{"id":1647,"date":"2026-08-20T06:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/?page_id=1647"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:40:17","slug":"ruska-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/ruska-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"RUSKA 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/files\/2026\/08\/front_fall1-1140x641.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/files\/2026\/08\/front_fall1-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/files\/2026\/08\/front_fall1-788x443.jpg 788w, https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/files\/2026\/08\/front_fall1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/files\/2026\/08\/front_fall1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/files\/2026\/08\/front_fall1-680x383.jpg 680w, https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/files\/2026\/08\/front_fall1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-77f62ffd-43ae-444e-bd80-1b9a309eae2f\"><strong>WHAT?<\/strong>&nbsp; RUSKA IX<br><strong>WHEN?&nbsp;<\/strong> Friday 25.9. from 8:30 to 16:30<br><strong>WHERE? <\/strong>Backby Manor, Bodomintie 37, Espoo<br><strong>WHO?<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All members of TUTA Staff, Faculty &amp; Researchers, Professors, Post docs and Docents, Doctoral researchers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-4f5c6469-02e0-4f83-9908-6e48f210db2d\"><strong>SIGN UP by 15.9.:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropol.com\/ep\/ruska2026\">https:\/\/link.webropol.com\/ep\/ruska2026<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-ee4545b6-b8af-4ca7-8563-4069eb2e6519\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Welcome to the ninth RUSKA day on Friday 25 September. This year we will visit the beautiful Backby Manor in Espoo. In the morning will focus on AI in Research and our work at TUTA. During the day, ideas and thoughts can also be exchanged over breakfast, lunch, and naturally during the afternoon recreational activities. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-0d9b3e37-1d80-431f-bc70-07503881b13d\"><strong>Agenda RUSKA Research Day 202<\/strong>6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-21c8eb58-5b94-4086-afbc-dd28d63c0cf7\">8:30 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Private bus transport from TUAS to Backby Manor<br>9:00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arrival at Backby Manor &amp; A good morning breakfast (Manor)<br>9:45 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Icebreaker with Hanne &amp;\u00a0Marvin | Welcome<strong>, <\/strong>Niina Nurmi (Meeting room VAAHTERA, separate building)<br>10:20 TUTA update | Jens Schmidt<br>10:30 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AI in Research; Jukka Luoma, Ville Eloranta, Kimmo Karhu<br>12:30 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Buffet lunch (Manor)<br>13:30 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Outdoor activities: Team Games (m\u00f6lkky, petanque) \/ Forest walk (2-4-6 km) on trails in various lengths and abilities \/ Frisbee golf<br>15:30 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wrapup &amp; Coffee (Manor)<br>16:00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bus transport from Backby (back in Otaniemi approx. 16:30)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-34b4790f-37c9-4da9-b8f5-fa4eee292c61\"><em>RUSKA Research day is a yearly event that takes place during the fall semester. The research day is part of TUTA\u2019s long-term target to energize and advance the TUTA research community, its efforts, vision, and its research and societal impact.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A few practicalities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>08:30 our bus will depart from TUAS, pick up point between Maarintie 8 and Maarintie 6 buildings upon departure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dress warm and wear good shoes for outdoor trekking\/frisbee golf, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreca.fi\/Finland\/Espoo\/Oittaa\">check weather here<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The team games will be m\u00f6lkky or p\u00e9tanque, alternatively you can join the guided walk, go trekking or throw frisbee golf<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frisbee discs are available on site or you can bring your own<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In case of heavy rain we will have an indoor relaxation session (60 min) or playing board games over coffee and pulla!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"583\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/files\/2026\/09\/tuas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1689\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:elina.sura@aalto.fi\">elina.sura@aalto.fi<\/a>, phone 045 884778, if you have last minute cancellations or questions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHO&#8217;S GOING<\/strong> (updated 18.9.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anita<br>Anu<br>Azra<br>Christian<br>Elina<br>Esko<br>Frank<br>Hanne<br>Helena<br>Jens<br>Joel<br>Jukka<br>Juliane<br>Juuso<br>Kaarlo<br>Kari<br>Kati<br>Kimmo<br>Lauri<br>Markku<br>Marvin<br>Marvin<br>Matias<br>Matti<br>Merit<br>Merja<br>Mikko<br>Niina<br>Niko<br>Nomi<br>Noora<br>Ossi<br>Paul<br>Pia<br>Pinja<br>Raija<br>Risto<br>Robin<br>Sajjad<br>Samu<br>Sasha<br>Satu<br>Silja<br>Teemu<br>Tim<br>Tom<br>Ville<br>Xinru<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-77f62ffd-43ae-444e-bd80-1b9a309eae2f\"><strong>WHAT?<\/strong>&nbsp; RUSKA IX<strong>WHEN?&nbsp;<\/strong> Friday 25.9. from 8:30 to 16:30<strong>WHERE? <\/strong>Backby Manor, Bodomintie 37, Espoo<strong>WHO?<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All members of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":961,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/961"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1647"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1695,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1647\/revisions\/1695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/diemseminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}