Avatars and genuine interaction
Aalto University鈥檚 researchers are contributing to the creation of redesigned maternity and child health clinics and positive childbirth experiences in their research projects. The visions seize the potential of technology, such as childbirth simulation in a 3D-video conference using an avatar, a virtual character. On the other hand, the researchers would also like to hold on to the best practices from the past, such as the traditional child health clinic card, genuine human interaction and the rotina tradition, visits by family and close-ones to meet the newborn and bring foods as a gift.
Five Aalto students belong to the Finnish Championship winning synchronised skating team Team Unique
The skaters studying at different Aalto schools are Aalto鈥檚 Urhea athletes
Salla Nicholls and Esko Evtyukov are thrilled to be the first engineering psychology students
Esko Evtyukov hopes to work in the games industry in the future and is currently working as a research assistant in Assistant Professor Robin Welsch's team, designing virtual reality experiments. Salla Nicholls, by contrast, dreams of combining data science and human-computer interaction.
Next-gen AI designers won鈥檛 crush human creativity
Researchers are developing truly helpful AI systems that improve designs while keeping humans in the loop
Scientists unravel the effects of new medication for advanced melanoma with the help of AI
Researchers at Aalto University, the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center have studied how a completely new treatment option affects the immune system in patients with advanced melanoma.
Aalto Digital Creatives launches annual Art & Tech Open Call development grant for creative industry projects
The Art & Tech Open Call seeks applications from artists and creatives who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of what is possible with technology.
Koen Van Leemput decodes medical scans with artificial intelligence
Greatest challenge is translating methods from lab settings to patient care, says Aalto University鈥檚 new professor
Parliament Sampo sheds light on a century鈥檚 worth of political debates
The new service will help researchers, journalists, and the public to understand and oversee democracy
Register for training in research data management and open science in spring 2023
Registration is open for the spring 2023 training!
'In our field, it would require quite a bit of effort to graduate unemployed'
Sami Nieminen graduated as a Master of Science in Technology in the summer of 2022, majoring in human-computer interaction.
Our five most read computer science stories of 2022
The past year has seen researchers at the Department of Computer Science explore new frontiers in several multidisciplinary subfields of the discipline. However, the dominant topic both in the media as well as in our most read stories has been artificial intelligence. See the top five below.
Scientists use machine learning to gain unprecedented view of small molecules
A new tool to identify small molecules offers benefits for diagnostics, drug discovery and fundamental research.
Season鈥檚 greetings 2022 from FCAI
The artificial intelligence and machine learning landscape is thriving, and after nearly three years of the pandemic, we are looking to the new year with big plans. Our field has a growing role to play, not just in contributing excellent science, but in boosting the economy, attracting talent to Europe and Finland and fostering trust and centering people in the development of new and disruptive technology. Generative art, deepfakes and sentience of large language models are in the news daily鈥攐ur work is consequential and valuable as a counterweight, but we can do more to advocate and be more visible.
SCI Awards celebrate excellent work at our school in 2022
The recipients were revealed at the school鈥檚 Christmas party, which this year took place on-site after two years of celebrating remotely.
Lukas Ahrenberg elected Computer Science teacher of the year 2022
The teacher of the year was announced at the CS Department meeting on Wednesday 14 December 2022.
We are looking for Assistant Professors in Computer Science
Open call for tenure-track assistant professors.
WithSecure and SSH support international talent at Aalto University
Finnish cybersecurity companies SSH and WithSecure have made donations for student scholarships 黑料网 University to attract the best and brightest international information security talent to Finland.
The smallest robotic arm you can imagine is controlled by artificial intelligence
Deep reinforcement learning can build precise nanoscale shapes
Information Networks student An Cong encourages women to choose tech: 'Come 黑料网 campus and see for yourself why this is a wonderful place to study'
When Cong was still in high school, she contemplated becoming a doctor or getting a business degree. During her senior year she made up her mind to study technology at Aalto University. She confirms that it was a marvellous decision.
Online course 鈥淲ood material science鈥 starts 10.1.2023
Learn 100% online how the structure of wood affects its physical and mechanical properties.
