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Aalto University leading a digital vision of Finnish higher education
President Niemelä elected to chair steering group for project planning now underway.
Access control changing on the Otaniemi campus
Due to the changes in the locking and access control system at Aalto University, mobility in the university buildings is changing also to students.
Janne Lindqvist is the first person in Finland to receive a Mozilla Research Grant – supports making the internet a better place
The Mozilla Foundation awards researchers with unrestricted gifts, which makes them highly competitive
Creative concepts for travelling by land
Reducing flying is an easy way to decrease your personal carbon footprint. The Matka Nordic Travel Fair 2020 showed new solutions for how to encourage travel by land.
Borrow a researcher for an hour – top digital experts offer free Skype conversations and coaching 10-14 February
Are you interested in artificial intelligence, platforms, circular economy or digital ethics? During the Call a Researcher week on 10-14 February, anyone has the opportunity to chat with researchers. Book your time now!
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
Aalto Math & Arts in Shanghai Future Lab exhibition
The interdisciplinary Math & Arts program, with its underlying course Crystal Flowers in Halls of Mirrors, is introduced to the visitors of the Shanghai Future Lab exhibition.
Designing AI that understands humans’ goals better
To make a better smart assistant, we need an AI that understands its user and does not constantly need detailed instructions
Researchers are importing electricity and internet connections to a Namibian village – required technology can be transported in a pickup
The initiative to be piloted on Independence Day seeks to aid the everyday lives of people in small communities while creating a framework for businesses.
WarSampo publishes new Linked Open Data on the over 4,000 Finnish prisoners of war in Soviet Union
The Prisoners of War web application is based on archival material from Finland and Russia. The data is a part of the WarSampo application, which has been used by over half a million Finns to date.
How to achieve digital equality in smart cities
Who we design digital devices and apps for can unintentionally exclude some users, a process referred to as ‘digital inequality’
‘The ethical issues in Artificial Intelligence are a hot topic all around at the moment’
Master’s student Nagadivya Balasubramaniam, originally from India, enjoys the fact that at Aalto students get enough time to learn things profoundly. For her thesis, Balasubramaniam studied ethics of AI – and soon she will continue her Aalto career by starting her doctoral studies.
Pioneers in 3D virtualisation receive the first National Open Science Award
The Research Institute of Measuring and Modeling for the Built Environment (MeMo), led by Professor Hannu Hyyppä, has one of the best 3D studios in the world and a passion for developing and sharing its expertise.
Smart crane receives open development environment
The development environment includes the Ilmatar crane and its digital twin. Many components of the digital twin can now be utilised in the development of new products and services for the crane – at any time and anywhere in the world.
Aalto University invests in international cooperation in digital twin research
The MACHINAIDE project explores the prerequisites for collaboration between digital twin devices made by various manufacturers and for the efficient combination of information from them.
A new semantic portal brings together data on Finnish civil war victims for open use
A new semantic portal and linked open data service combines information about the war victims of the Finnish Civil War (1918) and prison camps, the First World War, and Kinship Wars that took place around the same time, a century ago.
The Finnish Organic Association, Tapola Camphill Organic Farm and Fat Lizard Brewing Co. provide challenges to be solved on a hackathon course focusing on the digitalisation of services
Nearly 100 students will conceptualise and implement digitalisation projects related to real-time economy.
Raw Materials and Circular Societies Lighthouse (EIT RawMaterials)
Resource-efficient cities and industries
Sustainable Materials for Future Mobility Lighthouse (EIT RawMaterials)
Future Mobility is powered by Sustainable Raw Materials
Sustainable Discovery and Supply Lighthouse (EIT RawMaterials)
Minerals and metals for a modern and sustainable society
