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Economists see an emission allowance system for construction materials as the most cost-effective way of reducing the carbon footprint of construction
An emissions allowance system would steer the construction industry toward making the needed emission reductions where it can be done at the lowest possible costs, researchers say.
New Industry partnership for solid-state cooling
Comptek Solutions and Aalto University’s Engineered Nanosystems group launch the SuperDevice project to study the effects of controlled oxidation on defected surfaces in optical cooling devices
Alumna Roosa Mannonen: My career path has been a very colourful mix
School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumna Roosa Mannonen sees the value of working with course projects not only when in work life, but also when applying for a job: 'The confidence you’ll gain from those numerous presentations done during studies might just make you land the job you want.'
Interested in blogging? New blog platform launched for the Aalto community
Aalto community members can create blogs and post content in the new ourblogs.aalto.fi. You're welcome to join the discussion!
‘Solo dwellers’ domestic spatial needs are rarely met in one-room apartments’
‘I claim’ series presents our researchers and the results of their work. Anne Tervo examines solo dwellers’ spatial needs.
Educational renewal with lifewide learning is one of the four key strategic initiatives at School of Business
Multidisciplinary degree programs, digital education, Sustainable Development Goals, and holistic wellbeing are in focus when the School’s educational offering is developed further.
My Kauppis Memory: The 1986 jubilee year symposium featured presentations from future Nobel prize winners
‘The symposium in Korpilampi was unforgettable.’
Cutting-edge research and infrastructure is one of the four School of Business key strategic initiatives
The aim is to help researchers to succeed in their research even better.
DiCtion Delivers Building Blocks for the Digital Future of Construction
Transparent processes between stakeholders, distributed situational picture, and linked data with shared ontologies will transform the building industry. They will also enable new business models in the construction sector. Those were the key outcomes of the DiCtion project, which has released a compendium of its research results.
Interface between ACRIS and Aalto.fi not working
Issue fixed / Research information is not integrated from ACRIS to Aalto.fi.
AI technique captures complexity of human faces to help create realistic photo edits
The ability to distil images to their most essential components and anticipate new scenes is what could drive computer vision and robotics forward
Northern Dimension Newsflash 1/2021 has been published
In this newsletter, you can read about the updated events calendar and the interesting activities carried out in cooperation with the ND Partnerships in the fields of environment, transport and logistics, health and social well-being, and culture.
Difficulty learning nonsense words may indicate a child’s high risk of dyslexia
Studies show disorder is linked to the left cerebral hemisphere and that confidence can help kids overcome difficulties
Understanding connections: Climate Change, Health and Architecture
What does climate change and architecture have in common? We dig deeper into the course topics with course faculty Professor of Practice Laura Arpiainen and Adjunct Professor Matti Kuittinen. In this course, students will learn how to design and build for a better future and contribute to positive change.
Lappset Prize to Landscape Architect Johanna Tuokko
In her Master's thesis, Tuokko investigates how virtual landscape modeling can be utilized in the participation of spatial planning.
EU awards significant funding for Finnish AI-assisted fusion research
The University of Helsinki will lead a new centre specialised in fusion research based on artificial intelligence and modelling, harnessing the strong expertise in AI in the Helsinki region for future energy production.
Method yielding more accurate total energies could boost quantum chemistry calculations
CEST researchers publish new method calculating total energies efficiently and accurately
€2.75m awarded to European consortium to solve market failure of artificially scarce digital goods
A new economic category for abundant goods — anti-rival goods that increase in value when shared — forms the basis of research to be conducted by ATARCA consortium. ATARCA aims to create a new economic system in which digital goods are no longer traded with mediums of exchange, such as fiat money, but with mediums of sharing.
Aarni Kapanen illustrates Dudes & Feelings podcasts
Fighting toxic masculinity with a podcast and the help of Visual Communication Design.
Finnish Cultural Foundation awards Kunal Ghosh with PhD grant
Kunal Ghosh (CEST group) was awarded a Finnish Cultural Foundation grant for his doctoral studies
