• School of Engineering

    Harsh field tests shape robotic design in unexpected ways

    When the BBC commissioned two reptilian robots from the EPFL BioRob lab for a documentary on the African wilderness in 2016, the researchers could not have predicted how testing the devices in uncontrolled environments would change their approach to robotic design.

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  • School of Engineering

    Second ‘Swiss Quantum Days’ brings Swiss quantum community together

    From January 31-February 2, 2024, quantum researchers and members of industry and government from across Switzerland met in Villars-sur-Ollon for the second Swiss Quantum Days.

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  • School of Engineering

    Appointment of STI professors

    The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL, including three in the School of Engineering (STI).

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  • School of Engineering

    Stéphanie Lacour to give inaugural lecture at the Collège de France

    Stéphanie Lacour, the Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Neuroprosthetic Technology in EPFL’s School of Engineering and head of the Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces, will deliver her inaugural lecture on neurotechnology at the Collège de France on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

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  • School of Engineering

    Eco-mouse wins student prize of innovation and entrepreneurship

    In the fifth anniversary edition of the graduate course “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering,” students across many disciplines at EPFL tackled prototyping challenges related to the development of energy-efficient devices.

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  • School of Engineering

    New technology can collect CO2 from a truck’s exhaust pipe

    EPFL spin-off Qaptis has developed a system that can cut freight trucks’ carbon emissions by up to 90%. The company just installed a prototype of its technology at a freight carrier based in Tolochenaz in order to conduct pilot tests locally.

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116 Professors
3116 Bachelor and Master Students
802 PhD Students
13 Centers

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STUDENT PROJECTS: Bringing Leonardo da Vinci’s designs to life

Fourteen mechanical engineering students spent a semester getting inside the head of Leonardo da Vinci. Using his drawings from the 15th and 16th centuries, the teams built ingenious machines – altering the design in some cases – in order to better understand how they worked.

Engineering discovery and fun at the EPFL Open Days

Members of the public enjoyed more than 20 engaging and educational activities on a wide variety of engineering topics, animated by researchers from the School of Engineering, at the 2023 edition of the EPFL Open Days on April 29 and 30.

Appointment of EPFL professors

The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment and promotion of professors at EPFL, including the School of Engineering (STI).

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From drought to flood: water extremes under climate change 18.3.2024 – 12:00 > 13:15 Speaker: Prof. Manuela Brunner
Prof. Tom Beucler
Place: GEO-1620 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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EPFL BioE Talks SERIES “Droplet and Digital Based Microfluidics for Applications in Synthetic Biology” 18.3.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Prof. Steve Shih, Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal (CAN) Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Understanding electronic transport through local magnetic measurements 18.3.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Katja Nowack, Cornell University, Ithaca USA Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Solving the Bellman equation: Second-order type methods and the dual domain approach 18.3.2024 – 15:00 > 16:00 Speaker: Professor Amin Kolarijani Place: ODY 4 03 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Pedagogy / ARCHIZOOM 18.3.2024 – 18:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Rural Studio, Andrew Freear, Elena Barthel Place: Archizoom Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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ACTION WEEK AGAINST RACISM 2024 14.3.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Specta(c)tor ; Collectif Afro-Swiss Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Action Week Against Racism – Document selection 14.3.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Espace Découverte Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Computational Materials Science: INSPIRE Potentials – MARVEL Master’s Fellowships 11.3.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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SNSF – COST projects in Switzerland 2024 8.3.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Experiential Workshop on HOW to teach transversal skills 19.3.2024 – 09:15 > 12:00 Speaker: Siara Isaac, Valentina Rossi Place: ME A3 31 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Electrifying the Synthesis of Nitrogen and Carbon-based Fuels and Fertilizers 19.3.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof Marta Hatzell, Georgia Tech Place: MED 0 1418 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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ABC of Research Data Management 19.3.2024 – 14:00 > 15:30 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: Online Category Internal trainings Read more
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eSpace Seminar – Integrating Life cycle engineering of Space Systems into the Concurrent Design Process, by Dr. Andrew R. Wilson 19.3.2024 – 17:30 > 18:30 Speaker: Dr Andrew Ross Wilson Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Is Empathy with Robots Morally Relevant ? 20.3.2024 – 16:15 > 00:00 Speaker: Catrin Misselhorn, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Göttingen Place: CE 1 106 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging Seminar: Deep Learning-enabled Computational Microscopy and Diffractive Imaging 20.3.2024 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Prof. Aydogan OzcanUCLA – University of California, Los Angeles  Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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QSE Quantum Seminar: Towards Semiconductor Spin and Topological Quantum Computing 21.3.2024 – 12:00 > 13:30 Speaker: Prof. Hongqi Xu, Peking University Place: CE 1 4 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Final of the competition “My Thesis in 180 seconds” 21.3.2024 – 17:45 > 19:45 Speaker: MT180 Finalists Place: Forum RLC Category Public Science Events Read more
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Design and assessment of an evaporating water-cooled methanation reactor for a SOE-based power-to-methane system 21.3.2024 – 18:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Philippe AUBIN Place: I17 4 K2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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CESS Seminar : Valeur immatérielle des ouvrages d’arts 22.3.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Dr. Damien Dreier, Structurame Place: GC B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Investigating neural resource allocation in the sensorimotor control of extra limbs 22.3.2024 – 16:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Giulia DOMINIJANNI Place: Campus Biotech Bâtiment H4; Chemin des Mines 9; 1202 Genève Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Quantifying the Unknown: Data-Driven Approaches and Applications in Energy Systems 22.3.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Paul SCHARNHORST Place: MED 0 1418 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Requiem de Brahms by the Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne 24.3.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Pierre‑Fabien Roubaty direction, Charlotte Despaux soprano, Geoffroy Perruchoud baryton, Marine Thoreau la Salle piano, Florent Lattuga piano Place: Forum du Rolex Learning Center Category Cultural events Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Novel thermal probes of the many-body states in magic angle twisted bilayer graphene 25.3.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Dmitri Efetov, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, München Germany Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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NCCR Automation Seminar: Asynchronous optimization through the lens of control theory 25.3.2024 – 15:00 > 16:00 Speaker: Prof. Mikael Johansson Place: MA B1 11 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Microstructure – Electrochemical Surface Reactivity Relationship of Electrochemically Grown Manganese Oxides Films 25.3.2024 – 15:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Roberto CESTARO   Place: Room VE 102, EMPA Dübendorf Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Efficient and insightful descriptors for representing molecular and material space 26.3.2024 – 16:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Alexander Jan GOSCINSKI Place: MXG 110 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Laser-based manufacturing of freeform glass micro-optics through topological transformation 26.3.2024 – 17:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Samuel Youcef BENKETAF Place: MC A1 272 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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CECAM Workshop:”Theoretical and experimental advances in atmospheric photochemistry” 26.3.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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From generalized distrust to demanding distrust: how to do science today? 27.3.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, professeure émérite de philosophie à Paris-Sorbonne, membre de l’Académie des Technologies et Gabriel Dorthe, docteur en philosophie, assistant senior à l’ETH Zurich Place: Hall du Rolex Learning Center Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Photoinduced Second-Order Nonlinearities in Centrosymmetric Media 27.3.2024 – 18:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Ozan YAKAR   Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Neuro-X seminar: Prof Pieter Roelfsema – Conscious visual perception and how to restore it when the eyes fail 28.3.2024 – 13:00 > 14:00 Speaker: Prof Pieter Roelfsema Place: H8-1-D Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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EPFL Shapes Open Science | Training the next generation of scientists 28.3.2024 – 14:00 > 15:30 Speaker: TBD Place: BC 03 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Modeling, design and economics of PEC devices 28.3.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Alexandre Dominique M. CATTRY Place: MED 2 2423 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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2024 CLIMACT Scholars call for abstracts 14.2.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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SNSF Project Funding: April 2024 call for proposals 3.4.2024 – 00:00 > 17:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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New Polymers from Biomass-Derived Hydroxycinnamic Acid Derivatives 5.4.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Ghezae TEKLEAB Place: MXF 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Innovating the Batteries of the Future 8.4.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Corsin Battaglia, EMPA/ETH/EPFL Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Heritage / ARCHIZOOM 8.4.2024 – 18:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Boulouki – Atelier itinérant sur les techniques de construction traditionnelles Place: Archizoom Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Nanofluidics, Exploring new frontiers 9.4.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof Aleksandra Radenovic, EPFL STI LBEN Place: MED 0 1418 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Engineering Your Story: How to Use Narrative to Achieve Your Goals 11.4.2024 – 18:00 > 21:00 Speaker: Jonathan Bory: lawyer, researcher and entrepreneur. Place: CL 2 2624 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Analyzing Lignin and Cellulose – adding some new methods to an old case 15.4.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Antje Potthast, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU) Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Film Streaming and Panel Discussion: The mRNA revolution 15.4.2024 – 17:00 > 20:30 Speaker: Fabrice Delaye, Tom Enbar, Jacques Fellay, Fiorella Ghisays, Kathryn Hess Bellwald, Sofya Mikhaleva, Andy Oates Mirko Bischofberger Place: SV 1717 Category Public Science Events Read more
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Open Science – ETH Domain Open Research Data (ORD) program – Launch of 7th call Contribute 15.4.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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TransformTech: Drive innovation with new technologies 15.4.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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CECAM school: “Ab initio quantum electrodynamics for quantum materials engineering” 15.4.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Research Visibility: Impact beyond citation 16.4.2024 – 09:30 > 11:00 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: Category Internal trainings Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Bespoke Elasticity and the Nonlinear Analogue of Cauchy’s Relations 16.4.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Isaac Chenchiah, University of Bristol, UK Place: MED 0 1418 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Managing the transition to a carbon-neutral, energy-independent system in Switzerland by 2050. 16.4.2024 – 13:00 > 14:00 Speaker: François Maréchal Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Data Management Planning & Funding 16.4.2024 – 14:00 > 15:30 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: CO 121 Category Internal trainings Read more
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Ig Nobel Award Tour Show 2024 16.4.2024 – 18:30 > 20:30 Speaker: Marc Abraham, Chris Moulin, Damien Bouffard, Minna Lyons Place: Forum Rolex Category Public Science Events Read more
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Deep Learning for Optical Imaging 17.4.2024 – 14:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Ming-Lo WU Place: MC A1 272 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Teaching Sciences and Engineering with Jupyter Notebooks 18.4.2024 – 09:00 > 12:00 Speaker: Cécile Hardebolle Place: BS 260 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Learn the Art of Pitching 18.4.2024 – 18:00 > 20:00 Speaker: Damien Gauthier Place: CL 2 2624 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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U.S. Federal Funding | Information Session 18.4.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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CESS Seminar : Multi-scale highway traffic flow modeling and analysis 19.4.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Dr Qixiu Cheng, University of Bristol Business School Place: GC B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Emergent metastable states and their applications for memory devices in transition metal dichalcogenides 22.4.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Dragan Mihailovic, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana Slovenia Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Honorary Lecture: Technologies for Sustainable Resilient Value Chains 22.4.2024 – 17:15 > 18:15 Speaker: Prof. Dimitrios Kyritsis Place: RLC E1 240 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Gold Rush 22.4.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Rolex Learning Center Category Exhibitions Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Bringing tidewater glaciers into the lab: icebergs, earthquakes, and the world’s largest granular material. 23.4.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof Justin Burton, Emory Place: MED 0 1418 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Inaugural Lectures – Prof. Tanja Käser and Prof. Amir Zamir 23.4.2024 – 18:00 > 19:30 Speaker: Prof. Tanja Käser, Prof. Amir Zamir Place: CE 1 4 Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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Teaser lecture “Digital Twins” 24.4.2024 – 18:30 > 19:30 Speaker: – Elaine Moran, SRVC Executive Director
– Prof. Dimitris Kiritsis, SRVC Academic Director and EPFL
Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Sexual Harassment Awareness Day 2024 25.4.2024 – 11:00 > 13:30 Speaker: Place: CM 1 4 Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Network time series forecasting in photovoltaics power production 25.4.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Jelena SIMEUNOVIĆ Place: ELA 2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Statistical Inference for Inverse Problems: From Sparsity-Based Methods to Neural Networks 26.4.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Pakshal Narendra BOHRA Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Development and clinical validation of computational imaging biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases 26.4.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Veronica Lily RAVANO Place: CO 2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Probing singlet states in frustrated magnets with muons 29.4.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Stephen Blundell, Oxford University, UK Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Electrochemically Active Metasurfaces for Multispectral Radiative Heat Management 30.4.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof Po-Chun Hsu, University of Chicago Place: MED 0 1418 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Discover OMERO 1.5.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Lucie Bracq, Van der Goot Lab –
Georgios Hatzopoulos, Gönczy Lab –
Romain Guiet, BIOP
Place: AI 1153 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Stay Away from Plagiarism 2.5.2024 – 09:30 > 11:30 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: TBC Category Internal trainings Read more
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Sexual Harassment Awareness Day 2024 (second part) 2.5.2024 – 10:30 > 13:00 Speaker: Place: CM 1 4 Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Climate Robotics Summit (Online!) 2.5.2024 – 15:00 > 20:00 Speaker: All speakers are listed here along with the Agenda.  Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Seminar: Probing cracks and contact at obscured interfaces with 3D microscopy 3.5.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. John Kolinski, EPFL EMSI  Place: MED 0 1418 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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CESS Seminar : New Design Strategies to Make Earthquake Resilient Steel Bridges 3.5.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Prof. Michel Bruneau, University at Buffalo, USA Place: GC B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Understanding Mechanisms for Creating Complex Materials with Built-In Cross-Coupled Responses 6.5.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Nicole A. Benedek, Cornell University, Ithaca USA Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Workshop “Beyond Academia: EPFL & UNIL Alumni Impacting Climate Change” 8.5.2024 – 16:00 > 18:00 Speaker: TBC Place: Aula IDHEAP Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Ultrafast magnetism – terra incognita beyond the classical approximations 13.5.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Alexei V. Kimel, Radboud University, Netherlands Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Practice / ARCHIZOOM 13.5.2024 – 18:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Daniel Rosbottom Place: Archizoom Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Smart Publishing 16.5.2024 – 09:00 > 11:30 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: INF 019 Category Internal trainings Read more
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Design Thinking for Innovation 16.5.2024 – 18:00 > 20:30 Speaker: Marius Conti: Designer, lecturer, entrepreneur  Place: CL 2 2624 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Data Organization & Storage Solutions 22.5.2024 – 14:00 > 15:30 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: Category Internal trainings Read more
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CECAM workshop: “From machine-learning theory to driven complex systems and back” 22.5.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – The Plant Age; Materials for the Future 27.5.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Oded Shoseyov, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Up to Speed with Zotero 29.5.2024 – 15:00 > 17:00 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: Category Internal trainings Read more
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Renewable Energies Cluster Meeting 3.6.2024 – 13:30 > 16:30 Speaker: Place: GC B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Numerical Methods for Random Differential Models – June 11th to June 14th 2024 11.6.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Harbir AntilGeorge Mason University, USA. Albert CohenSorbonne Université, France. Caroline GeiersbachWeierstrass Institute, Germany. Siddhartha MishraETH Zürich, Switzerland. Fabio NobileEPF Lausanne, Switzerland. Michela OttobreHeriot Watt University, United Kingdom. Thomas M. SurowiecSimula Research Laboratory, Norway. Aretha TeckentrupUniversity of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Raúl TemponeKAUST, Saudi Arabia, and RWTH Aachen, Germany. Gilles VilmartUniversité de Genève, Switzerland. Jakob ZechHeidelberg University, Germany. Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Leading House Asia: 2024 Call for Consolidation Grants 15.6.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Fondation Gelbert | Research funding 17.6.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Data/Code Publication 20.6.2024 – 14:00 > 15:30 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: TBC Category Internal trainings Read more
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Idiap Create Challenge 13th Editon 20.8.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Public Science Events Read more
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TransformTech: Drive innovation with new technologies 23.9.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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CESS Seminar : Mechanics of Rapidly Compacted Granular Materials Across Length Scales: Insights from X-ray Imaging and Modeling 11.10.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Prof. Ryan Hurley, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Place: GC B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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5 days AMLD EPFL 2024 – Join us! 13.12.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: STCC 2 8020 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

Research

Robotic interface masters a soft touch

EPFL researchers have developed a haptic device capable of reproducing the softness of various materials, from a marshmallow to a beating heart, overcoming a deceptively complex challenge that has previously eluded roboticists.

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Innovation

ZEISS and EPFL: A Blueprint for Collaborative Innovation

A research collaboration between industry and academia that dares to take risks and foster scientific creativity.

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Education

“Learning the language of data technologies for agile operations”

Dimitris Kiritsis, Professor Emeritus of Information and Telecommunication Technology for Sustainable Manufacturing at EPFL, points out the power of shared language around data technologies for agile and resilient operations.

Education
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