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\r\nDavide Spina (University of Hong Kong, online) Spina's award-winning dissertation examined the Vatican-controlled real estate developer and contractor SGI (Società Generale Immobiliare), which emerged as a major force in postwar Italy's reconstruction. His research on what journalist Antonio Cederna called \"the Leviathan\" reveals how SGI coordinated 10,000 employees, bureaucratized architectural production, exploited planning regulations, and delivered schemes from residential developments to industrial infrastructure. Currently working on real estate development in 1960s-70s Hong Kong, Spina examines how developers and contractors shape architectural culture through corporate management systems.
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We investigate an anisotropic vanishing viscosity limit of the 3D stochastic Navier-Stokes equations posed between two horizontal plates, with Dirichlet no-slip boundary condition. The turbulent viscosity is split into horizontal and vertical directions, each of which approaches zero at a different rate. The underlying Cylindrical Brownian Motion driving our transport-stretching noise is decomposed into horizontal and vertical components, which are scaled by the square root of the respective directional viscosities. We prove that if the ratio of the vertical to horizontal viscosities approaches zero, then there exists a sequence of weak martingale solutions convergent to the strong solution of the deterministic Euler equation on its lifetime of existence. A particular challenge is that the anisotropic scaling ruins the divergence-free property for the spatial correlation functions of the noise.
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\r\nBut behind this high-tech spectacle, one question remains:
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\r\nWhere are women?
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\r\nIn 2026, while F1 embodies innovation and excellence, it remains one of the most male-dominated professional sports.
\r\nCoincidence… or a reflection of deeper, systemic mechanisms?
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\r\nThe EPFL Alumni Women Club, in partnership with EPFL Alumni, invites you to go beyond the surface, to understand the forces holding women back in F1.
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\r\nIn this open discussion, we will tackle the real questions:
\r\n— Is Formula 1 truly accessible to everyone?
\r\n— Are the barriers cultural, educational, physical… or systemic?
\r\n— Who decides today who gets to join the grid?
\r\n— And what role do the media, sponsors, and public play in maintaining—or challenging—this imbalance?
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\r\nA high-level exchange at the crossroads of sport, technology, and societal issues. This event offers a deep dive into the backstage of an iconic sport, decoding its codes and structures.
\r\nThe goal: to understand, but also to explore concrete levers for change.
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\r\nWe are honored to welcome key figures from the paddock:
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\r\n- Mattia Binotto EPFL engineer, Head of Audi F1 Project: Audi officially enters the FIA Formula 1 World Championship in 2026
\r\n- Laura Villars First woman candidate for FIA presidency 2025, and racing driver
\r\n- Vita Marina Project Manager of Power Unit Mechanical Systems at Audi Revolut F1 Team
\r\n- and other exclusive guests !
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\r\nAnd to cap it off:
\r\nExperience the new EPFL Racing Team car in an exclusive first look, followed by a guided tour of their workshops and laboratories.
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\r\nEvent in English
Come to SPOT on the first Thursday of every month to repair your damaged and broken items instead of throwing them away! This Repair Cafe aims to combat overconsumption and waste production by extending the life of objects and showing how we can move towards a circular economy. We want to promote the reuse of everyday items of all kinds, from appliances to clothing, by providing easy access to repair experts while teaching people how to fix things themselves.
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