Cloud empires: Mapping the geopolitics of data infrastructures
The trend towards hyperscale cloud infrastructures is creating powerful global gatekeepers of computational capability. We must understand the geopolitical implications.
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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
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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CS Research Day 2024
Networking and getting to know what other computer science researchers are doing. Everyone is welcome!
Introduction to Research Data Management, Oct 9, 2024
Get to know the basics of RDM with Data Agent, Dr. Essi Viitanen from Research Services.
Research funding seminar series, part 1/3: Major EU funding instruments for research projects, 9.10.2024
Aalto University Research Services organizes a seminar introducing major European funding instruments, focusing particularly on the framework programme Horizon Europe.
Public defence in Computer Science, M.Sc. (Tech) Petri Leskinen
Artificial intelligence brings history to life and enables the production, publication, and utilization of biographical data for research.Study computer science
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Computer Science education on Bachelor, Master and Doctoral levels.
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Humans of Computer Science
Computer Science at Aalto University is more than just coding. Here are stories from our computer scientists.
‘If you study data science, you won’t limit your choice of career in the future’
Before starting her Data Science studies at Aalto, Angeline Jayanegara obtained a diploma in fashion design. In the future, she would like to work as a Data Scientist in the fashion industry.
Podcast: Kahvit näppikselle
Finnish language podcast about how computer science is involved in basically everything.
Billions of individuals depend on security protocols crafted by Professor Emerita Kaisa Nyberg
Kaisa Nyberg's career has taken her from radio encryption algorithms to international standardisation work and finally to professor at Aalto University. According to Nyberg, the biggest contribution of her career lies in her role as a mentor to students
Jukka Suomela studies the limitations and efficiency of computation
Associate Professor Jukka Suomela is a theoretical computer scientist, who works with very hard mathematical problems to uncover the limits and possibilities that computers hold
Ask a scientist: How will AI affect creativity?
The impact of creative AI is unfolding before our eyes, yet we struggle to understand it. It’s the perfect time to ask researchers what they see and think.
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.'
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