News from Aalborg University

11.02.2019

AAU students help develop LEGO® DUPLO® robot

Visitors to the LEGO® World event on 14-17 February in Copenhagen can play with Robot Robert - A fun playmate designed and developed in collaboration between LEGO Group, Denmark, and students and researchers at AAU.

07.02.2019

Innovation Factory: New Technology and Competence Development Going Hand-in-Hand

New smart technologies are not enough when manufacturers need to generate innovation and growth. In order to achieve success with smart production, it also takes competence development. Researchers at Aalborg University (AAU) will explore this approach along with 60 production companies and 10 technology developers in the Innovation Factory North project.

01.02.2019

AAU researcher invents virtual sound bubble to replace headphones

Taewoong Lee of AAU is awarded the North Jutland University Foundation’s Innovation Prize for his unique sound algorithm that creates isolated ‘bubbles’ of sound so that multiple people can listen to different sound tracks in the same room without disturbing each other.

23.01.2019

DKK 60 million ($9.2 million) awarded to NASH research team

An international research consortium led by Prof. Sakari Kauppinen from the Center for RNA Medicine, Aalborg University in Denmark receives DKK 60 million ($9.2 million) from the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Challenge 2018 Programme to advance development of new therapies for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)

22.01.2019

Ten Commandments to Boost Circular Economy

Circular economy is the future – inevitably. In conjunction with European partners, researchers at Aalborg University (AAU) have devised ten commandments to help businesses implement circular economy in their business model

04.01.2019

Artificial neural networks make life easier for hearing aid users

Researchers have taken an important step towards making life easier for people with hearing loss. Morten Kolbæk, PhD student at Aalborg University (AAU), has developed a groundbreaking algorithm that can enable hearing aid users to take a more active part in conversations in noisy environments − Photo: ©Oticon

16.12.2018

SGRE and AAU to lead project making offshore wind more affordable

Siemens Gamesa and Aalborg University to lead EU-funded R&D project to make offshore wind one of the most affordable energy sources

07.12.2018

Video: Student Recreates the Sound of the Sixties with Software

PhD student Silvin Willemsen from Aalborg University, Denmark, has made an award-winning effect for music and sound production. Based on analogue models, he has developed software that replicates the classic sixties ‘plate reverb’ effect with a high level of precision.

21.11.2018

New AAU Professor to Harness Massive Information

The amount of data is growing explosively these years. In three hours we generate more data than the amount that existed in 2003. Newly appointed computer science professor Katja Hose, 38, will map the data ocean so that we have the information we need, and especially, so that information is easily accessible, reliable and accurate

16.11.2018

AAU closes seven degree programmes and changes language on six others

Based on a larger analysis and strategic considerations for the faculties, AAU has decided to close down seven degree programmes, change language from English to Danish on six other programmes and put one programme on standby. This decision was made to meet the Ministry’s order to reduce admissions of international students by 290 in 2019. Students can complete their current programme.

20.03.2019 at 00.30 PM - 02.15 PM

Invitation to guest lecture by Dr. Ildikó Bellér-Hann on Uighurs in Xinjiang province, China

20.03.2019 at 01.00 PM - 04.00 PM

Invitation to PhD defence by Dennis Puorideme

21.03.2019 at 10.00 AM - 01.00 PM

PhD defence by Anne Gade

22.03.2019 at 09.15 AM - 00.15 PM

PhD Defense by Klaus Westphal