{"id":352,"date":"2018-04-13T12:18:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T10:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/?page_id=352"},"modified":"2026-09-21T22:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T20:35:42","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/?page_id=352","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"mc2-sub th-xr\">Press Coverage <em>11<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"mc2-flat th-xr\"><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-xr\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Press<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movesense.com\/news\/2025\/10\/new-open-dataset-strengthsense-captures-everyday-movements-with-10-movesense-sensors-ideal-for-movesense-developers\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Open IMU Dataset \u201cStrengthSense\u201d Captures Everyday Movements with 10 Movesense Sensors<\/a><\/strong>. 30.10.2025<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-xr\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Press<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiit.fi\/a-multisensory-sauna-experience-in-vr\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A multisensory sauna experience in VR.<\/a><\/strong> 19.12.2024<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-xr\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Press<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aalto.fi\/en\/news\/gaming-gloves-and-a-hugging-shirt-aalto-researchers-held-a-smart-wearables-workshop-for-chilean\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gaming gloves and a hugging shirt \u2013 Aalto researchers held a smart wearables workshop for Chilean students<\/a>. <\/strong>21.11.2024<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-xr\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Press<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aalto.fi\/en\/news\/smart-wearables-courses-teach-students-both-design-and-engineering-skills\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Smart Wearables courses teach students both design and engineering skills<\/strong><\/a>, 29.4.2024<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-xr\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Press<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aalto.fi\/en\/news\/gesture-recognition-technology-shrinks-to-micro-size\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gesture recognition technology shrinks to micro size <\/a> <\/strong>27.10.2020<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-xr\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Press<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/aaltouniversity\/docs\/aum27_en_pdf_150_dpi\/s\/11201537\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Technology to guide rehabilitation patients by the hand<\/strong>.<\/a> Aalto University Magazine 27. 23.10.2020<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-xr\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Press<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiit.fi\/multidisciplinary-pilot-project-explored-smart-textiles-and-virtual-reality-in-rehabilitation-of-stroke-patients\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Multidisciplinary pilot project explored smart textiles and virtual reality in rehabilitation of stroke patients<\/a><\/strong> 26.05.2020<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-xr\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Press<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/Artificial intelligence passes on skills at the workplace\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artificial intelligence passes on skills at the workplace<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Prof. Yu Xiao<br \/>Aalto University, April 22, 2020<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-xr\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Press<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aalto.fi\/en\/news\/eu17-million-fund-backs-170-projects-to-develop-disruptive-solutions-to-key-societal\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">17 million fund backs 170 projects to develop disruptive solutions to key societal challenges<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Prof. Yu Xiao<br \/>Aalto University, May 22, 2019<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-xr\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Press<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiit.fi\/aaltos-mobile-cloud-computing-group-deepens-collaboration-with-ie-business-school\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Aalto's Mobile Cloud Computing group deepens collaboration with IE Business School<\/strong><\/a><br \/>Giancarlo Pastor<br \/>Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, January 2019<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-xr\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Press<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aalto.fi\/news\/playing-sparked-an-idea-how-to-transfer-tacit-knowledge\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Playing sparked an idea how to transfer tacit knowledge<\/strong><\/a><br \/>Prof. Yu Xiao<br \/>Aalto University Magazine, Issue 23, October 2018<\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"mc2-sub th-sensing\">Awards <em>12<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"mc2-flat th-sensing\"><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-sensing\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Award<\/span>Out paper titled \"Virtual Sauna \u2013 Evaluating an Immersive Thermal Motion Experience\" received the <strong>Best Paper Award <\/strong>at ACM IMX 2026.<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-sensing\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Award<\/span>Our paper titled \"Apparent Thermal Motion in the Forearm\" received the <strong>Best Paper Award Honorable Mention<\/strong> at EuroHaptics 2024. <\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-sensing\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Award<\/span>Aziza Zhanabatyrova is awarded an <strong>ELEC funded position <\/strong>by the Aalto ELEC doctoral school<br \/>November 2019<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-sensing\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Award<\/span>Prof. Yu Xiao receives the <strong>Best paper award <\/strong>from MobiQuitous'19, joint work with Tongji University<br \/>November 2019<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-sensing\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Award<\/span>Giancarlo Pastor is awarded an <strong>MBA scholarship<\/strong> by the Saastamoinen Foundation<strong><br \/><\/strong>August 2019<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-sensing\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Award<\/span>Clayton Souza is awarded a <strong>ELEC funded position<\/strong> (multidisciplinary research)by the Aalto ELEC doctoral school<br \/>November 2018<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-sensing\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Award<\/span>Marius Noreikis is awarded<strong> HIIT support funding <\/strong>by the HIIT Helsinki Institute for Information Technology<br \/>August 2018<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-sensing\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Award<\/span>Giancarlo Pastor is appointed<strong> Adjunct Professor <\/strong>(Entrepreneurship) by the IE Business School<br \/>July 2018<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-sensing\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Award<\/span>Petr Byvshev is awarded an <strong>ELEC funded position<\/strong> by the Aalto ELEC doctoral school<br \/>May 2018<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-sensing\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Award<\/span>Giancarlo Pastor and Truong-An Pham are awarded <strong>HIIT travel grants<\/strong> by the HIIT Helsinki Institute for Information Technology<br \/>May 2018<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-sensing\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Award<\/span>Our group is awarded <strong>Aalto internal seed funding <\/strong>to support mobility of researchers to\/from Tongji University and Fudan University<br \/>January 2018<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-sensing\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Award<\/span>Prof. Yu Xiao received the <a href=\"http:\/\/tekniikanedistamissaatio.fi\/fi\/palkinnot\/nuoren-tutkijan-palkinto\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Young Researcher Award<\/strong><\/a> from the Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion<br \/>June 2017<\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"mc2-sub th-textiles\">Visits <em>13<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"mc2-flat th-textiles\"><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-textiles\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Visit<\/span>Diego Pucci, University of Bologna, visits our team from Jan to June 2025<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-textiles\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Visit<\/span>Prof. Qingyuan Gong, Fudan University, visits our team in October 2023<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-textiles\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Visit<\/span>Aziza Zhanabatyrova visits National Institute of Informatics, Japan from August 2023 to October 2023. <\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-textiles\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Visit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/staff.fnwi.uva.nl\/p.s.m.mettes\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Prof. Pascal Mettes<\/strong><\/a>, University of Amsterdam, visits our team<br \/>January, 2020<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-textiles\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Visit<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.dlut.edu.cn\/shiyanjun\/en\/index.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prof. Yanjun Shi<\/a><\/strong>, Dalian University of Technology, visits our team<br \/>May, 2019<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-textiles\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Visit<\/span><strong>Truong-An Pham<\/strong> visits Carnegie Mellon University<br \/>October - December 2018, US<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-textiles\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Visit<\/span><strong>Giancarlo Pastor <\/strong>visits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/business-school\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IE Business School<\/a><br \/>[Feb., May., Sep.] 2019, [Jul., Oct., Dec.] 2018, Spain<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-textiles\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Visit<\/span><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chenyang03.wordpress.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prof. Yang Chen<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>, Fudan University, visits our team<br \/>August- September 2018<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-textiles\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Visit<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sse.tongji.edu.cn\/wrao\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prof. Weixiong Rao<\/a><\/strong>, Tongji University, visits our team<br \/>August 2018<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-textiles\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Visit<\/span><strong>Chao Zhu<\/strong> visits the <a href=\"http:\/\/english.sdas.org\/AcademicDepartmentsInstitu\/6748.jhtml\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Institute of Automation Shandong Academy of Science<\/a><br \/>August 2018, China<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-textiles\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Visit<\/span><strong>Chao Zhu<\/strong> visits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nii.ac.jp\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NII National Institute of Informatics<\/a><br \/>February 2018 - August 2018, Japan<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-textiles\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Visit<\/span><strong>Giancarlo Pastor<\/strong> visits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/en\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm<\/a><br \/>September 2017, Sweden<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-textiles\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Visit<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsinghua.edu.cn\/publish\/eeen\/3784\/2014\/20140822095535708666236\/20140822095535708666236_.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prof. Yong Li<\/a><\/strong>, Tsinghua University, visits our team<br \/>July 2017<\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"mc2-sub th-social\">Invited talks and demo presentations <em>11<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"mc2-flat th-social\"><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-social\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Talk<\/span><strong>User interface for AR\/VR<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/teknologia.messukeskus.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Teknologia 19<\/a><br \/>Yu Xiao<br \/>Messukeskus, Helsinki, Nov 6, 2019<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-social\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Talk<\/span><strong><br \/>Unleash the power of the crowd for smart mobility<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HelTechMeetup\/photos\/a.285081271943135\/666889080429017\/?type=1&amp;theater\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hel Tech \/ Smart Mobility<\/a><br \/>Yu Xiao<br \/>Helsinki, June 3, 2019<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-social\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Talk<\/span><strong><br \/>Career as an entrepreneur<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aalto.fi\/en\/events\/excellence-brings-competitiveness-doctoral-career-paths\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Excellence brings competitiveness - Doctoral career paths<\/a><br \/>Yu Xiao<br \/>Aalto University, May 2019<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-social\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Talk<\/span><strong><br \/>Virtual reality for physical therapy<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aalto.fi\/en\/hbd19\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Health and Behavior Data Symposium<\/a><br \/>Yu Xiao<br \/>Aalto University, April 2019<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-social\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Talk<\/span><strong><br \/>3D modelling and AR navigation<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eitdigital.eu\/eit-digital-academy\/summer-schools\/retail-markets-consumer-engagement\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EIT Digital Industry Summer School<\/a><br \/>Yu Xiao<br \/>EIT, August 2018<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-social\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Talk<\/span><strong><br \/>3D modelling and image classification for construction management<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bim.aalto.fi\/aalto-bim-digital-design-and-construction-summer-school-2018\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aalto BIM Digital Design and Construction Summer School<\/a><br \/>Yu Xiao<br \/>Aalto University, June 2018<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-social\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Talk<\/span><strong><br \/>Machine learning tools for education science<a href=\"https:\/\/into.aalto.fi\/display\/endoctoralelec\/Results+for+applications+May+4%2C+2018\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.helsinki.fi\/en\/news\/teaching-studying\/workshop-on-digitalization-and-artificial-intelligence-in-education-may-2nd\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Workshop on Digitalisation and AI in Education<\/a><br \/>Petr Byvshev<br \/>University of Helsinki, May 2018<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-social\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Talk<\/span><strong><br \/>Vehicular fog Computing<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/digi.aalto.fi\/en\/mobility\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Digi and living breakfast: Autonomous mobility<\/a><br \/>Yu Xiao<br \/>Aalto University, January 2018<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-social\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Talk<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/digi.aalto.fi\/en\/midcom-serveattachmentguid-1e7df416dc105b2df4111e7abc5cbf602acff8aff8a\/yu_xiao_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/a><strong>VR app for physical therapy in chronic pain management<\/strong> <strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/digi.aalto.fi\/en\/var\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Digi and experience breakfast: VR and AR<\/a><br \/>Yu Xiao, Jyhee Lee and Jouni Ojala<br \/>Aalto University, December 2017<\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-social\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Talk<\/span><strong><br \/>Active project demo<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eitdigital.eu\/newsroom\/events\/article\/eit-digital-finland-innovation-day-2017\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EIT Digital Finland Innovation Day<\/a><br \/>Yuki Sato and Tufail Muhammad<br \/>Aalto University, December 2017<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mobilecloud.aalto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/eit-innovation-day.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/li><li><span class=\"mc2-tag th-social\" style=\"margin-right:9px\">Talk<\/span><strong><br \/>Stochastic geometry and low-rank tensor models for vehicular crowdsensing<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de\/winterschool2018\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Modern Methods in Nonsmooth Optimization<\/a><br \/>Giancarlo Pastor<br \/>University of W\u00c3\u00bcrzburg, February 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