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New supercomputer enables cutting-edge and sustainable research

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EPFL’s new Kuma supercomputer, which ranks 23rd in the Green500 ranking, illustrates EPFL’s efforts to support cutting-edge research with a low environmental impact. With Kuma, EPFL is helping anchor Switzerland’s position at the forefront of sustainable computing.

Today's buildings hold the key to housing tomorrow's population

15.11.24NewsResearch

Curbing new-build construction, renovating existing buildings at pace and rethinking how we use them: according to Philippe Thalmann, an urban and environmental economics professor at EPFL, these are the steps we’ll need to take to both meet climate targets and accommodate an ever-growing population.

Simulating how fruit flies see, smell, and navigate

14.11.24NewsResearch

Scientists at EPFL have advanced their NeuroMechFly model, simulating fruit fly movement in the real world. With integrated vision and smell, it helps us understand brain-body coordination, setting a path for neuroengineering's role in robotics and AI.

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Architect Ada Massarente explores movement on the banks of the Veveyse river.© Ada Massarente - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“I've always been fascinated with how the body moves through space”

18.11.24Education

For her master’s project in architecture, Ada Massarente combined notions of dance, drawing and landscape, focusing on the intimate relationship between the body and the city. She proposed redeveloping the banks of the Veveyse – a river that empties into Lake Geneva at Vevey – to create new community spaces.

“I asked for no special arrangements, even as an elite athlete!”

12.11.24EPFL

Paul McIntyre is the 2024 Swiss champion for the indoor 1,500 meter race. Also an EPFL master’s student in data science, the 24-year-old plans to complete his military service on the elite athlete track after he graduates.

Matthieu Fehlmann, pictured here on the site of the extension to Collège du Cheminet in Penthalaz (Vaud), designed by Ferrari Architectes. © 2024 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“Timber can be a good alternative if it's used wisely”

05.11.24Education

For his master’s degree in civil engineering, Matthieu Fehlmann worked on a project in Australia where he studied methods for laterally stabilizing an eight-story timber building without using concrete. This experience was both personally and academically enriching, and it gave him exposure to a whole different set of construction standards.

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Pierre Wets, flou, tenant dans ses mains une cannette de soda et une balle de ping-pong cassées © EPFL 2024 / Adrien Buttier

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When physics takes centre stage

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Thale cress, the unassuming weed that’s lighting up science

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Artificial Intelligence Day

Artificial Intelligence Day How to understand the AI revolution and make it your own Saturday 23rd November From 10am to 5pm Rolex Learning Center Conferences Scientific…

23-11-202423-11-2024

With: Programme complet
Place and room: Rolex Learning Center
Online: https://journee-ia.epfl.ch/
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Research and Doctoral Awards Ceremony 2024

28-11-202428-11-2024

With: Andreas Mortensen, Annalisa Buffa
Place and room: RLC E1 240
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Journées d’information 2024

20-11-202422-11-2024

Place and room: STCC 2 9428
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Cartooning for Science

02-12-202402-12-2024

With: Patrick Chappatte, Tom Toro, Martin Vetterli, Sara Bonella, Laurence Danguy
Place and room: STCC 2 8020
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Musica ex Machina: Machines Thinking Musically

20-09-202429-06-2025

With: Curators: Prof. Sarah Kenderdine, EPFL eM+ / EPFL Pavilions Prof. Martin Rohrmeier, EPFL DCML Prof. Paul Doornbusch, BNU-HKBU United International College Zhuhai Prof. Jonathan Impett, Orpheus Instituut, Gent
Place and room: EPFL Pavilions, Pavilion B
Category: Exhibitions

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