News: Archive 2010
Aalto University announces several postdoctoral research vacancies
07.01.2010 Aalto University is announcing several postdoctoral research posts in the University's different research fields. The vacancies announced are in the units that performed especially well in an international research assessment. Aalto University rewards these units with a total of fourteen postdoctoral research posts. In addition, other postdoctoral tasks of different lengths are announced vacant in the rewarded units.
Professor Kalevi Ekman selected as the ‘Otaniemi Person of the Year 2009’
15.01.2010 Professor Kalevi Ekman from the Aalto University School of Science and Technology has been awarded the title of ‘The Otaniemi Person of the Year 2009’.
National Nanomicroscopy Center opened in Otaniemi
15.01.2010 Otaniemi is now home to the national Nanomicroscopy Center, one of the largest of its kind in Europe.
Researchers of Aalto University participating in the investigation of the birthplace of γ-ray radiation from quasar 3C279
18.02.2010 An international research group has discovered the birthplace of gamma-ray emission from quasar 3C279.
Researchers develop a novel sensor to measure small magnetic fields
05.03.2010 The results of the research conducted at the Low Temperature Laboratory of the Aalto University School of Science and Technology and Scuola Normal Superiore were published in the Nature Physics online edition on 28th February.
Aalto University studies brain activity in a multidisciplinary research group
15.03.2010 Researchers of aivoAALTO introduced the multidisciplinary brain research of Aalto University to the general public on open lectures held 11 March in Otaniemi. The event was opened by the director of aivoAALTO, Academy Professor Riitta Hari, who introduced some methods used in brain imaging. The lecture series also discussed brain plasticity and the use of economics games and cinema in human brain research.
New, high-strength and lightweight nacre-mimetic material applicable to large-scale industrial processes
22.03.2010 The Molecular materials research group within the Department of Applied Physics in collaboration with VTT and Royal Institute of Technology show the first example of light-weight but mechanically strong nanocomposite material mimicking the nacreous shells that allow upscaling for industrial processes.
FidiPro Research Projects Bring Top International Competence to Aalto University
31.03.2010 To the Finland Distinguished Professor (FiDiPro) Programme, Tekes has chosen five new international research projects, of which two have been assigned to the Aalto University School of Science and Technology.
Scientists develop a new computational method to uncover gene regulation
14.04.2010 Researchers from Aalto University, European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg and the University of Manchester have developed a new computational method to identify targets of regulator genes. The method is presented in the Early Edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Eight new Academy Research Fellows appointed from the Aalto University School of Science and Technology
14.04.2010 The Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering of the Academy appointed 19 new Academy Research Fellows on 12 April 2010. 8 researchers from the School of Science and Technology were appointed as new Academy Research Fellows.
Academy Professor Maarit Karppinen encourages young researches to embark on an international career
23.04.2010 Academy Professor Maarit Karppinen has advanced quickly in her career to the top of international materials research. The latest highlight of her career is admission to the Finnish Academy of Sciences which was granted on April 12. Prof. Karppinen, who is the head of the Chemistry department at Aalto University School of Science and Technology, urges young scientists to boldly venture abroad. She views the future of Aalto University with optimism.
Aalto University to organize a symposium on sustainable development in June
26.05.2010 A multidisciplinary research group of Aalto University, Helsinki University and Oulu University will organize an international crossdisciplinary symposium for doctoral students from 14 to 17 June in Sannainen. A total of 73 applications were received, and 46 participants admitted, among them participants from Yale and Cambridge.
Finnish researchers involved in the development of synthetic biomaterials
27.05.2010 An international team has prepared a library of synthetic biomaterials, so-called Janus-molecules, that mimic cell membranes. Self-assembled nanostructures which they call "dendrimersomes" may be broadly useful for delivering cancer drugs safely to the body. The study appeared in Science on 21st May.
Samuel Kaski – New Director of Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT
18.06.2010 The President of Aalto University and the Rector of Helsinki University have appointed Professor Samuel Kaski as the new Director of Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT for a fixed five-year term.
An Aalto University School of Economics study ranked among the 50 best articles of 2009
13.07.2010 The article “Should Good Stocks Have High Prices or High Returns?” by Markku Kaustia, Heidi Laukkanen, and Vesa Puttonen, published in the Financial Analyst Journal, was selected by Emerald Management Reviews as one of the best 50 articles published on business and economics in 2009. More than 15,000 articles from 400 top business and management journals were reviewed.
A study reviews the reasons for the failure of the American merger of Stora Enso
14.07.2010 A recent publication by Aalto University School of Science and Technology reviews the assumptions made by the management of Stora Enso – the largest paper producer in Europe – that led to the acquisition of the North American Consolidated Papers in the year 2000. With the merger Stora Enso attempted to grow into a truly global company in the forest industry.
Multitouch display for public playing at the Pori Jazz festival
23.07.2010 This summer Pori Jazz uses the latest technology to present its programme, artists and venues to the audience. The Jatsitatsi multitouch wall, created as a part of a research project, uses advanced technology in a novel way to provide the audience with new experiences in public spaces.
New materials out of magnetic nanocellulose
02.08.2010 Professor Olli Ikkala of the Department of Applied Physics in Aalto University School of Science and Technology is a partner in an international research consortium that has generated novel types of magnetic materials. The recent issue of the renowned publication Nature Nanotechnology contains an article ”Making flexible magnetic aerogels and stiff magnetic nanopaper using cellulose nanofibrils as templates” by a Swedish-Spanish-Finnish research consortium. It shows that a combination of cellulose nanofibers and magnetic nanoparticles allows, on the other hand, ultra-flexible porous magnetic materials and, on the other hand, mechanically strong magnetic nanopaper.
The Glueck Best Paper Award to the School of Science and Technology
16.08.2010 Researcher Jens Schmidt and Professor Thomas Keil of Aalto University School of Science and Technology have won the Glueck Best Paper Award of the Business Policy and Strategy division at the 2010 Academy of Management Meeting in Montreal. The winning paper is titled "Unique Demand Complementarities – A Demand-based Theory of Diversification".
Aalto Professor Risto Nieminen: an appointment recognising our research efforts
27.08.2010 A nanoscience seminar arranged in honour of Risto Nieminen, the first Aalto Professor, attracted an audience of more than one hundred people to the Dipoli Conference Centre at Otaniemi in Espoo on 27 August 2010. The event was opened by University President Tuula Teeri, who illustrated her address with examples from professor Nieminen’s career and thanked him for his outstanding research work.
Outokumpu Donates Million Euros to Aalto University
10.09.2010 Outokumpu supports higher education and research by donating million euros to Aalto University. Cooperation with Aalto University offers Outokumpu the chance to harness top-level know-how and a multidisciplinary approach. Aalto’s core research fields – materials research and design – will round out Outokumpu’s in-house R&D, offering new opportunities for innovation and exchanging know-how.
Favorable expectations make people like using a new mobile phone better
20.09.2010 According to Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT researchers, users' favorable expectations make them forgive encountered usability problems and perceive new mobile phones usable.
Detector for the single-electron magnet discovered – pathway to quantum computing
28.09.2010 Researchers from University of New South Wales (Australia), University of Melbourne (Australia), and Aalto University (Finland) have succeeded in demonstrating a high-fidelity detection scheme for the magnetic state of a single electron, that is, the spin. Their work was published in Nature on 26 September.
A sustainable lifestyle requires novel structures that can easily be transferred into daily life
11.10.2010 At Aalto University, researchers from different fields are seeking methods for energy-efficient and sustainable living and accommodation.
aivoAALTO Combines Film Studies, Economics and Brain Research
18.10.2010 What do you get when you combine Aki Kaurismäki’s The Match Factory Girl with magnetic resonance imaging of the brain? Or financial investment decision-making with brain research? Voxel-specific data on the brain, of course.
Aalto University School of Science and Technology to be divided into four new schools
25.10.2010 In its meeting on 22nd October 2010, the board of Aalto University decided to approve an amendment to its bylaws and divide the Aalto University School of Science and Technology into four new schools of technology starting from 1st of January 2011.
The Board Appointed Three New Deans
25.10.2010 At its meeting on the 22nd October 2010, the Foundation Board of Aalto University appointed three new Deans. Professor Tuija Pulkkinen was appointed as Dean of the Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering and Professor Ilkka Niemelä was appointed as Dean of the Aalto University School of Science for five years from 1.1.2011. Professor Jyrki Wallenius was appointed Dean of the Aalto University School of Economics for the year 2011.
Professor Patrick Aebischer to join the Aalto University Board
25.10.2010 The Academic Affairs Committee of Aalto University, in its meeting on 25th October 2010, decided to appoint Professor Patrick Aebischer, currently President of EPFL, as a member of the board of Aalto University for a three-year period. He will replace Robert A. Brown, currently President of Boston University, whose term is ending now. Aebischer brings to the board a strong vision concerning the European university scene and both expertise and experience about change management for universities. He will start in his task on 1st of January 2011.
Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (YTK) is part of a new Nordic Centre of Excellence
26.10.2010 Centre for Urban and Regional Research (YTK) is part of one of the three Nordic Centres of Excellence (NCoE) announced by NordForsk. Nordic Top-level Research Initiative in the fields of climate, energy and environment (Top-level Research Initiative) was launched in 2008 with a total budget of 400 million Danish kroner. The three announced NCoEs e are part of the climate change impact analysis and adaptation to sub-program.
School of Economics 100th Anniversary in 2011: Celebrations started
26.10.2010 In 2011, the Aalto University School of Economics celebrates its first one hundred years as a university which began on 16 January 1911.
Students at Aalto University are building Finland’s first satellite
08.11.2010 Aalto-1 is expected to be launched into space in 2013 and the plan is that most of the design, construction and testing of the device will be carried out by students.
Energy-efficient server centres for Finland under development at Aalto University
02.12.2010 The objective of Aalto University's Data Centers to Finland (DC2F) research project is to create, in the server centres, the conditions and know-how that will enable future production of digital services energy-efficiently and without putting a strain on the environment.
Machine infers person’s interests from his eye-movement
09.12.2010 A method developed in Aalto University retrieves information to data glasses about people and objects a person is looking at. Equipment including an eye tracker implements machine learning methods and infers from context and gaze direction what the viewer may be interested in, to learn more about.
Aalto University and Futureful announce collaboration
22.12.2010 The Aalto University Department of Media Technology and the Aalto Center for Entrepreneurship announce their collaboration with Futureful, a research-based start up. The cooperation will focus on the commercialization of cutting-edge research and embodies what the formation of Aalto University is all about; where science and art meet technology and business.
The School of Science and Technology divided into four new schools of Aalto University
29.12.2010 Aalto University School of Science and Technology was divided into four new schools starting from 1st of January 2011.
