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EIT Digital Summer School: Digital Platforms for Smart Cities
The EIT Digital summer school held at Aalto University for young professionals as well as Bachelor or Master students aims to create a better understanding of why platforms are key in shaping economies and societies and how platforms create such societal and business impact.
The world’s lightest revolution
Green hydrogen promises to turn Europe into an energy heavyweight, make traffic emission-free and replace carbon in steel manufacturing. But can it actually deliver – and how?
KY nominated Professor Matti Liski as Teacher of the Year 2023
Students describe Liski’s teaching style as top-tier, exciting and encouraging
I am passionate about collaboration between industry and academia
Concerns about the climate, the world’s oil resources, and the availability of strategic raw materials have turned interest towards renewable and carbon-neutral natural resources in the production of energy, fuels and chemicals. Most of the world's industrial chemicals are still petroleum products but biorefineries are the game changers of future.
Salla Nicholls and Esko Evtyukov are thrilled to be the first engineering psychology students
Esko Evtyukov hopes to work in the games industry in the future and is currently working as a research assistant in Assistant Professor Robin Welsch's team, designing virtual reality experiments. Salla Nicholls, by contrast, dreams of combining data science and human-computer interaction.
Laura Aalto appointed Communications Director at Aalto University
Laura Aalto joins Aalto University from the City of Helsinki, where she is Deputy Executive Director of Culture and Leisure
The Annual Review reflected on the results of the past year
At the Annual Review of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture 8 March, recognition was also given to the achievements of the past year and the Alumna of the Year was awarded.
Katja Soini is the Alumna of the Year of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
The design professional is Senior Advisor at AFRY working with the built environment. She's also Chair of the design professionals’ association Ornamo. Soini is delighted that design is now recognised as a key factor in business management.
Researchers take a step towards turning interactions that normally ruin quantum information into a way of protecting it
A new method for predicting the behavior of quantum devices provides a crucial tool for real-world applications of quantum technology
Next-gen AI designers won’t crush human creativity
Researchers are developing truly helpful AI systems that improve designs while keeping humans in the loop
Apply to Grenoble International Smart Engineering Summer School
In summer 2023, Grenoble INP-UGA is holding its summer programmes in Micro & Nanotechnology and in Smart Energy.
FCG Project Manager Henri Haimi appointed as Professor of Practice at Aalto University
His expertise is in mitigating climate change in the wastewater sector, digital solutions and the recovery of resources from wastewater.
Accessibility guidelines for 360° learning spaces in 3DVista
360° online learning environments that built in 3DVista might be challenging to access for people with some health conditions or impairments. These guidelines support authors in getting the best from the platform as of today.
Introducing new professors at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
New tenured professors present their field and research on a video.
Open university courses for spring 2023 have been published!
Most of the open university courses for summer has been added to our course selection. Starting this summer, we are switching to new course registration system, Sisu.
Lippa wins Closing Loops design competition
The design competition promotes the circular economy in construction in the City of Helsinki.
School of Electrical Engineering celebrated excellence and achievements of 2022
At the Celebrating Excellence event the school awarded, for example, research achievements and the best dissertations.
Aalto University Junior reached 28 000 children and young people in 2022
Thousands of lines of code, hundreds of metres of hot glue and innumerous questions! Aalto University Junior has insprired children and young people to question and explore for five years now.
Scientists unravel the effects of new medication for advanced melanoma with the help of AI
Researchers at Aalto University, the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center have studied how a completely new treatment option affects the immune system in patients with advanced melanoma.
Aalto Digital Creatives launches annual Art & Tech Open Call development grant for creative industry projects
The Art & Tech Open Call seeks applications from artists and creatives who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of what is possible with technology.
