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Dissertation: Team entrepreneurship experiences develop students’ abilities to notice and utilise different opportunities in working life
According to the research, understanding and mutual respect develops through working together in teams.
Cold choices for a warming planet
A new study from Finland and Japan lays out the massive extent to which our lifestyles need to change if we are to slow down global warming.
How to accelerate the circular economy
It sounds simple — one business’s waste becomes another’s input. But the reality is challenging. Three case studies provide best practices.
Virtual world took people to space
The School of Electrical Engineering organised its traditional Research Winter Day on 13 March. This time, research was presented through demos.
International Women's Day alumni seminar stirs up discussion of neural networks and peace
The topics covered in the alumni seminar also included new business models and the societal impact of AI and digitalisation.
Finding solutions to clinical problems
A sufficient number of “whys” and “what ifs” prompted Professor Ivan Vujaklija to find more answers in an academic environment.
Summer Schools on smart mobility in 2019
EIT Digital is organizing two summer schools on smart mobility this summer. The summer schools are suitable for master’s students, experts, and company representatives.Â
Where is the water?
Only a fraction of the water on Earth is drinkable, so we need ways to use it smartly.
How can we eat less water?
Most of the water we consume is hidden in food production, so we need to carefully choose what we put on our plates.Â
Finance paper accepted to be published in the Journal of Financial Economics
An article by Aleksi Pitkäjärvi, Matti Suominen, and Lauri Vaittinen has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Economics.
Leading European non-formal science education institutions gather to Aalto
Aalto University hosts an international co-design workshop on 18-19 March. As an output a crowdsourced map tool will be presented.
AScI funding awarded to planning future energy systems and to designing penguin-inspired active surfaces
Each programme to receive funding of €150 000 over three years.
CS Dissertation: Jarno Lintusaari reveals recent developments in approximate computational inference
In his doctoral thesis Jarno Lintusaari modeled the complex spread of tuberculosis with Approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) methods and he was one of the main developers of openly available software tool ELFI
Artificial intelligence helps to detect rare diseases and risk factors for child protection
High-quality primary research ensures that Finland is an independent forerunner in developing artificial intelligence.
Photoshoot day of materials samples by the Materials Platform
The Materials Platform organizes photoshoot sessions for materials samples on a regular basis. All Aalto University researchers who are involved in materials research are invited to participate.
The relationship between fact and fiction is changing
A group of movie, media and staging industry artist researchers explores new fiction in the Research Pavilion in Venice.
Academy of Finland call open in April 2019: Academy Programmes and Research Infrastructure (FIRI) funding
Academy of Finland calls for Academy Programmes will be open April 2nd - 24th. The call for research infrastructures will be closing on May 15th.
'It's time for us to rediscover plants with natural textile fibres'
Professor of Practice Pirjo Kääriäinen hopes that sustainable technologies can help in solving the problems created by the global textile industry.
New Aito Magazine published
New Aito Magazine is out, and available at the Aalto Shop.
A visual artist wielding more than a hammer
Aalto University’s fifth Artist in Residence Matthew C. Wilson explores the entangled nature of ideas.