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Obtaining such guarantees is often difficult and both time consuming and error-prone. Starting with the work of Drori and Teboulle (2014), novel techniques have been used to gain numerical insights, leading to the release of various performance estimation (PE) software. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nIn this talk, I will show how various computer-aided techniques can be used to study first-order optimization methods in a systematic way. From performance estimation problems with automated Lyapunov discovery, to symbolic regression and computer algebra systems, novel tools completely reshape the way we approach theory of optimization. <br>\r\nAs a main example, I will focus on error feedback methods used with compressed communication in distributed optimization. While error feedback has been widely studied, existing theory often provides untight (thus unreliable) bounds. I will present tight analyses with matching lower bounds that allow a fair comparison between error feedback schemes and standard compressed gradient descent, and help explain when error feedback is useful and when it is not.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nOverall, the talk aims to show how various computer-aided proofs can lead to clearer and more reliable insights into first-order optimization methods.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBased on :<br>\r\n<a href=\"https://icml.cc/virtual/2026/poster/62713\" target=\"_blank\">A Tight Theory of Error Feedback Algorithms in Distributed Optimization,</a> DB Thomsen, A Taylor, A Dieuleveut<br>\r\nInternational Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026)<br>\r\n<a href=\"https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=fr&user=ge-OinUAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=ge-OinUAAAAJ:q3oQSFYPqjQC\" target=\"_blank\">Tight analyses of first-order methods with error feedback</a>, DB Thomsen, A Taylor, A Dieuleveut<br>\r\nAdvances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) (2025).<br>\r\n<a href=\"https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=fr&user=ge-OinUAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=ge-OinUAAAAJ:L8Ckcad2t8MC\" target=\"_blank\">PEPit: computer-assisted worst-case analyses of first-order optimization methods in Python</a><br>\r\nB Goujaud, C Moucer, F Glineur, JM Hendrickx, AB Taylor, A Dieuleveut<br>\r\nMathematical Programming Computation 16 (3), 337-367 (2024)<br>\r\n(eventually - as a detour) <a href=\"https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=fr&user=ge-OinUAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=ge-OinUAAAAJ:wbdj-CoPYUoC\" target=\"_blank\">Provable non-accelerations of the heavy-ball method</a> B Goujaud, A Taylor, A Dieuleveut, Mathematical Programming, 1-59 (2025)<br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-19T09:20:45", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-19T09:22:37", "link_label": "", "link_url": "https://www.epfl.ch/schools/sb/research/math/research/statistics/", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "CM 1 517", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CM%201%20517", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Aymeric Dieuleveut, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris", "organizer": "Myrto Limnios ", "contact": "Maroussia Schaffner", "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/120800/", "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/5/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/7/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/288/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71906, "title": "Workshop for Postdocs on the Creative Scientific Process", "slug": "workshop-for-postdocs-on-the-creative-scientific-p", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/workshop-for-postdocs-on-the-creative-scientific-p", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33223/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33223/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33223/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-06-25", "end_date": "2026-06-25", "start_time": null, "end_time": null, "description": "<p>Are you finding it difficult to come up with a truly innovative idea for your next grant application? Do you ever feel stuck in an experiment, in familiar ways of thinking, even when you <em>know</em> there must be new angles to explore?<br>\r\n<br>\r\nScience progress moves between two complementary modes: <em>Day Science</em>, the rigorous testing of ideas, and <em>Night Science</em>, the creative process where those ideas first emerge. Indeed, what we call the scientific method tells us what to do once we have a hypothesis – but where do these hypotheses come from in the first place? François Jacob famously called this part the realm of ‘<em>Night Science’</em>.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nDrawing on the <a href=\"https://night-science.org/home/learn/\">Night Science training framework</a> developed by Profs Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher, this workshop will introduce thinking tools and exercises to help you foster exploratory thinking, interdisciplinarity and a general attitude of openness towards new ideas applied to your own research challenges. This course is provided by a certified Night Science trainer from the <a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/research/services/units/research-office/\" target=\"_blank\">EPFL Research Office</a>. <br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>This interactive workshop is designed specifically for postdoctoral researchers who want to:</strong>\r\n</p><ul>\r\n\t<li>Generate novel, high-risk/high-reward ideas for grants and publications</li>\r\n\t<li>Overcome conceptual or experimental roadblocks</li>\r\n\t<li>Expand their thinking beyond conventional frameworks</li>\r\n\t<li>Reconnect with the creative side of the scientific process</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong><em>When and Where</em></strong><strong>:</strong> June 25, 2026, 08:30-14:00. On-site only, room <a href=\"https://plan.epfl.ch/?dim_floor=0&lang=en&dim_lang=en&tree_groups=centres_nevralgiques_grp%2Cmobilite_acces_grp%2Crestauration_et_commerces_grp%2Censeignement%2Cservices_campus_grp%2Cequipements_grp&tree_group_layers_centres_nevralgiques_grp=&tree_group_layers_mobilite_acces_grp=metro&tree_group_layers_restauration_et_commerces_grp=&tree_group_layers_enseignement=guichet_etudiants&tree_group_layers_services_campus_grp=information_epfl&tree_group_layers_equipements_grp=&baselayer_ref=grp_backgrounds&map_x=2533099&map_y=1152409&map_zoom=14\">MED0 1618</a> (Lausanne campus). Lunch provided.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong><em>Programme:</em></strong>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>08:30-08:45 : </strong>Breakfast + Welcome coffee </li>\r\n\t<li><strong>08:45-10:15 : </strong>Session 1: Night science, openness, improvisation, takes two to think + Exercise</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>10:15-10:30</strong> :Coffee break</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>10:30-12:00</strong> : Session 2: Import/export, 2 languages + Exercise</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>12:00-12:30</strong> : Lunch</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>12:30-13:30</strong> : Session 3: Hypothesis is a liability, what’s the question + Exercise</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>13:30-14:00</strong> : Wrap-up Discussion </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong><em>Registration</em></strong><strong>:</strong> Participation limited to <strong>30 attendees</strong>, on a first-come first-served basis. 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Bellouard,<br>\r\nAdvanced Manufacturing doctoral program<br>\r\nThesis Nr. 11612<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-19T15:10:52", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-19T15:10:52", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MC A1 272", "url_place_and_room": "", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "<strong>Ernesto GRIBAUDO</strong>", "organizer": "", "contact": "<strong>Ernesto GRIBAUDO</strong>", "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": "EDAM", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120806/", "category": { "id": 12, "code": "SOUTE", "fr_label": "Soutenances de thèses", "en_label": "Thesis defenses", "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/8/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71909, "title": "Nanopore Technology for Protein Identification and Functional Analysis", "slug": "nanopore-technology-for-protein-identification-a-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/nanopore-technology-for-protein-identification-a-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33226/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33226/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33226/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-06-04", "end_date": "2026-06-04", "start_time": "17:00:00", "end_time": null, "description": "<p>Thesis Directors: Dr. C. Cao, Prof. M. Dal Peraro<br>\r\nBiotechnology and Bioengineering doctoral program<br>\r\nThesis Nr. 11784<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-19T15:22:44", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-19T15:22:46", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "SV 1717", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SV%201717", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "<strong>Verena RUKES</strong>", "organizer": "", "contact": "<strong>Verena RUKES</strong>", "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": "EDBB", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120809/", "category": { "id": 12, "code": "SOUTE", "fr_label": "Soutenances de thèses", "en_label": "Thesis defenses", "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" ] }, { "id": 71910, "title": "Synthetic and Immunoengineering Strategies to Modulate the Tumor Microenvironment for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy", "slug": "synthetic-and-immunoengineering-strategies-to-mo-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/synthetic-and-immunoengineering-strategies-to-mo-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33227/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33227/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33227/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-29", "end_date": "2026-05-29", "start_time": "16:00:00", "end_time": null, "description": "<p>Thesis Directors: Prof. X. Hu, Prof. L. Tang<br>\r\nChemistry and Chemical Engineering doctoral program<br>\r\nThesis Nr. 11390<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-19T16:00:08", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-21T09:54:48", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "BCH 2201", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BCH%202201", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/68554619875", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Nadia Yasmina BEN SAYED</strong></a>", "organizer": "", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Nadia Yasmina BEN SAYED</strong></a><br>\r\n ", "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": "EDCH", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120811/", "category": { "id": 12, "code": "SOUTE", "fr_label": "Soutenances de thèses", "en_label": "Thesis defenses", "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" ] }, { "id": 71912, "title": "Brown Bag Seminar in Finance", "slug": "brown-bag-seminar-in-finance-6", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/brown-bag-seminar-in-finance-6", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33231/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33231/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33231/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-09-14", "end_date": "2026-09-14", "start_time": "12:15:00", "end_time": "13:15:00", "description": "", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-20T14:42:20", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-20T14:49:50", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "UNIL, Extranef, room 126", "url_place_and_room": "", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Hao Xing, Boston University Questrom", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://www.bu.edu/questrom/profiles/hao-xing/\">Hao Xing - Boston University Questrom</a>", "contact": "[email protected]", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Public averti", "en_label": "Informed public" }, "registration": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Sur invitation", "en_label": "Invitation required" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120814/", "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/3/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/39/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/105/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/116/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71916, "title": "AI Center Seminar - AI for Health series - Prof. Li CHEN", "slug": "ai-center-seminar-ai-for-health-series-prof-li-c-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/ai-center-seminar-ai-for-health-series-prof-li-c-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33234/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33234/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33234/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-06-02", "end_date": "2026-06-02", "start_time": "10:30:00", "end_time": "11:30:00", "description": "<p>The talk is jointly organized by the <a href=\"https://ai.epfl.ch/\">EPFL AI Center</a> and the EPFL <a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-pu/\">Human-Computer Interaction Group</a> as part of the AI for Health seminar series.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong><em>Hosting professor: Prof. Pearl Pu (GR-PU)</em></strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Title</strong><br>\r\nBeyond Recommendations: Designing Conversational Music Agents for Self-Awareness and Psychological Well-being<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Abstract</strong><br>\r\nAs the demand for scalable mental health tools grows, the potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) lies in their ability to move beyond generic retrieval toward deeply adaptive, trustworthy support. This talk explores how music-driven conversational systems can bridge the gap between algorithmic recommendation and psychological intervention. The journey begins with establishing a foundation of trust through user-centric exploration. Using conversational music recommenders as a case study, I will discuss how critiquing strategies—such as progressive and cascading suggestions—shape user perceptions of helpfulness and serendipity. However, because trust is personal, I demonstrate how individual traits, including personality and trust propensity, dictate whether a user thrives under system-led or user-led initiatives.<br>\r\nBuilding on this rapport, the talk examines how these interfaces transition from suggesting songs to fostering psychological well-being. I will illustrate how music acts as a catalyst for self-awareness, using agents to guide users through emotional resonance and self-reflection. Furthermore, I will share findings on the role of generative AI in music-based reminiscence for older adults, where adaptive dialogue helps overcome cognitive barriers to memory recall. Collectively, these studies provide a roadmap for designing AI that moves beyond the playlist, transforming music-based chatbots into sustained partners for emotional and psychological health.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Bio</strong><br>\r\nProfessor Li Chen is currently a Full Professor and Associate Head (Research) in the Department of Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). She obtained her PhD degree in Computer Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Peking University, China. Her recent research focus has mainly been on conversational AI, explainable AI, recommender systems, and human-computer interaction. She has authored and co-authored over 160 publications, with over 13,000 citations (H-index 53). Her co-authored papers have received several awards, such as the RecSys’24 Best Student Paper Award, CHI’22 Honourable Mention Award, UMAP’20 Best Student Paper Award, UMUAI 2018 Best Paper Award, and UMAP’15 Best Student Paper Award. She received the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching (Individual) 2024/25 and the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Research Supervision 2022/23. She has been included in the list of the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists by Stanford University since 2021, and the list of the Best Computer Science Scientists 2025/2026 by Research.com.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nShe is now an ACM senior member, founding co-editor-in-chief of ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems (TORS), steering committee member of ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys), associate editor of International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS), editorial board member of User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction Journal (UMUAI), and associate editor of ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS). She has also served as program co-chair of IUI’26, general co-chair of ACM RecSys’23, program co-chair of ACM RecSys’20, and program co-chair of ACM UMAP’18.<br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-21T11:18:18", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-21T13:50:39", "link_label": "Zoom Link", "link_url": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/67788354916?pwd=ToPdGZ0KqvykXwRRh4kf2HUJIBz1Pz.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/67788354916?pwd=ToPdGZ0KqvykXwRRh4kf2HUJIBz1Pz.1", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Professor Li Chen", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://ai.epfl.ch/\">EPFL AI Center</a> & <a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-pu/\">Human-Computer Interaction Group</a> ", "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/120821/", "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/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/27/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/416/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71917, "title": "Securing Next Generation Cellular Networks", "slug": "securing-next-generation-cellular-networks", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/securing-next-generation-cellular-networks", "visual_url": null, "visual_large_url": null, "visual_maxsize_url": null, "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-06-09", "end_date": "2026-06-09", "start_time": "10:30:00", "end_time": "12:30:00", "description": "<u>EDIC candidacy exam</u><br>\r\nExam president: Prof. Nate Foster<br>\r\nThesis advisor: Prof. Mathias Payer<br>\r\nCo-thesis advisor: Prof. Haitham Al Hassanieh<br>\r\nCo-examiner: Prof. Thomas Bourgeat<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u>Abstract</u><br>\r\nThis thesis studies cellular security from a state-aware, system-level perspective spanning user equipment, access networks, core networks, and higher-layer voice and messaging services. These systems form a distributed, heterogeneous infrastructure whose security depends on complex and largely opaque implementations across the stack. Cellular infrastructure underpins everyday communication, emergency response, transport, and industrial systems, yet existing research often focuses on isolated components or stateless message handling, leaving state-dependent vulnerabilities and cross-component interactions insufficiently explored. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis thesis aims to develop methods to infer and explore protocol state in closed and partially observable implementations, combining active automata learning, dynamic analysis, and targeted testing. It begins with baseband firmware and core-network components, then extends across key trust boundaries such as the Radio Interface Layer, non-cellular interworking, and voice and messaging infrastructure. The goal is to identify vulnerabilities arising from logical flaws, memory-safety issues, and inconsistencies in how state and trust are handled across components.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBuilding on these insights, the thesis derives lightweight hardening for deployed systems, including boundary mediation and flow-based policy validation. By improving how cellular systems are tested and defended, the project strengthens critical infrastructure and Swiss expertise in 5G security.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u>Selected papers</u><br>\r\n[1]: <a href=\"https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/auto-draft-200/\">https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/auto-draft-200/</a><br>\r\n[2]:<a href=\"https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/basespec-comparative-analysis-of-baseband-software-and-cellular-specifications-for-l3-protocols/\">https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/basespec-comparative-analysis-of-baseband-software-and-cellular-specifications-for-l3-protocols/</a><br>\r\n[3]:<a href=\"https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity25/presentation/dong-yilu\">https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity25/presentation/dong-yilu</a><br>\r\n ", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-21T13:32:02", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-22T10:07:52", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "BC 133", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BC%20133", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "Eduard Vlad", "organizer": "", "contact": "edic@epfl,ch", "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": "EDIC candidacy exam", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120822/", "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/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/27/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/48/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71918, "title": "Brain-wide representations of olfactory behavior in C. elegans", "slug": "brain-wide-representations-of-olfactory-behavior-i", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/brain-wide-representations-of-olfactory-behavior-i", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33235/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33235/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33235/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-06-08", "end_date": "2026-06-08", "start_time": "14:30:00", "end_time": "15:30:00", "description": "<p>Abstract:<br>\r\nOlfactory navigation emerges from dynamic interactions among sensory input, brain activity, and the animal’s own movements. In C. elegans, a compact nervous system enables brain-wide imaging in behaving animals exposed to controlled olfactory environments, and undulatory locomotion reduces navigation to transitions among forward runs, reversals, and turns. Here, we used brain-wide tracking microscopy to record neural activity in freely crawling worms navigating spatial odor gradients or isotropic environments, and in immobilized worms responding to temporal odor pulses. Across conditions, we identified strongly correlated brain-wide activity patterns spanning olfactory sensory neurons, interneurons, and premotor neurons. Motor-state transitions and brain-wide correlation structure differed between freely moving and immobilized animals, demonstrating that olfactory sensory representations depend jointly on sensory input, motor activity, and behavioral context. Together, these findings show that brain-wide representations of olfactory behavior are extensively reconfigured by sensory input, self-motion, and behavioral context.<br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-21T13:36:09", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-21T13:36:09", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "GA 3 21", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==GA%203%2021", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Prof. Aravinthan Samuel <[email protected]>\r\n\r\nDepartment of Physics & Center for Brain Science, Harvard University", "organizer": "Prof. Sahand Jamal Rahi <[email protected]>\r\n\r\nJohanni Brea <[email protected]>", "contact": "Prof. Sahand Jamal Rahi <[email protected]>\r\n\r\nJohanni Brea <[email protected]>", "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": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120823/", "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/9/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/111/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71919, "title": "MEchanics GAthering –MEGA- Seminar: Navigating the shift from academia to the industrial sector", "slug": "mechanics-gathering-mega-seminar-navigating-the-sh", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/mechanics-gathering-mega-seminar-navigating-the-sh", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33236/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33236/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33236/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-28", "end_date": "2026-05-28", "start_time": "13:05:00", "end_time": "14:00:00", "description": "<strong>Abstract:</strong> What does it mean to move from an academic career into industry after a PhD or postdoctoral experience? 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Between 2022 and 2025, I have been involved in the development of the British Challenger for the 37th America’s Cup (iconic Yacht competition), leading the Fluid Dynamics team towards the end.<br>\r\nSince summer 2025, I am a scientist at LFMI on a FNS funded project “Why do albatrosses and pelicans morph to an arch-shaped wing configuration when gliding near the water surface?”.<strong> <br>\r\n<br>\r\nBertrand's Bio: </strong>After completing an Aerospace Engineering degree from ISAE-SUPAERO (Toulouse, France) and Université de Toulouse, where I specialized on Earth observation, numerical modeling and climate science, I completed my PhD at Météo-France's Center for Snow Studies (CEN, Grenoble, France). I worked for four years as a postdoc at the Snow and Avalanche Research Lab (SLF, Davos, Switzerland), at the interface between research and operational flood forecasting. 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