Miksi palvelut ovat tärkeitä? Mitä palveluammattilaiset tekevät? Minkälaisia työmahdollisuuksia IBM, KONE ja Tapiola tarjoavat palveluista kiinnostuneille opiskelijoille? Mitä palveluaiheisia kursseja Aalto-yliopistossa voi opiskella? Mikä on Aalto Service Factory?

Opiskelija! Löydä vastaukset näihin ja muihin kysymyksiisi Aalto Service Factoryn, IBM:n, KONEen ja Tapiolan järjestämässä opiskelijatapahtumassa keskiviikkona 29.9. klo 12-16 Aalto-yliopiston kauppakorkeakoululla (Arkadia-rakennus, salit E-127 ja E-128). Tapahtumassa pääset kuulemaan mielenkiintoisia esityksiä, osallistumaan keskusteluun sekä tutustumaan yritysten ja yliopiston edustajiin ja muihin palveluista kiinnostuneisiin opiskelijoihin. Tapahtuma käynnistyy buffetlounaalla.

Ohjelma:

12:00 Buffetlounas
- Yritysten ja Aalto Service Factoryn ständit
12:30 Tilaisuuden avaus / Aalto Service Factory
13:00 Tietointensiiviset palvelut – suomalaisen hyvinvoinnin veturi ja vientihitti / Jyrki Koskinen, IBM
Tauko
13:30 Työelämä tarvitsee palveluosaajia -paneeli:
- Millaisia osaajia tarvitaan? / IBM, KONE, Tapiola
- Millaista palvelukoulutusta Service Factory tarjoaa? /Johtaja Mika Helenius
- Uraesimerkkejä palveluiden parista / Young IBMers, KONE Young Professionals, Tapiola
15:20 Yhteenveto / Aalto Service Factory
15:30 Kahvi
- Vapaata tutustumista!
16:00 Tapahtuma päättyy

Ilmoittautumiset 24.9. mennessä sekä lisätietoa: www.servicefactory.aalto.fi/fi/events/youngstudent

MA-level course organized by the department of Media, School of Art and Design

Teacher: Michihito Mizutani

Maximum number of Aalto mobility students : 8

The course provides a journey of design process from conducting user research to prototyping interactions. During the course, an intensive workshop is held for a week to teach students how to build prototypes using software programming and electronic assembling. The rest of the course is organized in forms of lectures and seminars.

The course consists of weekly, bi-weekly 2 hours seminar and intensive one week workshop based on the context of the topic in each time. Students are expected to deliver a prototype with one brief user test at least. The outcome should also be shared publicly.

Physical prototypes with presentations are the final outcome. They can be varying from furniture to mobile services and from artistic installations to functional design products.

Keywords: User research, prototyping, software programming (e.g. Adobe Flash actionscript), microcontroller (e.g. Arduino)

Homepage: http://mlab.taik.fi/paja/, http://mlab.taik.fi/studies/courses/course?id=1808

Pre-requirements: Basic understanding of user-centred design

Registration in Weboodi, at the latest one week before the course starts.

The course is taught in English.

Course structure

Phase 1:

Introduction and theme (Weekly seminar for 2 times)

Students are given a common theme to work with. The theme is abstract. It can provide a problem to be solved by their designs or a guideline to create their solid concepts. However, the students are encouraged to interpret the theme in various ways.

Phase 2:

Field works and concepting (Weekly seminar for 3 times)

Students initiate field works (interviews / observations) and desktop research to collect qualitative data.  In the end of this phase, the students are expected to share their research work and the concepts of their design.

Phase 3:

Prototyping and iterations (One week intensive workshop and bi-weekly seminar for 3 times). This focuses on prototyping in iterative design processes with users. Students first learn basic skills for prototyping such as software programming and hardware electronic assembling in an intensive workshop. The students continue prototyping their concept and are expected to have at least one user test using their prototype.

Phase 4:

Communicating to the world (One day exhibition)

Prototypes and concepts are shared publicly through MediaLab DemoDay as well as online media.

Lectures, all at the School of Art and Design, Hämeentie 135 C

6th Sep 2010 9 – 16

7th Sep 2010 9 – 16

8th Sep 2010 9 – 16

9th Sep 2010 9 – 16

10th Sep 2010 9 – 16

13th Sep 2010 15 – 17

20th Sep 2010 15 – 17

27th Sep 2010 15 – 17

4th Oct 2010 15 – 17

11th Oct 2010 15 – 17

18th Oct 2010 15 – 17

1st Nov 2010 15 – 17

8th Nov 2010 15 – 17

15th Nov 2010 15 – 17

Welcome to E-reading Demo Day event on 1.9.2010 at 9.30-16-00. The programme of the day consists of demonstrations of the devices and their various purposes of use, softwares, user tests etc.

The event is open to all and you are welcome to spread the word. To enroll for the Demo Day, or part of it, send e-mail to merja.helle (at) aalto.fi / Merja Helle, tel. 050 4485 111.

Different e-reading devices and media experience testing equipment are on display between 9–16. The language of the Demo Day is mostly Finnish.

Arranged by Aalto University and Media Factory at Aalto University School of Art and Design, Hämeentie 135 C, Media lab (3rd floor).

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9.00–10.00 Coffee

9.30–10.00 Short history of nearly everything: Where did the Kindle come from and where is the new tablet platform going to? Introduction to e-reading. Harri Heikkilä

10.00–10.30 Testing e-reading devices and preferences. Jan Kallenbach (You can participate in the test experiments all day)

10.30–11.00 ePub – Properties, devices, & future outlook. Jarkko Sihvonen

11.00–11.30 E-book bootcamp: InDesign based workflow of a linear ePub. Harri Heikkilä.

11.30–13.00 Sandwiches and discussions. Demos of different e-reading devices, eBook readers, tablets, computers, mobile phones. Try them out yourself.

13.00–13.30 Interactivity, personalization and social sharing in digital reading. Merja Helle.

13.30–14.00 Best practices – content, navigation, enhanced e-books, magazines, advertising etc. Merja Helle and Harri Heikkilä.

14.00–14.30 Coffee and general discussion & wrap up.

14.30–16.00 Display of devices.

Mobile Brain Bank is a non-profit association supporting and promoting mobile entrepreneurship and start-up activities globally.

We are honored to invite you to Helsinki 30^th of September 2010 to participate in Europe’s largest and most innovative happening on mobile opportunities in Africa. Most recently it has become apparent that mobile and ICT industry is turning strongly to Africa, supporting the fast uptake of mobile technology in the region. In order to help grow this momentum, we are organizing Europe’s largest and most innovative happening on mobile opportunities in Africa.

http://www.mobilebrainbank.org/Africa.html

The day’s agenda is divided in three parts. The morning is reserved for corporate keynotes from Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, and inspirational entrepreneur speakers from South Africa and Kenya. In the afternoon, we will see a line-up of some 10-20 fresh and young mobile start-up companies from both Europe and Africa. Towards the evening we will launch a live web bridge to Mobile Web Africa conference in Johannesburg, and host a joint developer panel between the two conferences:

http://www.mobilewebafrica.com/

The day will also feature lots of free time for networking, and hosted “clinics” for finding partners for application development, solution building, and venture funding. A successful day will see new opportunities emerge between African and European companies.

Mobile Africa follows MobileMonday 10 Year Anniversary Summit organized in Helsinki-Tallinn 27.-29. September.http://www.mobilemonday.net/summit2010

Welcome to sunny Helsinki!

With kind regards,

Petra Söderling

petra@mobilebrainbank.org

Tel +358-40-8343019

http://www.mobilebrainbank.org/Africa.html

The multidisciplinary post-graduate course Bit Bang (course period 09/2010 – 05/2011,) organized by MIDE research program and led by Professor Yrjö Neuvo, looks into the future trends on a broader scale.

The Bit Bang 3 focuses on entrepreneurship and services. The course requires active participation, giving presentations on related literature as well as contributing to a joint publication. Distinguished guest lecturers from industry and academia will complement the course literature.

The application cycle is open from the 9^th of August until the 23^rd. Please submit your one page application in English describing briefly your reasons for wanting to attend this course and an official study transcript to annika.artimo@tkk.fi.
The applicants will be informed of the outcome of the selection on week 35. For more information please contact Annika Artimo by email or tel. 040 5250544.

http://mide.tkk.fi/en/BitBang10-11