Professor Yrjö Neuvo received Aalto's High 5 award
Professor Yrjö Neuvo, Chairman of the Digi and Energy Platform Boards, received Aalto's High 5 Research Achievement award
Professor Yrjö Neuvo, Chairman of the Digi and Energy Platform Boards, has received Aalto's High 5 Research Achievement award for developing Aalto University's multidisciplinary research platforms in the areas of energy and ICT research. He also arranges popular Bit Bang courses which have educated a generation of PhD students, imparting them with a good understanding of how to combine rigour with relevance. He is the head of research in the Aalto University Energy Efficiency Research Program that supports multidisciplinary collaboration.
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