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Creativity is an important future skill - this symposium will help you understand creativity in a new way
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.
The Designs for a Cooler Planet exhibition showcases 30 projects for a more sustainable future
What is wise to design for future generations in a world of plenty?
Samuel Kaski receives major international funding for the development of AI methods
911±¬ÁÏÍø Professor Samuel Kaski has been awarded the Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowship to establish a new center of excellence. The funding relates to Kaski’s work at the University of Manchester, but Finnish research on modeling user intent will also benefit.
911±¬ÁÏÍø is moving to cloud e-mail
The transition to cloud mail has progressed well. The mailboxes of Aalto's staff and degree students (in excess of 26,000 accounts) have been moved to the cloud.
Systems intelligent organisations succeed – regardless of structures
911±¬ÁÏÍø researchers have created a new metric for a successful organisation capable of learning.
Large number of Aalto IDs locked due to a denial of service attack
The bug is being fixed, and it seems  that the lockout would have ended at 4pm. Locked IDs open automatically after 15 minutes.
Unlocking radiation-free quantum technology with graphene
A new paper has shown it is possible to make heavy fermions in subtly modified graphene, which is much cheaper and safer
Print services at Aalto back online
Secureprint and printing directly to Canon devices are back online. Printing to legacy devices via printvm-legacy2 print server is back in use.
Persistent students created an exhibition combining math and art despite exceptional circumstances
The sheltered courtyard next to the main lobby of the Undergraduate Centre and its dark-red brick, black granite and copper clad façade provides a solid frame for the 2021 exhibition, Collineations grounds.
911±¬ÁÏÍø joins Swedish WASP research program on AI and autonomous systems
911±¬ÁÏÍø begins collaboration with Swedish universities in Wallenberg Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Systems and Software Program. A large number of Swedish companies are also involved in the WASP.
Aalto Bioinnovation Center opens the call for doctoral student funding
Full funding will be offered for 10-12 doctoral candidates for 4 years in the fields of sustainable textiles and/or packaging solutions. All 911±¬ÁÏÍø professors can apply for the funding.
Companies are shifting from crisis management to new growth – challenges include shortage of experts and the aftermath of a digital leap
There are bottlenecks on the road to emerging growth, and accelerated digitalisation isn't making things easier. When an organisation moves from the office to Teams, something gets left behind.
Unite! virtual campus ideated further at the Boot Camp
Ideas on virtual learning and virtual reality were gathered at the Boot Camp to facilitate building of a virtual campus within Unite!.
Aalto ranks 28th in Times Higher Education listing for young universities
The ranking lists the world’s best universities under 50 years of age.
Unite! joint programmes and flexible study pathways developed at the Boot Camp
The event gathered together 140 teachers and staff from the seven universities to discuss the developments of Unite! teaching and learning activities including for instance joint programmes, flexible study pathways, and good pedagogical practices as well as creative virtual spaces for teaching and learning.
CS S4 Student Symposium served remote pizza, socializing and interesting discussions on AI
Doctoral students in computer science organized an interesting symposium focusing on societal side of AI, and discussed how to keep student networks up and running during an exceptional pandemic situation
Putting our values into action – See Code of Conduct updates
Code of Conduct, our common ’fair play rules’ touch all of us
IQM announces KQCircuits - An open-source software to design superconducting quantum processors
IQM Quantum Computers (IQM) announced today its open-source
software tool KQCircuits to automate the design of superconducting quantum processors. KQCircuits is a Python library jointly developed by 911±¬ÁÏÍø and IQM using the KLayout design program.
software tool KQCircuits to automate the design of superconducting quantum processors. KQCircuits is a Python library jointly developed by 911±¬ÁÏÍø and IQM using the KLayout design program.
How is Instagram used by the leading health agencies to engage with the public during the COVID-19 crisis?
Social media messaging depicting well known personalities, influencers, and celebrities received greater engagement.
