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8 unusual facts about Helsinki University of Technology


Aalto University Sports Club

The club was the sports club of the Helsinki University of Technology, but as of 29 March 2010, the name has been Aalto-yliopiston urheiluseura, reflecting the merger of the Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics, and the University of Art and Design Helsinki into what is now the Aalto University.

FastICA

FastICA is an efficient and popular algorithm for independent component analysis invented by Aapo Hyvärinen at Helsinki University of Technology.

Helsinki University of Technology

Construction of the Otaniemi campus was started in 1950, in order for the first buildings to host the athletes of the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Mika Lehkosuo

Lehkosuo graduated as a Master of Science in Technology from Helsinki University of Technology in 2003.

Nations in Swedish universities

Nowadays there are 15 student nations in the University of Helsinki and one in the Helsinki University of Technology.

PIK-19

The project was undertaken as a joint venture by the Finnish government and the Helsinki University of Technology.

Teknologföreningen

The Aalto University was formed in 2010 by a merger of three universities, before the merger Teknologföreningen was a student corporation of the Helsinki University of Technology.

Valmet PIK-23 Towmaster

Later on, the Helsinki University of Technology and Valmet Oy joined the project and the design process started from scratch.


Stig Stenholm

Stenholm obtained an engineering degree at the Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), and a master of science degree in mathematics at the University of Helsinki, both in 1964.


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David Messerschmitt

In 2007 Messerschmitt co-founded the Software business community (SWBC) in cooperation with the Helsinki University of Technology.