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Significant levels of funding from the Academy of Finland
24.06.2014
Aalto University was granted research funding worth over EUR 20 million.
The application round ended last September and funding decisions for the posts of Academy Professor, Academy Research Fellow, Postdoctoral Researcher,
as well as for FiDiPro projects and academy projects were published in April-June.
There are four Research Councils at the Academy of Finland. They each carry out the Academy's tasks within their respective field of expertise. The majority of
funding for Aalto University is granted by the Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering. The School of Arts, Design and Architecture and the
School of Business usually apply for funding from the Research Council for Culture and Society. In addition, the Academy of Finland has a Research Council for
Biosciences and Environment and one for Health.
Paavo Alku as Academy Professor
Professor Paavo Alku from the Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics at the School of Electrical Engineering has been selected as an Academy
Professor for the term of 2015-2019. Alku is one of seven new Academy Professors.
Read more:
Academy of Finland selected seven new Academy Professors for 2015–2019 (www.aka.fi)
Nine research fellows and 15 postdoctoral researchers
The Academy of Finland's Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering has given grants for seven researcher posts in the field of natural sciences and
engineering.
Lopez Acevedo, Olga Aalto SCI Quantum simulation of metal-organic nanosensors
Priimägi, Arri Aalto SCI Halogen-Bonded Photocontrollable Functional Materials
Puisto, Antti Aalto SCI Multiscale modeling of multiphase material rheology
Raiko, Tapani Aalto SCI Advances in Deep Learning with Applications to Large-Scale Multimedia Data
Savolainen, Tuomas Aalto ELEC Physics of Black Hole-Powered Jets
Sun, Zhipei Aalto ELEC Graphene Based Ultrafast Lasers
Tuononen, Ari Aalto ENG General theory of rubber-ice friction - a multi-scale fractal approach
Altogether 20 persons were granted five-year posts as Academy Research Fellows in Finland by the Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering.
This council also appointed the following 15 postdoctoral researchers from Aalto University:
Borrega Sabate, Marc Aalto CHEM Physico-chemical alterations in cellulosic fibers treated under subcritical water conditions (PURCELL)
Brax, Saara Aalto SCI Integration mechanisms for complex service offerings
Brunelli, Matteo Aalto SCI Consistency of valued preference relations for decision analytics methods
Chang, Bo Aalto ELEC Parallel Assembly of Inorganic Micro Components for Stretchable Electronics
Henriksson, Linda Aalto SCI Population-code representations of natural visual scenes in the human visual cortex
Iniguez Gonzalez, Gerardo Aalto SCI Forecasting cascades of innovation and conflict in online societies
Jain, Tushar Aalto CHEM Fault-tolerant Economic Model Predictive Control for Smart Energy Systems
Kaivosoja, Emilia Aalto ELEC Hybrid carbon nanomaterial biosensors
Kayo, Genku Aalto ENG Nearly zero energy community by integrating and optimizing local energy systems
Peltonen, Joonas Aalto SCI Fast and sensitive thermometry for low-temperature nanoelectronic circuits
Rasilo, Paavo Aalto ELEC Coupled Magnetomechanical Analysis of Power Losses in Electrical Machines
Ruotsalo, Tuukka Aalto SCI Multisource Intent-prediction for Interactive Information Retrieval
Räsänen, Okko Aalto ELEC Computational modeling of language acquisition: bridging the gap between physical sensory input and high-level linguistic
representations
Tan, Kuan Aalto SCI Redefining the Ampere a Single Electron at a Time
Tian, Ying Aalto SCI Chirality Controlled Growth of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes for High-performance Thin-film Transistors
The Academy's Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering awarded funding for 35 Postdoctoral Researchers in Finland.
The Academy's Research Council for Culture and Society granted funding for two new Academy Research Fellows from Aalto University.
Huttunen, Kristiina Aalto BIZ Early Life Environment and Human Capital Formation
Karjalainen, Toni-Matti Aalto BIZ Trade of cultural narratives in rock music industry (CULTS)
Funding was granted by this Council for 19 new Academy Research Fellows from all Finland.
Read more:
Academy Research Fellows and Postdoctoral Researchers in natural sciences and engineering (www.aka.fi)
Research Council for Culture and Society funds new Academy Research Fellows and Postdoctoral Researchers (www.aka.fi)
Three FiDiPro Professors
The Academy of Finland has decided to provide funding for three new Finland Distinguished Professor (FiDiPro) posts placed at Aalto University.
FiDiPro-professor: Professor Marcus Greferath, University College Dublin, Ireland
Finnish host and university: Professor Camilla Hollanti, Aalto University, School of Science
FiDiPro Professor: Senior Researcher Stefano Zapperi, National Research Council of Italy, Italy
Finnish host and university: Professor Mikko Alava, Aalto University, School of Science
FiDiPro Professor: Professor Peter McNeil, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Finnish host and university: Professor Sofia Pantouvaki, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Details of the projects will be announced later. Altogether, nine FiDiPro projects from Finland were funded.
Read more:
Academy of Finland funds nine new FiDiPro-Professors (www.aka.fi)
26 academy projects to Aalto
The Academy's Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering granted funding for 24 research projects from Aalto University worth in total EUR 10.8
million. Funding for Aalto University accounted for 30% of the total project funding of this council.
Alopaeus, Ville Aalto CHEM PORLIS - Analysis of polydispersity in reactive liquid-liquid systems
Asokan, N Aalto SCI Contextual Security: Balancing Security and Usability via Context Inference
Heikkinen, Jukka Aalto SCI Physics of the transition to high confinement in fusion plasma
Heljanko, Keijo Aalto SCI Advanced Parallel Testing and Verification Methods for Distributed Systems (APTV)
Hinkkanen, Marko Aalto ELEC Sensorless and bearingless reluctance motor drive
Hollanti, Camilla Aalto SCI Applied Algebra and Number Theory in Robust and Secure Wireless Cloud Storage Systems
Holmström, Jan Aalto SCI Digital manufacturing-driven transformations of supply chain management
Jonsson, Hannes Aalto SCI Development of Methods for Finding the Mechanism and Rate of Transitions with Applications to Magnetic Systems
Kaski, Kimmo Aalto SCI Complex Social Dynamics in Networks - COSDYN
Kinnunen, Juha Aalto SCI Non-linear parabolic partial differential equations
Kuosmanen, Petri Aalto ENG Novel simulation approaches for transient dynamic analysis of non-ideal rotor-bearing system
Lefferts, Leon Aalto CHEM Building atomistic understanding of metal-support interplay for ethanol reforming catalysis from theory and experiment
Lehtinen, Jaakko Aalto SCI Robust Unbiased Image Synthesis -- Building Smoothly Converging Unbiased Rendering Algorithms
Lund, Peter Aalto SCI A novel single component fuel cell based on engineered nanocomposites
Luttinen, Tapio Aalto ENG Multilevel traffic simulation with cognitive basis
Maloney, Thad Aalto CHEM Development of porosity at high solids loading in the early stages of fibre treatment by cellulose-active enzymes
POROFIBRE
Oulasvirta, Antti O Aalto ELEC Computational User Interface Design
Pietola, Matti Aalto ENG Digital Hydraulic Hybrid Actuators
Ryynänen, Jussi Aalto ELEC Interference-robust receiver with blocker detection
Räisänen, Antti Aalto ELEC Dynamic antennas at millimetre and terahertz waves (DYNAMITE)
Siren, Kai Aalto ENG Advanced Energy Matching for Zero-Energy Buildings in Future Smart Hybrid Networks
Tuomisto, Filip Aalto SCI Microstructure evolution in nuclear fuels: advanced characterization
Ylä-Jääski, Antti Aalto SCI Mobile Crowdsensing in Ubiquitous Cloud Environment
Österberg, Monika Aalto CHEM Interaction between living cells and biomimetic hydrogels-MIMEGEL
Altogether, the Academy's Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering funded 70 projects in all universities (16% of applications).
The Academy of Finland has granted funding for two research projects in the field of culture and society.
Jääskeläinen, Iiro Aalto SCI Multimodal Neuroimaging of the Predictive Human Brain
Schildt, Henri Aalto BIZ Strategy work and big data systems
Altogether 41 grants (11% of the applications) were made by this council.
Read more:
Research into culture and society receives EUR21m in funding from the Academy of Finland (www.aka.fi)
The Academy of Finland is the most important source of research funding in the Finnish research and innovation system. Most of the Academy funding is
channelled to university research. Its funding for research amounts to 310 million euros in 2014. Each year, the Academy of Finland funding contributes to some
8 000 people's work at universities and research institutes in Finland.
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