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Working as a researcher is ’like playing with your favorite toy but you get paid for it’
Academic career wasn't a clear choice to Professors Friedrich Simmel and Francesco Ricci.
LuxTurrim5G ecosystem builds smart cities
The industry group lead by Nokia Bell Labs is building key enablers for a fast 5G network based on smart light poles, which will form the digital backbone of future smart cities.
Heavy metal researchers, representatives of the music industry and artists meet for the first time in Otaniemi
The Modern Heavy Metal Conference will consider the authenticity and commercial appeal of the music, artists and culture.
Security concerns everyone
The topic of the international ITS conference in Otaniemi is information security from the viewpoint of both science and companies.
Professor Björn Högberg: I don’t think people realize everything we can do with DNA
To DNA nanotechnologists, DNA is a smart building material that can be useful in the development of medical applications
Transmission and distribution of electricity is cheaper in Finland than in other Nordic Countries - thanks to incentive regulation
Electricity transmission and distribution tariffs in Finland are below the European average because incentive regulation forces local monopolies to operate efficiently through cost competition.
Nantech brought nearly one hundred international researchers to Espoo
Understanding of computer science and mathematics becomes increasingly important in the field of DNA nanotechnology, says Professor Pekka Orponen
Spring Demo Day in photos
Collection of photos from the Spring Demo Day held on May 28th in Väre Kukkapuro Lounge.
Professor Kurt Gothelf: The DNA origami method will undoubtedly influence development of new medicine
An invited speaker of Nantech2019, Kurt Gothelf, was one of the first scientists to develop DNA nanostructures
Engaging talks on the development of urban station areas
The design and potential future station areas provide urban development discussed at the ”Asemanseudut muutoksessa” morning coffee event on May 17.
FinnCERES flagship hiring 20 doctoral students or postdocs at Aalto and VTT
FinnCERES is broadening its operations and is looking for talented and motivated doctoral students or postdoctoral researchers.
Increased income reduced prevalence of malaria through agricultural development programme in Uganda
Thanks to improved economic status, families able to buy bed nets also for children and pregnant women
Aalto Media Lab Demo Day
The Demo Day is an open gathering of Media Department’s students, alumni, staff and friends. You are all welcome!
Tomi Viitala: I research subjects that have practical significance and are interesting to various audiences
This Assistant Professor of Tax Law constantly aims for steady improvement, both professionally and as an ultrarunner.
Nine new Academy Projects to Aalto
The total funding granted by the Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment and Research Council for Culture and Society is 3.3 million euros.
Michael Hummel: Sustainable and renewable materials will replace oil-based products
Researchers need to be team players, says Professor of Biopolymer Chemistry and Engineering.
How to tackle scarce data and high dimensionality in machine learning? Juho Piironen brings novel techniques to predictive modeling
Doctoral candidate, MSc Juho Piironen, studied Bayesian statistical inference in supervised learning problems and proposed novel techniques to account for uncertainty and computational cost in predictive model construction and feature selection.
€17 million fund backs 170 projects to develop disruptive solutions to key societal challenges
ATTRACT initiative starts a one-year race to develop sensing and imaging technologies that will enable breakthrough innovations
Eero Kontturi: The most important skill for a researcher is the desire to read and write
Professor of Materials Chemistry of Cellulose relaxes by reading scientific articles and makes no distinction between work and free time.
