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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.
7 Experiences Summit giving birth to multidisciplinary experience research as a field
The conference brought together experience researchers from different fields for the first time worldwide.
How can design thinking improve Enterprise Architecture?
ITP students brought a human-centric perspective to the City of Espoo’s change management.
This time round, Professor Henrikki Tikkanen defended a doctoral dissertation in economic history
Tikkanen's doctoral studies at the University of Jyväskylä focused on organisational and naval history.
Meet the data agent: Ivika Jäger
Ivika Jäger invites Aalto researchers to have an open discussion about RDM. In this article series Aalto University data agents, researchers experienced in research data management are introduced.
School of Business ranked second in B2B marketing in prestigious international journal’s evaluation
Fruitful co-operation between Finnish universities and excellent university-business collaboration essential
What is the Future of Digital Product Passports for ICT Devices?
An ITP and Technology Industries of Finland collaboration studied how a Digital Product Passport could increase circular economy.
Aalto film students awarded at the HIFF short film awards
Three movies by students from the Department of Film, Television and Scenography were awarded at the HIFF short film awards.
Alumna Saara Virrankari-Kulju: In the future, taxation is going to be more and more digital and real-time
Our alumna Saara Virrankari-Kulju chose Business Law as her major, as it seemed to be a good way to combine law and business studies. Now as a Tax Manager she gets to utilize her knowledge in business, accounting and tax legislation in an international company.
Attend research data management training
The training introduces research data management from different practical aspects. New training topics include anonymization and reproducibility of research.
New simulation code to eliminate need for super computers in modelling indoor aerosols
Focused on public indoor environments, the code will be openly available for researchers and other professionals
'Beyond Matter – Cultural Heritage on the Verge of Virtual Reality' aims to develop novel solutions for the accessible documentation and presentation of exhibitions
Beyond Matter is an international, interdisciplinary project on the revival of past landmark exhibitions, the documentation of current exhibitions and the dissemination of documentation along with actual artworks –
both materially and immaterially present – in innovative ways.
both materially and immaterially present – in innovative ways.
SPICE promotes social cohesion by citizen curation of cultural heritage
An EU-H2020 funded SPICE aims to promote social cohesion by researching and developing tools and methods to support citizen curation with groups at risk of exclusion to actively interact and participate in a shared culture.
Record number of students completed minor studies in ITP
In ITP 2020, multidisciplinary student teams successfully completed nearly 20 digital business projects in collaboration with public and private organizations.
How has the coronavirus affected company strategies? - Survey produces information to support decision-making
The information produced in the Aalto University project will help companies make strategy and investment decisions.
Are you interested in the new EU research and innovation framework programme, Horizon Europe?
As a member of Nordic5Tech alliance Aalto researchers and staff have an opportunity to follow a week of interactive sessions and information seminars on selected parts of EU Horizon Europe Research & Innovation Programme due to open in 2021.
Save the date for the Aalto ENG Teaching Forum “SDGs in my teaching- Why and how to do it?” 2.11.2020
In the following Teaching Forum the theme will be “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in my teaching – why and how to do it?”. The vice dean will open the event.
AaltoENG Teaching Forum on November 2nd focuses on sustainability and the SDGs, offering an interactive workshop to all ENG teachers for learning
AaltoENG Teaching Forum on November 2nd focuses on sustainability and the SDGs, offering an interactive workshop to all ENG teachers for learning
New publication series: NDI Background Papers
Northern Dimension Institute has launched a new publication series, the NDI Background Papers.
Meet the data agent: Clemens Icheln
Clemens Icheln has positive experience with opening data and encourages his colleagues to publish their data as well. In this article series Aalto University data agents, researchers experienced in research data management are introduced.
The German Society of Material Science awards Professor Mady Elbahri the DGM prize of 2020
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V. (DGM) has recognized Professor Mady Elbahri at the School of Chemical Engineering, for his outstanding scientific achievements in the field of Nanoscience and nanotechnology.
