DG Weekly News 32/2022

The next board of Data Guild has been elected, halloped applications are still open, and there are a bunch of study related opportunities. May everyone on Otacruise return alive.

0. Calendar

  • 27.-29.11.: Otacruise

1. Guild

The board and other guild officials for the year 2023 have been selected!

Board
Chair: Daniel Clegg
Treasurer: Lassi Malvikko
Secretary: Ann-Marie Korhonen-Chamorro
Isäntä: Ojaswi Tyagi
Emäntä: Rajat Kaul
Publicist: Selin Taskin
Head of Corporate Relations: Tony Heinola
Study Coordinator: Pham Quang Bach
Master of Culture: Christian Guidikov
Fuksi Captain: Pranava Varshan
Board Godparent: Hanne Sauer

Other guild officials
Epoch Committee Chair: Rajat Kaul
Head of IT: Irmuun Tuguldur
Guild Room Manager: Rainer Ruuskanen
TEK Contact Person: Eero Liimatainen
Tutor Coordinator: Christian Guidikov
Main Harassment Contact Person (HCP): Aaron Wallasvaara
Head Song Master: Pranava Varshan
Head of Study Marketing: Lassi Malvikko

Congratulations to all selected!

2. AYY and fun

Students’ Independence Day Procession

The student unions of the Capital Region are celebrating Independence Day together, just like last year. This year, students will join the procession for student wellbeing and mental health. The event is organised by the student unions of the Capital Region: HYY, AYY, ArtSU, SHS, Kadettitoverikunta, Metka and Helga.

The procession is filled with festive atmosphere and light in the spirit of the forward-looking student movement. Put on your student’s cap and weather-appropriate outerwear. We recommend that flagbearers and heralds wear dark clothing, but the dress code for everyone else is ‘come as you are’!

More information: https://itsenaisyyspaiva.ayy.fi/

3. Aalto, studies and work opportunities

UCAMP educational bootcamp

The European-wide UCAMP project is inviting students to participate in an educational bootcamp, where they will be challenged to develop real-life solutions to pressing urban challenges. 

From January to March 2023, we will be hosting the following events: a one-week Bootcamp, 2 Innovation Tours, and a 2-day Mini-Camp

Read more and sign up here: Participate in the Urban GoodCamp starting in January 2023 | Aalto University

PhD Open Day

We are pleased to invite you to our PhD Open Day on Monday 28 November. The day will run from 10.15am until 5.00pm for in-person attendees and from 10.15 to 2.30pm for online attendees. This is an exciting opportunity to engage with our academic staff and find out more about undertaking a PhD in Statistics; we would love to see you there!

Academic staff from our four research groups (Data Science; Probability in Finance and Insurance; Social Statistics; Time Series and Statistical Learning) will provide introductions to these areas of research, followed by talks by previous PhD students about their studies and subsequent careers, plus a guidance session on writing the research proposal for your PhD application.

For more details about this event and to sign up, visit: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Statistics/Prospective-Students/PhD-MPhil/PhD-Open-Day

For detailed information about our PhD Programme, please visit our website at https://www.lse.ac.uk/Statistics/PhD  

Call for student representatives in administration (hallopeds)

Student representatives in administration (hallopeds) will soon be elected for the calendar year 2023. All attending bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral students of Aalto are eligible to apply. The application period is 14 Nov–30 Nov and there are nearly 300 vacancies. In addition, some Aalto steering groups or other preparatory bodies are filled without an open call. By finding motivated student representatives, we ensure that student advocacy will be in good hands next year!

The call for applications can be found here.

Application forms can be found at beta.halloped.fi

Apply for Aalto-Helsinki 2023 iGEM Team

Are you looking for an interesting and meaningful project for next year? Do you want a chance to create and pursue your own ideas in research? 

We are now recruiting Aalto University and University of Helsinki BSc and MSc students to form a new iGEM team to represent Finland in the world’s largest synthetic biology competition, iGEM, held next year in Paris. The Aalto-Helsinki team will design, develop and execute their own research project from scratch and present their results in the Grand Jamboree in October 2023.

Application form: https://forms.gle/S87vEUuuSdwx2pP39

Being a part of an iGEM team allows you to plan your own research project from scratch in three phases. In spring, you will get to know your team members and decide on the project you will try to develop during the summer. The team will also reach out to companies and gather funding. The summer consists of practical work and testing your design. In autumn, you will present your project and compete with other iGEM teams for the Grand Prize, as well as other Track and Special Awards.

Find out more about iGEM on: http://igem.org/Main_Page

4. Other

5. Finnish Corner

6. A photo of a cute dog