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Join Aalto University at the 2021 European Researchers' Night on 24 September
Aalto University invites you to join the 2021 European Researchers' Night session "Unite! for sustainable energy"!
Additional donations towards smart building services engineering
The role of smart buildings will grow further in the breakthrough brought about by renewable energy and digitalisation.
Changing climate increases the need for water diplomacy
Water issues are increasingly political, meaning tensions need to be tackled in new ways
Physicists make square droplets and liquid lattices
Driving systems out of equilibrium with electric fields proves useful for creating liquid shapes that are nearly impossible to find in nature
Back to Work Sessions – How do we build a more socially Sustainable Future of Work
Hertta Vuorenmaa, Research Director of Future of Work at Aalto University will interview different experts to get their views on the future of work.
Group leader, are you interested in joining InstituteQ – The Finnish Quantum Institute?
Joining teams are expected to operate in a field relevant for quantum technologies
Learning the art of science communication in the NDI Policy Brief Training workshop
The Northern Dimension Institute hosted the third Policy Brief Training workshop on Sept. 1, 2021.
Investors turn to suburbs – with varying results
One- and two-room-flats are being built in Myyrmäki, and family apartments in Myllypuro. The difference is explained above all by various planning and land transfer requirements, says researcher Johanna Lilius. The revival of housing estate neighbourhoods can become expensive for older residents.
Academic Autumn My Dialogues check-ins and Spring Feedback
Check out these key tips for having a quality 1-1 discussion with your supervisor in Autumn.
Schedule your autumn My Dialogues conversation
Check out these key tips for having a quality 1-1 discussion with your supervisor in Autumn.
A new event series explores sustainability in a concrete way
Unfolding Tomorrow brings the best minds in business, academia and government to talk about what we can do today to make tomorrow better.
The Finnish Research Impact Foundation to support academia-industry collaboration - three new projects starting at Aalto
The newly funded joint ventures research and develop technologies for faster testing methods in quantum technologies, super-repellent coating for medical applications, and high-performance mid-infrared fibre lasers.
ModerninArvo project affects debate on fate of modern buildings
The main individual sector in creating a carbon-neutral Finland is renovation construction. The surge in demolition and replacement of young building stock and entire areas through carbon-intensive construction is problematic for sustainability. The ModerninArvo project aims at finding solutions to the continued shrinking of the life cycles of architecture, and the renovation and re-use of the architecture from recent decades. The project is being funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Doctoral thesis: Technology that's better at detecting hate speech may also increase security risks
Advances in language technology don't only facilitate moderation but also censorship, says Tommi Gröndahl, who is defending his dissertation on language technology methods.
NDI Briefing Note: The urgent need for standardized assessment of microplastic pollution in the Arctic Ocean
The researchers suggest that the development of standard protocols for microplastic pollution analysis should be approached as a co-creation effort among research laboratories and other institutions. Citizens could also be engaged in the sampling and hot-spot identification.
This would decrease the costs of fieldwork and educate citizens of Arctic communities on environmental issues and the responsible use of plastics.
This would decrease the costs of fieldwork and educate citizens of Arctic communities on environmental issues and the responsible use of plastics.
The Designs for a Cooler Planet exhibition showcases 30 projects for a more sustainable future
What is wise to design for future generations in a world of plenty?
Samuel Kaski receives major international funding for the development of AI methods
Aalto University Professor Samuel Kaski has been awarded the Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowship to establish a new center of excellence. The funding relates to Kaski’s work at the University of Manchester, but Finnish research on modeling user intent will also benefit.
Systems intelligent organisations succeed – regardless of structures
Aalto University researchers have created a new metric for a successful organisation capable of learning.
New type of wireless charger can charge multiple devices simultaneously
Device transfers energy with 90% efficiency within 20-centimetre charging range
Bio-based coating for wood outperforms traditional synthetic options
Researchers turn a non-toxic residue into wood coating that resists abrasion-, stain-, and sunlight.
