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Machines to make sense of our health
Making use of artificial intelligence methods for personalised medicine.

Two unique exhibitions by Aalto University at the Oodi Library to experience and play
The Finnish EU presidency is now in full swing and for September (when the EU level AV conference will take place), Aalto is offering two very different exhibitions to be on display at the Oodi library in Helsinki.

'If you feel like an idiot every time you use a service, it isn’t very motivating'
Sari Kujala helped Kone improve its elevators and Fiskars make better axes. Now, she works as a deputy director in the DigiIN project that aims to ensure that digital services will not increase social exclusion.

Deep learning model detects diabetic eye diseases accurately
Finnish AI researchers have developed a deep learning system that may help detecting diabetic eye diseases, which could make doctors’ work easier and reduce healthcare costs

Information security researchers need to anticipate the next step of an attacker
In his doctoral studies, Mika Juuti focused on machine learning methods in information security

Does data make the difference? Let’s find out at the upcoming RDA Plenary in Finland
Data has both an enormous and diverse potential to change the way we work, make decisions and empower citizens. But does data really make the difference? This is the theme at the heart of the upcoming 14th Plenary of the Research Data Alliance (RDA).

Assistant Professor Elisa Mekler: Gaming can help to cope with difficult life situations and improve one’s wellbeing
Elisa Mekler found out in her recent study that video games might help people to cope with difficult life situations, which offers a new challenge to game designers

Machine learning helps to predict blackouts caused by storms
A collaboration between computer scientists at Aalto University and the Finnish Meteorological Institute applies machine learning to predict how damaging a storm will be

Finns were reluctant to share election tweets of bots
According to the final report of ELEBOT project, the effect of Twitter bots was minimal during this year’s Finnish elections

Apps and wearable technology help to track sleep of people with mental health disorders
According to the findings of a recent review article, this type of technology could even help to recognize factors that correlate with mental health disorders

Meet the new Innovation Advisors at SCI
We chat to Ilkka Hyytiäinen and Juha Siivola who, along with Tuomas Planman will support the school as innovation advisors

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.

Dean of the School of Science grants Master’s thesis awards 2018
Kukka-Emilia Huhtinen, Ana Maria Triana Hoyos and Antti Tolppanen receive the Master's Thesis Awards.

Security concerns everyone
The topic of the international ITS conference in Otaniemi is information security from the viewpoint of both science and companies.

What hinders manufacturing companies from providing effective maintenance services? Researchers identified three key factors
Poor quality data and information systems that do not communicate with each other prevent companies from providing effective maintenance services

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

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

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

Snowflakes hold the secret to how tooth enamel is formed
The newly published work helps to explain why even closely-related species – such as humans and orangutans – have very different looking teeth.

FITech Network University offers free continuous learning in computer science
FITech offers courses responding to the shortage of experts in the ICT sector free of charge.
