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This year, conferences and courses that align with the scientific missions of any of the following programs will be prioritized: <a href=\"https://www.sfari.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI)</a>, with a mission to advance the basic science of autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders, <a href=\"https://www.simonsfoundation.org/collaborations/plasticity-and-the-aging-brain/mission-statement/\">Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB)</a>, with a focus on healthy cognitive aging, <a href=\"https://www.simonsfoundation.org/neuroscience/simons-collaboration-on-ecological-neuroscience/\">Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE)</a>, with a focus on understanding how interacting with the world shapes representations in the brain and mind, and the <a href=\"https://www.simonsfoundation.org/collaborations/global-brain/about/scientific-mission/\">Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB)</a>, with a focus on the fields of systems and computational neuroscience.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Duration</strong>: 3 years, max<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Funding</strong>: $25K / year, max<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Eligibility: </strong>Applications may be submitted by course or conference organizers who are employed by nonprofit organizations; public and private institutions, such as colleges, universities, hospitals, laboratories and units of state and local government; and eligible agencies of the federal government. There are no citizenship requirements.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo be eligible for funding through the 2026 RFA for the Conferences and Courses Award, at least <strong>one instance </strong>of the course or conference must occur between September 1, 2026 and August 31, 2027.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>How to Apply</strong>: Prospective applicants must first submit a letter of intent (LOI). LOIs must be completed electronically and submitted through <a href=\"https://sam.simonsfoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Simons Award Manager</a> (SAM) and should contain a proposal narrative (1-2 pages) and budget. 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Lecampion,<br>\r\nMechanics doctoral program<br>\r\nThesis Nr. 11652<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-04-02T09:47:04", "last_modification_date": "2026-04-02T09:47:07", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "ELA 1", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ELA%201", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/64560919684?pwd=qnpUiRjHSLugxUaXBptYPY20lmJogb.1", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Regina FAKHRETDINOVA</strong></a> ", "organizer": "", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Regina FAKHRETDINOVA</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": "EDME", "file": null, 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"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/26/?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/111/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71158, "title": "Lemanic Life Sciences Hackathon 2026", "slug": "lemanic-life-sciences-hackathon-2026", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/lemanic-life-sciences-hackathon-2026", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32528/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32528/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32528/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-16", "end_date": "2026-04-18", "start_time": "09:00:00", "end_time": "21:00:00", "description": "<p>Join us for the third edition of the Lemanic Life Sciences Hackathon!<br>\r\n<br>\r\nOrganized by <a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/schools/sv/\">EPFL School of Life Sciences</a>, <a href=\"https://ai.epfl.ch/\">EPFL AI Center</a> and the <a href=\"https://www.unibe.ch\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">University of Bern</a>, we aim to bring together clinicians, life scientists, and data scientists to test ideas, drive innovation, and tackle real-world challenges in healthcare and research.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nExplore the untapped potential of AI in life sciences and clinical research\r\n</p><ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>Leverage biological data for Impact</strong>: promote the re-use and sharing of valuable existing datasets. </li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Encourage innovative data analysis</strong> on biological and clinical challenges.</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Empower the Next Generation</strong> with hands-on data-science skills.</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Forge interdisciplinary collaborations</strong>: Build partnerships between clinicians, scientists, and data experts to drive change in healthcare and research.</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Strengthen the regional ecosystem</strong>: through lasting institutional collaborations. laying the groundwork for innovation and interdisciplinary approaches.</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Match people with ideas, data, and skills</strong> to spark impactful projects.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"container-full\">\r\n<div class=\"container-full px-4 py-3\">\r\n<div class=\"card-deck\"> \r\n<div class=\"card-body\"><strong><a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/schools/sv/lemanic-life-sciences-hackathon-2026/\">More info, submisstion of projects and registration as a participant on our Website</a>!</strong></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-02-17T17:37:16", "last_modification_date": "2026-02-17T17:41:04", "link_label": "Website", "link_url": "https://www.epfl.ch/schools/sv/lemanic-life-sciences-hackathon-2026/", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", 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EPFL Community.</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nIn this talk, Guillaume will go back in time 10 years ago to my personal contributions to the scikit-learn project. He'll use this experience to make a state of play of how the different advancements in Generative AI and more recently agentic AI are disrupting, for the best and the worst, the way open-source communities are working day after day.<br>\r\n ", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-03-24T17:22:18", "last_modification_date": "2026-03-24T17:22:18", "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": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/guillaume-lemaitre-b9404939/\">Guillaume Lemaître</a>", "organizer": "", "contact": "Eva Schier", "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": "open source, coding, innovaiton", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120176/", "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/416/?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/9/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/111/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/27/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71449, "title": "N-fold groupoids and n-groupoids in semi-abelian categories", "slug": "n-fold-groupoids-and-n-groupoids-in-semi-abelian-c", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/n-fold-groupoids-and-n-groupoids-in-semi-abelian-c", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32797/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32797/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32797/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-16", "end_date": "2026-04-16", "start_time": "10:00:00", "end_time": "11:00:00", "description": "<p>The notion of semi-abelian category, introduced by G. Janelidze, L. Márki and W. Tholen in 2002, generalizes that of abelian category, and captures the homological properties that the categories of groups, associative algebras, Lie algebras and cocommutative Hopf algebras over a field have in common. Internal structures behave surprisingly well in semi-abelian categories. For example, any internal reflexive graph admits at most one internal category structure, and the categories of internal categories and internal groupoids are isomorphic. Moreover, the category of internal groupoids is equivalent to the category of internal crossed modules. The notion of internal crossed module in any semi-abelian category was introduced by G. Janelidze in 2003, and recovers in particular the classical notion of crossed module of groups. The fact that the category of internal groupoids in a semi-abelian category is itself semi-abelian implies that also the category of internal n-fold groupoids is well-behaved.<br>\r\n <br>\r\nIn this talk, I will prove that the full subcategory of internal n-groupoids in a semi-abelian category is a Birkhoff subcategory of the category of internal n-fold groupoids, and provide a simple description of the corresponding reflection for n=2. In the abelian context, the internal n-groupoids yield a torsion-free subcategory of the category of internal n-fold groupoids, and it is possible to characterize (higher) central extensions and compute generalized Hopf formulae for homology. <br>\r\n <br>\r\nPart of this talk is based on joint work with Marino Gran<br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-03-25T12:18:18", "last_modification_date": "2026-03-25T12:25:27", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MA B1 504", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MA%20B1%20504", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Nadja Egner, UC Louvain", "organizer": "Markus Kirolos", "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/120179/", "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/9/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/7/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71499, "title": "IMX Talks - Value-added utilization of biomass and CO2 for sustainable aviation fuels and biomaterials", "slug": "imx-talks-value-added-utilization-of-biomass-and-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-talks-value-added-utilization-of-biomass-and-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32841/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32841/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32841/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-16", "end_date": "2026-04-16", "start_time": "15:30:00", "end_time": "16:15:00", "description": "<p>The conversion of low-carbon resources such as biomass and CO<sub>2</sub> into synthetic liquid fuels, value-added chemicals, and biomaterials is a crucial approach for global carbon emission reduction. In this context, this talk will focus on recent research advances on biomass and CO<sub>2</sub> conversion to sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), chemicals and bio-based materials. Considering the challenges associated with low-carbon resources, including dispersed distribution, significant fluctuations in raw material composition, and high conversion costs, a distributed-centralized system utilizing alcohols as key platform molecules has been proposed. Alcohol synthesis from biomass and CO<sub>2</sub> will be presented with the focus on catalysis for methanol (thermocatalysis) and ethanol synthesis (electrocatalysis) from CO<sub>2</sub>. Conversion of alcohol to SAF will be introduced with discussions on the design of multifunctional catalysts for alcohol conversion, the dynamic evolution of catalytic sites, and the strategies for tuning product distributions. Additionally, a few examples of biobased materials, such as cellulose nanofiber-based biomaterials and bio-based nylon precursor and polyester precursor, will be presented.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBio: Dr. Zhenglong Li is the “Qiushi” Chair Professor of Zhejiang University. He is the lead of the sustainable aviation fuels research of the State Key Laboratory of Bio-based Transportation Fuel Technology, director of the Biomass Value-Added Utilization Research Center, and the director of the Bio-based Chemicals Division in the Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou. His research is dedicated to the high-value utilization of biomass and carbon dioxide to synthesize sustainable aviation fuel, chemicals, and bio-based materials. He was the team lead in the biomass conversion area at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (United States) prior to joining Zhejiang University. He was the committee member for the Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy Consortium under the United States Department of Energy (DOE). His group focus on in-depth understanding of the catalytic processes of biomass and carbon dioxide at the molecular level to guide catalyst design, process development, and industrial application, especially R&D of SAF, bio-based chemicals, key bio-based polymer building blocks. His research group has published many high-impact scientific papers in top journals such as <em>J. Am. Chem. Soc., Nat. Commun., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., ACS Catal., Appl. Catal. B.,</em> and others. In terms of technology commercialization, he has developed new core technologies such as bio-based alcohols conversion for sustainable aviation fuel and bio-based biodegradable materials.<br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-03-31T08:53:46", "last_modification_date": "2026-03-31T08:53:57", "link_label": "Website", "link_url": "https://person.zju.edu.cn/en/0021139", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MXF 312", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MXF%20312", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Prof. Zhenglong Li, Zhejiang University, China", "organizer": "Prof. Tiffany Abitbol", "contact": "Prof. Tiffany Abitbol", "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/120243/", "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/314/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71500, "title": "IMX Talks - Sustainable green bio-polycarbonates from bio-based feedstocks and CO2 toward carbon-neutral goals", "slug": "imx-talks-sustainable-green-bio-polycarbonates-f-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-talks-sustainable-green-bio-polycarbonates-f-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32842/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32842/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32842/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-16", "end_date": "2026-04-16", "start_time": "16:15:00", "end_time": "17:00:00", "description": "<p>The growing challenges of plastic pollution, fossil resource depletion, and carbon emissions have accelerated the search for sustainable alternatives to polymers. This presentation will focus on the development of fully bio-based polycarbonates, synthesized through the polymerization of carbon dioxide with renewable epoxides. We will first detail our laboratory’s work in generating a diverse portfolio monomer from a wide range of bio-feedstocks including plant oils, terpenes, lignocellulosic biomass, and industrial byproducts. Another focus is the effect of monomer structure on resulting polymer properties and performance, and how post-polymerization modification strategies can be employed to tailor materials for specific applications. (2) Applications of bio-based polycarbonates will be then discussed in fields such as coatings, biomedical materials, adhesives, and their recycling pathways. (3) An outline of future directions will be explored, emphasizing the roles of advanced catalyst design, AI-driven manufacturing, and supportive policy frameworks to enable scalable and sustainable production. 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