• School of Engineering

    Materials Science Section celebrates 50 years

    The Materials Science Section (SMX) in the School of Engineering celebrated its 50th birthday last Thursday with an event highlighting the history and future of materials research and education at EPFL.

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  • School of Engineering

    New type of weather radiosonde can find its way back

    Some 80% of weather radiosondes – remote measurement instruments containing plastic, batteries and electronic parts – end up lost in nature after one flight. But a startup created by a microengineering master’s student is set to change that with a new, ultra-lightweight “glidersonde” that can automatically return to where it was launched.

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  • School of Engineering

    ClearSpace to use EPFL software to protect satellites

    A method to increase the resilience of convolutional neural networks, developed in the Embedded Systems Lab (ESL) in the School of Engineering, will be implemented by EPFL spin-off ClearSpace to shield satellite communications from interference by solar radiation.

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  • School of Engineering

    Sophia Haussener is one of Cell Press’s 50 Scientists that Inspire

    Cell Press has published an interview with EPFL School of Engineering professor Sophia Haussener on the occasion of her recognition as one of the publisher’s 50 Scientists that Inspire.

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  • School of Engineering

    Apply to the E3 EPFL Excellence in Engineering Program 2025

    Are you interested in joining EPFL for an unforgettable research experience this summer? You can now register for the 2025 edition of E3! The application deadline is November 1st, 2024.

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  • School of Engineering

    “I was looking to connect neuroscience with engineering.”

    Mélina Lasfargues has the honor of being the first student to finish the Neuro X Masters. She completed her master’s project on thermal illusions earlier this year. 

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116 Professors
3392 Bachelor and Master Students
771 PhD Students
13 Centers

Some highlights

E3 EPFL Excellence in Engineering – Apply!

The E3 Program offers BSc and MSc students in engineering, science, and technology a summer research experience at EPFL.

Application deadline: 1 November 2024.

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RRL Demo Day: Discover how technologies can transform our daily lives

Since 2016, the RRL Demo Day has been an annual must-see event where students showcase their innovative soft robotic technologies. This event offers a unique opportunity to explore futuristic applications of these technologies in everyday life

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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.

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Research clusters

Advanced manufacturing Artificial Intelligence Bio-Inspired Technology Energy Science and Research Health Science & Technology Imaging Science Nanotechnology Quantum Science & Technology Robotics Soft Materials Sustainability

Upcoming Events

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Teaching toolkit for LABS 20.11.2024 – 09:00 > 16:00 Speaker: Roland Tormey, Nihat Kotluk Place: BC 03 Category Internal trainings Read more
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Counting curves and crossing lemmas (Geometry Seminar) 20.11.2024 – 11:15 > 12:15 Speaker: Hugo Parlier (University of Luxembourg) Place: CH B3 31 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Seminar Series – The EPFL Four Seasons of Tribology 2024 20.11.2024 – 14:00 > 16:00 Speaker: Prof. G. Colas. CRNS Femto-ST Institute.  Place: MXF 312 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Reaching 100% renewable energy while strengthening Swiss biodiversity: what are the implications for our society? 20.11.2024 – 17:00 > 19:00 Speaker: Place: UNIL, Amphimax 415 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) | Azrieli Global Scholars Program 20.11.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Journées d’information 2024 20.11.2024 – 09:30 > 17:15 Speaker: Place: STCC 2 9428 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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The SwissTech Village Chalet 11.11.2024 – 12:00 > 23:00 Speaker: Place: Place du SwissTech Village Category Cultural events Read more
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Research Data Lunch Talks “How to manage big datasets: from art to stars” 21.11.2024 – 12:15 > 13:45 Speaker: Place: CM 1 120 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Neurostimulation and Wireless Data Transmission Circuits for Implantable High-Density Neural Interfaces 22.11.2024 – 16:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Cong DING Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Materials science experiments by robotic automation 22.11.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Vincenzo SCAMARCIO Place: MXF 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Mitigating Bias in Decision-Making Systems: a Control Systems Perspective 25.11.2024 – 11:00 > 12:00 Speaker: Dr Giulia De Pasquale, Post doc at ETH Zürich & Assistant Professor Control Systems group at Eindhoven University of Technology Place: ME C2 405 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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An Angular Framework for Ultrasound Imaging 25.11.2024 – 12:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Baptiste Ghislain Emmanuel HÉRIARD-DUBREUIL Place: CM 1 4 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Novel mathematics to discover novel materials 25.11.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Michael Herbst, EPFL Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Up to Speed with Zotero 26.11.2024 – 10:00 > 12:00 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: Category Internal trainings Read more
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<> MechE Colloquium: A closer look at data-driven control systems in the building and energy domain 26.11.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Roy S. Smith, Automatic Control Laboratory (IfA), ETH Zurich Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Extending Capabilities of Attention-based Models 27.11.2024 – 16:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Arnaud PANNATIER Place: CM 1 4 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Advanced STEM EBIC Imaging of Operating Electronic Devices 27.11.2024 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Dr. William A. Hubbard | CEO of NanoElectronic Imaging, Inc. Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Beyond Google: Find scientific information with advanced tools 28.11.2024 – 10:00 > 12:00 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: Category Internal trainings Read more
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lunch&LEARN: An Automatic Grading System for Large Classes 28.11.2024 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker: Matt Bovel and Hamza Remmal Place: ME A3 31 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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AI Center – AI Fundamentals Series – Dr. Stanislav Fort, Google DeepMind 28.11.2024 – 14:00 > 15:00 Speaker: Dr. Stanislav Fort Place: ELE 117 AI Center Lounge Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Advances in the Trustworthy Machine Learning Pipeline 28.11.2024 – 15:00 > 16:00 Speaker: Julien Pallage, Research Master’s student at Polytechnique Montréal (University of Montreal) Place: ME C2 405 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Fungi, un monde sans fin 28.11.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Mario Del Curto, photographe Place: Hall du Rolex Learning Center Category Exhibitions Read more
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Performance Guarantees in Adaptive Economic Model Predictive Control 29.11.2024 – 11:00 > 12:00 Speaker: Mr. Maximilian Degner, B.Sc. & M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich. Place: ME C2 405 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Biologically Inspired Spiking Neural Networks for Speech Recognition 29.11.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Alexandre Samuel Philippe BITTAR Place: ELA 2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Estimation and control under uncertainty with application to power systems 29.11.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Jean-Sébastien Hubert BROUILLON Place: ME B3 31 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Improved Material Formulations for Thick Adhesive Joints in Wind Turbine Blades 29.11.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Jialiang FAN Place: MXF 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Exploring the Full Content of Optical Signals to Enhance Cardiac Arrhythmia Screening 29.11.2024 – 17:15 > 00:00 Speaker: Loïc François Andrée JEANNINGROS Place: CO 2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Multifunctional Wings and Appendages for Flight, Perching, and Locomotion 29.11.2024 – 17:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Mohammad ASKARI Place: SG 1138 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Fatigue investigations of a converter-fed variable speed pump-turbine for flexible power generation 29.11.2024 – 18:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Daniel BINER Place: Aula Energypolis Rue de l’Industrie 23 CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland Category Thesis defenses Read more
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EPFL AI Center – New Call for Postdoctoral Fellowships 29.11.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Document selection: Artificial intelligences 24.10.2024 – 07:00 > 23:59 Speaker: Place: Espace Découverte Category Exhibitions Read more
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AMLD EPFL 2025 – Registration Open 21.10.2024 – 09:00 > 17:30 Speaker: Place: SwissTech Convention Center Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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La Rampe, artistic installation by Delphine Reist 9.10.2024 – 06:00 > 23:59 Speaker: Delphine Reist, artiste Place: Rolex Learning Center Category Exhibitions Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Quantum sensing for nanoscale materials research and engineering 2.12.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Patrick Maletinsky, University of Basel Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Cérémonie de remise des prix SHS et meilleurs enseignants SHS et DH 2.12.2024 – 17:00 > 18:30 Speaker: Rudolf Mahrer, Frédéric Kaplan, Quatuor Dinateur Place: SG 1138 Category Cultural events Read more
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BRIDGE Proof of Concept: 32nd call 2.12.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Mechanics in the Data era 3.12.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Antoine Jérusalem, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Thulium-doped fiber cavities for frequency comb generation at 2 micron 3.12.2024 – 17:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Moritz BARTNICK Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Smart Publishing 5.12.2024 – 09:30 > 11:30 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: Category Internal trainings Read more
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lunch&LEARN: Advancing Computer Science Education through Visual-Semantic Programming 5.12.2024 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker: Sverrir Thorgeirsson, ETHZ Place: ME A3 31 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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EPFL Pre-NeurIPS 2024 Regional Event 5.12.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BC 01 & ELE 117 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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RRL RDD: 2024 RRL Robot Demo Day 6.12.2024 – 12:00 > 15:00 Speaker: RRL (Reconfigurable Robotics Lab) Place: MED 0 94.22 Category Exhibitions Read more
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Development of a crack arrest toughness measurement technique using small specimens to evaluate the fracture behavior in the ductile-brittle transition of “ferritic” steels 6.12.2024 – 15:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Puyi GAO Place: PSI, OSGA/EG6b Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Task-Adaptive Control Strategies of Augmentative Hip Exoskeletons for Deployable Assistance 6.12.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Ali Reza MANZOORI Place: MED 0 1418 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Reliability of Advanced Nanoscale CMOS Technology for High-Radiation Environments 6.12.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Gennaro TERMO Place: CERN, Geneva Category Thesis defenses Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Short Peptides and Amino Acids as Building Blocks for Sustainable Materials and Coatings 9.12.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Meital Reches, Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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How phagocytic cells kill bacteria 9.12.2024 – 15:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Prof. Pierre Cosson, Department of cell physiology and metabolism. University of Geneva. Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Tech4Eva Conference 2024 9.12.2024 – 16:00 > 19:00 Speaker: Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Lymph node microstructure imaging using diffusion MRI: From simulations to acquisitions 9.12.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Rémy Marc M GARDIER Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Fluidic shaping of optical components – from eyeglasses to space telescopes 10.12.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Moran Bercovici, Fluidic Technologies Laboratory, Technion Israel Institute of Technology Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Contraction Theory for Optimization, Control, and Neural Networks 10.12.2024 – 13:30 > 14:30 Speaker: Professor Francesco Bullo, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Place: ME C2 405 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Fluctuation-Induced Couplings at the Solid-Liquid Interface 11.12.2024 – 11:00 > 12:00 Speaker: Baptiste Coquinot, Ph.D., Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Vienna-Klosterneuburg (AT) Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Combining AI and Physical Modeling for Contemporary Simulations 11.12.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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lunch&LEARN: Lessons learned from the first edition of a large second-year course in software construction 12.12.2024 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker: Shardul Chiplunkar and Clément Pit-Claudel  Place: ME A3 31 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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AI & Compute – Research Computing Platform (RCP) – Exchange session 18.12.2024 – 14:00 > 15:30 Speaker: EPFL AI Center, Khadidja Malleck, Nicolas Barrière, Miguel Fontes Medeiros, Yoann Moulin, Mateo Muller   Place: ELE 117 – AI Center Lounge Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Show “From Switzerland to the Moon” 19.12.2024 – 19:30 > 21:30 Speaker: Place: STCC -1 9101 Category Cultural events Read more
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Fondation Gelbert | Research funding 1.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Swiss Space Sustainability Research Days 6.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Ludovic Monnerat, Emmanuelle David, Lucia Kleint, Jean-Paul Kneib, Natalia Archinard, Josef Koller, Camilla Columbo Place: The Glacier Hotel, Les Diablerets Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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The Michael J. Fox Foundation | Understanding, Assessing and Improving Gait in Parkinson’s Disease Research Program 14.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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SNSF Starting Grants 2025 15.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Cancer Research Institute – Lloyd J. Old STAR Program | Research Funding 15.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Wellcome Trust | Climate and Mental Health Award: Uncovering mechanisms between heat and mental health 21.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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SNIS | Research Funding 22.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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In Situ Liquid Transmission Electron Microscopy: An Essential Tool for Studying Dynamic Processes at the Nanoscale 29.1.2025 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Dr. Madeline Dressel Dukes | Sr. Applications Engineer & Training Specialist at Protochips Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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SCIEX Scientific Exchanges between Switzerland and Bulgaria | Call for proposals 3.2.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Greening AI with Software Engineering 3.2.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Volkswagen Stiftung | NEXT – Quantum Biology 11.2.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Info Session: CAS Value Chain Data Technologies 25.2.2025 – 18:00 > 18:30 Speaker: – Elaine Moran, SRVC Executive Director Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Density Functional Theory and Artificial Intelligence learning from each other 3.3.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Predicting and understanding drug-target binding kinetics via molecular simulations 10.3.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Managing Innovation in the Era of Data and AI 12.3.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Dr. Andrea Dunbar, Prof. Pierre Vandergheynst Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Automated ab initio workflows with jobflow, FireWorks, and atomate 17.3.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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BRIDGE Discovery: 9th call 25.3.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Fulfilling the Multiscale Promise in Materials: Getting Information out of the Atomistic Scale 31.3.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Swiss Foundation for Alcohol Research | Funding for research projects, conferences and publications 1.4.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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DÆNCITY: Artistic residency for EPFL Students at Théâtre Sévelin 36 22.4.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Simona Ferrar, Performance Lighthouse, EPFL Place: Théâtre Sévelin 36 Category Cultural events Read more
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BMI Seminar // Chris Summerfield: Learning and Decision Making in Humans and Models 1.5.2025 – 14:00 > 15:00 Speaker: Chris Summerfield, Universitiy of Oxford, UK Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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The body on stage in light of improvisation 14.6.2025 – 19:30 > 21:00 Speaker: Simon Henein (professeur in microengineering, EPFL) and Joëlle Valterio (performer and teaching assistant, EPFL)  Place: Arsenic Lausanne Category Cultural events Read more

Research

Three STI professors win ERC Synergy Grants

The European Research Council announced on Tuesday that professors Andras Kis, Edoardo Charbon, and Tobias Kippenberg of the EPFL School of Engineering (STI) have been awarded ERC Synergy Grants to tackle major scientific challenges.

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Innovation

EPFL robotics spin-off MIROS unveils smart workspaces

MIROS Technology has announced the first commercial implementation of their transformable workspace: a smart system developed using technology patented in the Reconfigurable Robotics lab led by Jamie Paik in EPFL’s School of Engineering.

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Education

Five PhD students receive STI Teaching Assistant Awards

Five engineering PhD students have been selected to receive a School of Engineering (STI) Teaching Assistant Award for their outstanding commitment to education in EPFL bachelor and master courses.

Education
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