aalto University, was unveiled at the President’s Anniversary Seminar.
Researchers discovered new method for improving perovskite solar cell performance
With humidity assisted thermal treatment the overall efficiency increases almost 45 per cent.
Professor Henrikki Tikkanen named holder of the A.I. Virtanen Professorship in consumer research
The Professorship at the Department of Marketing is named after the Nobel Laureate.
Solar heating could cover more than 80% of domestic heating requirements in Nordic countries
Solar energy offers economically sensible solutions for the collection of heating energy, and for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.
The summer's heat could warm in the winter
The Aalto-led team HeatStock, with their composite material solution for storing heat energy, gets into the Helsinki Challenge final.
IMPRESS workshop brings researchers from 12 countries ºÚÁÏÍø
The successful IMPRESS workshop was held at Aalto University 7-9 June 2017, exploring microscopic structure interfaces.
Firm governance in the age of disruption
Illustrating challenges and promises with a crowdsourcing example
Metal music researchers around the world gather at Aalto
The conference covers topics from Russian metal fans’ online communities and Algerian metal scene to mythology manifesting itself in Finnish metal music.
More than a hundred events of the successful Aalto Festival presented the University
This year’s Aalto Festival kicked off already in April with the Student Union-organised Aalto Open Air district event in Otaniemi.
Neuroscience conference on Twitter exceeded all expectations
The conference reached a total of 0.6 million users on Twitter.
Biodesign projects identify medical innovations for commercialisation
Combining the technical expertise of an engineer with the clinical expertise of a medical doctor can lead to the invention of the century.
Novel 3D matrix will allow predictive and effective breast cancer treatment
The extracellular matrix keeps the structure of the tumour tissues unchanged and thereby allows correct and personalized drug identification.
Calling all executives ‒ this is how you can help your employees to be both efficient and creative
Research by Assistant Professor Olli-Pekka Kauppila has shown that efficiency and creativity are not mutually exclusive. What should managers do to achieve this combination?
Finance assistant professor Petri Jylhä's paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Finance.
The first solo-authored paper in the Journal of Finance coming from a Finnish institution.
DiRVa seeks evidence of health outcomes and created value
The project aims to construct a general evaluation model for healthcare digital solutions providers to serve as a tool for building evidence of and communicating the value of their innovations.
PISKU inspects the company´s productivity and personnel well-being
An issue to be studied is individual and collective job crafting as a development approach, which combines the self-control of work and its development to the employee well-being.
Digital self helps in getting to know new people
In face-to-face digital interaction, the objective is to share information about oneself primarily outside social media.