We can transform the fashion industry by renting
Marketing Master’s student Katariina Järvinen’s company Clozeta combines two megatrends: second-hand and sharing economy.
Master’s Career Monitoring data now available for Aalto staff
You may find the latest career monitoring data of Aalto University Master’s graduates in Power BI report.
Geoinformatics and space technology expert Jarkko Koskinen, Alumnus of the Year 2021
"Spatial data is in the middle of some massive developments and geoinformatics experts are more sought-after than ever. Some of the largest companies in the world, such as Google, Microsoft, Apple and Huawei currently count spatial data among their fields of business. With the advances in robotisation and digitalisation, accurate and high-quality real-time spatial and position data are needed everywhere", says Koskinen.
Nominations are open for the School of Science awards 2021
The 11 November deadline is approaching for the 2021 awards, so get nominating! The awards will be announced in a ceremony during Dean’s Christmas party on 15 December. Welcome!
Server networks’ move behind firewall 18 October at 6.30-9.00 am
Existing SSH-connections will disconnect during the change. Affected IP addresses are 130.233.248.0-255
Aalto ENG Teaching Forum materials provide tips for teaching planning
Participants in the Teaching Forum of the School of Engineering on October 4, 2021 received support to start teaching planning.
Grants for Aalto people from the Wihuri Foundation
The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation grants were awarded to 35 people in Aalto University – majority of the grants are for dissertation work
Bots were not very active on Twitter during the Finnish municipal electionsÂ
The number of Twitter bots and their influence on the Finnish municipal elections remained low. The final report of ELEBOT project provided new information especially on technical limitations in identifying bots.
School of Business donor stories: Lisa Schröder
‘May Aalto University remain this forward thinking, empowering and ever evolving institution that I got the privilege to attend!’
AaltoSDG mobile application is closing by the end of the year 2021
The AaltoSDG mobile application is closing - we welcome feedback and ideas from users for new openings!
Wellbeing at work survey is open untill 8.10.
You can still answer! Which things are going well at work? Where is still room for improvement? Answer the wellbeing at work survey that is conducted from 22 September to 8 October.
Hybrid way of working trial begins on 15.10. - Letter to the personnel 8 October 2021
Aalto University prepares to combine working remotely and from a flexible location as the national recommendation for remote working is lifted mid-October
Open online course Finland Works alumnus: ‘The course is a great way to show initiative for future employers’
Matthew Clarkson wanted to learn more about working life in Finland through the open online course Finland Works.
What is sustainable mobility on the Aalto University campus 2050 like? Share your thoughts to support the planning!
Aalto University is preparing an action plan to develop sustainable mobility. The ideas and aspirations of the whole community for sustainable mobility will be taken into account in drawing up the plan.
Registration of courses held in period II has begun in Sisu
Teachers can check when the registration time of their course implementations from Sisu.
Pool of Experts for new teaching collaboration connections
The Pool of Experts is a new tool for our lecturers to find new cases, projects and guest lecturers for course collaboration at the School of Business.
Practice of entering course assessments changes as of Period I this autumn
Starting from Period I this autumn, teachers will enter course and exam assessments into Sisu instead of emailing them to the learning services of their school. Thanks to this new practice, students can view their grades on Sisu as soon as the teacher has entered them into Sisu.
IT Services utilizes agile practices in its daily work
Agile methods are particularly suitable for software development projects, as the benefits of a project can be seen early on when end users have access to the results of the project.
A decision analyst’s perspective on AI: With machines that make data-driven decisions, where do we need people?
Decision analysis is a field that develops analytical models for better decision-making. One interesting question is whether artificial intelligence can replace people as decision makers - and if, then under what circumstances.
