• Finnish researchers look at noisy quantum computer

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    Pamela Friström

    Finnish researchers look at noisy quantum computer Researchers from CSC – IT center for science, Åbo Akademi University, Aalto University, Finland, and their collaborators from Boston University in the USA have for the first time demonstrated how the noise impacts on quantum computing in a systematic way. The results are published in the prestigious journal

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  • A new learning model to enhance citizen participation

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    Pamela Friström

    A new learning model to enhance citizen participation How to teach citizens to become active members of the society? Peter Ehrström, Head of Research in Regional Science, and Marina Lindell, Project Researcher at the Social Science Research Institute of Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa, approached the question by inviting a group of students on a

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  • Kim Strandberg and Kimmo Grönlund awarded for best article 

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    Pamela Friström

    Kim Strandberg and Kimmo Grönlund awarded for best article  Kim Strandberg, Academy of Finland Research Fellow and Professor of Political Science at Åbo Akademi University, Kimmo Grönlund, Professor of Political Science at Åbo Akademi University, and Staffan Himmelroos, researcher in political science at the University of Helsinki (previously at Åbo Akademi University) are the winners of the 2020 Meisel-Laponce Award.  The award is given every four years for the best article published in International

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  • Carl G. Gahmberg appointed as new Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University

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    Pamela Friström

    Carl G. Gahmberg appointed as new Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University The Åbo Akademi University Collegiate Body has appointed Professor Carl G. Gahmberg as the new Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University. By virtue of the special provisions pertaining to Åbo Akademi University as given in the Universities Act, Åbo Akademi University shall have a Chancellor.

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  • European Commission Launched the Euro-Bioimaging ERIC – A Gateway to European Imaging Excellence

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    Pamela Friström

    European Commission Launched the Euro-Bioimaging ERIC – A Gateway to European Imaging Excellence The European Commission has officially established Euro-BioImaging – which provides life scientists with open access to a broad range of technologies and resources in biological and biomedical imaging – as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). Imaging technologies have a central role

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  • The European MegaM@Rt2 project uses AI and advanced modeling techniques for the continuous development and runtime validation of complex systems

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    Pamela Friström

    The European MegaM@Rt2 project uses AI and advanced modeling techniques for the continuous development and runtime validation of complex systems Åbo Akademi University is participating in the Teknologia 19 industry fair in Helsinki, where ÅAU together with other Finnish partners will present some intermediary results of the European MegaM@Rt2 Project (megamart2-ecsel.eu). MegaM@Rt2 is a three-year

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  • Memory training builds upon strategy use

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    Pamela Friström

    Memory training builds upon strategy use Researchers from Åbo Akademi University, Finland, and Umeå University, Sweden, have for the first time obtained clear evidence of the important role strategies have in memory training. Training makes participants adopt various strategies to manage the task, which then affects the outcome of the training. Strategy acquisition can also

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  • Åbo Akademi University is planning to move its library services in the Vaasa campus to Academill 

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    Pamela Friström

    Åbo Akademi University is planning to move its library services in the Vaasa campus to Academill  Åbo Akademi University’s Rector Moira von Wright has made a decision to initiate planning for the purpose of moving the library services of the Vaasa campus from Tritonia to Academill. The library services will become a part of Åbo Akademi University’s Library. Åbo Akademi University has contributed to the establishment, development and

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  • Moira von Wright inaugurated as new Rector of Åbo Akademi University 

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    Pamela Friström

    Moira von Wright inaugurated as new Rector of Åbo Akademi University  The opening ceremony of the academic year at Åbo Akademi University was celebrated in Vaasa on Wednesday, 4 September and in Turku on Thursday, 5 September.  In Turku the official programme began with a service in Turku Cathedral and the ceremony then continued in the Old Academy Building, where the retiring Rector Mikko Hupa inaugurated Professor Moira von Wright as the new Rector

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  • Åbo Akademi University will launch an international Master’s Programme in Education providing students with a Finnish teacher qualification

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    Pamela Friström

    Åbo Akademi University will launch an international Master’s Programme in Education providing students with a Finnish teacher qualification Next autumn, Åbo Akademi University will launch a new international Master’s Programme in Education within the Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies in Vaasa. The two-year Master’s Degree Programme in Teaching and Learning is comprised of 120

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