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AI-designed heat pumps consume less energy

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Researchers at EPFL have developed a method that uses artificial intelligence to design next-generation heat-pump compressors. Their method can cut the pumps’ power requirement by around 25%.

Robots programmed to follow you

02.07.19 News Education

Summer series – student projects – Two dozen EPFL Master’s students recently took part in a unique race where the competitors were tandems of students and robots. This challenge put the students’ programming skills to the test, in pursuit of enhanced methods of human-machine interaction.

"Science journalists help bring science to the masses"

01.07.19 News EPFL

The 11th World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ) is being held in Lausanne this week, attracting some 1,200 visitors to our city. As one of the event’s partner universities, EPFL is proud to be hosting the WCSJ at its SwissTech Convention Center. We spoke with Olivier Dessibourg, head of the organizing team and president of the Swiss Association of Science Journalists, about what he hopes the event will achieve.

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Grégoire Courtine wins the Rolex Awards for Entreprise

The EPFL researcher is one of five laureates of the 2019 Rolex Awards for Entreprise. The laureates will receive financial support for their innovative projects that contribute to the common good.

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INFINITY ROOM I - ArtLab Exhibition

To mark its 50th anniversary, the EPFL gave free rein to three photographers, who were asked to capture the essence of the School and its future direction: - Olivier Christinat brings a discreet immersion in campus...

2019-04-12 2019-07-28

With: Olivier Christinat, Bogdan Konopka, Catherine Leutenegger
Place and room: ArtLab pavillon central
Category: Exhibitions

Exposition « We choose to go to the Moon »

2019-06-01 2019-08-20

With: EPFL Library
Place and room: Rolex Learning Center
Category: Exhibitions

SwissTech Convention Center © Fernando Guerra / Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés architectes SA

World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ)

2019-07-01 2019-07-05

Place and room: SwissTech Convention Center
Category: Conferences - Seminars

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Just finished Campus Lecture: Stephen Quake

2019-07-03 12:15:00

With: Stephen Quake
Place and room: SV 1717
Category: Conferences - Seminars

Doctoral School 15th anniversary

2019-07-04 09:00:00 15:00:00

With: Prof. Pierre Vandergheynst Prof. Philipp John Binning Prof. B. Liezel Frick Prof. Andreas Mortensen Prof. Carl Wieman
Place and room: SG 1138
Category: Miscellaneous

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Bertarelli Neuroscience Symposium 2019

2019-07-05 13:30:00 19:30:00

With: Catalyst Projects and keynote speakers.
Place and room: Campus Biotech Auditorium
Category: Conferences - Seminars

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Promenade des Pourquoi ?

2019-07-10 10:30:00 13:00:00

With: Olivier Renault, le savambulant de l'EPFL et Floriane Nikles, J'explore ma ville
Category: Public Science Events

Toi aussi, crée ton appli !

2019-08-12 2019-08-22

Place and room: EPFL
Category: Sciences Activities for Youth

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2019 FAI/DIAS International Drone & Digital Aviation Conference

2019-09-13

Place and room: RLC E1 240
Category: Conferences - Seminars

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Architects of Structural Biology: Bragg, Perutz, Kendrew and Hodgkin

2019-10-03 18:15:00

With: Sir John Meurig Thomas The lecturer, a personal friend of Perutz, Kendrew, Klug, Hodgkin and Phillips, was formerly the Director of the Royal Institution of GB, former Head of the Department of Physical Chemistry and former Master of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He is a solid-state, surface and materials chemist and recipient of several awards, including the Willard-Gibbs, Pauling, Kapitza, Natta, Stokes, Davy and Faraday medals. A New mineral, meurigite, is named after him. He was awarded the Royal Medal for Physical Sciences by the Royal Society in 2016.
Place and room: Forum Rolex
Category: Conferences - Seminars