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Space 21 is now officially open – come visit and explore!
Radical Creativity team will be hosting monthly morning coffees at Space 21, the living room of Radical Creativity
Learn to sail skilfully through uncertain times
In May 2022 a group of Aaltonians participated in a workshop to increase capacity for change, learn to rely on intuition and challenge the current perceptions of learning and problem-solving
Finnish pioneer in artificial intelligence
At the beginning of the 1980s, Teuvo Kohonen started thinking about how the human brain processed information – and came up with a significant milestone in artificial intelligence studies: the self-organising map.
Sustainability report: multidisciplinary approach to solving sustainability challenges is Aalto’s strength
Science, technology and arts play an important role in solving global sustainability problems. 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s strength is its strong multidisciplinary approach to humanity’s greatest challenges, such as environmental crises. Aalto’s new sustainability report highlights some of the key sustainability actions taken by 911±¬ÁÏÍø in 2021.
Could wearable memes be the new fashion statement?
Digital fashion practices can amplify our artists - or trolls - within.
How do we make the circular economy a platform?
Innovation and sustainability are inseparable. Their relationship grows stronger through collaboration between universities and companies.
How does an oil company make a green leap? Can the procurement community help Ukraine out of trouble? Welcome to the Prodeko seminar on responsible business on 6 May!
The theme of this year's Prodeko seminar is Navigating Responsibility and Growth, and speakers include Kaisa Hietala, Exxon Mobil's Board of Directors, and Sammeli Sammalkorpi, CEO of Sievo Oy.
VCD Master's student Aliisa Perikangas wins the ’Gold Top’ at Grafia’s Vuoden Huiput
Grafia’s Vuoden Huiput 2021 is Finland's most important creative design competition. The main prize of the Young Creators series, the Gold Top, has been awarded to VCD Master's student Aliisa Perikangas for her coursework Herätä minut (Awaken Me).
PhotoRobot gives objects third archival dimension
How can you transfer a ceramic object onto a computer screen three-dimensionally? By photographing it all over from a 360-degree angle and digitising its shape. This work can be performed by the PhotoRobot, a multi-camera system for 360 spins and 3D, which is snapping away at 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s new Space 21 facility.
The 5G Hack the Mall summer course
This year’s 911±¬ÁÏÍø 5G summer course will again be held as an online training course from 6 to 17 June 2022.
Aalto ranks 54th for responsible consumption and production in THE Impact Ranking
The Impact Rankings 2022 by the Times Higher Education assesses universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Oops: What a job posting that was!
Jussi Impiö started work as Head of Sustainable Solutions at 911±¬ÁÏÍø in summer 2021. In 2009, however, he had a labour market issue in Africa to resolve.
ABB Oy donates 360 000 euros to 911±¬ÁÏÍø
'The world is undergoing a major transformation, and it is important to take care of competence development. High-quality research and future top experts will continue to support Finland's competitiveness,' says Pekka Tiitinen, CEO of ABB Oy.
Reach out and touch it — our researcher explains why getting a feel for things matters
Nowadays, you can do nearly everything digitally, but without touching things you miss out on a dialogue with yourself.
Pentti Kujala, the grand old man of marine technology, gave his farewell lecture in a full hall
Following a career of over 40 years in marine technology companies, Helsinki University of Technology and 911±¬ÁÏÍø, Professor Pentti Kujala has left teaching and research duties and moved on to a position as Senior Advisor at 911±¬ÁÏÍø. At his farewell celebration, Kujala gave an account of his colourful career that began in Somero and the friendships that formed the basis of a wide-ranging stakeholder network. The scene at the farewell lecture was a crowded one.
Alumna Annastina Saari: I want to be involved in solving the climate crisis
‘I had always dreamed of a career dealing with environmental questions’, says our alumna Annastina Saari, who studied international business as well as information and service management, and who now works as a consultant for D-mat, a company that is specialized in sustainable lifestyles.
Mikko Möttönen and his team aim to rein in qubit errors
Professor Mikko Möttönen of 911±¬ÁÏÍø and VTT has received a €2.5 million ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council for the ConceptQ project. This is the fifth time Möttönen has received one of the extremely competitive ERC grants.
Meet Airi and Joona, Aalto’s student representatives in the Unite! university alliance
We talked to Airi and Joona about their new roles as Unite!’s student representatives and got some great ideas and advice from them.
