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Aalto University's newly tenured professors reveal the secrets of quantum computers and shortlisted investments, among other things.
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Aalto University President Ilkka Niemelä, Professors Elias Rantapuska, Simo Särkkä, Mikko Möttönen and Mika Järvinen and Provost Kristiina Mäkelä. Photo: Mikko Raskinen / Aalto University

As part of the university's tenure track career system, the newly appointed tenured professors delivered their installation lectures on their own research 30 October 2019. The videos of the lectures are available on Aalto University's YouTube channel. 

Elias Rantapuska: Markets fluctuate, and so do investors

This Professor of Finance knows that investing one’s own money is not just a rational process. Welcome to learn more at Installation Talks 30 October!

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Elias Rantapuska

Mika Järvinen turns slag and carbon dioxide into profitable business

Professor of Energy Technology believes that science should come up with solutions to major environmental problems

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Professori Mika Järvinen

Simo Särkkä: Sensor data guides robots and helps with care of premature infants

This Professor of Sensor Informatics uses models to turn noisy data into a clear overall picture. Welcome to hear more at the Installation Talks event on 30 October!

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Professor SImo Särkkä
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Main entrance to the Viima building
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Future buildings are both producers and users of energy

An innovative new structure developed at Aalto University improves the efficiency of plate heat exchangers by up to 20%. When connected to a heat pump, it has a wide range of applications, from domestic hot water heating to geothermal installations and ventilation in buildings.
Construction worker looking straight to camera
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Up to 80% of work on construction sites is inefficient, and also safety is affected by constant interruptions

Most of the work carried out on construction sites does not directly affect the actual progress of the work. However, a recent doctoral dissertation found an easy way to improve construction productivity and, at the same time, well-being: monitoring employees' activities.
Concrete staircase leading upstairs, a painting hanging on the wall on the left
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Shared imagination and the idea of waves - two new public art collections were unveiled

The art collections of Marsio and Kide buildings were published.
Tapani Vuorinen in a black suit, facing camera in front of large windows.
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Aalto Distinguished Professor Tapani Vuorinen: “Only through collaboration can we achieve greater impact”

Tapani Vuorinen, professor of forest products chemistry at the School of Chemical Engineering, was appointed Aalto Distinguished Professor at the opening of the academic year on 3 September.