HICT Pitch & Pizza competition event brought computer science students and researchers together
HICT Pitch & Pizza competition event was held in Computer Science building鈥檚 Learning Hub on Wednesday 7thNovember.
World premiere: Play Quantum Garden and help build a quantum computer!
Quantum Garden, a new and exciting Science and Art project, will be exhibited from 16.11 until 14.12. at A Bloc shopping center, Otaniemi.
Geoinformatics master鈥檚 thesis honoured at industry event
Joona Laine鈥檚 master鈥檚 thesis studies crop identification with satellite imagery.
Aalto-Helsinki awarded gold medal in iGEM 2018
Multidisciplinary student team from Aalto University and the University of Helsinki made it to the top category out of three in iGEM Giant Jamboree 24鈥28 October in Boston.
Aalto's AlumniStudent Weekend is a well-loved tradition
The traditional seminar for alumni and current students was recently hosted by the School of Electrical Engineering on Friday 27 October 2018.
Frank Martela raises the big questions on the meaning of life
What makes life worth living? Do you feel your life has an important purpose or meaning? Frank Martela's answers can soon be read worldwide in his book that is soon to be published by Harper Collins.
Alumni Ambassador Juuso Leivonen: Hobbies and working at a student union have marked a strong start to my career
The Secretary General of the Association of Business Schools Finland, our alumnus Juuso Leivonen created a job out of his study-time activities at the student association.
Students open pop-up restaurants at Dipoli and A Bloc
Students from Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences will run pop-up eateries on the Otaniemi campus for a couple of weeks.
Brain maps reveal: cuddles with loved ones are universal 鈥 but hugging strangers depends on culture
According to a recent doctoral study, cultural differences regarding physical touch between close partners are smaller than was believed. Different cultures are more comfortable with different levels of contact from strangers, and what counts as acceptable physical contact in public spaces changes based on where you are. The brain data also reveals whether the relationship between the person touching and the one being touched is close or not.
Words are also tools in strategy work: the use of central concepts influences strategic sensemaking
The new study shows how managers mobilize central concepts such as 鈥渟elf-responsibility鈥 and 鈥渟ustainable development" to make sense of environmental challenges and promote strategic change.
A layer just a few atoms deep can work wonders
The atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique developed by Tuomo Suntola revolutionised information technology in the 2000s. Now researchers are using it to make better catalysts, solar cells of record efficiency and hybrid materials that transport medicines and generate electricity from bodily waste heat.
Student wins major award with mobile music app
鈥淥penness is the way forward,鈥 says Ilari Niitamo, winner of the Apple Design Award 2018.
ORCID Competition between Aalto schools!
Register for an ORCID iD at https://orcid.org and connect it to your ACRIS profile no later than December 7th, 2018.
Support and promotion of community spirit is central in the design of the new building of the School of Business
After the move, all departments of the School of Business will be located in the same building.
Tailoring the surface of carbon may hold the key to monitoring patient blood in real-time
Machine learning is increasing the pace of development of customised carbon surfaces with a wide variety of applications
Helsinki Family centres, the Finnish Tax Administration and Nordea join the hackathon course for the digitalisation of services
Nearly 100 students will conceptualise and implement digitalisation projects in the Digitalism Challenge course.
What does it take to make peace?
Conflicts are solved by talking鈥攂ut how do we get to the discussion table and what else can we do? Three researchers share their thoughts on designing peace in a complicated world.
Ship safety and innovation are the twin passions of Associate Professor Spyros Hirdaris
The Marine and Arctic Technology research group was strengthened this autumn with the arrival of Professor Spyros Hirdaris, an internationally recognised specialist in ship safety. He was appointed to the position of Associate Professor of marine technology from 1 September 2018.
A novel approach to construct a highly active and durable nanocatalyst offers solutions to energy storage problems
A green, simple and easy method opens up new possibilities for MOF-based nanocatalysts.
