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Nominations are open for the School of Science awards 2021

The 11 November deadline is approaching for the 2021 awards, so get nominating! The awards will be announced in a ceremony during Dean’s Christmas party on 15 December. Welcome!
For Aalto community
Awards and Recognition
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Photo credit: Quantum Flagship

Crazy ideas and hamsters

Games help to demystify quantum physics, says Laura Piispanen, the organizer of Quantum Game Jam, whose interest led her to work on a doctoral thesis on the subject.
Research & Art
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Screenshot from Hamsterwave (Games,art and science)

School of Science graduates are satisfied with their master’s degree – majority of the graduates are male

Most of the graduates stay at the Metropolitan area after the graduation
Studies
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Photo: Aino Huovio

Physicists make square droplets and liquid lattices

Driving systems out of equilibrium with electric fields proves useful for creating liquid shapes that are nearly impossible to find in nature
Press releases
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Physicists make square droplets and liquid lattices. Picture: Active Matter research group led by Prof. Timonen, Aalto University

Group leader, are you interested in joining InstituteQ – The Finnish Quantum Institute?

Joining teams are expected to operate in a field relevant for quantum technologies
For Aalto community
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Micronova cleanroom, photo by Aino Huovio

The Finnish Research Impact Foundation to support academia-industry collaboration - three new projects starting at Aalto

The newly funded joint ventures research and develop technologies for faster testing methods in quantum technologies, super-repellent coating for medical applications, and high-performance mid-infrared fibre lasers.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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An illustration with the text Impact from research

Unlocking radiation-free quantum technology with graphene

A new paper has shown it is possible to make heavy fermions in subtly modified graphene, which is much cheaper and safer
Research & Art
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Scehmatic of a heavy fermion on graphene

IQM announces KQCircuits - An open-source software to design superconducting quantum processors

IQM Quantum Computers (IQM) announced today its open-source
software tool KQCircuits to automate the design of superconducting quantum processors. KQCircuits is a Python library jointly developed by Aalto University and IQM using the KLayout design program.
Press releases
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KQCircuits Chip Design. Picture: IQM.

Alexandru Paler: Creating software for quantum computers

The newest professor to join the department of computer science tells us about how, when you cut through all the hype, quantum computing is full of interesting challenges that unites diverse fields
Appointments
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Professor Paler infront of the Comptuer Science department

Dean Jouko Lampinen: My heartfelt thanks to everyone for the perseverance and creativity you have shown

'It ain't over till it's over. But in all likelihood the pandemic is now fading away and we are heading towards a life where we can decide our social distances ourselves'
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Cooperation, Incidents
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Jouko Lampinen

Fitness trackers available for Aalto employees in a study about returning to work after covid

Research team needs volunteers to help study on how return to work affects physical activity and sleep
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Incidents, Research & Art
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Photo: Talayeh Aledavood

New Academy of Finland postdoctoral researchers explore new materials, mathematical modelling, and computer security

8 postdoctoral research grants were awarded to the School of Science
Research & Art
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Cyber. Kuva: Aalto-yliopisto / Aki-Pekka Sinikoski

Aalto School of Science celebrates five new Academy Research Fellows

Manohar Kumar studies quantum information, Ivan Lomakin 3D atomic data reconstruction, Kezilebieke Shawulienu exotic materials, Arno Solin probabilistic principles and neural network models and Marijn van Vliet the visual and auditory language systems in the brain
Research & Art
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Quantum Explorations. Photo: Mikko Raskinen.

New Academy projects will investigate drug development, superconductivity and emotional game experience

There are altogether 12 new Academy of Finland projects at the Aalto School of Science. Funding was received from all the three Academy of Finland Research Councils: Biosciences, Health and the Environment, Culture and Society and Natural Sciences and Engineering.
Research & Art
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Department of Computer Science photo Matti Ahlgren

Novel cross-disciplinary approach for identifying complex molecular adsorbates

CEST researchers integrate Bayesian inference with scanning probe experiments to robustly detect surface adsorbate configurations.
Research & Art
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Image of atomic force microscopy

CEST research acknowledged at the E-MRS Spring Meeting 2021

Jari Järvi wins the Best Poster Award at the annual Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society
Research & Art
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Picture of the poster

Aalto Mathematics professor wins Outstanding Teacher of the Year from the Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion's

This year the Outstanding Teacher of the Year is Fabricio Oliveira, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Operations Research. Aalto alumni Joonas Govenius won the Young Researcher of the Year
Awards and Recognition
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Joonas Govenius and Fabricio Oliveira

A new form of carbon

Not graphene: researchers in Germany and Finland discover new type of atomically thin carbon material
Research & Art
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Rakennekuvan yläosassa näkyvät hiiliatomien säännönmukaisesti muodostamat neli-, kuusi- ja kahdeksankulmiot. Alaosa on atomivoimamikroskooppikuva keinotekoisesti valmistetusta materiaalista. Kuva: Marburgin yliopisto, Aalto-yliopisto

Opportunities for researchers to apply for leading projects on themes like AI, bioproducts, or carbon neutral energy

Business Finland has selected seven leading companies, and it is now time to apply for funding for research projects in the selected themes.
For Aalto community
Research & Art
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A detail of brainlike computing research, photo by Valeria Azovskaya

Jukka Pekola announced as acting director of InstituteQ

Professor Pekola will lead the Institute as it starts its operations
Appointments
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Professor Jukka Pekola stood in a hallway smiling at the camera