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Finnish Quantum Agenda details road ahead and stresses need for national quantum strategy
What are Finland’s strengths in quantum technology? How can Finland ensure it stays on top of the groundbreaking changes quantum technology will cause in the coming years and decades? These are the questions the Finnish Quantum Agenda answers.
Collective agreement terminated, negotiations continue
The universities’ general collective agreement has been terminated and will no longer be valid after March 31 2023. The organizations will continue negotiations and the university hopes that a negotiated solution will emerge from the new collective agreement before the end of March.
AAC meeting of 7 February 2023: decision and discussion on teaching and learning
The Finnish term ‘tohtorikoulutettava’ will be replaced by ‘tohtoriopiskelija’ in all AAC-approved rules. The amendments will enter into force as of 1 August 2023.
New book: Learning Society — What is good for children is good for all
Learning Society — What is good for children is good for all
Book by Teemu Leinonen & Mikko Mäkelä
Book by Teemu Leinonen & Mikko Mäkelä
Alumna Miia Martikainen: my heart beats for solving the challenges of our society's well-being
‘I became interested in business studies because I felt that through them, I could be part of making an impact that matters’ says Miia Martikainen, our alumna. Martikainen has been working as a consultant for almost a decade now, and she is currently in her dream job solving the future challenges of the public social and health care system.
Students explored how Deloitte could attract more female applicants to their M&A unit
Deloitte aims to develop gender balance
More than one million euros in grants from the Finnish Cultural Foundation
From 911±¬ÁÏÍø, the big individual grants were allowed to Ari Seppälä and Antti Karttunen with their research groups
LEDs change laboratory measurements of light
Measurements of LED lighting become more reliable when 90-years old reference spectrum of incandescent lamps is complemented with a new reference spectrum of white LEDs.
Journeys of inspiration: three paths to professorship
Three newly tenured Aalto professors share their story
Finland creates common model for EU member states for teaching cybersecurity skills to citizens
The Cyber Citizen Project will create a model for teaching cybersecurity skills to citizens and a related learning portal.
63 energy guzzlers - tips from the community helped to save energy on the campus
The Aalto community started campus-wide energy saving measures in Otaniemi on 10 October 2022, and we also joined the national Down a Degree energy saving campaign
Aalto university innovation groups receive over €4M funding for sustainable innovations
Business Finland has granted research to business funding to seven new Aalto innovation projects. The funding is directed to commercialisation of university born inventions.
Smoking areas on Otaniemi campus updated
Designated smoking areas on Otaniemi campus marked on a map
The Textile Artist of the Year is Laura Isoniemi
The Textile Artist of the Year award is the most prestigious textile art award in Finland.
Tandem Industry Academia 2023 call for postdocs, Aalto’s internal deadline 20.3.2023
The Finnish Research Impact Foundation, Tandem Industry Academia (TIA) funding intends to support joint research projects between academic and industrial partners and to promote mobility across the academia-business interface.
Koen Van Leemput decodes medical scans with artificial intelligence
Greatest challenge is translating methods from lab settings to patient care, says 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s new professor
Finnish academia and companies lead the way towards sustainable nonwoven products in SUSTAFIT research project
Sustainable fit-for-purpose nonwovens project boosts the competitiveness and broadens the export potential of the Finnish nonwovens sector in the growing markets. The 2,6 MEUR project is conducted by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) and 911±¬ÁÏÍø and supported by 17 industry partners.
Universities work together to promote the growth of wood construction
The Doctoral School of Industrial Wood Construction at Tampere University is starting collaboration with 911±¬ÁÏÍø. The goal of practical teaching and research involving industry is to combine science and business. At the Doctoral School, the partners are bringing together knowledge based on research on wood construction and educating more specialists that are needed in the field. Especially environmental reasons are in favour of the construction of wooden high-rise buildings.
Alumni and friends of Aalto gathered in NYC to learn about the predictability of stock returns
The meet-and-greet was organized at the Consulate General of Finland in New York City on February 6th.
Changes in the Alumni Network Board
Mia Sirkiä started as the chair and Ossi Leikola and Riitta Silvennoinen as members
