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Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/9/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/19/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 73052, "title": "AI Center Seminar - AI Fundamentals series - Dr. Frederik Kunstner", "slug": "ai-center-seminar-ai-fundamentals-series-dr-freder", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/ai-center-seminar-ai-fundamentals-series-dr-freder", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34243/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34243/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34243/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-11-10", "end_date": "2026-11-10", "start_time": "14:00:00", "end_time": "15:00:00", "description": "<p>The talk is jointly organized by the <a href=\"https://ai.epfl.ch/\">EPFL AI Center</a> and the MLO Lab as part of the AI fundamentals seminar series.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong><em>Hosting Professor: Prof. Martin Jaggi</em></strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Title</strong><br>\r\nWhy Adam work in optimizing language models: heavy-tailed data imbalance<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Abstract</strong><br>\r\nAdam and related methods are the default optimizers in training language models because gradient descent is so slow it is thought it simply does not work. Many methods have been proposed to improve on Adam, but we have a poor understanding of why it works better in the first place. This talk will be about understanding what makes language models hard for gradient descent, and how Adam fixes it. We give evidence that the problem is due to imbalance in the data: in language, some words are very frequent but the majority are rare, following Zipf’s law; the kh most frequent word has frequency proportional to 1/k. This heavy-tailed imbalance leads to poor performance with gradient descent, while Adam and other sign-like methods do not suffer from the same slowdown. We show empirical evidence on language models, and prove a separation in the performance of gradient and a simplified form of Adam, sign descent, on a linear bigram model as we the vocabulary size grows.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Bio</strong><br>\r\nFrederik Kunstner is Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow at INRIA, working with Francis Bach, and an incoming professor at the University of Waterloo. <br>\r\nHis research lies at the intersection of optimization and machine learning, with a particular focus on understanding the foundations of methods used in deep learning.<br>\r\nHe received his PhD from the university of British Columbia under the supervision of Mark Schmidt, following his undergraduate studies at EPFL.<br>\r\nHis work has received a Best Paper Award at AISTATS 2021, a Best Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Canadian AI Association in 2025, and an Honourable Mention from AAAI/ACM SIGAI in 2025.</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-11-03T10:45:15", "last_modification_date": "2026-11-04T10:04:36", "link_label": "Zoom Link", "link_url": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63357554422?pwd=78nYhdNWmhKeRVL7ps31u6FHBi9xiv.1", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "ELE 117", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ELE%20117", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63357554422?pwd=78nYhdNWmhKeRVL7ps31u6FHBi9xiv.1", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Dr. Frederik Kunstner", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://ai.epfl.ch/\">EPFL AI Center</a> & MLO Lab", "contact": "Nicolas Machado", "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/122536/", "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/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/416/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 73085, "title": "AI Center Seminar - AI Fundamentals series - Prof. Lorenzo Rosasco", "slug": "ai-center-seminar-ai-fundamentals-series-prof-lore", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/ai-center-seminar-ai-fundamentals-series-prof-lore", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34273/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34273/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34273/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-11-12", "end_date": "2026-11-12", "start_time": "14:00:00", "end_time": "15:00:00", "description": "<p>This talk is jointly organized by the EPFL AI Center, the TML Lab, and the ELLIS Lausanne and Genoa Units, as part of the AI Fundamentals series.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Title</strong><br>\r\nNonparametric learning of dynamical systems and control<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Abstract</strong><br>\r\nWe consider the problem of learning from a single finite trajectory of a dynamical system. More precisely, we study discrete-time autonomous stochastic systems defining time-homogeneous ergodic Markov processes. We first focus on estimating the optimal one-step prediction function by nonlinear least squares and develop a foundational analysis yielding high-probability guarantees with respect to the invariant measure of the process. This analysis makes explicit how the non-independent and non-identically distributed nature of trajectory data modifies classical supervised learning analysis. It also readily extends to higher-order processes and finite state spaces. We then discuss how the analysis can be refined using weaker notions of ergodicity and assumptions relating the geometry of the chain to the prediction task. Finally, we show how the same approach extends to learning Koopman operators, which can in turn be used to control nonlinear dynamical systems. In particular, we discuss a model predictive control approach for switching dynamical systems.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Bio</strong><br>\r\nLorenzo Rosasco is a professor at the University of Genova and a principal investigator at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT). He is a founder and coordinator of the Machine Learning Genova Center (MaLGa) and the Laboratory for Computational and Statistical Learning. He leads the Sustainable Artificial Intelligence and Learning unit at IIT. His research focuses on developing efficient machine-learning methods with rigorous theoretical foundations. He received his PhD from the University of Genova in 2006, after holding visiting positions at MIT, the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, and the Johann Radon Institute. From 2006 to 2013, he was a postdoctoral fellow and research scientist in MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. He is an ELLIS Fellow and co-director of both the ELLIS program “Theory, Algorithms and Computations of Modern Learning Systems” and the ELLIS Genoa Unit. He has received several awards, including an ERC Consolidator Grant.</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-11-04T10:35:22", "last_modification_date": "2026-11-04T10:47:08", "link_label": "Zoom Link", "link_url": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/61633194192?pwd=al4tguzbd0fzXyRjvu7fxOCWtf5aCE.1", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "ELE 117", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ELE%20117", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/61633194192?pwd=al4tguzbd0fzXyRjvu7fxOCWtf5aCE.1", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Prof. Lorenzo Rosasco", "organizer": "EPFL AI Center, TML Lab & ELLIS Lausanne Unit", "contact": "Nicolas Machado", "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/122596/", "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/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/416/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 73088, "title": "BMI Special Seminar // Pierre J. Magistretti: Neuron-glia metabolic coupling: relevance for neuroenergetics, plasticity and neuropsychiatric diseases", "slug": "bmi-special-seminar-pierre-j-magistretti-neuron-gl", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/bmi-special-seminar-pierre-j-magistretti-neuron-gl", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34276/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34276/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34276/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-11-19", "end_date": "2026-11-19", "start_time": "14:00:00", "end_time": "15:00:00", "description": "<p>A tight metabolic coupling between astrocytes and neurons is a central feature of brain energy metabolism (Magistretti and Allaman, Neuron 2015; Nat Rev Neurosci 2018; Bolaños and Magistretti, Nat Metab 2025). Over the years, my lab has identified and molecularly characterized two key mechanisms of neurometabolic coupling: neuromodulator (VIP, adenosine, and noradrenaline)-induced glycogenolysis in astrocytes (Magistretti et al., PNAS 1981; Magistretti et al., J. Neurosci 1986) and glutamate-stimulated aerobic glycolysis (Pellerin and Magistretti, PNAS 1994). Both processes lead to the release of lactate from astrocytes, which serves as an energy substrate for neurons as defined by the Astrocyte-Neuron Lactate Shuttle (ANLS) model.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nSubsequent work in my lab showed that lactate also acts as a signaling molecule, enhancing NMDA receptor activity, promoting long-term memory, and activating gene expression programs linked to synaptic plasticity (Suzuki et al., Cell 2011; Yang et al., PNAS 2014; Margineanu et al., Front Neurosci 2018; Vezzoli et al., Cereb Cortex 2019). Electrophysiological and behavioral studies further demonstrated that astrocytic lactate supply is activity-dependent and scales with computational demand (Dembitskaya et al., PNAS 2022). Recent data indicate that lactate potentiates NMDAR currents via monocarboxylate transporter (MCT)-dependent neuronal uptake, conversion to pyruvate, increased NADH, and redox-sensitive modulation of GluN2B subunits, involving CaMKII signaling (Fiumelli et al., J Physiol, 2026).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nRecent preclinical studies in conditions in which pharmacological stimulation of the ANLS restores behavioral deficits present in hypometabolic conditions such as Glut1 deficiency syndrome (de Vivo disease) and Alzheimer’s disease support the strategy of targeting astrocytes to overcome brain hypometabolism (Beard et al., Front Physiol 2022; Lengacher et al., Pharmaceuticals 2026). In preclinical models of depression, lactate was shown to exert antidepressant effects that depend on neurogenesis (Carrard et al., Mol Psychiatry 2018, 2021).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTogether, these findings establish lactate as a metabolic–signaling nexus linking astrocyte function to neuronal computation, plasticity, and behavior, and open new therapeutic perspectives for neurodegenerative, mood, and metabolic brain disorders.<br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-11-04T16:03:00", "last_modification_date": "2026-11-04T16:16:11", "link_label": "Web Page", "link_url": "https://www.kaust.edu.sa/en/study/faculty/pierre-magistretti?utm_source=chatgpt.com", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "SV 1717", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SV%201717", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/64813563657", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Pierre J. Magistretti, Division of Biomedical Sciences, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia", "organizer": "LNC, BMI, SV Host: Carmen Sandi", "contact": "[email protected]", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Public averti", "en_label": "Informed public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/122601/", "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/9/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/19/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 73102, "title": "Introduction to Image Analysis using ImageJ/Fiji", "slug": "introduction-to-image-analysis-using-imagejfiji", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/introduction-to-image-analysis-using-imagejfiji", "visual_url": null, "visual_large_url": null, "visual_maxsize_url": null, "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-12-02", "end_date": "2026-12-03", "start_time": "14:00:00", "end_time": "18:00:00", "description": "<p>The EPFL Center for Imaging is running a workshop over two consecutive afternoons: Introduction to image analysis using ImageJ/Fiji. Participation will be limited. The format will be a combination of tutorials and hands-on exercises (you will need a laptop with a decent size screen and admin privileges).<strong> </strong>\r\n</p><div> </div>\r\n\r\n<div><strong>Target group</strong></div>\r\n\r\n<div>This workshop is open to everyone, regardless of institutional affiliation, professional background and level, or field of study or activity. Participants from academia, industry, and beyond are equally welcome. No prior experience in image analysis is required.<strong> </strong></div>\r\n\r\n<div> </div>\r\n\r\n<div><strong>Time:</strong>\r\n\r\n<div>Wednesday 2nd December 2026, 14:00 to 18:00</div>\r\n\r\n<div>Thursday 3rd December 2026, 14:00 to 18:00<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Place:</strong><br>\r\nEPFL, Ecublens. <br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Format:</strong><br>\r\nIn-person.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Requirements:</strong><br>\r\nAll you need is a laptop and an interest in learning scientific image analysis. The workshop is intended for beginners. If you already develop your own image analysis workflows, the level may be too introductory for you.</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n\r\n<div>Participants are expected to attend both afternoons; attendance on only one day is not possible.</div>\r\n\r\n<div><br>\r\n<strong>Scope:</strong><br>\r\n1. introduction to digital image analysis<br>\r\n2. making measurements<br>\r\n3. image ethics & reproducibility</div>\r\n\r\n<div>4. recording and modifying simple macros</div>\r\n\r\n<div>5. advanced topics (deep learning, tracking, writing fancy macros with LLMs, …)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Cost:</strong><br>\r\n- EPFL: CHF 100.- (0 for STI, SV, SB)<br>\r\n- Other academia: CHF 200.-<br>\r\n- Industry and other participants: CHF 400.-<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Applying: </strong></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<a href=\"https://go.epfl.ch/2026-12-Fiji-Workshop\">https://go.epfl.ch/2026-12-Fiji-Workshop</a>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-11-05T14:30:29", "last_modification_date": "2026-11-05T16:58:15", "link_label": "Registration form", "link_url": "https://go.epfl.ch/2026-12-Fiji-Workshop", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "AAC 0 20", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==AAC%200%2020", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Florian Aymanns, Mallory Wittwer, Daniel Sage, Edward Andò, Simon Nørrelykke", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://imaging.epfl.ch/\">EPFL Center for Imaging</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]?subject=Introduction%20to%20Image%20Analysis%20using%20ImageJ%2FFiji\">Florian Aymanns</a>", "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": "Workshop, Fiji, Imaging, Image Analysis", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/122619/", "category": { "id": 4, "code": "DIVERS", "fr_label": "Autres types d’événement", "en_label": "Miscellaneous", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "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/284/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/318/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/412/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/442/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72800, "title": "Imaginaires du rail: urbanité résidentielle en paysage ouvert, Nicolas Bassand / LAST", "slug": "imaginaires-du-rail-urbanite-residentielle-en-pays", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/imaginaires-du-rail-urbanite-residentielle-en-pays", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34015/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34015/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34015/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-11-16", "end_date": "2026-11-16", "start_time": "14:15:00", "end_time": "15:30:00", "description": "<p>Lecture by Nicolas Bassand, lecturer at HEPIA Geneva, entitled <strong><em>\"</em></strong>Imaginaires du rail : urbanité résidentielle en paysage ouvert<strong><em>\" </em></strong>within de framework of Prof. Rey's studio <a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/labs/last/index-html/teaching/studio-last/helvepolis-nyon-2026-27/\">Helvepolis</a>, <a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/labs/last/\">Laboratory of Architecture ans Sustainable Technologies (LAST)</a>. </p>", "image_description": "Thumbnail", "creation_date": "2026-10-08T08:52:47", "last_modification_date": "2026-11-09T12:02:32", "link_label": "Personal page", "link_url": "https://www.jointmaster.ch/people/sonia-curnier/", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "AAC 0 08", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==AAC%200%2008", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/1/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Nicolas Bassand, chargé de cours à HEPIA (théorie niveau bachelor / atelier et théorie niveau master)", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/labs/last/fr/index-fr-html/\">Laboratoire d'architecture et technologies durables (LAST)</a> ", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">Martine Laprise</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": "Architecture, Urban planning, Sustainability, Transitions", "file": "https://memento.epfl.ch/public/upload/files/261116ConferenceBassand.pdf", "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/122115/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - 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Motivated by the geometry of some traps for Bose-Einstein condensates, we study the existence of ground states, i.e. minimizers of the energy at a fixed mass, for the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation on such a structure. As a result, we prove that existence of a Ground State depends not only on the mass and the power of the nonlinearity, but also on the parameters that describe the effect of the junction between the halfline and the plane. 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During this workshop, which will be held in presence only, we will explore some of them, focusing on the so-called \"research assistants\" in order to understand how they work and how we can exploit them to make our research better.</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nAfter attending this workshop, you will be able to:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Identify the main challenges brought by AI to the information retrieval.</li>\r\n\t<li>Compare 4 AI-powered research assistants.</li>\r\n\t<li>Recognize the main difference with the traditional information retrieval strategy.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_library/e/ev-szbbx-20261201143000\">Registration</a><br>\r\n<br>\r\nMore information about <a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/campus/library/training/\">EPFL Library Training offer</a>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-08-20T10:34:07", "last_modification_date": "2026-08-20T15:57:16", "link_label": "Registration", "link_url": "https://bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_library/e/ev-szbbx-20261201143000", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MED 0 1618", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201618", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "EPFL Library Training Team", "organizer": "EPFL Library", "contact": "[email protected]", "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": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121527/", "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/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/291/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/269/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/145/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/275/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/416/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 73118, "title": "AI Center Seminar - AI Fundamentals series - Dr. Laurent Bindschaedler (Max Planck Institute for Software Systems)", "slug": "ai-center-seminar-ai-fundamentals-series-dr-lauren", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/ai-center-seminar-ai-fundamentals-series-dr-lauren", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34306/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34306/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/34306/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-11-24", "end_date": "2026-11-24", "start_time": "14:30:00", "end_time": "15:30:00", "description": "<p>The talk is organized by the <a href=\"https://ai.epfl.ch/\">EPFL AI Center</a> and the <a href=\"https://www.light-laboratory.org/\">Laboratory for Intelligent Global Health and Humanitarian Response Technologies (LIGHT) </a>as part of the AI Fundamentals seminar series.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<em><strong>Hosting Professor: Prof. Mary-Anne Hartley</strong></em><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Title</strong><br>\r\nA Systems Approach to Safe and Reliable gents: Four Contracts for Agent Runtimes<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Abstract</strong><br>\r\nA computer use agent is asked to place an order. The request times out after the supplier has already accepted it. The agent retries, two orders ship, and most benchmarks today score this a success. Every step was reasonable, so it is genuinely hard to argue that the model made a mistake. And yet the outcome is clearly wrong.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe usual answer to failures like these is training a better model to lower the failure rate. However, lowering a rate and making a guarantee are not the same thing. A number of applications cannot be built just on the failure rate. This talk starts from a different question: what should the system around the model be required to guarantee instead?<br>\r\n<br>\r\nOver the past two years my group has been working on four contracts, each stating guarantees the system must keep. First, effect, which says when an action becomes real and whether it can happen twice. Second, state, which says what an agent must not forget and what must happen when it does. Third, composition, which asks whether guarantees that hold for one agent still hold once several agents and many steps are involved. Finally, intent, which asks what plays the role of source code when agents generate and execute it on the fly. The four sit at different stages of maturity.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nI will present them alongside the mechanisms we have been developing: typed agent memory that raises a fault instead of forgetting silently, a mediator that admits an effect only when the specification allows it, and a tamper-evident record of what an agent actually did. Writing the contracts down is a first step toward a shared standard, a kind of POSIX for agents, though it is not the last. Systems in use today almost certainly violate these properties: retries that the supplier sees as new orders, rules dropped at compaction with no fault raised, and approvals reused after the reviewed code has changed. The next steps will be working out what to enforce and refining the properties as we build more systems.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nMy goal for this talk is to convince you that training agents to be safe and reliable will need a complementary systems approach.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Bio</strong><br>\r\nLaurent Bindschaedler leads the Data Systems Group at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems and is an Associate Fellow at Saarland University. He builds systems for AI agents, with current work on agent runtimes, trustworthy code generation, efficient LLM serving, and data systems for AI. He holds a PhD from EPFL and was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT CSAIL, with earlier work on operating systems, databases, and distributed systems. 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