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This exhibition offers a space for free, creative, and non-judgmental expression where you can share your artistic vision.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nA community-focused initiative organized as part of the 2026 <a href=\"https://jours-sante.ch/en/\"><strong>Health days</strong></a> and <strong><a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/campus/art-culture/les-culturelles-cultural-week/\">Les Culturelles Festival</a></strong>.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Practical Information:</strong>\r\n</p><ul>\r\n\t<li>Exhibition at the <a href=\"https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SG%20294.22\">Foyer SG</a> (1st floor of the Architecture Building)</li>\r\n\t<li>Opening : Thursday, October 8 at 6:30 p.m.</li>\r\n\t<li>Exhibition dates: October 9–12, 2026</li>\r\n\t<li>Submission deadline: Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at midnight</li>\r\n\t<li>Open to EPFL staff and doctoral students</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Join us!</strong><br>\r\nWant to contribute to this event dedicated to creativity and sharing? Sign up now using the <a href=\"https://forms.office.com/e/iLTQTREgrE?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CreaPoly+2026+-+Appel+%C3%A0+participation+%2F%2F%2F+Call+for+participation&utm_source=CreaPoly+2026+-+Appel+%C3%A0+participation+%2F%2F%2F+Call+for+participation&utm_content=Remplir+le+formulaire\">registration form</a>.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>PDF application to be attached:</strong> A maximum of two pages is required, including:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>One or two proposals for works to be exhibited, created using one of the following techniques: ceramics, painting, works on paper (framed), textile art, sculpture, or mixed media. 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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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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": 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": 71920, "title": "Engineering dynamic behaviors in computationally designed proteins", "slug": "engineering-dynamic-behaviors-in-computationally-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/engineering-dynamic-behaviors-in-computationally-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33237/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33237/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33237/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-07-03", "end_date": "2026-07-03", "start_time": "17:00:00", "end_time": null, "description": "<p>Thesis Director: Prof. B. 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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": 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" ] } ] }
