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‘Biomimicry in the Nordic Countries’ working paper highlights HYBER CoE
HYBER CoE is highlighted as a Finnish forerunner in biomimetics in a new Nordic Working Paper
Aalto # 4 in Europe in Business Administration research
Aalto has further improved its international position in business research.
Speed up solving complex problems: be lazy and only work crucial tasks
A new improvement to a programming technique called ‘lazy grounding’ could solve hard-set and complex issues in freight logistics, routing and power grids by drastically reducing computation times.
Aalto maintains strong position in prestigious ShanghaiRankings
Two Aalto fields leap forward, with altogether 8 ranking in the top 100 worldwide
Academy Project funding for Professor Mauri Kostiainen
Professor Mauri Kostiainen receives Consortium Project funding from the Academy of Finland
Wetting of surfaces is surprisingly difficult to measure reliably
A group of researchers from Aalto University in Finland and Sun Yat-sen University in China provide a standardised approach to improve the accuracy and reliability of contact angle measurements of surfaces.
Qubits as valves: controlling quantum heat engines
Researchers from Aalto University are designing nano-sized quantum heat engines to explore whether they may be able to outperform classical heat engines in terms of power and efficiency.
Tuukka Saarimaa appointed as Professor at Helsinki Graduate School of Economics
Saarimaa D.Sc. (Econ.) will begin as Assistant Professor in Urban Economics 20 August 2018.
EIT InnoEnergy plays pivotal role within the European Battery Alliance
EIT InnoEnergy is proud to be instrumental in European Battery Alliance.
Researchers propose new solutions to alleviate hostility on social media
Disputes could be alleviated in arenas where people voicing incendiary opinions would have to deal with the emotions and reactions of a variety of readers, including their own near and dears.
Ultimate precision for sensor technology using qubits and machine learning
Extracting information quickly from quantum states is necessary for future quantum processors and super-sensitive detectors in existing technologies.
Academy of Finland granting funding for a joint research project of Aalto University and Finnish Geospatial Research Institute
VLBI measurements carried out as part of space geodesy research help to determine Earth’s position.
Will Uber take over Finland’s so far well-protected taxi markets?
An Aalto University research group is studying the effects of opening highly regulated markets on the competitive balance between established and new actors.
Aalto University received EUR 15.9 million from the Academy of Finland September call
Aalto University received EUR 15.9 million from the Academy of Finland September call
Students raised half a million euros for a new professor of their own
The Information Networks programme at Aalto University will have a new Professor of Practice, Dr. Risto Sarvas.
Patient experiences of families with children to improve hospital activities
Patient experiences of children and families at three university hospitals, as well as using patient feedback in developing hospital activities have been examined in a large research collaboration.
Jari Järvi finished his MSc and submitted a paper with hybrid perovskite research
CEST member Jari Järvi finished his MSc thesis with multi-scale modeling of charge transport in hybrid perovskites and submitted a paper to the New Journal of Physics.
CEST is publishing a paper on J. Phys. Chem. Lett. with collaborative research on hybrid perovskites
Jingrui Li and Patrick Rinke were collaborating with French and German scientists on the organic cation motion in hybrid perovskites. A paper is published on J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9, 3969 (2018).
CEST developed a multi-scale model for disordered hybrid perovskites
Jingrui Li, Jari Järvi and Patrick Rinke (CEST) publish a paper on Phys. Rev. B with the development of a multi-scale modeling scheme for the disordered structures in hybrid perovskites.
Aalto University received EUR 15.9 million from the Academy of Finland September call
Most of the funding went to the field of natural sciences and engineering.