CSG weekly mail 32/2025

Is OtaCruise making you nervous? Do your overalls not have enough patches? Do you lack motivation to come to sewing nights hungry? The Grandma Club has a solution to all of these problems? Welcome on 19.11. to a sewing night, where you also have the possibility of assembling (and eating) your own pizza! The Grandma Club will offer the dough, sauce, and fillings, so all you’ll have to do is assemble and cook the pizza.

The Grandmas will be there to help with the sewing, so no worries if your sewing skills are a bit rusty! There will also be small snacks and some sewing equipment to borrow, but please bring your own equipment if you can!

The sign-up is meant to give an idea for the amount of pizzas needed, and is not required for participating. If you do want to make and eat pizza, please do sign up! In case there are a lot of sign-ups, we can’t promise everyone a pizza (we will try to get ~30 pizzas if that much is needed)

TLDR:
WHAT? Patch sewing and pizza!
WHERE? Village living room (JMT 5A)
WHEN? Wed 19.11. at 17-22
WHY? Because overalls need more patches and pizza is always good!

Welcome to the guild room on Thursday 20.11.2025 at 13:00–14:00 to enjoy great coffee and good company! Joining us is Jari Saramäki, the new Head of the Department of Computer Science. This is an excellent opportunity to hear about current topics in the department and have a direct conversation with the head of department. Come exchange thoughts and yap with Jari!

WHAT: The Head of the Department of Computer Science visits the guild room!
WHERE: Tietokilta's guild room, Konemiehentie 2, 02150 Espoo
WHEN: 20.11.2025 at 13:00–14:00
WHY: Yapping with Jari!

Welcome to excursion at Futurice's Helsinki office!
We'd like to warmly welcome you to our office on 26.11.2025. to learn about Futurice – who we are and what we do. Food and drinks will be served!

Rough agenda:
Doors open at 17:00, food and drinks
+ Futurice introduction
+ Tech talk /​ career stories
+ Free-form hanging around the office, playing games and chatting with Futuriceans

WHAT: Futurice excursion
WHERE: Kansakoulukatu 3
WHEN: 26.11. at 17:00

Registration opens on 12.11. at 12:00 HERE

Oh, guild activities on the horizon!

Prepare for a big boom, as the guild's committee fair is coming up again All guild members, from freshmen to seniors, are invited to come on December 1 to learn about the guild's committees and their chairs at the fair. The committee fair is a great opportunity to explore the upcoming year's committee positions and what YOU want to do in the guild next year.

As a guild official, you get to organize guild events with the best people according to your own interests. As an official, you can organize familiar thousand-year-old traditions or develop completely new event concepts! Applications for almost all the guild's committees will be open on the guild's website when the committee fair starts.

The fair starts on December 1 at 2:15 p.m. with a joint kick-off, where you can hear why being an officer is just right for you! After the kick-off, we will move to the hub to learn more about the committees. The fair is open from 2:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., during which you are free to visit the different committees' stands.

Make sure to sign up for the event here!

TLDR:
What? Guild's committees
Where? In the CS-building
When? 1.12. from 14.15 onwards
Why? Because you gotta catch them all

Is Helsinki also starting to feel a bit dull for you? Do you feel very much in Christmas mood? Or maybe you just want escape from Espoo for one day?

No worries!!

Because the Guild’s External Committee is arranging a quick getaway from the capital area’s chaos to Porvoo to enjoy St. Lucia’s Day together with Inkubio. There will be a little common programme, free wandering around and watching the Lucia parade. And the best part? This whole package for the humble price of 0€!

The bus will leave from Otaniemi at 12:00 and come back to Otaniemi latest at 21:00.

This is nice chance to spend a moment outside the darkness of the capital region. Registration opens on Wednesday 19.11. at 12:21 Try to be fast!

TL;DR:
What? A Christmas-ish afternoon excursion
Where? In Porvoo
When? Saturday 13.12. from 12–21
Why? Because we have Christmas
How much? 0€
Dress code: Will be announced later

If you have questions, you can ask in tg: ​@Neeellson, ​@tietokila, or ​@lassekukkula.

The Autumn SCI Study Survey is now open, and by responding you can win a gift card!

The Heads of Academic Affairs of the SCI guilds are surveying students’ views on studies in general and, this time, also on the impact of AI on courses and their assessment, as well as on the thesis process and the quality of supervision. The survey is a great low-threshold way to influence current academic matters! The results will be presented to the school’s staff in December.

Among the guild members who respond, 5 pcs of 20 € S-Group gift cards will be raffled.

Answer the survey here
The survey closes on Fri 28.11. at 23.59

Student representatives in the administration are Aalto students who participate in the university's decision-making and development. There are over 300 representative positions that affect educational programs, higher education institutions and Aalto as a whole, and anyone can apply! A meeting remuneration of 35 euros is paid for Academic Committees, Programme Committees (koulutusneuvostot) and Doctoral Programme Committees, the Degree Committee, and Teaching Competence Assessment Committees in all schools.

Application period: 11.11.–2.12.2025

Read more here: https:/​/​www.ayy.fi/​en/​apply-to-become-a-student-representative-for-2026

The annual Aalto campus survey is once again open. This is the best opportunity to influence how the campus is developed (both in the short and long term). Answering the survey takes 5 minutes; it consists of two parts: a questionnaire and a campus map where you can directly mark your favorite spots and areas for improvement. By providing your contact details, you can enter a raffle to win Fat Lizard gift cards. This survey is only in English.

Link to the survey: https:/​/​link.webropolsurveys.com/​S/​08E7379A3BAF01BE

Do you have a startup idea and want to learn how to test its business potential like a top founder?

Enrollment for TU-EV00038 – From Zero to Product is now open! If you want to learn how to effectively evaluate your startup idea and turn it into a world-class product with insights from some of Finland's top startup product experts (e.g., behind Smartly and Swarmia), this course is for you! 

Practical information regarding course registration: 

• Register for the course by filling out this form: From Zero to Product – Application Form 
• The course is worth 5 ECTS and is open to all Aalto University students 
• The number of seats for the course is limited, so we cannot guarantee admission for all applicants 

Note! To get the most out of the course, we recommend having an initial startup idea that you can test and develop during the course.

In case of questions, don't hesitate to contact the course assistants (tg-nicks: ​@nikonikochat /​ ​@annikablomqvist, email: niko.m.laukkanen​@aalto.fi /​ annika.blomqvist​@aalto.fi) 

The School of Science will be presenting the SCI Awards 2025 to recognize the great achievements of our community. All members of the community – both staff and students – are invited to propose award recipients by 23 November 2025. You’re welcome to nominate candidates for any or all categories.

You may submit your proposal here.

The recipients will be announced at the SCI Seasonal Lunch on 10 December. You can also spread some holiday cheer by sending greetings or words of thanks to your colleagues here.

Southern Finland's largest, most beautiful, and most noble kyykkä tournament, the Hauki Cup, is back! Played in the winter atmosphere of January, the kyykkä tournament brings together the most enthusiastic kyykkä players in the capital region to compete for the Otaniemi kyykkä championship.

The tournament will be played on Saturday, January 17, 2026, at BMK3 in Otaniemi. The tournament will follow the rules of academic kyykkä and consist of two separate series. No previous experience is required.

Ticket sales for teams will begin on November 28, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. via a link published on the info channel. Additional information about the event will be provided on this info channel. Dont forget to join!

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You can find the cat video of the week here!