News related to research and art
Reeta Ek the Young Designer of the Year 2017
The Young Designer of the Year prize of 2017 is given to textile and surface designer Reeta Ek
Maija Tammi shortlisted for National Portrait Gallery’s prize for the best photographic portrait
Tammi’s photograph portrays Erica, an android developed at Osaka University.
Masters programme at the School of Business continues to move up in the FT ranking
The masters programme moved up six places to 45th.
Aalto researchers win an international speech recognition contest
The task was to create a speech recogniser for Egyptian Arabic based on samples collected from YouTube.
Call for Submissions: Radical Relevances Conference
First Global Radical Relevances Conference 25.–27.4.2018. Submissions by 30th of September / We invite researchers and artists straddling multiple (or within one) disciplines to submit papers and artworks
Safer bone surgery thanks to a technique patented at Aalto
MIT Technology Review selected Visa Sippola as one the most promising young innovators.
New research institute solves information security of robotic cars and drones
Aalto University is a member of Intel Labs' CARS research lab that tackles security and privacy challenges of autonomous systems.
Aalto University on-display at Helsinki Design Week
A recap of Aalto's many activities as part of the city wide festival of arts and design.
Nanocarbon materials are challenging silicon – from transparent electronics to bendable 3D displays
Carbon gets exciting new applications through nanoscale technologies.
Aalto establishes a Sustainability Hub to address the challenges of sustainable development
The Hub will increase multidisciplinary collaboration and promote sustainability in teaching, campus development and other operations at Aalto.
Aalto rises in Times Higher Education ranking
Aalto now 190th in THE's general ranking.
Visualisers of the effects of climate change and weather information winners of the NASA Europa Challenge competition
The judges decided to award the first prize to two of the teams: AgroSphere developed by an American team and World Weather developed by a Jordanian team.
Ultrasound can help treat cancer and osteoarthritis
Assistant Professor Heikki Nieminen is developing methods that can lead to earlier diagnosis of cancer and enable new kinds of targeted treatments for illnesses.
Students of photography showcased at the CHART Nordic contemporary art fair
Gallery Taik Persons hosts works from Aalto University’s students and alumni.
Curiosity is a pathway to science
Researchers are shaping the future. If you want to become a researcher, it is important to be curious and question everything, says Professor Silvan Scheller.
Magnetic stimulation of the brain improved awareness of subject's own cognitive abilities
Understanding brain function might help in the development of new treatments for neuropsychiatric illnesses in the future.
Metsähovi connected to the official time of Finland
The time transfer occurs via optical fibre using the White Rabbit protocol developed at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
Hannu-Pekka Komsa receives BCG Travel award
The 2017 Roger Taylor Travel Award from the British Carbon Group has been awarded to physics Academy Fellow Hannu-Pekka Komsa.
Popularity outranks strategy in supply chain integration decisions
Conscious comparison and indirect copying increase the similarity of supply chain management practices of peer group companies.
Do productivity and well-being at work go hand in hand?
Aalto, Nordea and the University of Tampere joined forces to study well-being at work, social networks and productivity.
