Everyday choices: Russell Lai, what do swordsmanship and cryptography have in common?
Assistant Professor Russell Lai wields mathematical symbols and German longswords.
School of Science
We aim to change the world for the better
We Are The School of Science. Through our internationally-acclaimed high-level research we aim to make a significant impact on society.
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.
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Avatars and genuine interaction
Aalto University’s researchers are contributing to the creation of redesigned maternity and child health clinics and positive childbirth experiences in their research projects. The visions seize the potential of technology, such as childbirth simulation in a 3D-video conference using an avatar, a virtual character. On the other hand, the researchers would also like to hold on to the best practices from the past, such as the traditional child health clinic card, genuine human interaction and the rotina tradition, visits by family and close-ones to meet the newborn and bring foods as a gift.
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Jukka Luoma, Teacher of the Year 2023
The Prodeko Guild chose Professor Jukka Luoma as the Teacher of the Year 2023.
Empathy in design and digitalisation – Aalto University researchers hold workshops for students at Arabia Comprehensive School
Aalto University researchers organised workshops for seventh graders, whose creative thinking skills were put to the test in designing future information services
The BalticSeaH2 project starts building a hydrogen valley around the Baltic Sea
Aalto University will focus on studying the use of data-mediated network effects to boost the growth in the hydrogen valley.
Supercomputer simulations provide a better picture of the Sun’s magnetic field
The new findings challenge the conventional understanding of solar dynamics and could improve predictions of solar weather in the future
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Upcoming events at the school
Public defence in Engineering Physics, M.Sc. (Tech) Maria Ameziane
Title of the doctoral thesis: Solid-state lithium magnetoionics for voltage control of magnetic phenomena
Extrinsic and intrinsic superconducting diode effects
Aalto Quantum Physics Seminars (Hybrid).Prof. Jukka Vayrynen (Purdue University)
Public defence in Computer Science, M.Sc. (Tech) Mustafa Mert Çelikok
Title of the doctoral thesis: Model-based Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning for AI Assistants
Conductance gap closure and the detection of Majorana zero modes in topological superconducting hybrid systems
Aalto Quantum Physics Seminars (Hybrid).Prof. Bhaskaran Muralidharan (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
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Mikko Kiviharju's research delves into the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure
Aalto University’s new Professor of Practice Mikko Kiviharju thinks information security should be integral to organisations and not just another software product
Five Aalto students belong to the Finnish Championship winning synchronised skating team Team Unique
The skaters studying at different Aalto schools are Aalto’s Urhea athletes
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.
Koen Van Leemput decodes medical scans with artificial intelligence
Greatest challenge is translating methods from lab settings to patient care, says Aalto University’s new professor
Psyched up for computer science
How can we align technology with the way we think about, feel, and understand the world? Robin Welsch is a psychologist-turned-computer scientist on a quest to find an answer.
Professor Matilda Backholm: Between the micro and the macro
Driven by curiosity, new Department of Applied Physics professor Matilda Backholm studies the physics of the mesoscale.
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