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More advanced topics, such as how to perform curve fitting, plotting line profiles, reslicing your data and batch processing, are also included. <br>\r\n <br>\r\nPlease feel free to suggest extra topics when you register. Depending on the replies, this will tailor the end of the day with some practicals ( for example : Colocalization, Tracking with Trackmate or cell detection with StarDist or Cellpose in Fiji ... )<br>\r\nWhile the course is of general use, the examples and applications are primarily relevant for those using light microscopy techniques.\r\n</p><ul>\r\n\t<li>There are 16 slots available, and participants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. </li>\r\n\t<li>The session is open to everyone from EPFL; the registration fee is waived.</li>\r\n\t<li>Unjustified/late cancellations (less than three working days before the course date) and no-shows will be charged a fee of CHF 250.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n <br>\r\nWe look forward to seeing you there and encourage you to fill out the registration form for your preferred date as soon as possible.<br>\r\n <br>\r\nYour BIOP team", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-02-05T13:06:12", "last_modification_date": "2026-09-02T10:25:07", "link_label": "Registration Form", "link_url": "https://forms.gle/USZ9WJS2z4gVtRwX8", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "TBD", "url_place_and_room": "", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/romain.guiet?lang=en\">Romain Guiet</a> , <a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/remy.dornier?lang=en\">Rémy Dornier</a>", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/arne.seitz\">Arne Seitz</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/arne.seitz\">Arne Seitz</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Public averti", "en_label": "Informed public" }, "registration": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Sur inscription", "en_label": "Registration required" }, "keywords": "Fiji , ImageJ , Image Analysis", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119582/", "category": { "id": 15, "code": "FORM", "fr_label": "Formations internes", "en_label": "Internal trainings", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/9/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/284/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/412/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72758, "title": "Safe Guaranteed Exploration for Non-linear Systems", "slug": "safe-guaranteed-exploration-for-non-linear-systems", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/safe-guaranteed-exploration-for-non-linear-systems", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33973/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33973/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33973/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-12-04", "end_date": "2026-12-04", "start_time": "14:00:00", "end_time": "15:00:00", "description": "<strong>Abstract</strong>: <br>\r\nSafely exploring environments with a-priori unknown constraints is a fundamental challenge that restricts the autonomy of robots. While safety is paramount, guarantees on sufficient exploration are also crucial for ensuring autonomous task completion. To address these challenges, we propose a novel safe guaranteed exploration framework using optimal control, which achieves first-of-its-kind results: guaranteed exploration for non-linear systems with finite time sample complexity bounds, while being provably safe with arbitrarily high probability. The framework is general and applicable to many real-world scenarios with complex non-linear dynamics and unknown domains. For efficient implementation, we exploit goal-directed exploration, and receding-horizon replanning while preserving the framework’s guarantees, and demonstrate safe, efficient exploration in challenging unknown environments using a car model.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Biography</strong>: <br>\r\nManish Prajapat earned his Ph.D. in reinforcement learning and control from ETH Zurich in May 2026. He was a Doctoral Fellow at the ETH AI Center working with Prof. Melanie Zeilinger and Prof. Andreas Krause. Previously, he earned his master’s degree in Robotics, Systems, and Control from ETH Zurich and was a visiting scholar at Caltech. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in 2017. At IIT Madras, he was honored as the Best Graduating Student (Co-curricular) in 2017 and received the Sivasailam Merit Prize for the best thesis. His research interests are sequential decision-making under complex scenarios, e.g., non-Markovian objectives, unknown constraints or unknown dynamics of non-linear systems.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n ", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-10-02T16:39:32", "last_modification_date": "2026-10-02T16:47:13", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "ME C2 405", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ME%20C2%20405", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/69006439273", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Dr Manish Prajapat Ph.D. reinforcement learning and control from <a href=\"https://control.ee.ethz.ch\">ETH Zurich</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://ieee.ch/chapters/control-systems-society/\">Winner of the IEEE CSS Young Author Best Journal Paper Award 2026</a>", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/giancarlo.ferraritrecate\">Prof Giancarlo Ferrari Trecate</a> The seminar is sponsored by the Swiss chapter of the <a href=\"https://ieee.ch\">IEEE-CSS</a>", "contact": "[email protected]", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/122052/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/15/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/394/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72728, "title": "When Control Changes the Data: Safety under Interaction-Driven Distribution Shifts", "slug": "when-control-changes-the-data-safety-under-interac", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/when-control-changes-the-data-safety-under-interac", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33946/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33946/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33946/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-11-09", "end_date": "2026-11-09", "start_time": "14:00:00", "end_time": "15:00:00", "description": "<strong>This seminar is co-sponsored by the <a href=\"https://ieeecss.org\">IEEE-CSS</a>.</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Abstract</strong>: <br>\r\nAccelerated by rapid advances in machine learning and AI, there has been tremendous success in the design of learning-enabled autonomous systems in areas such as autonomous driving and robotics. These exciting developments are accompanied by new fundamental challenges that arise regarding the safety and reliability of these increasingly complex systems due to imperfect learning, system unknowns, and uncertain environments. Statistical tools for uncertainty quantification have gained popularity due to their ability to deal with these challenges. However, their guarantees rely on i.i.d. data, an assumption that is violated when control actions change the underlying data distribution.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nIn this talk, I will provide new insight to design safe controllers under distribution shifts using robust conformal prediction (CP). I will begin by advocating for the use of CP due to its simplicity, generality, and efficiency as opposed to existing optimization-based verification techniques. I will then provide an introduction to CP and summarize existing work that uses CP to design probabilistically safe controllers in dynamic environments. Subsequently, we will look into interactive settings where the system’s behavior may change the environment's behavior, and vice versa. This circular dependency creates an interaction-driven distribution shift that invalidates existing CP guarantees. To deal with this problem, we propose an iterative framework that episodically updates the controller while robustly maintaining safety guarantees by quantifying the potential impact of a controller update on the environment's behavior. We realize this via adversarially robust CP where we perform a regular CP step in each episode using observed data under the current controller, but then transfer safety guarantees across controller updates by analytically adjusting the CP result to account for distribution shifts. Lastly, I will show how these ideas extend to handling policy-induced distribution shifts that arise when using barrier/Lyapunov functions to control uncertain systems.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Biography</strong>:<br>\r\nLars Lindemann is currently an Assistant Professor for Algorithmic Systems Theory in the Automatic Control Laboratory at ETH Zürich. From 2023 to 2025 he was an Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science at the University of Southern California. Before that, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania from 2020 to 2022. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2020. Professor Lindemann's research interests include systems and control theory, formal methods, machine learning, and autonomous systems. He is a recipient of a European Research Council Starting Grant and two U.S. National Science Foundation Grants. He also received the Outstanding Student Paper Award at the 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and the Student Best Paper Award (as an advisor) at the 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, and has been a finalist for several other best paper awards.", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-10-01T11:07:20", "last_modification_date": "2026-10-01T11:20:51", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "ME C2 405", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ME%20C2%20405", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/66361455244", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://ee.ethz.ch/the-department/faculty/professors/person-detail.MzY4OTYz.TGlzdC80MTEsMTA1ODA0MjU5.html\">Professor Lars Lindemann , Assistant Professor for Algorithmic Systems Theory in the Automatic Control Laboratory @ ETH Zürich</a>", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/giancarlo.ferraritrecate\">Professor Giancarlo Ferrari Trecate</a>", "contact": "[email protected]", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/122012/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/15/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72720, "title": "MechE Colloquium: Biomechanics and fluid dynamics of freshwater insects across walking, swimming, and flight", "slug": "meche-colloquium-biomechanics-and-fluid-dynamics-o", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/meche-colloquium-biomechanics-and-fluid-dynamics-o", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33937/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33937/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33937/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-11-03", "end_date": "2026-11-03", "start_time": "12:00:00", "end_time": "13:00:00", "description": "<strong>Abstract: </strong>Many animals, including humans, can transition between multiple modes of locomotion between diverse environments (e.g., the transition from walking to swimming). Bimodality is common, but trimodality—that is, the ability to successfully navigate between aerial, aquatic, and terrestrial environments—is relatively rare. Multimodality is also challenging to achieve in engineered devices, vehicles, and robots; however, several animals are capable of regularly (and easily) traversing environmental boundaries. In this talk, we will outline several of the general adaptations that living organisms use to locomote between land, air, and water. We will then present recent work on the biomechanics and fluid dynamics of trimodal aquatic insects. These insects exhibit hybrid walking-swimming gaits when transitioning from land to shallow water; they also leverage surface tension, buoyancy, fluid drag, and aerodynamic forces to take off into flight directly from the water surface. They also display underwater agility, using their legs as paddles to propel themselves rapidly as they seek prey and/or escape from predators. They also have interesting morphological features to enable these transitions, including superhydrophobic wings and hemelytra, as well as dense setae lining the metathoracic legs. These bristle-like features create shape-morphing appendages for efficient swimming, and are also used to lever the insect’s body off the deforming water surface during takeoff. In this talk, we will present data from all three locomotor modes and discuss their implications for both fundamental biology and ecology as well as bioinspired engineering and technology development.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Biography: </strong>Dr. Margaret L. Byron is currently the Martin W. Trethewey Early Career Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University, and is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the Beckman Young Investigator Award, and the American Chemical Society Doctoral New Investigator Award. She earned her B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 2010 and her MS/PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California Berkeley in 2012/2015. She works at the interface of biology, physics, and engineering, with interests including the fluid dynamics of animal locomotion and the transport of irregularly shaped inertial particles in turbulent flows (including sediment, aggregates, and microplastics). She is currently on sabbatical at EPFL as a Visiting Professor in the UNFoLD lab.", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-09-29T15:49:49", "last_modification_date": "2026-09-29T15:54:40", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MED 0 1418", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/61360740951", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://iee.psu.edu/people/margaret-byron\">Prof. Margaret Byron</a>, <a href=\"https://iee.psu.edu/home\">Institute of Energy and the Environment</a>, <a href=\"https://www.psu.edu/\">The Pennsylvania State University</a>", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/karen.mulleners?lang=en\">Prof. Karen Mulleners</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">Institute of Mechanical Engineering</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "MechE Colloquium: Biomechanics and fluid dynamics of freshwater insects across walking, swimming, and flight", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/122000/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/232/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/270/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72452, "title": "MechE Colloquium: From Motion to Mission Planning via Augmented Graphs of Convex Sets", "slug": "meche-colloquium-from-motion-to-mission-planning-v", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/meche-colloquium-from-motion-to-mission-planning-v", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33700/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33700/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33700/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-10-06", "end_date": "2026-10-06", "start_time": "12:00:00", "end_time": "13:00:00", "description": "<strong>Abstract: </strong>Robot motion planning has traditionally focused on navigating obstacle-laden environments: computing smooth, collision-free trajectories from start to goal. Many real-world missions, however, require satisfying logical precedence constraints: collecting resources before accessing restricted zones, completing subtasks in a prescribed order, or acquiring tools before they can be used. This talk presents the augmented graph of convex sets (augmented GCS) framework, which unifies continuous trajectory optimization and combinatorial task sequencing within a single optimization problem.<br>\r\nThe key insight is that a layered augmented GCS, built on an exact convex partition of the free space, simultaneously selects an optimal task completion sequence and computes an optimal continuous trajectory. A shortest path in the augmented GCS solves both problems at once, yielding an exact solution up to a finite Bézier curve parameterization. The layered structure of the augmented GCS turns out to implement precisely the Bellman-Held-Karp (BHK) dynamic programming algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem, establishing a formal correspondence between our framework and the combinatorial TSP literature. This makes augmented GCS a continuous-geometry generalization of BHK, achieving the same singly exponential worst-case complexity, an exponential improvement over general-purpose temporal logic tools. We further develop a library of mission specification variations (including ordered collection, disjunctive keys, conjunctive doors, timed constraints, and conditional logic) each with proven correctness, substantially expanding the range of expressible mission types. Numerical experiments confirm exponential speedups in practice and near-global-optimality on a large benchmark suite.<br>\r\nTime permitting, I will briefly discuss ongoing extensions, including spacetime augmented GCS for dynamic environments, safety-aware planning via conformal prediction sets, and a galactic survey benchmark inspired by space mission planning that stress-tests the framework at scale.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Biography: </strong>Tyler Summers is an associate professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. Prior to joining UT Dallas, he was an ETH Postdoctoral Fellow at the Automatic Control Laboratory at ETH Zurich from 2011 to 2015. He received a PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin in 2010. He was a Fulbright Postgraduate Scholar at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia in 2007-2008. He received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2021 and a Young Investigator Program award from the US Army Research Office in 2017. His research interests are in feedback control, optimization, and learning in complex dynamical networks, with applications in robotics and power networks.", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-08-26T16:15:39", "last_modification_date": "2026-08-26T16:19:15", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MED 0 1418", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/61360740951", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://me.utdallas.edu/faculty/tyler-summers/\">Prof. Tyler Summers</a>, <a href=\"https://me.utdallas.edu/\">Mechanical engineering,</a> <a href=\"https://www.utdallas.edu/\">The University of Texas at Dallas</a>", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/maryam.kamgarpour\">Prof. Maryam Kamgarpour</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">Institute of Mechanical Engineering</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "MechE Colloquium: From Motion to Mission Planning via Augmented Graphs of Convex Sets", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121601/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/232/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/270/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/417/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/394/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72524, "title": "[CANCELLED] MechE Colloquium: Engineering Net-Zero Transport: From Future Fuels to Carbon and Emissions Management", "slug": "cancelled-meche-colloquium-engineering-net-zero-tr", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/cancelled-meche-colloquium-engineering-net-zero-tr", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33763/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33763/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33763/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-10-13", "end_date": "2026-10-13", "start_time": "12:00:00", "end_time": "13:00:00", "description": "<strong>Abstract: </strong>Transport systems underpin modern society, yet remain among the most challenging sectors to decarbonise. Achieving net-zero transport requires coordinated action across energy carriers, carbon flows and mitigation of other pollutants. This talk presents a multiscale engineering framework for sustainable mobility, organised around three complementary pathways: <u>f</u>uel development (F), <u>g</u>reenhouse-gas management (G) and mitigating <u>h</u>armful emissions beyond CO<sub>2</sub> (H). First, using solar-driven CO<sub>2</sub> conversion as an example, I will show how the precise transport of light, heat and fluids enables the coordinated design of materials, devices and systems, maximising solar-to-fuel conversion efficiency. Second, I will explore on-board carbon capture for road and maritime transport, together with distributed carbon-removal networks that use existing vehicles, ventilation systems and transport infrastructure. Third, I will discuss particulate matter generated by brake and tyre wear, illustrating how materials engineering can balance filtration efficiency, pressure drop and energy demand. Finally, the talk considers how techno-economic assessment and the interplay between technology, business and policy can move laboratory innovations towards industrial deployment.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Biography: </strong>Dr Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao (<a href=\"https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/elvis.cao\">https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/elvis.cao</a>) is currently an Assistant Professor at Imperial College London, holding joint appointments in Mechanical Engineering and the Grantham Institute. Cao leads the Laboratory for Integrated Green Harvesting & Transport, the LIGHT Lab, which seeks to engineer the physical systems for a sustainable future. Before joining Imperial, Cao was a Schmidt Science Fellow at MIT, where he pursued integrated carbon capture and utilisation under the guidance of Professor Ted Sargent. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, his MEng in Materials Engineering from McGill University, and dual bachelor’s degrees in Energy and Power Engineering and English Literature from Xi’an Jiaotong University. He has published more than 30 first- or corresponding-author papers in journals including <em>Joule</em>, <em>Matter</em>, <em>Device</em> and <em>Advanced Materials</em>. Cao was named one of MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35 globally in 2024 and was previously recognised in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy for North America. His other honours include the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s German Chancellor Fellowship, the Activate Fellowship, the MIT Climate & Energy Prize, the Global Young Investigator Award in Separation Science, and the Carbon Capture Future Star Award, among others.", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-09-04T10:07:53", "last_modification_date": "2026-09-30T13:59:39", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MED 0 1418", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/61360740951", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/elvis.cao\">Prof. Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao</a>, <a href=\"https://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/\">The Grantham Institute for Climate Change</a>, <a href=\"https://www.imperial.ac.uk/natural-sciences/\">Faculty of Natural Sciences</a>, <a href=\"https://www.imperial.ac.uk/\">Imperial College London</a>", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/zhengmao.lu\">Prof. Zhengmao Lu</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">Institute of Mechanical Engineering</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "MechE Colloquium: Engineering Net-Zero Transport: From Future Fuels to Carbon and Emissions Management", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121715/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/232/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/270/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72451, "title": "L'Affaire des Méga-constellations", "slug": "l-affaire-des-mega-constellations", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/l-affaire-des-mega-constellations", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33699/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33699/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33699/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-11-06", "end_date": "2026-11-06", "start_time": "20:00:00", "end_time": "22:00:00", "description": "<strong>L'espace s'invite au tribunal! Les satellites sauveront-ils le monde ou le rendront-ils invivable? C'est à VOUS d'en décider.</strong><br>\r\n <br>\r\nRejoignez le public qui officiera comme jurés de « L'Affaire des Méga-constellations », un tribunal fictif et participatif où l'accusé n'est autre qu'un concept: les méga-constellations de satellites. L’événement mêlera humour, improvisation, vulgarisation scientifique et participation citoyenne, autour d'une question centrale : les satellites sauveront-ils le monde… ou le rendront-ils invivable?<br>\r\n <br>\r\nAvec <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/renauddevargas/?hl=fr\">Renaud de Vargas</a> dans le rôle du Juge impartial, Chloé Carrière à la défense, Yohann Thenaisie à l'accusation, des expert-e-s de la durabilité et du spatial pour témoins et l’astronaute Claude Nicollier en guest star cosmique !<br>\r\nMise en scène: Claire Nicolas / Musique: Loris Gomboso<br>\r\n <br>\r\nPour en savoir plus sur le projet, qui est à la base de cet événement et initié par l'<a href=\"https://space.epfl.ch/\">EPFL Space Center</a> et <a href=\"https://galactic-studios.ch/\">Galactic Studios</a>, avec le soutien du FNS: <a href=\"https://espace-commun.ch/\">Espace Commun</a>", "image_description": "Bannière L'Affaire des Méga-constellations", "creation_date": "2026-08-26T16:05:13", "last_modification_date": "2026-09-03T14:20:39", "link_label": "Billetterie", "link_url": "https://infomaniak.events/fr-ch/shop/espace-commun-K5SBZADWWJ", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "Casino de Montbenon - salle Paderewski, Lausanne", "url_place_and_room": "https://www.lausanne.ch/vie-pratique/loisirs/salles-et-refuges/casino-montbenon", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/1/?format=api" ], "speaker": "", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://space.epfl.ch/\">EPFL Space Center</a>, <a href=\"https://galactic-studios.ch/\">Galactic Studios</a>", "contact": "Lucie Ryser", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Sur inscription", "en_label": "Registration required" }, "keywords": "mega-constellation, satellite, durabilité spatiale", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121600/", "category": { "id": 9, "code": "MANIF", "fr_label": "Événements festifs et culturels", "en_label": "Cultural events", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/3/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/5/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/21/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/22/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/79/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/145/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/179/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/442/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72499, "title": "Musical Composition: Playing with the Verbier Festival Archives", "slug": "musical-composition-playing-with-the-verbier-festi", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/musical-composition-playing-with-the-verbier-festi", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33787/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33787/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33787/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-10-10", "end_date": "2026-10-10", "start_time": "16:00:00", "end_time": "20:00:00", "description": "<p>Thanks to a donation from the Claude Latour Foundation, the Pôle Culture (VPI) is organizing a master class followed by a public concert based on the Verbier Festival archives, which are being digitized at <a href=\"http://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/centre-innovation-patrimoines-culturels/\">EPFL by the EPFL Cultural Heritage & Conservation Platform (CHC)</a>.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nDuring the masterclass, the selected students are invited to create a musical piece lasting no more than 5 minutes in the style, aesthetic, and genre of their choice (jazz, rap, rock, metal, classical, etc.). At the end of the day, the pieces will be presented to the public, accompanied by comments from a panel of experts. <br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>PROGRAM:</strong>\r\n</p><ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>10:00–16:00: Masterclass</strong> (<a href=\"https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/A0FMYfPjg1\">registration required</a>)<br>\r\n\t </li>\r\n\t<li><strong>16:00–16:15: Welcome for the audience</strong></li>\r\n\t<li>16:15–17:45: Listening to the compositions with commentary from experts</li>\r\n\t<li>17:45–18:15: Submit a music sample of your composition (max. 5 min, in MP3 format)</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>18:30: Aperitif with the audience</strong> (<a href=\"http://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/z8TTfURvwX\">registration required</a>)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n---<br>\r\n<strong>MASTERCLASS:</strong><br>\r\nThe Verbier Festival is opening its archives and making audio tracks from classical music concerts available. Participants will be able to transform, reinterpret, and reinvent these tracks to create a personal, original 5-minute piece in any musical style.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThroughout the process, four experts will guide the participants, sharing their advice and helping each person bring their project to life.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>The Experts:</strong><br>\r\n<a href=\"http://people.epfl.ch/alain.dufaux\">Alain Dufaux</a>, Director of the EPFL CHC Platform—Cultural Heritage & Conservation<br>\r\n<a href=\"https://edpub.unil.ch/interpub/noauth/php/Un/UnPers.php?PerNum=64542&LanCode=37\">Constance Frei</a>, musicologist, professor at UNIL/EPFL<br>\r\n<a href=\"http://hem.hesge.ch/la-hem/alumniae/portrait-alumniae/charlotte-graber-musicologue-bibliothecaire\">Charlotte Graber</a>, musicologist at HEM, Geneva <br>\r\n<a href=\"http://verbierfestival.com/musician/mcholm-stephen/\">Stephen McHolm</a>, Director of the Verbier Festival Academy <br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Practical Information:</strong>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Open to a maximum of 6 EPFL students</li>\r\n\t<li>Saturday, October 10, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Montreux Jazz Café</li>\r\n\t<li>Prerequisites: Submit a music sample of your composition (max. 5 min, in MP3 format)</li>\r\n\t<li>Technical requirements: bring your own computer and headphones</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/A0FMYfPjg1\"><strong>>>> Register for the Masterclass</strong></a> (deadline: October 5, at noon)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n---<br>\r\n<strong>EPFL CHC and the Verbier Festival:</strong><br>\r\nThe EPFL Cultural Heritage Conservation Platform (CHC) was established at EPFL in 2010 under the name “Metamedia Center.” For the past 16 years, it has pursued a dual mission: to digitize and preserve audiovisual collections and heritage of major significance in Switzerland and around the world, and to enrich and bring them to life through research and innovation projects conducted in EPFL’s laboratories, startups, and in collaboration with EPFL partners. The collections thus assembled become true research infrastructures: they provide a unique resource for education and research, accessible to students as well as to innovation communities at EPFL and around the world.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nIt was with this goal in mind that EPFL and the <a href=\"http://verbierfestival.com/\">Verbier Festival</a> launched the Verbier Festival Collection project in 2021. The project aims to preserve and promote the festival’s heritage, with the goal of rekindling younger generations’ interest in classical music.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nA pioneer since 1994, the Verbier Festival is the first festival in the world to have recorded all of its concerts. This exceptional collection now includes 3,000 hours of audio recordings, more than 1,000 hours of video, 12,000 historical photographs, archival documents, and a collection of annotated sheet music. It serves as a unique resource for research, innovation, and cultural transmission. As part of this collaboration, EPFL students are invited—upon registration and following a selection process—to participate in a master class during which they will draw on part of this heritage to create a musical work, which they will then present to an audience and a jury.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n---<br>\r\n<strong>Partners: </strong>Claude Latour Foundation, Verbier Festival, CHC Platform—Cultural Heritage & Conservation at EPFL, UNIL, Montreux Jazz Café, NAGRA <br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>>>> Free admission; <a href=\"http://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/z8TTfURvwX\">aperitif available with registration</a></strong><br>\r\n \r\n<figure class=\"image\"><a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/campus/art-culture/fr/les-culturelles/les-culturelles-dautomne-2026/\"><img alt=\"Programme complet des Culturelles\" height=\"182\" src=\"https://www.epfl.ch/campus/art-culture/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/LES_CULTURELLES_1920x1080_programme_complet.png\" width=\"600\"></a>\r\n\r\n<figcaption>© 2026 EPFL, Laura Persat</figcaption>\r\n</figure>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-09-03T14:13:52", "last_modification_date": "2026-09-10T14:13:58", "link_label": "Inscription à l'apéritif", "link_url": "http://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/z8TTfURvwX", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "Montreux Jazz Café", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ART%20C0%20100", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/alain.dufaux\">Alain Dufaux</a>, directeur de la Plateforme EPFL CHC - Cultural Heritage & Conservation ; <a href=\"https://applicationspub.unil.ch/interpub/noauth/php/Un/UnPers.php?PerNum=64542&LanCode=37\">Constance Frei</a>, musicologue, professeure UNIL/EPFL ; <a href=\"https://hem.hesge.ch/la-hem/alumniae/portrait-alumniae/charlotte-graber-musicologue-bibliothecaire\">Charlotte Graber</a>, musicologue HEM, Genève ; <a href=\"https://verbierfestival.com/musician/mcholm-stephen/\">Stephen McHolm</a>, directeur de la Verbier Festival Academy ", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/campus/art-culture/fr/les-culturelles/\">Festival Les Culturelles</a> (Pôle Culture VPI)", "contact": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/veronique.mauron\">Véronique Mauron Layaz</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121682/", "category": { "id": 9, "code": "MANIF", "fr_label": "Événements festifs et culturels", "en_label": "Cultural events", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/2/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/4/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/5/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/21/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/22/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/79/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/145/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72513, "title": "Exploration Journals - Reading the Texts", "slug": "exploration-journals-reading-the-texts", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/exploration-journals-reading-the-texts", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33784/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33784/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33784/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-10-12", "end_date": "2026-10-12", "start_time": "12:00:00", "end_time": "13:00:00", "description": "<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW195098754\"><strong>THIS EVENT HAD TO BE CANCELED, UNFORTUNATELY<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBy and with the <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/plume_epfl/\">Plume</a> Association<br>\r\nDuration: 1 hour</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/plume_epfl/\">PLUME</a> is the UNIL-EPFL literature association. Its mission is to promote writing and literary activities among students. As part of the Les Culturelles festival, Plume presents a reading of the final texts from its “Carnets d’exploration” project.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>THE PROJECT:</strong><br>\r\nStudents are invited to write a text or create an illustration on the theme of “exploration and travel,” whether real or fantastical. A jury selects six authors, who are invited to spend a weekend in the mountains to write the next chapter of the adventure. The texts are read aloud during a public reading as part of the Les Culturelles Festival and then published in a final anthology.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Dates:</strong></div>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>September 17: Deadline for submitting texts and illustrations</li>\r\n\t<li>September 20: Announcement of the 6 winners</li>\r\n\t<li>September 26–27: Exploration weekend in the Swiss Alps</li>\r\n\t<li>October 9: Presentation of the exploration texte</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW195098754\"><strong>PUBLIC READING:<br>\r\nMonday, October 12, at 12:00 p.m. in the <a href=\"http://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%2094.22\">MED Hall</a></strong><br>\r\nAs part of the <a href=\"http://www.epfl.ch/campus/art-culture/fr/les-culturelles/les-culturelles-dautomne-2026/\">Les Culturelles</a> festival, the texts will be read publicly during a dedicated event, followed by a complimentary snack (registration required). A publication containing all the texts will be released in late 2026.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<em>Carnets d’exploration</em> is a project that received support from the Pôle Culture (VPI) as part of a <a href=\"http://www.epfl.ch/campus/art-culture/fr/bourses-pour-projets-artistiques/\">competition</a> held twice a year for student organizations involved in campus culture.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>>>> Unfortunately, the event had to be canceled...</strong></div>\r\n \r\n\r\n<figure class=\"image\"><a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/campus/art-culture/fr/les-culturelles/les-culturelles-dautomne-2026/\"><img alt=\"Programme complet des Culturelles\" height=\"182\" src=\"https://www.epfl.ch/campus/art-culture/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/LES_CULTURELLES_1920x1080_programme_complet.png\" width=\"600\"></a>\r\n\r\n<figcaption>© 2026 EPFL, Laura Persat</figcaption>\r\n</figure>\r\n<br>\r\n ", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-09-03T15:35:35", "last_modification_date": "2026-09-24T13:52:39", "link_label": "Inscription à la collation", "link_url": "https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/hbqyrFkvFR", "canceled": "True", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "Hall MED", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%2094.22", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Plume, association de littérature UNIL-EPFL", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/campus/art-culture/fr/les-culturelles/\">Festival Les Culturelles</a> (Pôle Culture VPI)", "contact": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/veronique.mauron\">Véronique Mauron Layaz</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "littérature, association étudiante EPFL, lecture, écriture", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121695/", "category": { "id": 9, "code": "MANIF", "fr_label": "Événements festifs et culturels", "en_label": "Cultural events", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/2/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/5/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/21/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/22/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/79/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/145/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72515, "title": "A Million-Year Picnic - Film screening and discussion with artist Pauline Julier", "slug": "a-million-year-picnic-film-screening-and-discussio", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/a-million-year-picnic-film-screening-and-discussio", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33785/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33785/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33785/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-10-12", "end_date": "2026-10-12", "start_time": "18:15:00", "end_time": "19:45:00", "description": "<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW50249459\"><strong>Video installation, 4K, color, loop, variable duration, 2024<br>\r\nRunning time: 1 hour 30 minutes<br>\r\n<br>\r\nScreening followed by a discussion with <a href=\"http://www.paulinejulier.com/\">Pauline Julier</a> and <a href=\"https://www.vidy.ch/en/artist/eric-vautrin/\">Eric Vautrin</a></strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.paulinejulier.com/\">Pauline Julier’s</a> film is set in a mystical, misty landscape that could be Mars or an unknown planet, but it is actually a theater set. Three scientists discuss the challenges of space research, the latest discoveries, and imaginary worlds.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Queloz\">Didier Queloz</a>, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of exoplanets, speaks with <a href=\"http://blue-shift.co/\">Camille Bonvin</a>, a cosmologist, and <a href=\"http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violaine_Sautter\">Violaine Sautter</a>, a planetary geologist and member of NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance missions. The conversation, centered around a thermos, camping mugs, and a picnic, draws a connection to Ray Bradbury’s short story <em><a href=\"http://classicsofsciencefiction.com/2025/03/20/the-million-year-picnic-by-ray-bradbury/\">A Million-Year Picnic </a></em>(1946), part of his *The Martian Chronicles*: a family must leave Earth and finds its own reflection while searching for Martians.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nEven today, the question remains: What do we learn about ourselves when we look at Mars? What kind of life—past or future—are we searching for in space? This film is the result of a collaborative, interdisciplinary creative process that took place at the <a href=\"http://www.vidy.ch/fr/evenement/a-million-year-picnic-conversations-sur-mars/\">Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne in 2024.</a><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>AFTER THE SCREENING:</strong><br>\r\nFollowing the screening, there will be <strong>a discussion</strong> between director <a href=\"http://www.paulinejulier.com/\">Pauline Julier</a> and <a href=\"https://www.vidy.ch/en/artist/eric-vautrin/\">Eric Vautrin</a>, playwright at the Vidy Theater.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n---<br>\r\n<strong>Biography of Pauline Julier</strong><br>\r\nPauline Julier (b. 1981, Geneva) is an artist and filmmaker whose practice explores the connections humans forge with the world around them through stories, rituals, knowledge, and images. Weaving together documentary, theoretical, and fictional elements, her films and installations reflect the complexity of human relationships with their environments and foster a dialogue between science and myth to renew our perspective on the world.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nHis works have been exhibited at major contemporary art centers, institutions, and festivals around the world, including the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the IAC (Villeurbanne), the Loop Festival (Barcelona), Visions du Réel (Nyon), Wiels (Brussels), the Centre d’Art Contemporain (Geneva), the ZKM (Karlsruhe), Tokyo Wonder Site, the Museum of Modern Art (Tanzania), the Palazzo Grassi (Venice), as well as in New York, Madrid, Berlin, Zagreb, the TIFF Cinematheque (Toronto), and the Pera Museum (Istanbul).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nA two-time recipient of the Swiss Art Prize (2010, 2021) and the “Mondes Nouveaux” grant from the French Ministry of Culture (2022), her solo exhibition *Naturalis Historia* toured internationally after its opening at the Swiss Cultural Center in Paris (2017). 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