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A meeting point for the research and planning of human-centred living environments
The Grand Opening of the Aalto Living+ Hub in Otaniemi attracted about 120 researchers and representatives of the industry and nearby cities. The program included keynotes, research pitches, networking, and the presentation of the new multimedia equipment.
Joint services staff members awarded
Success Contributor awards were given to Minttu Lintera, Head of Academic Legal Services and Information Specialist Risto Maijala.
Aalto.fi 1st in Scandinavia, 3rd in Europe in accessibility
Our website has ranked extremely well in university rankings on accessibility. Read on what else was discussed at web editor meet-up late Autumn.
Professor Tom Bäckström: Smart devices can eavesdrop and therefore we must study privacy
Social rules involving privacy should be considered in the design of speech interfaces.
Teaching Achievement of the Year awarded to lecture recordings
On 12 December, the staff of the School of Chemical Engineering gathered at the Dean's mulled wine event, which has already become a tradition, to enjoy good company and hear the announcements for this year's Achievements in Teaching, Research and Service.
Jaana Vapaavuori and Kati Miettunen receive significant funding for developing new composite biomaterials
Four million euros of funding has been granted to research supporting the forest industry and forestry sector in Finland and Sweden.
Ecological fertilizer from wastewater nutrients
By using the innovative NPHarvest-process wastewater treatment plants can get an efficient pretreatment while producing ecological fertilizer simultaneously.
Aalto students awarded for their master’s theses in the field of human-computer interaction
SIGCHI Finland promotes research and education in the field of human-computer interaction and organises a Master's Thesis Competition once a year
Apply ºÚÁÏÍø Thesis Project: Valio – Plant-based Product Innovations
Apply ºÚÁÏÍø Thesis programme to solve Valio's challenge through Master's thesis works as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Virtual avatars, AI and mobile platforms – new inventions designing the future of digital education
DigiEduHack winning teams are from Italy, Spain and Mexico. The winners were chosen by public vote and announced on 2 December 2019 at the Global DigiEduHack Awards
Timo Korkeamäki will start as the new dean of the School of Business on 1 January 2020
Eevi Huhtamaa continues as Executive Assistant of the deans.
Ritva Reinikka appointed as Professor of Practice at Helsinki GSE
Helsinki Graduate School of Economics has appointed Ritva Reinikka, D.Phil., to be Professor of Practice. She will be based at Aalto University School of Business. Her three-year professorship will focus on development economics and policy.
Aalto is taking part of H2020 project TERAWAY
TERAWAY is a H2020 5GPPP Phase III project funded by the European Union coming as a technology intensive project aiming to develop a disruptive generation of THz transceivers for high-capacity BH and FH links in 5G networks.
Arto Lindblom to the Head and Sanna-Katriina Asikainen to the Vice Head of the Department of Marketing
The appointments are for the year 2020.
'It’s hard to innovate how to sail around the world if you believe it’s flat'
MEP and our alumna Sirpa Pietikäinen spoke about the condition of our planet in the alumni meet-and-greet in Brussels.
Our CEMS exchange (incoming) student Helena Egge to act as the new Student Board President in 2020
Sustainability and diversity in focus on the development of the CEMS alliance.
Opportunities in Russia Seminar was held on 3 December 2019
Opportunities in Russia Seminar was held on 3 December 2019, organized by the Finnish-Russian Commission for Scientific and Technological Cooperation/Working Group for Social Sciences, in cooperation with the Aalto University School of Business/CEMAT and East Office of Finnish Industries.
Academy Professor Paavo Alku named IEEE Fellow
The world’s largest technical association IEEE elevates Professor Paavo Alku to the status of IEEE Fellow, which is the institute’s highest member grade. Alku is an Academy Professor at the Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics in the Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering.
EIT Climate-KIC supported Ioncell directly offers an innovation that regenerates fibres, while enabling them to be recyclable and biodegradable
Ioncell, conceptualised out of Aalto University, provides a closed-loop technology to regenerate cellulosic fibres without using harmful chemicals.
