• School of Engineering

    Enhancing AI robustness for more secure and reliable systems

    Researchers at EPFL have uncovered a fundamental flaw in the training of machine learning systems and elaborated a new formulation for strengthening them against adversarial attacks.

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  • School of Engineering

    Making a femtosecond laser out of glass

    欧洲科学家表明,可以做一个femtosecond laser that fits in the palm of one’s hand using a glass substrate.

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  • School of Engineering

    “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.

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  • School of Engineering

    New biosensor detects sepsis in newborns

    提出了一个学生项目——Neosens项目sepsis detection system for newborn babies in low- and middle-income countries, while MossStandard is developing a prototype of air purifier based on plant moss.

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  • School of Engineering

    Dr. Isabel Haasler receives best paper award at SIAM conference

    Dr. Isabel Haasler, from EPFL’s School of Engineering, has been awarded the SIAM Activity Group on Control and Systems Theory Best SICON Paper Prize.

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  • School of Engineering

    Robots that adapt to their environment – and you

    On the occasion of the 10thanniversary of the Reconfigurable Robotics Lab, a demonstration of daily-use devices showcased director Jamie Paik’s vision – now a reality – for a new category of versatile robots.

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802 PhD Students
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Some highlights

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.

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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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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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Upcoming Events

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Building the Tools to Program a Quantum Computer 12.10.2023 – 10:00 > 11:00 Speaker:Charles Yuan Place:BC 420 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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CESS Seminar : Context-Aware Assortment Optimization in Platform-Based Urban Mobility – Prof. Maknoon and Tactical planning for dynamic transportation problems – Prof. Pisinger 12.10.2023 – 11:00 > 12:30 Speaker:Prof. Yousef Maknoon (TU Delft) and Prof. David Pisinger (DTU) Place:GC B3 31 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Continuing Education Webinar: Data Analysis and Machine Learning 12.10.2023 – 13:00 > 14:00 Speaker:Christian Lübbe Place: CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging Seminar: Simultaneous 3D imaging in Biology with Multifocus Microscopy 12.10.2023 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker:Prof. Sara Abrahamsson, University of California Santa Cruz (US) Place:SV 1717 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Health books 9.10.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker:EPFL Library Place:Espace découverte CategoryExhibitions Read more
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Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland 16.10.2023 – 08:15 > 19:00 Speaker: Place:STCC CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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The energy transition is a SWEET deal 16.10.2023 – 12:00 > 13:15 Speaker:Prof. Marilyne Andersen
Dr. Gracia Brueckmann Place: CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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IC Colloquium: Decoding Hidden Worlds: Unprecedented Sensing and Connectivity for Climate, Robotics, & Smart Environments 16.10.2023 – 16:15 > 17:30 Speaker: Place:BC 420 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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[SNSF Consolidator Grants 2023 | Research Funding] 16.10.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryCall for proposal Read more
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Implicit bias in your teaching (online) 17.10.2023 – 10:00 > 11:00 Speaker:Iris Capdevila and Isabelle Sarrade Place: CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Pattern growth in flow-structured complex fluids 17.10.2023 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker:Prof. Irmgard Bischofberger,MIT Place:MED 0 1418 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging Lunch: Introduction to Napari 18.10.2023 – 11:00 > 13:00 Speaker:Edward AndòMallory Wittwer Place:CE 1 711.2 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Regularization Techniques for Low-Resource Machine Translation 18.10.2023 – 16:00 > 00:00 Speaker:Alejandro RAMÍREZ ATRIO Place:BC 02 CategoryThesis defenses Read more
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Workshop: Building Napari Widgets and Plugins 19.10.2023 – 10:00 > 16:30 Speaker:Dr Kevin Yamauchi, Dr Guillaume Witz, Dr Loïc Royer Place:CE 1 711.2 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging Seminar – Future of Bioimaging: Next Generation Instruments & Artificial Intelligence 19.10.2023 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker:Dr Loïc Royer, Chan Zuckerberg BioHub Place:BM 5202 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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The Visual Wonders of Science 20.10.2023 – 11:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Place:Pavilion A CategoryExhibitions Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Water Interactions with Cellulose: Driving the Assembly of Composites 23.10.2023 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker:Prof. Steve Eichhorn, Bristol Composites Institute, United Kingdom Place:MXF 1 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Beyond Google: Find scientific information with advanced tools 23.10.2023 – 15:00 > 17:00 Speaker:EPFL Library Teaching Team Place:ELE 111https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ELE%20111 CategoryInternal trainings Read more
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Beyond Google: Find scientific information with advanced tools 23.10.2023 – 15:00 > 17:00 Speaker:EPFL Library Place:ELE 111 CategoryInternal trainings Read more
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Open Access Week 2023 23.10.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker:Guillaume Anciaux;Dimitri Van de Ville;
EPFL Library Publishing Support Team Place:EPFL Campus CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: High-precision mechatronics: flexures for fast and fretting-free functioning 24.10.2023 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker:Dr Marijn Nijenhuis,University of Twente Place:MED 0 1418 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Drug Development: Information of the FDA on mutual recognition with EMA 26.10.2023 – 16:15 > 18:00 Speaker:Lt. Cmdr. Shannon Thor – Deputy Director FDA Europe Office
Danijela Stojanovic, PharmD, PhD – Europe Office Policy Advisor Place: CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Modeling and analysis of miniaturized magnetorheological valve for fluidic actuation 26.10.2023 – 17:15 > 00:00 Speaker:Sofia Lydia NTELLA Place:MC A1 272 CategoryThesis defenses Read more
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Towards data-driven control of general nonlinear systems with stability and performance guarantees 27.10.2023 – 11:00 > 12:00 Speaker:ir. C. Verhoek Place:ME C2 405 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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CESS Seminar : A phase-field model for fracture and its applications in geoscience 27.10.2023 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker:Prof. Keita Yoshioka – Montanuniversität Leoben Place:GC B1 10 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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How a dynamic metabolism could control the eukaryotic cell cycle 27.10.2023 – 16:00 > 16:45 Speaker:Matthias Heinemann(born July 1, 1972) is a professor of molecular systems biology at theUniversity of Groningen. Heinemann leads an interdisciplinary lab of approximately 12 graduate students and post-doctoral scholars.[6] Until 2019, he served as the chairman of the Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute,[7][8] was a board member of the Dutch Origins Center[9]and the coordinator of EU ITN project MetaRNA.[10] Heinemann is a member of the Faculty of 1000.[11]
Heinemann received his degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in environmental engineering from theUniversity of Stuttgart. In 2003, he obtained aPh.D.in biochemical engineering (summa cum laude) from theRWTH Aachen University, after which he joined the Bioprocess lab ofETH Zurichas a postdoc. In 2006, he joined the Institute of Molecular Systems Biology[12]ofETH Zurichas a group leader in the research unit of Uwe Sauer. In 2010, he moved to the University of Groningen as an associate professor, where he got promoted to full professor in 2013. Place:SV 1717 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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A holistic investigation of photocatalytic hydrogen generation 27.10.2023 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker:Sangram Ashok SAVANT Place:ME B3 31 CategoryThesis defenses Read more
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Thesis public defense: A holistic investigation of photocatalytic hydrogen generation 27.10.2023 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker:Sangram Ashok Savant Place:ME B3 31 CategoryMiscellaneous Read more
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Build your publication strategy 30.10.2023 – 08:30 > 11:30 Speaker:Prof. Julia Steinberger Place:IDHEAP 004 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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AI, Biotechnology and Human Rights – Round table and book launch 30.10.2023 – 12:15 > 14:00 Speaker:Prof. Marcello Ienca, EPFL, College of Humanities.Prof. Roberto Andorno, University of Zurich, Faculty of Law.Dr. Elisa Stefanini, Portolano Cavallo (Law Firm).Laura Liguori, Portolano Cavallo (Law Firm).Dr. Milena Costas Trascasas, Chair of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee (UNHRC).Dr. Gerard Escher, Senior Advisor to the Board, GESDA.Prof. Frederic Kaplan, Director of the College of Humanities.Nicolas Mathieu, Secretary General of the Swiss Commission for UNESCO Place:Hall MED CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Predicting multi-component alloy microstructures using phase-field simulations 30.10.2023 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker:Prof. Nele Moelans, KU Leuven, Belgium Place:MXF 1 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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CIS – “Get to know your neighbors” Seminar series – Prof. Yanina Shkel 30.10.2023 – 15:15 > 16:15 Speaker:Prof. Yanina Shkel Place:INF 328 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Unveiling nanostructures: X-ray mapping in 3D and beyond through computational imaging 30.10.2023 – 16:15 > 17:00 Speaker:Prof. Manuel Guizar, Computational X-ray Imaging Laboratory CXI, EPFL Place:CE 1 2 CategoryInaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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CIFAR – Azrieli Global Scholars Program | Research Funding 30.10.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryCall for proposal Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Mechanobiology of soft human tissue: a mechanics perspective 31.10.2023 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker:Prof Edoardo Mazza,ETHZ Place:MED 0 1418 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Computational Materials Science: INSPIRE Potentials – MARVEL Master’s Fellowships 11.9.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryCall for proposal Read more
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Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) | SWEET (SWiss Energy research for the Energy Transition) Call 1-2023 1.7.2023 – 00:00 > 12:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryCall for proposal Read more
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Imaging Lunch: Creating scientific illustrations with BioIcons and BioRender 1.11.2023 – 11:00 > 13:00 Speaker:Simon Dürr Place:CE 1 711.2 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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SNSF Ambizione – Call 2023 1.11.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryCall for proposal Read more
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Hydrological innovation for the climate emergency 3.11.2023 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker:Prof. Lindsay Beevers Place:CM 1 106 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Controlling quantum materials with light 6.11.2023 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker:Prof. Gregor Jotzu, EPFL Place:MXF 1 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Autonomously Moving and Assembling Soft Matter Systems 7.11.2023 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker:Prof Al Crosby,UMass Amherst Place:MED 0 1418 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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[ERC Synergy Grant 2024 Call | Research Funding] 8.11.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryCall for proposal Read more
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SDSC-Connect 2023: AI for Energy & Sustainable Manufacturing 9.11.2023 – 09:30 > 17:00 Speaker:– Prof. Dr. Joël Mesot, President, ETH Zurich
– Prof. Dr. Christian Rüegg, Director, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
– Dr. Gaudenz Koeppel, Chief Analytics Officer Trading & Sales, Axpo Group
– Dr. Christian Schaffner, Director, Energy Science Center (ESC)
– Dr. Matthias Galus, Head of Digital Innovation, Swiss Federal Office for Energy (SFOE)
– Dr. Marina Vaya Gonzalez, Head of New Technology at Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ)
– Dr. Matthias Gräber, Head of Data Science, Bühler Group
– Dr. Nils Rinaldi, Data Team Lead. Romande Energie
– Dr. Ralf Gerdes, CEO, Inspire AG
– Dr. Xiying Liu, Specialist Ancillary Services & Analytics, Swissgrid AG Place:ETH Zurich (AudiMax) CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Institut Pasteur – EPFL Symposium: New therapeutics and vaccine approaches 13.11.2023 – 09:00 > 17:30 Speaker: Place:SV 1717 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – TBD 13.11.2023 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker:Prof. W. Craig Carter, MIT, USA Place:MXF 1 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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CIS – “Get to know your neighbors” Seminar series – Prof. Mahsa Shoaran 13.11.2023 – 15:15 > 16:15 Speaker:Prof.Mahsa Shoaran Place:INF 328 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Turbulent flow behind aortic valve prostheses 14.11.2023 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker:Prof Dominik Obrist,ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research Bern Place:MED 0 1418 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Inaugural Lecture – Prof. Carmela Troncoso 14.11.2023 – 18:00 > 18:55 Speaker:Prof. Carmela Troncoso Place:CO 1 CategoryInaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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Thin film and small scale mechanics 14.11.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker:Prof. Johann MIschler, Dr. Jakob Schwiedrzik Place: CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Data Management Planning (DMP) Bootcamp 15.11.2023 – 10:00 > 12:00 Speaker:Bibliothèque EPFL Place:CO 120 CategoryInternal trainings Read more
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教师和横向滑雪lls – Coffee Hour 15.11.2023 – 14:15 > 15:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryMiscellaneous Read more
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SNSF & Innosuisse funding schemes ¦ information event 3/3 15.11.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Cancer Research Institute – Technology Impact Award | Research Funding 15.11.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryCall for proposal Read more
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Stay away from plagiarism 16.11.2023 – 09:00 > 11:00 Speaker:EPFL Library Place:Online CategoryInternal trainings Read more
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Imaging Seminar: Posterior-Variance-Based Error Quantification for Inverse Problems in Imaging 16.11.2023 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker:Prof. Thomas Pock, Graz University of Technology Place:BM 5202 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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CESS Seminar : Reuse and repurpose applications for end-of-life large scale wind turbine blades 17.11.2023 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker:Prof. Robert Böhm (HTWK Leipzig) Place:GC B1 10 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Indoor Real-time localization system design for Internet of Things applications 17.11.2023 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker:Pooneh MOHAGHEGH Place:MC A1 272 CategoryThesis defenses Read more
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A multi scale consolidation model for press moulding of hybrid textiles into complex geometries 17.11.2023 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker:Vincent WERLEN Place:MXF 1 CategoryThesis defenses Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Nanoscale mechanism of uranium reduction by magnetite 20.11.2023 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker:Prof. Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, EPFL Place:MXF 1 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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PhD: Welcome to EPFL! 20.11.2023 – 15:00 > 19:00 Speaker:EDOC Administration Team, EPFL Services and PhD Associations Place:RLC E1 240 CategoryConvention Read more
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Teaching Toolkit for LABS 21.11.2023 – 09:00 > 17:00 Speaker:Joelyn de Lima Place:ODY -1 0020 CategoryInternal trainings Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Material-Enabled Technologies for Soft and Fluidic Robots 21.11.2023 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker:Prof Daniel J Prestion,Rice University Place:MED 0 1418 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Inaugural Lectures | Gioele La Manno and Martin Schrimpf 21.11.2023 – 17:15 > 19:00 Speaker:Gioele La Manno Martin Schrimpf Place:SV 1717 CategoryInaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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Optimizing your RDM (Research Data Management) 22.11.2023 – 09:00 > 16:00 Speaker:EPFL Library Place:ELE 111 CategoryInternal trainings Read more
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Advanced X-Ray Diffraction Methods for Coatings: Strain, Defects and Deformation Analysis of Thin Films 22.11.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker:Prof. Dr. Alex Domman, Prof. Dr. Antonia Neels, Dr. Aurelio Borzì Place: CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Additive manufacturing of energy saving materials 27.11.2023 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker:Dr. Teresa Pérez-Prado, IMDEA, Spain Place:MXF 1 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Movement out of the lab 27.11.2023 – 17:30 > 18:30 Speaker:Prof. Kamiar Aminian Place:SG1 CategoryInaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Photothermal systems – from ultrafast nanophotonics to heat oscillations in solar thermal desalination 28.11.2023 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker:Prof Alessandro Alabastri,Rice University Place:MED 0 1418 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Course: Introduction to scanning electron microscopy microanalysis techniques 29.11.2023 – 08:00 > 17:00 Speaker:Dr. Xavier Maeder
Prof. Johann Michler Place: CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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CESS Seminar : Stability Problems in Mechanics: Multiphysics & Multiscale Aspects (A Mechanician’s Perspective…) 1.12.2023 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker:ByProf. Nicolas Triantafyllidis, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau Place:GC B1 10 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF) 1.12.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryCall for proposal Read more
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Cancer Research Institute – Clinic and Laboratory Integration Program (CLIP) | Research Funding 1.12.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryCall for proposal Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Wood materials – future potentials and limitations 4.12.2023 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker:Prof. Ingo Burgert, ETHZ Place:MXF 1 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Smart Publishing 4.12.2023 – 14:00 > 16:30 Speaker:EPFL Library Place:ELE 111 CategoryInternal trainings Read more
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U.S. DOD DARPA – Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Office-wide 4.12.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryCall for proposal Read more
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BRIDGE Proof of Concept: 28th call 4.12.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryCall for proposal Read more
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Up to Speed with Zotero 7.12.2023 – 09:00 > 11:00 Speaker:EPFL Library Place:Online CategoryInternal trainings Read more
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CESS Seminar : Second Generation of Eurocode 2: Concrete Structures. 2023 8.12.2023 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker:Dr. Hans Rudolf Ganz, Past Chair CEN TC250 SC2 Place:GC B1 10 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Fluid dynamics of pulsed fusion machines 12.12.2023 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker:Prof Jovan Nedic,Mc Gill University Place:MED 0 1418 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Research Visibility: Impact beyond citation 12.12.2023 – 14:00 > 16:00 Speaker:EPFL Library Place:Online CategoryInternal trainings Read more
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CECAM-QSE joint workshop: “Quantum Algorithms for Chemistry and Material Science Simulations: Bridging the gap Between Classical and Quantum Approaches” 12.12.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker:coming soon, check the website! Place:BCH 2103 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Faculty seminar – Making the Plasma Membrane: uncovering the principles and significance of lipid remodeling along the biosynthetic pathway 14.12.2023 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker:Giovanni D’Angelo Place:SV 1717 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Additive manufacturing of bio-inspired materials 18.12.2023 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker:Prof. Kunal Masania, Tu Delft, Netherlands Place:MXF 1 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Cusps, tips, and threads: fluid dynamics and elasticity 19.12.2023 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker:Prof. Jens Eggers,School of Mathematics,University of Bristol Place:MED 0 1418 CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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Fondation Gelbert | Research funding 1.1.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryCall for proposal Read more
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Cancer Research Institute – Lloyd J. Old STAR Program | Research Funding 15.1.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryCall for proposal Read more
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Effective Lecturing 6.2.2024 – 09:00 > 17:00 Speaker:英格丽Le Ducand Reinaldo Saavedra Place: CategoryConferences – Seminars Read more
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U.S. DOD DARPA – Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Office-wide 4.3.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: CategoryCall for proposal Read more

Research

ACM Fellow Prof. Atienza: Shaping Sustainable Computing & Edge AI

EPFL Prof. David Atienza of the Embedded Systems Laboratory at the School of Engineering was interviewed by the organisation Association for Computer Machinery( ACM) on the occasion of a presentation that he gave as a Distinguished Speaker and Fellow. Here is a summary of that conversation.

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Education

Bringing Leonardo da Vinci’s designs to life

STUDENT PROJECTS – 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.

Education
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Innovation

New inspection drone uses wind to lengthen flight times

EPFL spin-off Elythor has developed a new drone whose wing shape can adapt to wind conditions and flight position in real time, reducing the drone’s energy consumption, in collaboration with the School of Engineering’s Laboratory of Intelligent Systems. The position of the drone’s wings can change, allowing it to fly vertically or horizontally. These features make it a perfect candidate for inspecting power plants.

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