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Gesture recognition technology shrinks to micro size
New resource-efficient gesture recognition technology developed together with company HitSeed can be embedded into smart clothing.
Professor Paavo Alku becomes an ISCA Fellow
Professor Alku is the first Finnish researcher to receive this title.
School of Electrical Engineering Alumnus of the Year Siamäk Naghian: The university gave me a path into Finnish society
Technology is art for the managing director of Genelec. He’s fascinated by the idea that music played on the company's speakers is based on the laws of physics.
Aalto University's 10th anniversary was celebrated on 10 October
After Aalto University President Ilkka Niemelä's greetings, Alumni Studio featured three Aalto alumni discussing sustainable development and the most pressing global challenges of our time. The event was concluded with an entertaining science show where Aalto's top researchers stepped into the limelight to explain why their research is important right now.
Aalto students and employers connected during the Aalto Talent Expo Virtual Week
Aalto Talent Expo Virtual Week was organised between 5th - 9th of October 2020. The virtual week substituted the physical Aalto Talent Expo fair that was postponed from October 2020 to January 2021.
BepiColombo, en route to Mercury, flew by Venus – simulation shows clouds of particles escaping from the planet
Researchers at Aalto University have been involved in building the equipment on board the probe, which are used in studying phenomena such as space weather on Venus and Mercury.
Professor Zhipei Sun elected as a Fellow Member of The Optical Society
The honor is granted for professor Sun's pioneering contributions to photonic and optoelectronic applications with low-dimensional materials.
Otaniemi already has 1,800 metres of track
The construction of Jokeri Light Rail is under way in Otaniemi. A total of 1,800 metres of track has already been laid on Maarintie, Maarinrannatie and on Lahdenpohjanraitio next to Ring Road I.
New Aalto University Open Science and Research Policy was published
The guiding principle of Aalto University Open Science and Research policy is ‘as open as possible, as closed as necessary’. This means that research outputs should be open if there is no valid reason to restrict access to them. Aalto University Research Services provides help in research data management and opening publications, data, protocols and code.
Challenge – let’s make smart cities!
Smart City Centre of Excellence is announcing an international challenge to find great science intensive ideas.
How mobile apps grab our attention
First empirical study on how users pay visual attention to mobile app designs shows larger and brighter elements don’t catch our eyes after all.
Aalto University joins Node by Slush as the main partner
In the role of the main partner, Aalto will visibly present our university’s expertise in the field of multidisciplinary research and entrepreneurship.
Radical creativity – it’s a gamble
The first Finnish satellite was a creative and very risky project.
ELLIS inaugurates 30 research units at leading institutions across Europe
The European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems presented the broad scope of research its units will cover in the field of modern AI.
Aalto Sustainability Hub launches new Green Nudge Team programme for students
The Green Nudge Team programme is currently looking for students interested in a meaningful and hands-on way to contribute to sustainability at Aalto University.
Shaking Up Tech returns, this time as a virtual open event
This year, the event that encourages young women’s interest in the field of technology is online due to covid-19. The event is open to all upper-secondary school students.
On 8 October, 17-year-old Asa-Marie Kultima assumes the role of Aalto University President in the Girls Takeover campaign
At the beginning of October, the ‘Super Week’ for girls, young people and technology will also host a Shaking up Tech event open to all and select the winner of the youth innovation competition.
Students at Aalto University’s Mikkeli unit diagnosed with coronavirus
First- and second-year students of the bachelor’s programme in Mikkeli will shift to distance education for two weeks.
Machine Learning Coffee Seminars continue with a great lineup of speakers
MLCS gathers together people from different fields of science who have at least one thing in common, interest in machine learning
Two suitcases and one man
Life is a game and this – working and studying – is my way of playing it, Kalevi Hyyrynen used to say. The Aalto alumnus, who remembered his alma mater generously in his will, was keen on learning new things throughout his life.
