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3D amplifies emotions evoked by facial expressions
The research findings have implications for emotion research, entertainment industry and 3D displays.
Aalto part of radiation safety research collaboration
Finland’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority and Finnish universities have established a consortium to coordinate radiation safety research.
The route to high temperature superconductivity goes through the flat band
Room-temperature superconductors may become reality thanks to the counterintuitive properties of electrons in “flat bands”.
Aalto University researchers successful in the competition for ERC funding
Aalto has succeeded exceedingly well in obtaining funding from the EU framework programme.
Presentation of Professor: Robin Dunbar
Robin Dunbar is a Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Oxford and a Visiting Professor at Aalto University’s School of Science.
Aalto-born ICEYE receives seven-figure sum in funding for its first satellite
The service developed by the company enables, for example, protection of shipping and monitoring of illegal fishing.
Professor John Dempsey, a prominent researcher of sea ice fracture
ICESCALE project focuses on in-depth research on fracturing and properties of model ice.
Ashish Kumar’s research article accepted to Journal of Marketing
The study examines the effect of firm generated content in social media on customer spending, cross-buying and customer profitability
The first years of screenwriting in Finland were contradictory
A recent doctoral dissertation shows that the field balanced between seeking appreciation and uniqueness in the 1930s.
Aalto enters the list of 50 top universities in acquiring EU research funding
In Finland only two universities were among the top performers.
Equality in supervisor-subordinate relationships does not always yield the best results
Instead of absolute equality, supervisors should strive for good interaction with at least some subordinates.
A rap generator is now available to the public on the Internet
The DeepBeat is a machine learning algorithm that creates rap lyrics on the basis of huge data masses.
Looking for the right robot
In service robotics development everything starts with the users, says Ville Kyrki, who leads the ROSE project.
Moving to Puu1 building
Research and teaching now in Puu1 building.
Presentation of professor: Päivi Törmä
At the moment, her work consists of research, administrative work, and supervising master’s theses and doctoral dissertations.
Pop-ups and animated advertisements annoy consumers
A dissertation demonstrates that greater attention value of advertisements does not always improve the effectiveness of advertising.
The digital revolution in the industry and the society
A project coordinated at the Aalto University aims at identifying keys to secure the success of the Finnish society.
4G mobile communications system is vulnerable to location tracking
The study uncovered several vulnerabilities using monitoring of mobile communications and setting up fake base stations in laboratory environments.
Aalto University to join European Union Centre of Excellence for novel materials
Funded by the European Commission, the Novel Materials Discovery Laboratory (NoMaD) Centre of Excellence will start operations in November.
Luxury fibre from recycled cardboard
Prize-winning spinning method can reduce the environmental hazards of textile production.
