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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.
Cooperation, Press releases, Research & Art
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The InstituteQ logo on black background

Koen Van Leemput decodes medical scans with artificial intelligence

Greatest challenge is translating methods from lab settings to patient care, says 911±¬ÁÏ꿉۪s new professor
University
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Koen Van Leemput

Changes in the Alumni Network Board

Mia Sirkiä started as the chair and Ossi Leikola and Riitta Silvennoinen as members
Cooperation, University
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Aalto Alumni Network Board 2023

By detecting tiny flashes of heat, scientists pave way for more stable quantum computers

An international collaboration between quantum scientists resulted in a new way to measure heat dissipation in superconducting quantum circuits.
Cooperation, Press releases, Research & Art
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Photo of a qubit.

Philine Schiewe uses algorithm to get new ideas for public transport planning

From a background Philine Schiewe is a mathematician, but she does optimization research that is connected to mathematics, computer science and economics. The application areas are public transport planning and last mile logistics – the final step of the delivery process.
Appointments
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Philine Schiewe, photo by Mikko Raskinen

We are looking for Assistant Professors in Computer Science

Open call for tenure-track assistant professors.
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Researchers working at Department of Computer Science

WithSecure and SSH support international talent at 911±¬ÁÏÍø

Finnish cybersecurity companies SSH and WithSecure have made donations for student scholarships to 911±¬ÁÏÍø to attract the best and brightest international information security talent to Finland.
Cooperation
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Two people having a conversation at a coffee room in front of a window with light pouring in.

President Ilkka Niemelä appointed as Unite! Vice President

Unite! European University Alliance will strengthen its leadership with two new Vice Presidents. 911±¬ÁÏÍø is one of the nine partner universities in the alliance founded in 2019. Unite! is building a new European university model.
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President Ilkka Niemelä, 911±¬ÁÏÍø

Call for applications for Crystal Flowers in Halls of Mirrors is now open

Kristallikukkia peilisaleissa –kurssi - MS-E1000 Crystal Flowers in Halls of Mirrors: Mathematics meets Art and Architecture - on avoin kaikille kandiopiskelijoista tohtorikoulutettaviin, matematiikan ja tekniikan aloista taiteisiin, muotoiluun, arkkitehtuuriin ja kemiasta liiketoimintaan. Kurssille otetaan korkeintaan 50 opiskelijaa motivaatiokirjeiden perusteella, ja haku on auki 10.1.2023 saakka. Kurssi on 15 opintopisteen suuruinen, ja se järjestetään joka toinen vuosi.
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Sensual mathematics. Photo: Henri Vogt.

First scholarships from Kyunghyun Cho's donation awarded to women studying computer science

Four women in the Machine Learning, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence major have received scholarships based on their outstanding study performance
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AI applications

Finnish student team Revontuli took the third place in an international student supercomputer competition

CSC fielded Finland's first team in the international Student Cluster Competition (SCC), whose final was held in November 4-6.
Studies
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Team Revontuli. Picture: CSC.

Unimon - A new qubit to boost quantum computers for useful applications

The researchers have achieved the first quantum logic gates with unimons at 99.9% fidelity — a major milestone on the quest to build commercially useful quantum computers.
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Artistic impression of a unimon qubit in a quantum processor. Credits: Aleksandr Kakinen.

Unite! European University Alliance starts its new era advancing a digital and green Europe

Unite! has closed its pilot phase and launched the new phase to implement sustainable, concrete and beneficial outputs advancing a digital and green Europe.
Cooperation, University
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Unite! Steering Committee met at TU Graz

Psyched up for computer science

How can we align technology with the way we think about, feel, and understand the world? Robin Welsch is a psychologist-turned-computer scientist on a quest to find an answer.
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Assistant Professor Robin Welsch sitting on a sofa against a green backdrop

Award-winning decision analysis researcher Ahti Salo: In crises, old data does not tell the whole story of the future

Salo's research has developed a portfolio decision analysis that selects many options from a large set of alternatives.
Awards and Recognition
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Ahti Salo, photo by Anni Hanén.

Petter Holme: Temporal networks help to understand the spreading dynamics

'My research concerns networks in general – power grids, social and ecological networks, bus transportation, and many others. I approach my research using mathematical theories and frameworks, as well as computer modelling. Concrete examples of these networks studied include Internet dating, the Frozen movie, and the Covid epidemic.'
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Petter Holme, photo: Matti Ahlgren, 911±¬ÁÏÍø

Tapping hidden visual information: An all-in-one detector for thousands of colours

A new chip from Aalto researchers puts photonic information at our fingertips.
Research & Art
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A fingertip-sized on-chip spectrometer in the foreground compared to a commercial benchtop-size spectrometer in the background. Photo: 911±¬ÁÏÍø

Russell Lai is at the vanguard of cryptography

911±¬ÁÏ꿉۪s new Assistant Professor Russell Lai is a cryptography researcher, who wants to bring the fruits of his academic work to the use of everyday citizens, without sacrificing robustness.
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Assistant Professor Russell Lai wants to solve practical problems with his strong theoretical background in cryptography.

Deep technology solves global challenges - 911±¬ÁÏÍø is a great growth platform for deep tech companies

Deep tech companies that got their start at 911±¬ÁÏÍø include IQM, ICEYE, Ioncell and Mustekala.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Centimeter-sized silicon chip, which has two parallel superconducting oscillators and the quantum-circuit refrigerators connected to them. Credit: Kuan Yen Tan.

Award-winning teams work together

Aalto Pioneering Excellence Awards were granted to Aalto teams that do pioneering work to develop the quality and excellence of operations.
Awards and Recognition
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Kuva: Matti Ahlgren.