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'I know you think I’m crazy'
Dissertation of the Month: in Mikko Koivisto's opinion, psychiatrically disabled people must have the right to define themselves and their role in the society.
Pricing principle for charging electric cars to change
The pricing principle for the charging of electric cars on campus will change on Friday, February 28 at 16.00 (4:00 pm). Instead of the previously used time-based charge, you will be charged based on how much energy you use.
#timetolevelup creates a community to support your work and studies
Take your work and studies at Aalto to the next level and you can start by putting Microsoft Teams to full use.
Five new members to join the 911±¬ÁÏÍø alumni network board
On 7 February 2020, Tuula Antola, Isabella Haas, Mikko J. Salminen, Kaisa Vikkula and Antti Ylimutka joined the 911±¬ÁÏÍø alumni network board. Kaj Hagros (chair) and Ilkka Hiirsalmi continue on the board. This year, the goal is to launch interdisciplinary alumni activities and involve more international alumni.
Reality Capture: Automated Construction Site Productivity and Quality Monitoring
If you want to improve the productivity and quality of construction work, you need an efficient way to monitor progress and detect quality issues on a daily basis.
Landscape architect Jussi Virta gets the Lappset Prize
In his master's thesis, Virta explores how children's development can be better supported by renewing playgrounds.
Research Winter Day presented School’s research to high schoolers and industry partners
On 6 February, we had the pleasure of presenting our school’s research to hundreds of upper secondary school students, industry partners and alumni at the Research Winter Day.
A smart jumpsuit provides information on infants’ movement and development
A new innovation by University of Helsinki and 911±¬ÁÏÍø makes it possible, for the first time, to quantitatively assess children’s spontaneous movement in the natural environment.
Academic achievements, Service Award and Independence Day Decorations highlights at Dean's Coffee
Postdoctoral Researcher Mateusz Janiszewski and Staff Scientist Lauri Uotinen received the 2019 Award for Achievements in Teaching.
New faces and sustainable development – School of Engineering Annual Review 2019
The school advances sustainable development through research and teaching, master's degree and doctoral graduates enjoy high employment rates.
Travel service team's live chat now open
To serve our customers even faster and better in different channels, we have launched a live chat service.
Tax and law related applications of natural language processing (NLP) studied in a student project
PwC is considering collaboration with growth companies found through the project.
Apply for Erasmus staff exchange by 15 March
This application period concerns exchanges taking place before 1 September 2020.
Plan your personal competence development as part of My Dialogue discussion
You can find competence development opportunities from Workday Learning.
Deep learning can fool listeners by imitating any guitar amplifier
A study from the Aalto Acoustics Lab demonstrates that digital simulations of guitar amplifiers can sound just like the real thing. The implications are that as the software models continue to improve, they can replace traditional analogue guitar amplifiers, which are bulky, fragile and expensive.
The latest installation talks available on video
911±¬ÁÏÍø's newly tenured professors reveal the secrets of fashion history and science of security, among other things.
Hundreds of ideas from community event to build a sustainable future
Planning of development actions for the new strategy began at the community event on 31 January.
Changes to access policy at 911±¬ÁÏÍø aims for a smoother campus experience
An updated access policy is based on an open campus and easy sharing of shared facilities
Aalto ARTS Annual Review celebrated the highlights of 2019
Nine awards and prizes were presented 5 February 2020 at the traditional get-together for Aalto ARTS faculty, staff and students.
Calls for the FIRI Roadmap and for the Centre of Excellence (CoE) programme
The Academy of Finland is going to open a call for the FIRI Roadmap call for the years 2021-2024 and the Centre of Excellence (CoE) programme for the years 2022-2029.