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Just believing that an AI is helping boosts your performance
People perform better if they think they have an AI assistant – even when they’ve been told it’s unreliable and won’t help them
@aaltowellbeing in IG!
Stay on top of the latest research-based wellness information and Aalto University events and services related to wellness and inclusion by following the @aaltowellbeing account.
"Keep an open mind and step outside of your comfort zone"
Read what double award winner Kukka-Emilia Huhtinen wants to share about her doctoral studies in theoretical physics
"My PhD was great from every single point of view"
Read how Viliam Vaňo, Aalto thesis award winner, experienced his doctoral studies
Researchers develop a new way to instruct dance in Virtual Reality
The researchers started by experimenting with visualisation techniques familiar from previous dance games. But after several prototypes and stages, they decided to try out the audience wave, familiar from sporting events, to guide the dance.
Teamwork First-Aid Kit supports students in project-based courses
This online resource offers tools to support student teams throughout project courses.
Camilla Hollanti elected as a member of Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Camilla Hollanti leads a prominent research group on applications of algebra and number theory. The central topic of her research is to apply the methods of algebra and number theory to problems encountered in communication systems. Applications include wireless security and secure distributed computation.
Join us for the first Aalto Open Science Award Ceremony
All Aaltonians are welcome – no registration required!
5 ways to train your creativity this Spring and Summer
To celebrate the United Nations World Creativity Day on April 21, we made a list of five tips to boost your creativity this Spring/Summer
Wellbeing route on Otaniemi campus
The themes of the five-point welfare route are observation of emotions, fostering the relationship with nature, bodyliness, calming down, and reflection on moderation.
Broadband miniaturized spectrometer research receives QTF annual discovery award 2024
The clarity and compelling presentation of the research were one of the reasons why Doctoral Researcher Md Uddin earned the prize for the research paper, which was published in Nature Communications.
Bike thefts on campus have increased - remember to lock your bike properly
With the spring, bike thefts on the Aalto University campus have increased
A new way to do controlled experiments in medicine: simulate the control
Generative AI could augment randomized controlled trials.
Open Science and Research Summer Conference 2024 will be hosted by Aalto University
Open Science and Research Summer Conference 2024 will be held at Aalto University’s Otaniemi campus and in Zoom 3.–4.6.2024. Please register by May 3.
Physicists explain—and eliminate—unknown force dragging against water droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces
Aalto University researchers adapt a novel force measurement technique to uncover the previously unidentified physics at play at the thin air-film gap between water droplets and superhydrophobic surfaces.
Five new honorary doctors in technology at Aalto in 2024
The ceremonial conferment took place on campus in June.
Bioinspired colours and adaptable materials - Professor Olli Ikkala's third EU project builds on living systems
Department of Applied Physics Professor Olli Ikkala received his third Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) on 11 April 2024. The funding amounts to €2.5 million and the project will run for five years.
Olli Ikkala and Esa Saarinen found a common thread in baroque music and lecturing
Olli Ikkala will continue his research on nature-inspired materials and will find himself again as an organist after his busy research career. Esa Saarinen, on the other hand, continued to lecture the Philosophy and Systems Thinking (Filosofia ja systeemiajattelu) course to packed halls this spring. When they met, they discussed the organ and the atmosphere of the lectures.
Aalto’s art & design ranks in the top 10 globally
Aalto University also ranked in the top 100 in five other subjects in the prestigious QS ranking
New method of measuring qubits promises ease of scalability in a microscopic package
Aalto University researchers are the first in the world to measure qubits with ultrasensitive thermal detectors
