• School of Engineering

    ClearSpace to use EPFL software to protect satellites

    A convolutional neural network 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

    Record broken for the longest Hyperloop trial at EPFL

    As part of the LIMITLESS project, scientists from EPFL, HEIG-VD and Swisspod have completed the longest-ever vacuum capsule journey in Europe’s first operational Hyperloop test facility.

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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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  • School of Engineering

    “There is a bit of materials science in everything”

    EPFL PhD student Stella Laperrousaz’s crowd-pleasing comparison of her research on electronic fibers to one of Switzerland’s most famous exports won her the audience prize at the My Thesis in 180 Seconds Competition Switzerland 2024.

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771 PhD Students
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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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Upcoming Events

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Workshop: How to not lie with charts and images – and take a sad plot and make it better 6.11.2024 – 11:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Helena Jambor, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons (CH)  Place: BC 410 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Sustainable Space Hub Coffee 6.11.2024 – 13:00 > 14:00 Speaker: Place: PPB 019 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Amazon Research Awards (ARA) – Autumn 2024 calls (5) 6.11.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Beyond Ground State Simulations: Navigating Challenges in Excited States of Extended Molecules and Materials 5.11.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Human AI collaboration for science and engineering 7.11.2024 – 10:00 > 11:00 Speaker: Masaki Adachi, Doctoral Student, Oxford, UK Place: ME C2 405 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging Seminar: Exploring and Explaining: Leveraging data visualization for research, communication and public health 7.11.2024 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Prof. Helena Jambor, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons (CH)  Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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AI Center Impact Talk by Vanessia Wu – “Balancing Innovation and Responsibility: An Insider’s Perspective on AI Safety” 8.11.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Vanessia Wu, Marcel Salathé Place: BC 420 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Reliability modeling and forecasting with two-stage stochastic degradation models: bridge reinforced concrete rebar example 8.11.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Prof. David W. Coit, Rutgers University, USA Place: GC B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Life Sciences Seminar Series 8.11.2024 – 15:30 > 16:30 Speaker: Gaudenz Danuser Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Engineering nanomaterial surfaces for biomedical applications: antiviral surface coatings, antiviral nanoparticles and lipid-based biopharmaceutical drug systems 8.11.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Heyun WANG Place: ELA 2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Marie Skłodovska-Curie Global Fellowships | Research and career funding 9.11.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Kinetic Grid Structures 11.11.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Eike Schling Place: GC B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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EPFL BioE Talks SERIES “The Missing Mechanical Link: How Composite Interfaces Govern Cell Morphogenesis, Immune Migration, and Stem Cell Fate” 11.11.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Alba Diz-Muñoz, Ph.D., Research Group Leader Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit – European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg (DE) Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Nucleation of diffusion controlled phase transformations in the solid state, beyond or beside classical nucleation theory ? 11.11.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Yves Bréchet, professeur à Monash University, membre de l’Académie des sciences et directeur scientifique de Saint Gobain Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Sloppy models, differential geometry, and why science works 11.11.2024 – 16:15 > 17:15 Speaker: Prof. James Sethna, Cornell University Place: CE 1 2 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Lost in Space: Design Manifolds Can Accelerate Design and Optimization Iterations Several Fold 12.11.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Mark Fuge, Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design, ETHZ Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Information Session on new ESDI research program: QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY FOR SPACE 12.11.2024 – 13:00 > 14:00 Speaker: Johann Richard and Jennifer Wadsworth, ESDI Place: Copernic Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Innosuisse Flagship Initiative call 2024 12.11.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Extending rational expanding Thurston maps (Geometry Seminar) 13.11.2024 – 11:15 > 12:15 Speaker: Julia Münch, University of Liverpool Place: CH B3 31 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Are engineers improvisers? 13.11.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Prof. Simon Henein, professeur de microtechnique à l’EPFL et responsable du Performance Lighthouse, Alain Bovet, chercheur en sociologie à l’EPFL et Simona Ferrar, chargée de projet au Performance Lighthouse, performer et danseuse Place: Rolex Learning Center Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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AI & Compute – Research Computing Platform (RCP) – Exchange session 13.11.2024 – 14:00 > 15:30 Speaker: EPFL AI Center, Khadidja Malleck, Nicolas Barrière, Miguel Fontes Medeiros, Yoann Moulin, Mateo Muller   Place: ELE 117 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Non-rational Infinite-Horizon Control: A Unified Framework for Robust Control through Frequency-Domain Optimization 13.11.2024 – 16:00 > 17:00 Speaker: Taylan Kargin, PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering, Caltech, USA Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Life Sciences BioCore Seminar Series 14.11.2024 – 13:30 > 16:00 Speaker: Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Beam Separator for FLASH Electron Therapy Facilities 14.11.2024 – 14:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Vera KORCHEVNYUK Place: CERN Geneva Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Transposable Elements: Drivers of Regulatory Evolution 15.11.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Cédric Feschotte  
Barbara McClintock Professor of Molecular Biology & Genetics | Cornell University
Visiting Professor | Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne | Switzerland  Place: SV 1717a Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Empowering turbocompressor design with AI: a unified approach to robustness and all-at-once optimization 15.11.2024 – 16:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Soheyl MASSOUDI Place: MC A1 272 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Direct high-temperature MOCVD growth of GaN on foreign substrates 15.11.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Alessandro FLORIDUZ Place: BS 270 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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On quality assessment and learning-based compression of point clouds for conventional and DNA-based storage 15.11.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Davi NACHTIGALL LAZZAROTTO Place: CM 1 3 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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monthly Grad Student Mini-Symposium (IBI-EDBB) 15.11.2024 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker: EDBB grad students Place: AI 1153 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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YUVAALI 2024 15.11.2024 – 17:30 > 22:00 Speaker: Place: CE 1 515 Category Cultural events Read more
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SNSF & Innosuisse funding schemes ¦ information event 3/3 15.11.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Cancer Research Institute – Technology Impact Award | Research Funding 15.11.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Mapping and controlling three dimensional spin textures 18.11.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Dr. Claire Donnelly, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, Germany Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Bioinspired Problems of Fluid-Structure Interactions: Drag-Reduction by Reconfiguration, Kirigami Parachutes, and Soft Corals 19.11.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Frédérick Gosselin, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Data/Code Publication 19.11.2024 – 15:00 > 16:30 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: PH H3 31 Category Internal trainings Read more
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INFOSESSION SNSF Postdoc.Mobility call ¦ Career funding 19.11.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Teaching toolkit for LABS 20.11.2024 – 09:00 > 17:00 Speaker: Roland Tormey, Nihat Kotluk Place: BC 03 Category Internal trainings 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 413 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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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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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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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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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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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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Double exhibition of artists in residence at EPFL: Aetherocohedron and el.ba 17.10.2024 – 18:00 > 20:00 Speaker: Josua Putzke and Alison Martin Place: EPFL Pavilions A Category Exhibitions 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

Engineering a more sustainable skyscraper

Construction is underway on the 85-meter Tilia Tower near Lausanne: the first large-scale building in Switzerland to be built with a low-carbon cement developed in EPFL’s Lab of Construction Materials.

Innovation
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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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