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Digital Enabler
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2015-2019 CKIR was a member of the Digital Enabler consortium that participated in the SELECT for Cities initiative by developing a platform solution. Digital Enabler was one of the three platforms selected to compete in the final phase of SELECT for Cities in autumn 2018. The competition’s goal was to develop a data-driven, Internet-of-Everything (IoE) platform…
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How to Succeed in the Ecosystem Game
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2020-2022 The purpose of the project How to Succeed in the Ecosystem Game was to build a good understanding of the best practices in managing business-driven innovation ecosystems. The research contributed to the identified research gap in thorough understanding of ecosystem management practices for sustainable and value-adding operations and efficient use of available resources. The second research…
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TUNTO2
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2021-2023 The project studied strategy implementation through exploring emotional agency and emotional climate. The project continued the development of the concept of emotional agency and studied it in strategy implementation. The project was conducted in an intervention context, where the members of the participating organizations were supported by an emotion-focused intervention. Project timeline: 2021-2023 Contact…
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SynchroniCity
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2017-2019 The SynchroniCity project consisted of 34 organizations – public, private, NGOs, and academia – who joined forces to realize this goal to harness existing front-runner city capacities, and to provide opportunities for industry, SMEs, and other cities to pilot IoT-enabled urban services in a concerted fashion on a massive, global scale. Concretely, the SynchroniCity project…
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AI-ROT
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AI-ROT proposed a comprehensive AI-enhanced optimization of production lines deploying rotating machinery. A variety of AI-based methods were applied, ranging from exact representation of knowledge to highly adaptive machine/deep learning primitives. As a result, valuable feedback for traditional engineering processes, such as design, operation, and maintenance of rotation machinery, was received. Principal investigator: Heini Ikävalko…
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CO2 DataHub Project & ESG Ecosystem
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2022-2023 The R&D project led by Vastuu Group Oy developed methods for measuring carbon dioxide emissions throughout the supply chain of companies and cities, as well as methods for reporting and leading with reliable data. The project ran from 2022 to 2023 and involved Vastuu Group Oy, VTT, Aalto University, Sitowise, Onway, and Finreim as a…
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Seeds of Bravery
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2024-2025 CKIR and Aalto Startup Center were involved in the EU’s Seeds of Bravery programme, which helped Ukraine develop its business capabilities. The programme aimed to help war-torn Ukrainian tech start-ups get back on their feet and enter the European market. In addition to Aalto, the programme involved 10 European innovation centres in, e.g., Poland, Germany,…
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EDIFY
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2022-2025 The EDIFY-EDU project aimed to address the skills gap in the sector of management education with regard to competencies in equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), which are needed more and more in a complex and fluid society. The project facilitated the acquisition of EDI competencies and transversal skills for management students and managers in…
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AI4Europe
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2022-2025 The AI4Europe project contributed to the development of the AI-on-Demand (AIoD) Platform, a large European ecosystem designed to facilitate collaboration among all European actors in AI (e.g., researchers, startups, SMEs, public organizations, and EU initiatives). AI4Europe had a particular focus on research. When the project ended in 2025, the industry-focused DeployAI project working on…