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What if you didn’t have to own anything?
Rentle is leading the charge on a new sustainable consumption model based on renting, and their approach is to make it much easier for businesses to run a rental business model with a simplified, modernised and powerful platform.
The Finnish Organic Association, Tapola Camphill Organic Farm and Fat Lizard Brewing Co. provide challenges to be solved on a hackathon course focusing on the digitalisation of services
Nearly 100 students will conceptualise and implement digitalisation projects related to real-time economy.
One million euros to research of radiation detection
Academy of Finland funds projects to develop highly sensitive imaging and measurement techniques.
Social media design that seeks to mitigate polarization could increase ideological distance
In a study by Matti Nelimarkka and his colleagues, interviewees brought up the fact that content recommendation models on social media may be poor solutions for reducing polarization in discussions. In another recently published article, Nelimarkka looks into how political science and HCI researchers could move toward an improved trading zone.
What if a software could foster world peace?
Inforglobe has created a participatory decision software which assists organisations, both in the private and public sector, and in participatory risk management, and strategy process, and it will come in handy for a significant number of challenging situations.
Business & economics at Aalto rose to #54 in Times Higher Education ranking
The ranking measures universities with indicators such as citations and internationalisation.
Disruptions in water distribution in the Otaniemi area
HSY announced that there will be a break in the water supply distribution in the Otaniemi area on Thu 7.11. (Maarintie 8 and Tietotie 1), Fri 8.11. (Puumiehenkuja 3 and Otakaari 4) and Wed 13.11. (Puumiehenkuja 2 and Otakaari 1).
The latest installation talks available on video
Aalto University's newly tenured professors reveal the secrets of quantum computers and shortlisted investments, among other things.
Raw Materials and Circular Societies Lighthouse (EIT RawMaterials)
Resource-efficient cities and industries
Sustainable Materials for Future Mobility Lighthouse (EIT RawMaterials)
Future Mobility is powered by Sustainable Raw Materials
Arts and creativity in stimulating innovation and technologies with a human touch
The know-how on sustainability that Finnish society, educational system, and industries have been long excelling in, is something that the world is eagerly willing to learn from Finland and other Nordic communities.
Aalto has placed well in the US News ranking
Computer Science, Economics and Business, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Space Science and Engineering made it to the top 100 in the world.
Novel technology allows more accurate measurement of brain activity
Innovative sensors that allow detection of the brain’s magnetic field from right on the scalp could enable more precise measuring of brain activity
What if quantum computing could cut all car pollution?
Quantum computing reduces processing times from millions of years to mere seconds, compared to the fastest supercomputer. IQM is turning this remarkable fact into a scale-able reality
'Mathematics is a bridge between different disciplines'
Psychology, medicine and philosophy are some of the subjects that Silja Sormunen has studied. That is why Complex Systems, part of Life Science Technologies programme, felt like just the thing she had been looking for. She is also in the Doctoral Track programme.
Associate Professor Tapio Lokki has been nominated as honorary member of the Acoustical Society of Finland
Lokki has served as a secretary of the Acoustical Society from 1999 to 2001 and as a member of the Board since 2002
Aalto University ranked third best European university in Computer Science
According to the Best Global Universities rankings by the U.S. News, Aalto University is the best Finnish university in Computer Science and globally its ranking is #33
Helsinki becomes the epicentre of the European Quantum Flagship event
On October 17-18th, over 250 European quantum experts gathered in Helsinki to discuss the present and future of quantum technologies.
130 innovative ideas redesigning the future of education
DigiEduHack gathered more than 1700 participants solving 60 challenges simultaneously during 24 hours, in 21 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, South and North America.
