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Gerstner,<br>\r\nNeuroscience doctoral program<br>\r\nThesis Nr. 11158<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-21T15:45:30", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-21T15:45:31", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "BM 5202", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BM%205202", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/64596043536", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "<strong>Sophia BECKER</strong>", "organizer": "", "contact": "<strong>Sophia BECKER</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": "EDNE", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120828/", "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": 70777, "title": "Special Seminar - Directed evolution of RNA for self-replication", "slug": "special-seminar-directed-evolution-of-rna-for-self", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/special-seminar-directed-evolution-of-rna-for-self", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32378/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32378/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32378/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-29", "end_date": "2026-05-29", "start_time": "10:30:00", "end_time": "11:30:00", "description": "<strong>Special Seminar</strong>\r\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98cefd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\">\r\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><br>\r\nHow did life begin from chemistry? One leading idea is that RNA played a central role because it can act both as genetic material and as a catalyst. A major challenge has been that known RNA polymerase ribozymes, the catalysts of RNA copying, are large and complex, making them difficult to copy and unlikely to arise from prebiotic RNA sequence pools.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nIn this seminar, Edoardo Gianni will present QT45, a compact 45-nucleotide RNA polymerase ribozyme discovered from random RNA sequence pools. QT45 can catalyse the two essential reactions required for RNA self-replication: the synthesis of itself and the synthesis of its complementary strand. This work suggests that RNA-copying activity may be more common in sequence space than previously thought. It also brings us closer to understanding how self-replicating molecular systems could emerge in nature and be reconstructed in the laboratory.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nPlease join us for a fascinating seminar at the interface of origin-of-life chemistry, RNA biology, and synthetic molecular systems.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLet me know if you would like to meet Edo during the day.</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e552a16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\">\r\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"> </div>\r\n</div>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-01-06T13:09:20", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-18T09:02:55", "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": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/64709337579", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<strong>Edoardo Gianni</strong> Investigator Scientist, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK", "organizer": "Juan Manuel García-Arcos, PhD, Group Leader, Ambizione Fellow EPFL SV ISREC UPGON", "contact": "Lisa Smith, ISREC Administrative Assistant", "is_internal": "True", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Public averti", "en_label": "Informed public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "Chemistry, Engineering", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119181/", "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/5/?format=api", "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/26/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71682, "title": "Using acetal functionalization for the design of safer chemicals.", "slug": "using-acetal-functionalization-for-the-design-of-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/using-acetal-functionalization-for-the-design-of-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33011/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33011/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33011/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-29", "end_date": "2026-05-29", "start_time": "16:15:00", "end_time": null, "description": "<p>Thesis Director: Prof. J. Luterbacher,<br>\r\nChemistry and Chemical Engineering doctoral program<br>\r\nThesis Nr. 11539<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-04-23T10:43:07", "last_modification_date": "2026-04-23T10:43:27", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "CO 2", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CO%202", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/64764611218?pwd=L8Yi2TEHNhZlItK6KKzv3wlY6Th5w0.1", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Tom NELIS</strong></a>", "organizer": "", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Tom NELIS</strong></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": "EDCH", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120496/", "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/5/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 70928, "title": "BMI Distinguished Seminar // Yvette Fisher: Flexibility of visual input to the Drosophila head direction network", "slug": "bmi-distinguished-seminar-yvette-fisher-flexibilit", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/bmi-distinguished-seminar-yvette-fisher-flexibilit", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32316/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32316/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32316/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-06-24", "end_date": "2026-06-24", "start_time": "12:15:00", "end_time": "13:15:00", "description": "<p>Many plasticity rules rely on adjusting the strength of synapses between pairs of cells based on their coincident activity. We uncovered a new mechanism for coincidence detection in the Drosophila head direction network. To maintain an accurate sense of direction, head direction neurons that signal orientation during navigation must learn to anchor to relevant external sensory cues in novel environments. Yet the synaptic mechanism for this form of unsupervised learning is unknown in any organism. In Drosophila, GABAergic visual inputs converge onto head direction neurons, and these inhibitory synapses change strength with experience to learn the relationship between visual landmarks and head direction. However, how coincident pre- and postsynaptic activity is detected across this inhibitory synapse is not understood. We discovered that neurons which release the monoamine octopamine close a feedback loop that conveys postsynaptic head direction activity onto presynaptic terminals of visual inputs. This octopamine pathway is required for anchoring the head direction network to visual cues. Furthermore, pairing structured activation of octopamine neurons with a visual cue is sufficient to drive rapid plasticity, even without postsynaptic head direction cell activity. Previous work has extensively characterized coincidence detection mechanisms at excitatory synapses; our work defines a novel mechanism for coincidence detection at an inhibitory synapse, in which postsynaptic activity is relayed via a neuromodulatory neuron onto presynaptic terminals.<br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-01-21T16:26:07", "last_modification_date": "2026-02-16T13:34:30", "link_label": "Web Page", "link_url": "https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/yvette-fisher", "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": "Yvette Fisher, UC Berkeley", "organizer": "SV BMI Host: Pavan Ramdya", "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/119404/", "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", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/88/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 70929, "title": "BMI Distinguished Seminar // Manish Saggar", "slug": "bmi-distinguished-seminar-manish-saggar", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/bmi-distinguished-seminar-manish-saggar", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32317/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32317/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32317/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-09-09", "end_date": "2026-09-09", "start_time": "12:15:00", "end_time": "13:15:00", "description": "", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-01-21T16:42:23", "last_modification_date": "2026-02-16T13:33:32", "link_label": "Web Page", "link_url": "https://profiles.stanford.edu/manish-saggar", "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": "Manish Saggar, Stanford University", "organizer": "SV BMI Host: K. Hess Bellwald", "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/119405/", "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/88/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/9/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/19/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71316, "title": "Can effector T lymphocytes initiate cancer?", "slug": "can-effector-t-lymphocytes-initiate-cancer", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/can-effector-t-lymphocytes-initiate-cancer", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32671/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32671/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32671/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-29", "end_date": "2026-05-29", "start_time": "13:30:00", "end_time": "14:30:00", "description": "<p>Abstract<br>\r\nAround 30% of cancers are preceded by chronic inflammation which occurs at the site where tumors will develop. However, whether this oncogenic process, particularly observed in the intestine, can be initiated by a specific immune cell population remains unknown. We recently identified two distinct effector T cell populations capable to initiate the oncogenic transformation of a healthy intestinal epithelium (Fesneau et al., Nat Immunol. 2024; Brewer et al., Nat. Rev. Canc. 2024), as well as the factors controlling their differentiation. By revealing the presence of tumorigenic T cells, this work opens a new field in oncology and immunology that will be key for both our understanding of the early steps of carcinogenesis and the development of prophylactic therapies against cancer.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "Prof. Julien Marie", "creation_date": "2026-03-06T11:49:19", "last_modification_date": "2026-03-11T09:53:47", "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": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/65172501275", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Prof. Julien MARIE, CRCL : Cancer Research Center of Lyon ", "organizer": "Prof. Daniel Constam", "contact": "Prof. Daniel Constam", "is_internal": "True", "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/119997/", "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/9/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71851, "title": "Neuro-X seminar: Prof Damien Thuau - Organic Electrochemical Transistors with Electropolymerized Channel", "slug": "neuro-x-seminar-prof-damien-thuau-organic-electroc", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/neuro-x-seminar-prof-damien-thuau-organic-electroc", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33169/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33169/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33169/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-26", "end_date": "2026-05-26", "start_time": "10:00:00", "end_time": "11:00:00", "description": "<p>Organic Electrochemical Transistors (OECTs) have gained significant research interest for applications as chemical/biological sensors and in neuromorphic circuits due to their high transconductance, efficient electron-ion coupling, compatibility with aqueous solutions, conformability, and low voltage operation. These advantages stem from organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors (OMIECs) that enable simultaneous transport of electronic charges and ionic species, which can be direct processed via electropolymerization. This technique offers precise control over polymer film thickness and morphology, facilitating the formation of nanostructures and enabling selective patterning on individual channels without complex photolithography, simplifying OECT fabrication and integration. In this talk, I will discuss the performance of OECTs using various electropolymerized channel materials, starting with PEDOT for dopamine detection, followed PEDOT:N<sub>3</sub>, a clickable OMIEC variant whose threshold voltage can be finely tuned through control of the electropolymerization parameters, and finally P-tri-DPA for zinc ion detection, achieving low limits of detection and high specificity for Zn²⁺ ions. These findings highlight the potential of electropolymerization and OMIEC materials engineering in developing advanced bioelectronic devices.</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-12T14:28:49", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-12T14:28:49", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "B1-6", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==B1%206%20272.043", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/66316100683?pwd=64CIcLzsW9F1aqwdTsOBlYp6DjbjjC.1", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://www.ims-bordeaux.fr/researchers-and-publications/thuau-damien/\">Prof Damien Thuau</a>", "organizer": "<a href=\"http://people.epfl.ch/giuseppe.schiavone\">Giuseppe Schiavone</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"http://people.epfl.ch/niels.lion\">Niels Lion</a>", "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/120723/", "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/347/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/392/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71816, "title": "Sources and chemical composition of natural and anthropogenic aerosols in the central Arctic", "slug": "sources-and-chemical-composition-of-natural-and--2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/sources-and-chemical-composition-of-natural-and--2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33139/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33139/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33139/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-07-31", "end_date": "2026-07-31", "start_time": null, "end_time": null, "description": "<p>Thesis Director: Prof. J. Schmale,<br>\r\nCivil and Environmental Engineering doctoral program<br>\r\nThesis Nr. 11505<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-06T14:41:54", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-06T14:41:56", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "ALP 1 109", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ALP%201%20109", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/67783245274?pwd=pGLMzt3z4pLTq4PW0vLkWbE4ZI3F6v.1", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "<strong>Benjamin Jérémy Laurent HEUTTE</strong>", "organizer": "", "contact": "<strong>Benjamin Jérémy Laurent HEUTTE</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": "EDCE", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120676/", "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/4/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?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": 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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