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07.11.2016 12:15–13:00
Guest lecture
T6, CS building, Konemiehentie 2
Speaker: Thomas Brouwer
Speaker affiliation: University of Cambridge, UK
Host: Prof Samuel Kaski
Time: 12:15 (coffee at 12:00)
Venue: T6, CS building, Konemiehentie 2
Bayesian data integration by multiple matrix tri-factorisationAbstract
The amount of biological -omics data has increased...
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Students, alumni and young professionals interested in the ICT sector - welcome to TalentIT recruiting and career event!
The event will offer an extensive and diverse overview of the employers, career opportunities and development of the ICT sector.
We welcome every student, graduate and researcher interested in the ICT sector. The event is not limited only to the Aalto University...
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Title of the dissertation is: Computational Methods for Capture and Reproduction of Photorealistic Surface Appearance
Miika Aittala, M.Sc. (Tech.), will defend the dissertation "Computational Methods for Capture and Reproduction of Photorealistic Surface Appearance" on 28 October 2016 at 12 noon in Aalto University School of Science, lecture hall T2, Konemiehentie 2, Espoo. This dissertation introduces novel...
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Fibers and the appearance of materials
Speaker: Steve Marschner
Speaker affiliation:
Cornell University, USA
Host: Prof Jaakko Lehtinen
Time: 14:15 (coffee at 14:00)
Venue: Odeion, TUAS building
Fibers and the appearance of materialsAbstract
Many beautiful materials derive their appearance and mechanical properties from...
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Mai Nguyen: Lisätyn todellisuuden mahdollisuudet oppimisen tukena
MSc Thesis Presentation Fri 14 October 2016, at 14:00-14:30, room 3550 (TUAS Building):
14:00 – 14:30
Mai Nguyen
Topic / Aihe: "Lisätyn todellisuuden mahdollisuudet oppimisen tukena"
Supervisor / Valvoja: Prof. Tapio Takala -
Aalto University celebrates tenured professors with popular lectures by the new tenure track professors of Associate or Full level.
All lectures will be held in English and are open for everyone: professors, students, faculty, staff, and the public.
The multidisciplinary lectures will be followed by a reception hosted by Tuula Teeri, the President of Aalto University.
Lecturers and topics:
"Does the gender composition of scientific...
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12.10.2016 12:00–15:00
Defence of thesis
University of Helsinki Main Building, Auditorium XIII, Unioninkatu 34
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12.10.2016 12:00–15:00
Doctoral dissertation
Auditorium XIII, University Main building, Unioninkatu 34, HelsinkiAbstract in English:
We use information retrieval (IR) systems to meet a broad range of information needs, from simple ones involving day-to-day decisions to complex and imprecise information needs that cannot be easily formulated as a question. In consideration of these diverse goals, search activities arecommonly divided into two broad... -
Are you eager to understand more about the fundamentals and programming of the D-Wave quantum computers?
This October you’ll have a possibility to learn through actual hands-on exercises with D-Wave 2X, when CSC organizes a two-day workshop in collaboration with the Centre for Quantum Engineering at Otaniemi, Espoo.
To learn more and register to the course, see: ...
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This talk is part of the AScI Thematic programme "Challenges in Large Geometric Structures and Big Data".
Network science has been very successful in investigations of a wide variety of applications from biology and the social sciences to physics, technology, and more. In many situations, it is already insightful to use a simple (and typically naive) representation as a simple, binary graph in which nodes are entities and unweighted edges encapsulate the...