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During the workshop, we will review and explain the main steps of a machine learning-based computer vision project, from problem definition to image acquisition, annotation, training, validation, and inference. We will illustrate these steps in a practical way, by building a real computer vision application together until we can run it live on a camera. Along the way, we will discuss important concepts (data drift, overfitting, data augmentation) and observe how they manifest themselves in practice. We will also share tips and tricks to help you tackle your own computer vision challenges.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Prerequisites:</strong><br>\r\nBasic familiarity with Python, image analysis, and machine learning concepts is desirable, but not strictly necessary.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Level:</strong> <br>\r\nBeginner / Intermediate<br>\r\n ", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-01-30T11:40:06", "last_modification_date": "2026-01-30T11:40:06", "link_label": "Registration", "link_url": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1NukuuzIzzMnbDZkfudvj1M7wDJY6JeWQKoQrcl1ZIVFcUw/viewform?usp=header", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "CE 1 711.2", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CE%201%20711.2", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/mallory.wittwer?lang=en\">Mallory Witwer</a>", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://imaging.epfl.ch/\">Center for Imaging</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/cecilia.carron?lang=fr\">Cecilia Carron</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Sur inscription", "en_label": "Registration required" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119528/", "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/4/?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/284/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/27/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71609, "title": "The Abstraction Trap: Lessons from a Career in the Memory Trenches", "slug": "the-abstraction-trap-lessons-from-a-career-in-the", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/the-abstraction-trap-lessons-from-a-career-in-the", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32940/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32940/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32940/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-29", "end_date": "2026-04-29", "start_time": "14:00:00", "end_time": "15:00:00", "description": "<div><strong><u>Abstract</u></strong><br>\r\nWhy do some foundational technologies advance rapidly while others seem frozen in time? For twenty years, production garbage collectors have remained remarkably stagnant—not for a lack of great ideas, but for a lack of the right abstractions. In this talk, I reflect on a career spent navigating the friction between theory and deployment. I will explore how high-level abstractions—from strict encapsulation to the \"workpacket\" model—catalyze the innovation necessary to disrupt an industry status quo. Using the MMTk framework as a case study, I'll show how these architectural foundations enabled the development of systems like LXR that significantly outperform the state-of-the-art. However, innovation is only half the battle. Drawing from recent experiences productizing MMTk for OpenJDK, Julia, and Ruby, I will reveal the hidden impediments to taking even the most promising ideas to production. I will discuss how decades of abstraction leakage in production codebases create a substantial barrier to entry for new ideas. I'll also discuss the difficulty of motivating adoption when a lack of appropriate methodology causes the true costs of incumbent systems to be underestimated or entirely misunderstood. While this talk draws on the world of memory management, it is not a talk about garbage collection. It is a reflection on the struggle to innovate within established fields and a roadmap for using foundational abstractions to clear the way for the next generation of software.</div>\r\n\r\n<div> </div>\r\n\r\n<div><strong><u>Bio</u></strong><br>\r\nSteve Blackburn is a Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, a professor at the Australian National University and an ACM Fellow. Steve has a long history in systems and programming languages with a particular interest in management and performance analysis. His current research includes hardware and software garbage collection for the fleet and mobile devices; applying AI to large scale software engineering tasks; and understanding and mitigating silent data corruption.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.steveblackburn.org/\">More information</a><br>\r\n </div>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-04-16T10:01:28", "last_modification_date": "2026-04-16T10:08:37", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "BC 410", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BC%20410", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "", "organizer": "", "contact": "Host: Prof. Nate Foster", "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/120399/", "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" ] }, { "id": 71342, "title": "lunch&LEARN: AI for formative feedback. From effective tools to adoption", "slug": "lunchlearn-ai-for-formative-feedback-from-effectiv", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/lunchlearn-ai-for-formative-feedback-from-effectiv", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32696/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32696/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32696/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-30", "end_date": "2026-04-30", "start_time": "12:15:00", "end_time": "13:00:00", "description": "<p>We can build the perfect pedagogical tool. But will students actually use and benefit from it?<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis session explores a question at the heart of the integration of new technology into education: How can a well-designed pedagogical tool be ideally leveraged to truly make a difference in student learning?<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/fares.fawzi?lang=en\">Fares Fawzi</a> from the <a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/labs/ml4ed/\">ML4ED</a> lab at EPFL will present his development of a GenAI-powered formative feedback tool that is pedagogically aligned, contextually grounded, and interactive.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nDeployed during an in-class session as well as for exam preparation in a computer science course at EPFL, the tool performed as intended: responses were relevant, accurate, and aligned with pedagogical frameworks for feedback delivery.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nHowever, during this session, we want to invite you to look beyond the pedagogical sophistication of the tool itself, and ask how integration context shapes student engagement and beneficial learning impact.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n- - - - - - - - - - - - - <br>\r\n<br>\r\n<em><strong>lunch&LEARN</strong></em> sessions are intended for anyone who teaches at EPFL. <br>\r\nThis session is hybrid and can be attended in person or <a href=\"https://epfl.zoom.us/meeting/register/itgbPQceSnyGQK_-KbEttA\">followed via zoom</a>.<br>\r\nMost sessions are recorded and can be found on the <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKZOhx3xKAdI81PA1jwBA_LHHfSjbdEUV\">Center LEARN's YouTube channel</a>.<br>\r\nTo get in touch with the team, to suggest a session or make inquiries, please send an email on <a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">[email protected]</a></p>", "image_description": "lunch&LEARN flyer for Fares Fawzi's session", "creation_date": "2026-03-10T14:13:42", "last_modification_date": "2026-03-10T14:18:13", "link_label": "Register/access the zoom conference", "link_url": "https://epfl.zoom.us/meeting/register/itgbPQceSnyGQK_-KbEttA", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "ME A3 31", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ME%20A3%2031", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/meeting/register/itgbPQceSnyGQK_-KbEttA", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/fares.fawzi?lang=en\">Fares Fawzi</a>, Machine Learning for Education Laboratory ", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://learn.epfl.ch\">Center LEARN</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">[email protected]</a>", "is_internal": "True", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Public averti", "en_label": "Informed public" }, "registration": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Sur inscription", "en_label": "Registration required" }, "keywords": "lunch&LEARN, Center LEARN, teaching, learning", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120032/", "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/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/323/?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/85/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/411/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/27/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/65/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71604, "title": "CDM-MTEI Seminars: Performance Optimization Programming: Methodology, Algorithms and Insights", "slug": "cdm-mtei-seminars-performance-optimization-program", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/cdm-mtei-seminars-performance-optimization-program", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32936/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32936/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32936/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-01", "end_date": "2026-05-01", "start_time": "11:30:00", "end_time": "13:00:00", "description": "<strong>Abstract</strong>:<br>\r\nThe design of efficient optimization algorithms has long relied on intuition and hand-crafted analysis. A newer paradigm -- Performance Optimization Programming (POP) -- reframes the question of algorithm analysis as a metaoptimization problem, enabling a computer-assisted, systematic search for optimal methods. We introduce Branch-and-Bound Performance Estimation Programming (BnB-PEP), a unified methodology for constructing certifiably optimal first-order methods for both convex and nonconvex optimization. Prior PEP-based approaches formulate worst-case performance as a convex semidefinite program, but this convexity is simultaneously a limitation: only a narrow class of problem setups admit such tractable reformulations. BnB-PEP overcomes this barrier by directly embracing nonconvexity. BnB-PEP is applied to several settings that were previously intractable: constructing the optimal gradient method without momentum, deriving optimal methods for reducing gradient norms of smooth nonconvex functions, and designing efficient methods for weakly convex nonsmooth optimization. In each case, the methodology yields new state-of-the-art convergence bounds. Finally, we show how the analysis generalizes to settings with gradient corruption and allows for the discovery of an entirely novel class of first-order optimization algorithms which enjoy optimal corruption protection.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>References:</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>[Das Gupta, van Parys, Ryu: Branch-and-Bound Performance Estimation Programming](<a href=\"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.07305\">https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.07305</a>)</li>\r\n\t<li>[Gösgens, van Parys: Subgradient Methods for Nonsmooth Convex Functions with Adversarial Errors](<a href=\"https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03072\">https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03072</a>)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Short bio: Bart van Parys</strong> is a senior researcher in the Stochastics groupt at the Dutch National Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI). Bart has played a pioneering role in developing distributionally robust optimization (DRO) as a practical tool for decision-making in uncertain environments. His doctoral work pioneered DRO formulations in stochastic control theory and power systems. Key innovations were an extension of the inequality of Gauss from 1821 in terms of tractable convex optimization problems.<br>\r\nMore recently, Bart formalized the search for statistically efficient data-driven decisions by advancing a novel meta-optimization framework via large-deviations theory. Bart's current research is primarily methodological and revolves around fundamental concerns when making decisions based on wild data sets and the automated design of better optimization algorithms.<br>\r\n ", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-04-15T18:05:10", "last_modification_date": "2026-04-15T18:05:10", "link_label": "", "link_url": "https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=alXC9vvEsUqix54iDfEcQ_ZC0STJ3plPhyuf4N1UEBtUQzlHRTFSUVRZOEMxTjJTU1Q5TkVQVkNLMC4uplPhyuf4N1UEBtUQzlHRTFSUVRZOEMxTjJTU1Q5TkVQVkNLMC4u&fromie=true", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "ODY 4 03", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ODY%204%2003", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/meeting/register/-K7fsTI-QaeQE6wowwJbtw", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Professor Bart VAN PARYS\r\n\r\nDutch National Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI)", "organizer": "Prof. Daniel Kuhn", "contact": "[email protected]", "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/120394/", "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/38/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71568, "title": "AI Center x Anthropic Impact Talk - Jonah Cool - \"AI for Science at Anthropic: Building Tools for Scientific Discovery\"", "slug": "ai-center-x-anthropic-impact-talk-jonah-cool-ai--2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/ai-center-x-anthropic-impact-talk-jonah-cool-ai--2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32904/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32904/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32904/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-05", "end_date": "2026-05-05", "start_time": "14:30:00", "end_time": "15:30:00", "description": "<p>The talk is jointly organized by the <a href=\"https://ai.epfl.ch/\">EPFL AI Center</a> and the <a href=\"https://aimm.epfl.ch\">AIMM</a> Lab as part of the AI for Science seminar series.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong><em>Hosting professor: Prof. Charlotte Bunne (AIMM)</em></strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<em><strong>Registration with an EPFL email is required: <a href=\"https://forms.office.com/e/F0PALJFN3D\">HERE</a>.</strong></em><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u><strong>! This event is restricted to EPFL members. The Zoom live stream is also restricted and requires authentication with an EPFL email address for access. !</strong></u><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Title</strong><br>\r\nAI for Science at Anthropic: Building Tools for Scientific Discovery<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Abstract</strong><br>\r\nThis talk will explore Anthropic's approach to developing AI systems that can meaningfully accelerate scientific research. I'll discuss our AI for Science program, share examples of how researchers are using Claude across domains from molecular biology to materials science, and outline our thinking on what makes AI genuinely useful for working scientists. I'll also touch on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and how it enables integration with scientific tools and data sources.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Bio</strong><br>\r\nJonah Cool leads life sciences partnerships and deployment at Anthropic, where he works directly with researchers, academic institutions, and biotech startups to apply frontier AI to scientific discovery. His focus is on understanding where large language models can meaningfully accelerate biological research and building the partnerships, evaluation frameworks, and deployment practices to make that happen responsibly.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBefore Anthropic, Jonah served as VP of Science & Partnerships at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, where he launched the Single Cell Biology program and led cross-sector technology development spanning biotech, academia, and philanthropy. He holds a PhD in cell biology (AHA fellow) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Salk Institute (NIH fellow). His career has moved across academia, biotech startups, large-scale philanthropy, and now frontier AI, connected by a consistent focus on finding the leverage points where new technology can change how science gets done.</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-04-10T10:19:48", "last_modification_date": "2026-04-15T10:24:18", "link_label": "Registration required (epfl.ch email address only)", "link_url": "https://forms.office.com/e/F0PALJFN3D", "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/63663088641?pwd=R57BacyioFy78i0vZ7o8IYH6I5duKA.1", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Jonah Cool, PhD", "organizer": "<a href=\"http://ai.epfl.ch\">EPFL AI Center,</a> <a href=\"https://aimm.epfl.ch/\">EPFL AIMM Lab</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/nicolas.machado?lang=en\">Nicolas Machado</a>", "is_internal": "True", "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/120338/", "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/1/?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/27/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71462, "title": "Honorary Lecture, Prof. Marco Bakker", "slug": "honorary-lecture-prof-marco-bakker", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/honorary-lecture-prof-marco-bakker", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32811/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32811/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32811/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-05", "end_date": "2026-05-05", "start_time": "17:30:00", "end_time": "19:30:00", "description": "<strong>Date: </strong>05 May 2026<br>\r\n<strong>Time:</strong> 17:30 - 19:30<br>\r\nIntroduction by Dean Katrin Beyer and IA director Pier Vittorio Aureli. Lecture by Prof. Marco Bakker. Followed by an apero.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Place: </strong>EPFL, <a class=\"text-link\" href=\"https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SG%201138\" target=\"_blank\">SG 1138</a><br>\r\n<strong>Live stream:</strong> <a class=\"text-link\" href=\"https://mediaspace.epfl.ch/media/Le%C3%A7on+d%27honneurProf.+Urs+von+Gunten+/0_zbj7ozmk\" target=\"_blank\">link</a><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong><u>Title:</u></strong><br>\r\nA World Made of Traces, ANEKDOTA!<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u><strong>Abstract:</strong></u><br>\r\nMANSLAB, The Spatial Workshop: In our view, architecture is a craft in which creativity and relentless discipline lead to innovation. Alongside a 'plurality of time', we are interested in the 'plurality of space'. Rather than transparency, it is the arrangement of different worlds face-to-face or side-by-side that creates this impression of density and richness in relationships.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo craft sustainable development, we believe that, alongside a body of fundamental knowledge, a spirit can be cultivated through tireless attempts, including failure, to develop a 'knowledge of the hand' capable of finding new forms of expression. The countless experiences that we have accumulated at MANSLAB over the past 15 years can undoubtedly be best recounted in the form of anecdotes. An anecdote is a historical detail or a characteristic of customs or character that becomes a short, entertaining story evoking emotions such as laughter or horror.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe students’ work that I am about to present illustrates certain tested, refined and proven principles, such as the indestructible link between ideas and the hand through the slow and joyful acquisition of knowledge; the economy of means to highlight the essential; errors and non-linearity as inspiring methods in the design process; and the cultivation of empirical, manual and physical knowledge that prioritises grasping sensory, supra-sensory and memory-based reality and is capable of creating new spaces. The launch of the book ANEKDOTA will take place at the same event.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<u><strong>About the speaker:</strong></u><br>\r\nMarco Bakker is born in Harlingen, Netherlands, in 1960. He first earned a degree in Civil Engineering from HTS Leeuwarden, before continuing his studies in Architecture and Urban Planning at Delft University of Technology, including spending a year abroad at EPFL. Following four years of experimentation in architecture and photography, he founded the firm Bakker & Blanc Architects (BABL) with Alexandre Blanc in 1992. At the same time, he worked as an assistant to Prof. Vincent Mangeat and visiting professor Kaschka Knapkiewicz at EPFL. From 2003 to 2009, he taught architectural design and theory at the BFH in Burgdorf. Following four years as visiting professors together with Alexandre Blanc, they were appointed associate professors at the EPFL Institute of Architecture within the 'MANSLAB, Laboratory of Spatial Manufacturing' chair from 2013 to 2025.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nHe also served on the Arts and Architecture Commission of the Canton of Bern and was a member of the editorial board of Werk-Bauen & Wohnen. 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It seeks to develop innovative theoretical and methodological approaches that strengthen understanding of today’s evolving security order and contribute to <strong>evidence‑based solutions</strong>. At the same time, the program trains future security experts through a combination of research and a practice‑oriented module, enabling them to work across science, policy, and practice. 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