The research at our school focuses on advanced energy solutions, condensed matter and materials physics; creation and transformation of technology based business; data science and artificial intelligence; health technology; neuroscience; and software engineering. Get to know more information about us below, including information on joining us to research and study.

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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.

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New book on flexible hybrid work

Matti Vartiainen explores the shift in working culture and what it means for staff wellbeing and performance, as well as how remote work policies can be implemented effectively.

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The WAVE technique developed by the researchers is based on anticipating future movement, such as a turn. Picture: Markus Laatta

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.

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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

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CEST researchers receive significant LUMI supercomputing resources

Read how two successful machine learning projects got support by a supercomputer

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Aalto University retains Finland’s #1 spot in QS ranking

Aalto University continued its success in the international QS World University Rankings, maintaining its position as the best university in Finland.
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Marsio will open in September - read more about facilities and services

What happens there, what kind of facilities and services are there and what kinds of events can be organised? Read more from this news piece.
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Spectacular portraits and brazen cheating at the School of Science summer event

The summer 2024 Olympics inspired the school's staff to excel in both paper airplane throwing and portrait painting.

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Public defence in Biomedical Engineering, M.Sc. Timo Nurmi

Processing of the position and movement sense in the brain was studied using neuroimaging and evoked movements of the limbs.
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Public defence in Computer Science, M.Sc. (Tech) Gazi Illahi

Remote rendering enables complex graphics rendering based experiences to be delivered on resource constrained devices. By leveraging cloud computing resources for remote rendering, new application paradigms like cloud gaming and cloud XR can be realized. By optimizing different aspects of remote rendering, it may be possible to improve the quality of experience of end users of such applications.
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Lectures and seminars

What dendrites can tell us about how mice see crickets

This time, Thomas Euler (University of Tübingen, Germany) will present his research on signal processing in the early visual system of mice. His work focuses on how neural circuits in the retina are adapted to the species' natural visual environment.
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How can mission-oriented policy accelerate the creation of solutions to grand challenges? Join the IN2MISSION results seminar

Come hear research results from the Informational Infrastructure to Accelerate Mission-Oriented System-Level Transformations (IN2MISSION) project.

Student stories

A dire need for experts in mathematics and analytical reasoning opened a world of possibilities for Matilde Costa

A fascinating course offering, the opportunity for paid summer internships, and high-quality education. Aalto University’s Mathematics and Operations Research programme was the right choice for Matilde Costa, who has a passion for algebra and number theory.

Matilde Costa at the learning centre

"It is a privilege to have this much freedom of choice” – master's programme opened up top-notch research opportunities and career paths from electronics to machine learning

Appealing opportunities for interesting summer jobs and the prospect of conducting a thesis in a preferred subject drew Evren Korkmazgil to enroll in the Engineering Physics master's programme at Aalto University.

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Information networks brought Ruusu Kukkurainen and Ida Koponen together – podcast hosts talk openly about highs and lows of student life

Ida Koponen and Ruusu Kukkurainen host a podcast in which they share their experiences as university students.

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Master's student Anna Huttunen: ‘Listening to others can help you listen to yourself’

Anna Huttunen, a multi-year student tutor and current wellbeing ambassador, shares her thoughts on student wellbeing and how it could be improved.

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Emil Stråka: It’s interesting to see physicists and chemists complement each other’s expertise

'It’s interesting to see how physicists and chemists can be looking at the same system, and yet arrive at very different conclusions, questions, and results. In LIBER Center of Excellence, you can see the expertise from different disciplines.'

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Leila Arstila: As a recent graduate, I have a whole world ahead of me

'We could learn to listen to ourselves and be kinder to ourselves. After burning out, it's really hard to climb back up. It would be easier to stop before the fall.'

Leila Arstila, photo by Linda Lehtovirta
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