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Caterina Foti: My dream is to expose people from 0- to 99-years old to the quantum world
Caterina Foti is involved in a quantum institute, a quantum online platform, a quantum exhibition, and a quantum startup that just received seed funding.
Paula Jouhten seeks to replace oil-based chemistry by controlling the physiology of microbial cells
Paula Jouhten, D.Sc., started her five-year fixed-term professorship at the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems at the beginning of 2022. Jouhten leads the Microbial Physiology research group at Aalto University.
Aalto researchers contribute to fusion energy record
Record-breaking 59 megajoules of sustained fusion energy demonstrate potential of fusion to deliver safe, low-carbon energy
A documentary film about everyday life in care work: a double win to Susanna Helke's film at Docpoint festival
Musical documentary film won the National Competition and the audience favourite award in the Finnish Documentary Film Competition.
A new approach for detecting ultra-low-energy photons
Professor Jukka Pekola and Doctoral Candidate Bayan Karimi from Aalto University propose a new approach to measure the energy of single microwave photons. These low energy quanta are emitted by artificial quantum systems such as superconducting qubits. Detecting them continuously has been challenging but would be useful in quantum information processing and other quantum technologies.
5G test network development continues in Otaniemi
The 5G test network will soon be 6G, and new technologies are developed for both wireless and fixed networking.
Quantum computing is forcefully moving from labs to markets
Associate Professor Nina Granqvist leads an Academy of Finland research project that studies the market emergence around quantum computing in real time.
KONE and Aalto University’s teaching collaboration approaches design as a method, way of thinking and competitive advantage
A key component of the collaboration is study projects, in which student teams work to solve companies’ real-life challenges.
Finland creates an educational package to make cybersecurity a civic skill across the European Union
Researchers at Aalto University are creating an educational package on cybersecurity, which will be shared with all EU countries. Finland has been awarded EUR 5 million for this project from the EU recovery instrument for a three-year period.
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Apply to be the next Data Agent from the School of Chemical Engineering.
Learning from the brain: Stéphane Deny uses insights from neuroscience for better artificial intelligence
Machine learning models typically need gigantic data sets and a lot of energy, whereas the brain consumes as much power as a single light bulb. Aalto’s new assistant professor uses neuroscience to make computer programs more efficient.
Summer Job Day 2022 fluently turned into a virtual event
Summer Job Day 2022 recruitment fair was organized virtually on 19-20 January 2022 on JobTeaser.
Aalto fashion graduate Boram Yoo wins Designers' Nest Award
Also BA fashion student Leevi Ikäheimo wins a prize at the fashion competition 2022.
Bayer, Aalto and HUS expand collaboration – artificial intelligence to support clinical drug trials
The project is led by Bayer and seeks to build an innovation ecosystem of companies, universities and representatives of the health sector, making Finland a top country in clinical research.
Academy funding: Future energy communities and energy self-sufficiency
The DigiDecarbon project explores citizens' digital energy communities.
Kuntokeskus Liikku fitness club opens in A Bloc
Fitness club Liikku Otaniemi will be opened on 2 February 2022 at 12 noon on the second floor of shopping center A Bloc. Check the opening offers and test the gym for free.
EUR 11 million for research infrastructures
The Academy of Finland funding strengthens, among other things, fabrication of micro and nanostructures, quantum and high-performance computing, biomedical imaging, future wireless networks, and arctic research
A group developing Ponsse’s CSR reporting excelled in the Accounting Capstone course
Various inspiring and challenging business projects were solved in the autumn 2021 course.
New power transfer technology provides unprecedented freedom for wireless charging
Devices can be charged regardless of their position or orientation and even on the go.
