Aalto Networking Platform

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Aalto Networking Platform

The Aalto Networking Platform initiative promotes cross-disciplinary actions in Aalto University’s seven key research areas. We bring together experts in science, technology, arts and business, across departments, supporting collaboration both inside and outside of Aalto.

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Featured stories, events, and other content by the Aalto Networking Platform.

Advanced Energy -projektikurssin gaala 2025

Advanced Energy Project Course Gala 2025

This gala is the culmination of the Aalto Advanced Energy Project (AEP) course, where Energy Engineering MSc student teams carry out projects for external companies.

Events

Key research areas

Learn more about activities in the seven key research areas of Aalto University.

Key Research Area: Energy solutions

The main focus in energy research and teaching are energy sciences, multidisciplinary energy technologies, and sustainable energy solutions.

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Key Research Area: Arts and design

Art and creativity enable looking at the grand challenges of our time from a new perspective. Look past the imaginable and join us in changing the world in arts and design.

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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.

Aalto X Reality Keynote PiP by Matti Ahlgren

Key Research Area: Business and economics

Research related to business and economics include the areas of business, economics, industrial engineering and management.

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Key Research Area: Health and well-being

Aalto University’s expertise in health and well-being is broad-based, with strong clusters of research groups such as in medical devices, health AI, neuroscience, and care-facility architecture.

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Key Research Area: Living environments

We are developing interdisciplinary research to enhance planning and engineering, architecture and design for better living environments.

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Key Research Area: Materials and natural resources

Materials research ranges from physics, nanotechnology, mechanics, performance and design to biomaterials and sustainable resource use.

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Aalto Networking Platform Task Force

Related events

All upcoming events related to the Aalto Networking Platform.

Advanced Energy -projektikurssin gaala 2025
Lectures and seminars

Advanced Energy Project Course Gala 2025

This gala is the culmination of the Aalto Advanced Energy Project (AEP) course, where Energy Engineering MSc student teams carry out projects for external companies.
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Related news

All news related to the Aalto Networking Platform.

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Projects from Aalto University’s Bioinnovation Center and CHEMARTS featured at Dutch Design Week

Aalto University’s exhibition “Designs for the Material Future” at Dutch Design Week attracted up to 10,000 visitors over nine days, gained attention in international media, and received praise from attendees.
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Research & Art, Studies Published:

Five things everyone should know about microelectronics

'Without microelectronics, our society would not function,' says Jussi Ryynänen, Dean of the School of Electrical Engineering at Aalto University. Here are five things everyone should know about microelectronics.
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Awards and Recognition, Research & Art Published:

Textile artist Juha Vehmaanperä received the Taito-Finlandia award

Vehmaanperä is known for their knitwear that breaks the boundaries of handicrafts.
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AI at the speed of light just became a possibility

Researchers have demonstrated single-shot tensor computing at the speed of light.
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