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Honored

Professor Eero Hyvönen receives State Award for Public Information

24. syyskuu 2014

The award is an acknowledgement for work by Professor Hyvönen’s research team on the development of the Finnish s...

Research

Aalto-born Brain Stimulation Company Plans Initial Public Offering

19. syyskuu 2014

Medical device developed by Nexstim achieves very promising results for stroke patient rehabilitation in the US.

Research

Researchers made first observation of one-dimensional salt

18. syyskuu 2014

Reducing the imensionality of a material, e.g. from 3D to 2D or even 1D, can have a dramatic effect on material properties, which m...

Research

Best Paper Award at UbiComp 2014 to Aalto researchers

17. syyskuu 2014

The article presents new, secure and scalable ways of configuring and managing ubiquitous displays.

Honored

Professor Esa Saarinen receives a Lifetime Achievement Award for his positivity

4. syyskuu 2014

The awarding jury, composed of members of the Positiivarit company and the Junior Chamber...

Other

Dean Risto Nieminen appointed to Academy of Finland Board

29. elokuu 2014

On Thursday, the Finnish Government appointed Aalto University Dean Risto Nieminen as a member of Board of the Academy of Finland. T...

Studies

Top moments for Aalto Science Institute’s summer interns

28. elokuu 2014

The final seminar for Aalto Science Institute summer interns was held at the beginning of August. For slightly over two months, a t...

Research

User interface can improve mobile user's performance.

27. elokuu 2014

New doctoral research indicates that while walking even texting is easier if the user interface is designed for use on the move.

Research

Aalto joins security research cooperation led by Intel

27. elokuu 2014

Joint research aims to solve challenges associated with the privacy and security of mobile devices and embedded systems.

Research

New Assistant Professor David McGookin specializes in multimodal human-comput...

26. elokuu 2014

PhD David McGookin starts his professorship at the Department of Media Technology 1 Sep...

Research

Antti Hannukainen appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathemat...

26. elokuu 2014

Hannukainen's research concentrates on numerical solution of partial differential ...

Research

Mika Mäntylä appointed as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Compute...

24. elokuu 2014

Mäntylä's research focuses on the quality of software and the role of psycholo...

Studies

#snapshot exhibition presents Aalto University student perspectives on snapsh...

20. elokuu 2014

The Finnish Museum of Photography's #snapshot exhibition updates the concept of sn...

Honored

Natalia Vuori receives highly prestigious William H. Newman Award

18. elokuu 2014

Doctor Natalia Vuori’s paper “Dancing between Illusion and Reality: Decoupling in Post-acquisition Integration” recei...

Research

People fake to look authentic on social media

14. elokuu 2014

Presenting an authentic image on social network sites (SNSs) includes an element of fakery according to a new study by researchers at Aalto University.

Honored

Professor Olavi Nevanlinna receives Finnish Academy of Technology Medal of Merit

12. elokuu 2014

The medal serves as recognition of Professor Nevanlinna's merits in developing Fin...

Studies

New master’s programmes in technology subjects set to begin in 2015

7. elokuu 2014

Aalto University's School of Science is preparing for some major changes as a result of the university&#...

Other

Senior Lecturer

5. elokuu 2014

The Department of Information and Computer Science invites applications for the position of Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in the field of machine learning and data analysis. The closing date for applications is Aug 29, 201...

Research

White lies strengthen social relationships

31. heinäkuu 2014

Modelling shows that society, too, can benefit from lying that is not based on self-interest.

Studies

Aalto University welcomes 1661 new students

2. heinäkuu 2014

294 new students will be studying in the School of Science.