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The exhibited projects showcase novel computational design methods to creatively interact with global and local data. Whereas the on-going general discussions in relation to data-handling stresses efficiency, productivity and often de-humanization, the exhibited projects set their focus on the exploration of immersive data-interaction design tools to enhance climate-smart solutions in the urban context. The projects aim for showcasing possibilities to make abstract data visible and tangible, to enter a new level of data-informed responsive design, that has public benefit.
Augmented data-interaction is merged with the tangible sandbox environment, in order to formulate sustainable design speculations for Ainonauki, an urban plaza located between Väre and Aalto Studios. The understanding of available technology to be composed and rearranged in order to support the field specific discourse led to innovative design speculations, based upon human-robotic interaction. The developed design methodology emphasizes the importance of design iterations through computationally informed feedback loops.

Aalto University Research Services organises a webinar series on research data management and open science in autumn 2021.

Although companies carry out of various corporate social responsibility (CSR) measures, these practices do not always have a positive effect on the environment or social sustainability.

The Northern Dimension Institute hosted the third Policy Brief Training workshop on Sept. 1, 2021.

Come present your research to 15-17 year olds at the Unite! For Sustainable Energy session during the European Researchers' Night.

One- and two-room-flats are being built in Myyrmäki, and family apartments in Myllypuro. The difference is explained above all by various planning and land transfer requirements, says researcher Johanna Lilius. The revival of housing estate neighbourhoods can become expensive for older residents.

Are you doing research on  themes contributing to sustainable development? Or  any  topic  that links to UN’s Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs)?  It’s now  possible  to link  your research outputs and researcher profiles  to sustainability themes in  Aalto’s research portal ACRIS. 

Insight is the most important factor of an interesting exhibition, says Dallyn, having discovered her passion for the potential of materials

The Act on the Re-Use of Publicly funded Research Data entered into force on 17 July 2021.

Article requests from the National Repository Library will be forwarded only in paper format from 1 September 2021

Due to deployment of the new study system Sisu, thesis advisor and supervising professor information in the research information system, ACRIS, cannot be currently updated. The integration between the systems should be ready by the end of 2021.

The newly funded joint ventures research and develop technologies for faster testing methods in quantum technologies, super-repellent coating for medical applications, and high-performance mid-infrared fibre lasers.

The main individual sector in creating a carbon-neutral Finland is renovation construction. The surge in demolition and replacement of young building stock and entire areas through carbon-intensive construction is problematic for sustainability. The ModerninArvo project aims at finding solutions to the continued shrinking of the life cycles of architecture, and the renovation and re-use of the architecture from recent decades. The project is being funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation.

Advances in language technology don't only facilitate moderation but also censorship, says Tommi Gröndahl, who is defending his dissertation on language technology methods.

The researchers suggest that the development of standard protocols for microplastic pollution analysis should be approached as a co-creation effort among research laboratories and other institutions. Citizens could also be engaged in the sampling and hot-spot identification.
This would decrease the costs of fieldwork and educate citizens of Arctic communities on environmental issues and the responsible use of plastics.

Thriving in today’s fast-changing world requires creativity. The Aalto Creativity Symposium (September 10–11, 2021) welcomes everyone who wants to better understand the science of creativity.

Check out training recordings on Youtube

What do the decisions I make about getting a cup of coffee on the way to work have to do with the decisions we will make about energy system models in the decades to come?

What is wise to design for future generations in a world of plenty?

New study published in Nature Communications is the first to show strong optical properties in a 1D van der Waal material.