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Research & Art

Key Research Area: Digitalisation and AI

Digital technologies like Artificial Intelligence, robotics and communications are cut through the whole society, from education to medicine and economics.
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Photo by Matti Ahlgren.

This area represents over one third of the scientific publications and university education in the field of digitalisation and AI in Finland.

This forms the foundation for our spearhead in Finland’s drive towards the technological transformation of many aspects of society – from new consumer services to media, entertainment, education, health care, retail, and several areas of industry.

Research in digitalisation and AI relates to both theory and practice: computational and mathematical sciences, software and hardware technologies, secure communications, digital media, services, and engineering and management across technologies and industrial sectors.

This combination provides an excellent launching pad for interdisciplinary innovations. For instance, digitalisation and social media are topics which may only be profoundly understood via multidisciplinary viewpoints combining arts, business, science and technology.

Focus areas

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Cybersecurity
  • Digital services
  • Telecommunications
  • Power Systems
  • Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • Acoustics and Audio Technology

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Video Production Clinic event
Staff trainings

Video production and MOOC clinic with Online Hybrid Lab

Do you have questions about developing an educational videos production or have in mind MOOC development? Grab 30 minutes appointment with our specialist!
Video Production Clinic event
Staff trainings

Video production and MOOC clinic with Online Hybrid Lab

Do you have questions about developing an educational videos production or have in mind MOOC development? Grab 30 minutes appointment with our specialist!
Video Production Clinic event
Staff trainings

Video production and MOOC clinic with Online Hybrid Lab

Do you have questions about developing an educational videos production or have in mind MOOC development? Grab 30 minutes appointment with our specialist!

Latest news in this area

Henkilö työskentelemässä tietokoneella.
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Grants from Matti Lehti fund for the year 2025 awarded

The Matti Lehti fund has been donated to develop and encourage research, teaching and studies on digital information society in the School of Business
Digital Regulation
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How EU data and digital regulations are reshaping the building services industry

The EU is enacting a wave of data, cybersecurity, and AI regulations that will impact every part of the construction technology value chain, including building services. A research project by the Finnish Talotekniikka 2030 group is examining their impact on building services companies and their clients.
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New Fundamentals: ELLIS Institute Finland launches with bold scientific ambitions

AI and ML for transforming R&D, enhancing human-AI teamwork, and creating exciting new science
Comparison of human scanpaths and model predictions for data relating to theme park visits, using bar graphs and heatmaps.
Press releases, Research & Art Published:

AI that mirrors how humans behave can drive better designs for keyboards and charts

The human-like performance of these AI models is also transparent, paving the way for explainable AI and better human-computer interaction.

Flagships and Centres of Excellence

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The national Quantum Technology Finland (QTF) Centre of Excellence brings together scientific and technological excellence and cutting-edge research infrastructures to harness quantum phenomena in solid-state-based quantum devices and applications.

Infrastructure

Aalto Factory of the Future videowall

Aalto Factory of the Future

The Aalto Factory of the Future is an infrastructure to support innovation in future industrial automation, industry 4.0 & 5.0 and beyond. It allows test and trials of advanced technologies, such as future wireless communication (5G / Wifi6 and beyond) in industry.

MAGICS-infrastruktuuri mahdollistaa virtuaalitodellisuuden hyödyntämisen muun muassa taiteellisissa esityksissä. Kuva: Aalto Studios.

MAGICS is an infrastructure network to support research into motion recording, and virtual environments. It is a joint effort of Aalto University, Tampere University and the University of the Arts Helsinki.

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Science-IT

Infrastructure for high-level computational research.

Services
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Aalto Studios

Aalto Studios weaves together the players of the creative economy: designers, filmmakers, YouTubers, game developers, performing artists, educators, angel investors, public-sector operators, and more in Finland, Scandinavia, Europe, and beyond.

Research and learning infrastructures
Anturipiiri

Aalto Electronics-ICT - Electronics test facilities

School of Electrical Engineering offers 4 electronic test facilities

Services

Featured research bodies

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Collaborative institute for research on information technology.

HAIC logo

Excellence in information security research and education.

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Virtual Acoustics

Professor Tapio Lokki

Department of Information and Communications Engineering
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ACAS combines Aalto expertise on various fields to tackle challenging systems-related research problems related to the autonomous operation of networked machines.

Departments in this area

Computer Science building front entrance, Aalto University, photo Matti Ahlgren / Tietotekniikan talon sisäänkäynti, Aalto-yliopisto

Department of Computer Science

We are an internationally-oriented community and home to world-class research in modern computer science.

MS

Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis

Our main research areas are algebra and discrete mathematics, analysis, applied mathematics and mechanics, stochastics and statistics, and systems analysis and operations research.

Aalto University / Aalto satellite / photo: Mikko Raskinen

Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering

Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering (ELE) conducts research and arranges related teaching courses in the fields of electromagnetics, micro and nanotechnology, radio engineering, and space technology.

 Äänen viivettä on tutkittu Suomen hiljaisimmassa huoneessa Otaniemessä sijaitsevassa kaiuttomassa huoneessa.  Kuva: Aalto-yliopisto / Mikko Raskinen

Department of Information and Communications Engineering

The department of Information and Communications Engineering has a strong focus in the ICT area varying from ICT technology to core electrical engineering and its basic phenomena.

Key research area contact

 Dr. Krisztina Cziner

Dr. Krisztina Cziner

Manager, Digitalisation and AI Key Research Area, Aalto Networking Platform
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