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Building European cities with wood would sequester half of cement industry’s current carbon emissions

Model shows that slowly increasing the use of wood in European construction could increase the carbon storage of buildings by 420 million CO2 tons over the next 20 years
Press releases
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Aikalava

Artificial intelligence helps to identify correct atomic structures

Detecting adsorbate configurations with Bayesian inference.
Research & Art
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Illustration showing how camphor adsorbs to a copper surface

TCN Lab News

Recent lab events, activities, and other news
Research & Art
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Aalto Building view from outside

Drive faster, or get fired

New book by Professor Henri Schildt explains how AI is changing management mindsets and the future of work
Research & Art
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The picture shows Professor Henri Schildt from Aalto University School of Business, and it was taken by Mortti Saarnia.

Alumnus Ville Vahteri: The opportunity cost of becoming an entrepreneur as a student is often at its lowest level

Our alumnus Ville Vahteri, who studied marketing at the School of Business, was actively involved in organizing the startup event Slush throughout his studies. Emboldened by the experience, he co-founded Bou, a brand company, together with his Slush colleagues.
Cooperation, Studies
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Kauppakorkeakoulun alumni Ville Vahteri

Business & Economics at Aalto rises to 53rd place in Times Higher Education ranking

Computer Science also places in the top 100 globally.
Research & Art, University
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Times Higher Education 2021

Distribution rights system will raise fuel prices - compensation for people with low income will only require a fraction of the revenue from system

Economists developed possible compensation models based on extensive person and vehicle data. The report was published at a Ministry of Transport and Communications webinar on 27 October.
Research & Art
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Taloustieteilijät ehdottavat: Näin Suomi puolittaa tieliikenteen päästöt vuoteen 2030 mennessä

A spark to change the world - Aalto alumnas' startup helps people make climate-positive choices

In the future, personal climate action will be as natural as personal finance is today.
Aalto Magazine
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Felicia Aminoff, Anna Eriksson ja Amanda Rejström, kuva: Iiro Immonen

Public private partnership in industrial service research boosted scientific publication in Finland

Service Solutions for Fleet Management program was designed to support industrial firms’ digital transformation toward advanced fleet-level service systems.
Research & Art
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Seminaarikuva: Mary-Ann Alfthan.

Planning Officer Elli Hämäläinen and Aalto University received honorary mention for promotion of dual careers for athletes

The honorary mention was awarded by the Finnish Olympic Committee's Sports Academy Programme and the URA Foundation.
Awards and Recognition, Studies
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Timo Saarinen, Juha Dahlström, Elli Hämäläinen ja Timo Korkeamäki

Gesture recognition technology shrinks to micro size

New resource-efficient gesture recognition technology developed together with company HitSeed can be embedded into smart clothing.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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A person with AR glasses and a smart glove compiling a demo set

Professor Paavo Alku becomes an ISCA Fellow

Professor Alku is the first Finnish researcher to receive this title.
Awards and Recognition
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Akatemiaprofessori Paavo Alku

Leaving traces is the theme of our latest Magazine issue

The just-released Aalto University Magazine 27 looks at the traces members of the Aalto community leave around the world.
Aalto Magazine
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Aalto University Magazine 27 -lehden englanninkielisiä ja suomenkielisiä numeroita vierekkäin pöydällä. Kuva: Anni Kääriä.

Aalto alum returned to the university bench - 'The discussions held at lectures were amazingly smart and beneficial'

Aalto alum Riikka-Leena Leskelä returned to the school bench to find new directions for her management work. One thing she learned was that she’d been doing exactly the right things all along.
Aalto Magazine
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Aallon alumni Riikka-Leena Leskelä seisoo purjevenetaulun edessä. Kuva: Mikko Raskinen

Weak signals bring messages from the future

Weak signals help us see the present more precisely and build better futures.
Aalto Magazine
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Teemajutun kuvitus, kuva: Noora Typpö

Towards interfaces that distinguish user’s visual attention

Dissertation of the Month: What if interfaces we use are able to distinguish whether we are looking at them or not, and change their behavior accordingly?
Research & Art
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taidemaalauksesta poimittu yksityiskohta ihmisen silmästä on rajattu ympyräksi oranssilla pohjalla

There is a long tradition of teaching retailing at the School of Business

The next Better Business – Better Society seminar will discuss how the retail sector is being reformed and where it is headed.
Cooperation, Research & Art, Studies
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Kuvassa Arto Lindblomin, Juhani Pekkalan ja Lasse Mitrosen kuvat sekä teksti Uudistuva kauppa vihreällä taustalla

School of Electrical Engineering Alumnus of the Year Siamäk Naghian: The university gave me a path into Finnish society

Technology is art for the managing director of Genelec. He’s fascinated by the idea that music played on the company's speakers is based on the laws of physics.
Awards and Recognition
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aalto elec almnus of the year siamäk naghian image annamari tolonen

More tips for using your new access token

When using your new access control token on Otaniemi campus, please take the following spesific factors into account.
Campus
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Aalto-yliopisto / Otakaari 1 / kuva: Tuomas Uusheimo

Joan Lofgren: Hybrid course ensures the students can complete the course whether they are on campus or not

This academic year started in very different circumstances than usually. Joan Lofgren, the Director of the Bachelor’s Program in International Business, teaches the Global Business Environment course to first-year students at Mikkeli Campus. This year the course was delivered using a hybrid format due to the COVID-19 situation.
Studies
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Program Director Joan Lofgren with GBE course syllabus