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Le mercredi 22 juillet, il vous emmène pour une balade de 2h sur le campus. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nAu travers d’expériences captivantes, il partage ses connaissances et ses dernières découvertes avec les jeunes exploratrices et explorateurs venus·es se questionner, expérimenter et tenter de répondre à toutes sortes de questions commençant par POURQUOI comme de véritables scientifiques.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u>Pour qui ?</u><br>\r\n<br>\r\nOuvert à toute personne intéressée qui n'a pas encore suivi la promenade des Pourquoi (qui est différente de celles des Comment).<br>\r\nAdapté pour les familles avec enfants de 6-10 ans.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u>Aspects pratiques</u><br>\r\n<br>\r\nLa promenade durera environ 2h, dont 1h de marche effective.<br>\r\nLes enfants sont sous la responsabilité de leurs parents ou d’un adulte accompagnant durant toute la promenade.<br>\r\nGratuit, pas d'inscription préalable.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>La promenade a lieu par tous les temps. Aucune inscription requise.</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Départ</strong> : 10h30 arrêt m1 « EPFL » dans le passage sous voie<br>\r\n<strong>Arrivée</strong> : vers 12h30 sous les arches du Rolex Learning Center - EPFL<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https://jexploremaville.ch/events/\">Programme de J'explore ma ville</a></p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2025-07-25T15:00:00", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-19T15:13:47", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "", "url_place_and_room": "", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/1/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]?subject=Balade%20scientifique%20sur%20le%20campus%20de%20l%27EPFL\">Olivier Renault</a>, le savambulant de l'EPFL et Floriane Nikles, Les promenades de Floriane - <a href=\"https://lespromenadesdefloriane.ch/explore-ma-ville/\">J'explore ma ville</a>", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/education/education-and-science-outreach/fr/index-fr-html/promotion-des-sciences/\">Service de promotion des sciences de l'EPFL</a> et Floriane Nikles, Les promenades de Floriane - <a href=\"https://lespromenadesdefloriane.ch/explore-ma-ville/\">J'explore ma ville</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]?subject=Balade%20scientifique%20sur%20le%20campus%20de%20l%27EPFL\">Olivier Renault</a>, le savambulant de l'EPFL et Floriane Nikles, Les promenades de Floriane - <a href=\"https://lespromenadesdefloriane.ch/explore-ma-ville/\">J'explore ma ville</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/117210/", "category": { "id": 19, "code": "PUBLICSCIENCE", "fr_label": "Evènements scientifiques grand public", "en_label": "Public Science Events", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/170/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 70951, "title": "Toward Intelligent Behavior in Macroscopic Active Matter", "slug": "toward-intelligent-behavior-in-macroscopic-active", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/toward-intelligent-behavior-in-macroscopic-active", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32339/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32339/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32339/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-07-06", "end_date": "2026-07-10", "start_time": null, "end_time": null, "description": "<p>You can apply to participate and find all the relevant information (speakers, abstracts, program,...) on the event website: <a href=\"https://www.cecam.org/workshop-details/toward-intelligent-behavior-in-macroscopic-active-matter-1481\">https://www.cecam.org/workshop-details/toward-intelligent-behavior-in-macroscopic-active-matter-1481</a>.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nRegistration is required to attend the full event, take part in the social activities and present a poster at the poster session (if any). However, the EPFL community is welcome to attend specific lectures without registration if the topic is of interest to their research. Do not hesitate to contact the <a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">CECAM Event Manager</a> if you have any question.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Description</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nActive matter has emerged as a central framework for understanding systems composed of self-driven units across scales, ranging from molecular motors and cytoskeletal filaments to animal groups and robotic swarms. Initially, many foundational models focused on macroscopic agents – such as flocks, swarms, and driven granular particles – where simple interaction rules give rise to rich collective phenomena. However, over the past two decades, much of the focus has shifted toward microscopic and mesoscopic active systems, especially in soft and biological matter, supported by the technological development of high-resolution imaging, force measurement, and microfabrication. These advances have driven a more refined theoretical understanding, connecting microscopic dynamics with hydrodynamic and continuum-scale descriptions, and have found applications in biophysics, material science, and cellular biology. <br>\r\nIn parallel, yet often semi-independently, active matter concepts have flourished in ecological and robotic systems. In these domains, the agents – be they insects, birds, autonomous vehicles, or soft robots – not only self-propel and interact, but also sense their environments, make decisions, and adapt their behavior. These systems extend the classical framework of active matter by incorporating elements of intelligence, information processing, and environmental feedback. Notably, such systems can operate far from equilibrium and exhibit coordinated behavior that seems tuned for functional outcomes – navigation, foraging, or collective decision-making.<br>\r\nThese trends point toward a convergence: macroscopic active matter systems capable of intelligent, adaptive, or programmable behavior. This includes both natural systems (e.g., flocking insects, social insects, animal herds) and artificial systems (e.g., modular robots, programmable matter, active granular agents). The interplay of self-propulsion, interaction rules, information exchange, learning or memory, and system-level feedback opens exciting new directions for both fundamental science and applications. Recent efforts in this space combine techniques from statistical physics, nonlinear dynamics, robotics, and machine learning.<br>\r\nHowever, the communities working on these different aspects of active matter – soft matter physicists, ecologists, roboticists, and complexity scientists – remain fragmented, with limited opportunity for sustained dialogue. Bridging these communities is essential to develop a shared language, identify unifying principles, and guide the development of new experimental platforms and theoretical frameworks.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>References</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08514-6\" target=\"_blank\">[1] F. Gu, B. Guiselin, N. Bain, I. Zuriguel, D. Bartolo, Nature, <strong>638</strong>, 112-119 (2025)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aav7874\" target=\"_blank\">[2] A. Rafsanjani, K. Bertoldi, A. Studart, Sci. 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Zheng, NSO., <strong>3</strong>, 20240005 (2024)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648x/adebd3\" target=\"_blank\">[18] G. Volpe, N. Araújo, M. Guix, M. Miodownik, N. Martin, L. Alvarez, J. Simmchen, R. Leonardo, N. Pellicciotta, Q. Martinet, J. Palacci, W. Ng, D. Saxena, R. Sapienza, S. Nadine, J. Mano, R. Mahdavi, C. Beck Adiels, J. Forth, C. Santangelo, S. Palagi, J. Seok, V. Webster-Wood, S. Wang, L. Yao, A. Aghakhani, T. Barois, H. Kellay, C. Coulais, M. van Hecke, C. Pierce, T. Wang, B. Chong, D. Goldman, A. Reina, V. Trianni, G. Volpe, R. Beckett, S. Nair, R. Armstrong, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, <strong>37</strong>, 333501 (2025)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648x/ab6348\" target=\"_blank\">[19] G. Gompper, R. Winkler, T. Speck, A. Solon, C. Nardini, F. Peruani, H. Löwen, R. Golestanian, U. Kaupp, L. Alvarez, T. Kiørboe, E. Lauga, W. Poon, A. DeSimone, S. Muiños-Landin, A. Fischer, N. Söker, F. Cichos, R. Kapral, P. Gaspard, M. Ripoll, F. Sagues, A. Doostmohammadi, J. Yeomans, I. Aranson, C. Bechinger, H. Stark, C. Hemelrijk, F. Nedelec, T. Sarkar, T. Aryaksama, M. Lacroix, G. Duclos, V. Yashunsky, P. Silberzan, M. Arroyo, S. Kale, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, <strong>32</strong>, 193001 (2020)</a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/529016a\" target=\"_blank\">[20] G. Popkin, Nature, <strong>529</strong>, 16-18 (2016)</a></p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-01-26T14:57:51", "last_modification_date": "2026-01-26T16:42:52", "link_label": "Toward Intelligent Behavior in Macroscopic Active Matter", "link_url": "https://www.cecam.org/workshop-details/toward-intelligent-behavior-in-macroscopic-active-matter-1481", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "BCH 2103", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BCH%202103", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "", "organizer": "<strong>Wylie Ahmed, </strong>CNRS ; <strong>Laura Alvarez, </strong>University of Bordeaux ; <strong>Lorenzo Caprini, </strong>Heinrich-Heine University of Duesseldorf ; <strong>Matteo Paoluzzi, </strong>Sapienza University of Rome", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\"><strong>Cornelia Bujenita</strong></a>, CECAM Events and Operations Manager", "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/119442/", "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/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/417/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/442/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71152, "title": "EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships", "slug": "embo-postdoctoral-fellowships-3", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/embo-postdoctoral-fellowships-3", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32524/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32524/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32524/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-07-10", "end_date": "2026-07-10", "start_time": null, "end_time": null, "description": "<div class=\"EditMode EditingSurfaceBody FireFox WACEditing WACViewPanel_DisableLegacyKeyCodeAndCharCode usehover\">\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 SCXW143265749\">\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW143265749\"><strong>Aim: </strong>EMBO is an organization of more than 2,100 leading researchers that promotes excellence in the life sciences in Europe and beyond. The major goals of the organization are to support talented researchers at all stages of their careers, stimulate the exchange of scientific information, and help build a research environment where scientists can achieve their best work. The <strong>EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships</strong> support excellent postdoctoral researchers throughout Europe and the world for a period of up to two years. International mobility is a key requirement. The fellowship includes a salary or stipend, a relocation allowance and support for fellows with children. Awardees can attend an EMBO Laboratory Leadership course and become part of the global network of EMBO Fellows. </div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW143265749\"> </div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW143265749\"><strong>Funding</strong>: <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW143265749 BCX2\" href=\"https://www.embo.org/documents/PDF/Postdoctoral_Fellowships_ContractRates.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to</a> country of host institution </div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW143265749\"> </div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW143265749\"><strong>Duration</strong>: 2 years </div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW143265749\"> </div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW143265749\"><strong>Eligibility: </strong> Main eligibility criteria: <br>\r\n </div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 ListContainerWrapper SCXW143265749\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Applicants must hold a PhD degree or equivalent at the <strong>start of the fellowship</strong>. </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 ListContainerWrapper SCXW143265749\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Applicants who already hold a PhD at the time of application are eligible to apply only if they obtained it during the <strong>two years</strong> prior to the application submission date. </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 ListContainerWrapper SCXW143265749\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Applicants must have at least one first (or joint first) author <strong>primary research paper</strong> accepted for publication or published in an international peer reviewed journal at the time the application is submitted. </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 ListContainerWrapper SCXW143265749\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>All applications must involve <strong>movement</strong> between countries (detailed information about mobility requirements is listed in the EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW143265749 BCX2\" href=\"https://www.embo.org/documents/PDF/Postdoctoral_Fellowships_guidelines.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">guidelines</a>). </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 ListContainerWrapper SCXW143265749\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Candidates who have already started working in the host laboratory can apply only if they have been working in the host laboratory for less than <strong>six months</strong> at the time the application is complete. </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 ListContainerWrapper SCXW143265749\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Research proposals must be within EMBO’s <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW143265749 BCX2\" href=\"https://www.embo.org/about-embo/programmes-and-activities/subject-areas/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scientific scope</a>, but must <strong>not</strong> be a direct continuation of the PhD project. </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 ListContainerWrapper SCXW143265749\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>A host laboratory may support a maximum of one candidate per selection round: in case of multiple applications to the same host lab, the office will request the lab to withdraw the exceeding application(s). </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW143265749\"> </div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW143265749\"><strong>How to Apply</strong>: Applications and supporting documentation (two references, receiving institute acceptance) are only accepted via the <a href=\"http://applications.embo.org/01/register.php?reg=S019\">online application system</a>. Carefully read the <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW143265749 BCX2\" href=\"https://www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-grants-and-career-support/postdoctoral-fellowships/faqs/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FAQs</a> and the EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW143265749 BCX2\" href=\"https://www.embo.org/documents/PDF/Postdoctoral_Fellowships_guidelines.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">guidelines</a> before applying. No application can be completed without all the information required, including the two reference letters and the acceptance letter from the receiving institute. The date, according to Central European (summer) Time (CE(S)T), in which the candidates confirm that their application is complete, is the reference date for eligibility and evaluation. </div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW143265749\"> </div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW143265749\"><strong>Deadline: </strong>Rolling. Applications received before the fourth Friday in January will be considered in the Spring round, and those received before the second Friday in July will be considered in the Autumn round. For 2026 these dates are <strong>23 January</strong> and <strong>10 July</strong>, respectively. </div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW143265749\"> </div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 SCXW143265749\">\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 Ltr OutlineElement SCXW143265749\"><strong>Further information</strong> </div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 ListContainerWrapper SCXW143265749\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>More details on the call can be found on <a href=\"https://www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-grants-and-career-support/postdoctoral-fellowships/\">EMBO’s website</a> </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 ListContainerWrapper SCXW143265749\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Find full info in the <a href=\"https://www.embo.org/documents/PDF/Postdoctoral_Fellowships_guidelines.pdf\">Fellowship Guidelines</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 ListContainerWrapper SCXW143265749\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>The application system can be found <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW143265749 BCX2\" href=\"http://applications.embo.org/01/register.php?reg=S019\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BCX2 ListContainerWrapper SCXW143265749\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>For any other questions, contact the <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW143265749 BCX2\" href=\"mailto:[email protected]\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Research Office</a> </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-02-16T18:32:37", "last_modification_date": "2026-02-16T18:33:29", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "", "url_place_and_room": "", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "", "organizer": "", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]?subject=EMBO%20Fellowships\">Research Office</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119751/", "category": { "id": 16, "code": "PROP", "fr_label": "Appel à proposition", "en_label": "Call for proposal", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/140/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71930, "title": "Generative models for black-box optimization of complex objectives", "slug": "generative-models-for-black-box-optimization-of-co", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/generative-models-for-black-box-optimization-of-co", "visual_url": null, "visual_large_url": null, "visual_maxsize_url": null, "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-07-09", "end_date": "2026-07-09", "start_time": "10:00:00", "end_time": "12:00:00", "description": "<u>EDIC candidacy exam</u><br>\r\nExam president: Prof. Nicolas Flammarion<br>\r\nThesis advisor: Prof. Pascal Fua<br>\r\nCo-examiner: Prof. Alexander Mathis<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u>Abstract</u><br>\r\nMany high-impact problems in science and engineering reduce to optimizing a complex objective, where each evaluation is costly and often unreliable: physical experiments fail, simulators diverge, and stochastic systems return noisy feedback. Classical black-box optimizers struggle in this regime, where evaluation budgets are tight and the feasible region is hard to characterize a priori. Our work investigates how the statistical expressivity of modern generative samplers can be leveraged in black-box optimization. We propose that these samplers enable efficient navigation of feasible sets and optimization of geometrically complex objectives under limited, unreliable observations. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nTwo complementary lines of work have already been studied. The main one, SPARROW, demonstrated that a sampler-driven optimizer can substantially reduce the number of function calls needed to maximize complex and unreliable objectives. A parallel line established that samplers can be steered to satisfy hard constraints without sacrificing the statistical diversity of the generated samples. Because SPARROW imposes minimal assumptions on the underlying sampler, these constrained samplers can drive it directly, opening a path to constrained black-box optimization.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBuilding on these results, two directions are planned. The first is theoretical: a deeper mathematical study of sampler-driven optimization, drawing on the broader literature on sample-efficient black-box optimization, in order to derive stronger guarantees and more efficient algorithms. The second is applied: applying the methods to concrete domains and exploiting the structure those domains expose to sharpen performance beyond what a pure black-box treatment can achieve.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe applications of low-budget black-box optimization are diverse, including engineering design (e.g. aerodynamic shape optimization, mechanical components), scientific discovery (e.g. protein and molecule design under synthesizability and stability constraints), and the safety and security of opaque ML systems (e.g. query-efficient adversarial probing, red-teaming of black-box models).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u>Selected papers</u><br>\r\n ", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-22T12:53:32", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-22T13:09:04", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "BC 333", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BC%20333", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "Edouard Dufour", "organizer": "", "contact": "[email protected]", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "EDIC candidacy exam", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120837/", "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/48/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/27/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71755, "title": "Controllable Generative Models via Test-Time Adaptation", "slug": "controllable-generative-models-via-test-time-adapt", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/controllable-generative-models-via-test-time-adapt", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33081/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33081/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33081/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-07-07", "end_date": "2026-07-07", "start_time": "09:30:00", "end_time": "11:30:00", "description": "<u>EDIC candidacy exam</u><br>\r\nExam president: Prof. Martin Rajman<br>\r\nThesis advisor: Prof. Pascal Fua<br>\r\nCo-examiner: Prof. Jean-Philippe Thiran<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u>Abstract</u><br>\r\ncoming soon<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u>Selected papers</u><br>\r\ncoming soon", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-04-29T10:00:51", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-08T11:17:00", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "BC 329", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BC%20329", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "Hantao Zhang", "organizer": "", "contact": "[email protected]", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "EDIC candidacy exam", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120587/", "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": 71836, "title": "Nanoscale analysis of membrane proteins in native milieu", "slug": "nanoscale-analysis-of-membrane-proteins-in-nativ-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/nanoscale-analysis-of-membrane-proteins-in-nativ-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33156/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33156/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33156/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-07-07", "end_date": "2026-07-07", "start_time": "15:00:00", "end_time": "16:00:00", "description": "<strong>Abstract: </strong>In this seminar, Moitrayee Bhattacharyya will present her lab’s work on developing experimental platforms to resolve the molecular and functional organization of membrane proteins in their native environments and applying these tools to study membrane proteins that regulate neuronal signaling and neurodegeneration, chronic pain, and cancer. High-resolution quantitative measurements of the oligomeric organization of membrane proteins in native membranes, and how they change under different conditions, are indispensable for understanding membrane protein biology. Her lab reported a single-molecule technique, Native-nanoBleach, to determine the oligomeric distribution of membrane proteins from native membranes at ~10 nm spatial resolution and at endogenous levels of expression. They applied Native-nanoBleach to quantify the oligomerization status of structurally and functionally diverse membrane proteins. Her team has now extended this general technique to organellar membrane proteins and membrane contact sites in the context of neurodegeneration and rare developmental diseases. This general experimental pipeline will usher in a new era of studying membrane protein organization in their native membrane environments under various physiological and clinical conditions.<br>\r\n \r\n<div><strong>Bio</strong>: Moitrayee Bhattacharyya received her Ph.D. in Computational Biophysics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, where she used molecular dynamics simulations and network theory to study allosteric communication in protein complexes. She transitioned into experimental biology during her postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley, as a Human Frontiers Science Program Long Term Fellow. Here, she used structural biology and single-molecule microscopy to study the molecular mechanism of regulation in a calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase that is critical for learning and memory. She started her lab at Yale University in the summer of 2020. One focus is to develop broad-impact technological platforms that enable high-resolution studies of membrane proteins in native membranes, in her lab and beyond. Her lab also applies these technologies in conjunction with established biophysical and structural methods to understand the molecular mechanisms of membrane-localized signaling in chronic pain and neurodegenerative diseases.</div>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-05-08T14:43:44", "last_modification_date": "2026-05-11T09:28:30", "link_label": "", "link_url": "https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/moitrayee-bhattacharyya/", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "Conference room SV.1717", "url_place_and_room": "https://www.epfl.ch/schools/sv/it/sv-rooms/#SV1717", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Moitrayee Bhattacharyya, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine ", "organizer": "Institute of Bioengineering, EPFL", "contact": "Prof. Florian Schueder", "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/120702/", "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/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" ] }, { "id": 71933, "title": "Controlling and Guiding Generative Models for Three-Dimensional Shape Optimization", "slug": "controlling-and-guiding-generative-models-for-thre", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/controlling-and-guiding-generative-models-for-thre", "visual_url": null, "visual_large_url": null, "visual_maxsize_url": null, "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-07-07", "end_date": "2026-07-07", "start_time": "11:00:00", "end_time": "13:00:00", "description": "<u>EDIC candidacy exam</u><br>\r\nExam president: Prof. Martin Rajman<br>\r\nThesis advisor: Prof. Pascal Fua<br>\r\nCo-examiner: Prof. Mark Pauly<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u>Abstract</u><br>\r\nOptimizing 3D shapes within the latent spaces of deep generative models is fundamental to computer assisted engineering, yet remains prone to a critical failure mode we term manifold drift: the tendency of gradient-based optimization to move latent vectors away from the manifold of valid shapes. This problem is exacerbated in state-of-the-art 3D shape generative models that operate in increasingly high-dimensional latent spaces where valid shapes occupy a vanishingly small fraction of the full space. Existing mitigation strategies, including latent regularization and flow-matching approaches, either sacrifice expressiveness, demand a difficult trade-off between objective guidance and generative fidelity that remains prone to manifold drift, or are computationally infeasible to scale to modern, large-capacity 3D shape models. We introduce a novel optimizer-corrector framework that alternates between gradient steps for objective minimization and guided flow matching to drive the latent state back to the valid shape manifold. By decoupling objective minimization from flow-based correction, optimizing freely and correcting strictly, this alternating design avoids inherent trade-offs, preserving geometric validity without sacrificing expressiveness while remaining computationally feasible on modern 3D shape models. 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