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Professor Ville Pulkki awarded for amusing and imaginative research
In the awarded research, Ville Pulkki and his fellow researchers explored why shouting into the wind feels challenging for people, even though sound actually carries better upwind
10 Questions to Alumnus André Helgestad - CS Design
CS Design alumnus André Helgestad shares his experiences before, during and after studies in Creative Sustainability.
Second internal call for InstituteQ doctoral positions
With funding from Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, the Finnish quantum community InstituteQ is opening its second call for seven doctoral positions
Explorations in the realms of mathematics, art, design and architecture
Shapes in Action is a book for all those interested in interdisciplinary research and education.
Research Council of Finland will open a roadmap call for research infrastructures in spring 2024
The new roadmap covers the years 2025–2028. There will be changes in the call particularly concerning the funding of research infrastructures selected for the roadmap.
Students helped Finland’s Central Securities Depository to research and combine fund industry information
The team learned a lot about the fund industry and the role of the central securities depository
ANTI-Festival presented three public space projects by Aalto art education students
In September 2023, the ANTI-Festival in Kuopio hosted three events organised by students from the Department of Art and Media, offering an interesting journey into participatory public art.
Coming never to a road near you: Five myths about autonomous vehicles
Whether you call them autonomous, self-driving or robot cars, there is a lot of discussion about when, where and how these vehicles will take to the roads.
Competetive funding to enhance doctoral education in Finland 2024-2027
In the years 2024–2027, the Ministry of Education and Culture will finance a doctoral education pilot. The call opens on the 15th November and closes on the 29th November. Aalto has an internal procedure for the applications.
Unite! fosters a European wide collaboration on teaching of space-related topics
Unite! universities will create a collaboration network for the teaching of space-related subjects. .
Ceramic artwork Rule of Play delights the people of Sompasaari
Nathalie Lautenbacher's Rule of Play is one of the latest public art works in the City of Helsinki. The wall relief consists of two different sets of works placed on the exterior walls of the newly completed Sompasaari daycare centre, at eye level.
Call for nominees for 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Open Science Award 2023
Nominate yourself, your colleague, a research group, a department, or a project as the receiver of the first 911±¬ÁÏÍø Open Science Award.
The Research Council of Finland has published the call texts for the winter 2024 call
The Research Council of Finland has published the call texts for the upcoming winter call. The call opens on the 15th of November 2023 and closes on the 17th of January, 2024. Aalto internal deadline is on the 7th of December 2023. In January, there are open calls for Academy Project funding and Academy Research Fellowships.
Makoto Ueki: MMD's and 911±¬ÁÏÍø's emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration offered invaluable lessons for my future career
Makoto Ueki on his summer internship project in Multifunctional Materials Design research group
911±¬ÁÏÍø and Pääkaupunkiseudun Kierrätyskeskus Oy explored new ways to recycle discarded books
What should we do with discarded books which paper quality and ink composition vary greatly? The study showed that processing discarded books into textiles is possible, but it turned out to be costly with its own environmental impact.
Education for the future
The new EDUCA Flagship brings together data and education researchers in an unprecedented way and significantly deepens the research-based nature of education policy
Biochar is a step towards a more lush and sustainable city
911±¬ÁÏÍø is part of the City of Helsinki’s biochar project that is looking for ways to improve carbon sequestration, create circular waste systems and make urban vegetation thrive.
New flagship brings together excellence in quantum technology
911±¬ÁÏÍø is also involved in three other new flagships of the Research Council of Finland – the flagships of digital water expertise, education, and mathematical imaging and modelling
Invisible powers are driving cars and cranes, but what goes on behind the scenes to get these machines moving?
What gets autonomous cars and industrial robots going?
Alumna Emilia Perttu: 'I had the courage to follow my dreams and put in the effort for what interested me'
Our alumna, Emilia Perttu has always known she wanted to work in the field of technology and innovation. Through her studies she started to search for a career path that suited her. Eventually, her efforts paid off, and today she works as a lead UI/UX designer at the hybrid agency Nitro.
