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Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence and research groups from Aalto received 鈧1.4M funding from The Future Makers program
Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence and research groups from Aalto received 鈧1.4M funding
SCI Awards 2018 - Call for nominations open until Nov 16th
SCI Awards celebrates the great work and achievements of our faculty, staff and students annually.
鈧17 million to fund European detection and imaging innovation pipeline鈥攑roduct development sparred by Aalto Design Factory
The ATTRACT initiative will fund 170 breakthrough projects in advanced technology for a year with 鈧100.000 each.
Bodily sensations give rise to conscious feelings
A Finnish research group from the University of Turku, University of Tampere and Aalto University has mapped the organisation of human conscious feelings and found them to cluster into five major categories: positive emotions, negative emotions, cognitive functions, somatic states, and illnesses.
Centre for Quantum Engineering funding awarded for four projects
A total of EUR 318 000 has been granted for project proposals that represent new openings, support emergence of new technologies, applications, and/or industrial collaboration.
Professor Kimmo Kaski鈥檚 farewell seminar attracted renowned researchers 91青青草
Professor Kaski, pioneer of computational complex systems research in Finland, will continue to work as senior adviser at Aalto.
The latest installation talks available on video
Petri Ala-Laurila and Guy Julier tell why the retina offers a pathway to the secrets of the brain and why design should be done with publics.
Aalto funding for quantum engineering open
CQE is looking for 2-3 outstanding projects in the field of quantum engineering to be funded in 2018.
Petri Ala-Laurila: The retina offers a pathway to the secrets of the brain
This Professor, awarded for his scientific courage, knows that it鈥檚 worth going after the big 鈥渇ish鈥 even if you don鈥檛 always catch it.
GE Healthcare donates anaesthesia machines
Aalto students can get acquainted with health technology devices used in hospitals as a part of their studies
School of Science dissertation awards 2018
The doctoral dissertation awards 2018 were presented 9 March at the traditional Get-together for doctoral candidates.
The second Brain Twitter Conference 08 March 2018: non-stop neuroscience for 16 hours
The keynote topics include the social brain and emotions' effect on speech production.
Film Memento helped uncover how the brain remembers and interprets events from clues
Key repeating moments in the film give viewers the information they need to understand the storyline. The scenes cause identical reactions in the viewer鈥檚 brain. The results deepen our understanding of how the brain functions, how narratives work in film, and memory mechanisms impaired by conditions such as Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
Finnish innovation to reduce complications after open heart surgery
Roughly every five patients suffer from different kinds of heart failure after open heart surgery.
Love and fear are visible across the brain instead of being restricted to any brain region
The brain mechanisms of basic emotions such as anger and happiness are fairly similar across people. Differences are greater in social emotions, such as gratitude and contempt.
Olav Thon Foundation grants the 2018 international research award to Academician, Professor Emerita Riitta Hari
The researcher prize was awarded due to excellence in brain research.
Health Design 2017 brought together healthcare, design, and technology professionals
Design expertise to help in commercialising health technology.
Three Aalto postdocs to pitch their bold research ideas in Slush
Anand Tatikonda, Anna St枚ckl and Tommi Himberg are competing for the Skolar Award at Slush.
The latest installation lectures available on video
Aalto University's newly tenured professors reveal the secrets of water-repellent surfaces and health promotive urban environment, among other things.
Not blinded by the light: Rods in the retina contribute to daylight vision
Findings of international research team may be beneficial in the search for new treatments for patients suffering from loss of photopic vision.