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SUMMARY:Final of the competition "My Thesis in 180 seconds"
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DESCRIPTION:MT180 Finalists\nThe 14 PhD Students finalists of the competit
 ion My Thesis in 180 seconds (MT180) will present their research in simp
 le\, straightforward terms in 3 minutes exactly\, in English or in French\
 , using humour\, metaphores and examples.\nA jury made up of people from t
 he scientific community and the broader science world\, the business world
  and the media will decide between the doctoral candidates and award a pri
 ze to the three best candidates. The prizes are CHF 1000\, CHF 700 and CHF
  400 for the 1st\, 2nd and 3rd places.\n\nA special audience prize of CHF
  400 will also be awarded by the public: come to learn more about EPFL res
 earch and vote for your favorite candidate !\n\nThe 9th Edition of the EPF
 L Final My Thesis in 180 seconds is free and open to the public !\n\n	17
 h30: Opening of the doors\, free entrance\, registration\n	18h00: Beginnin
 g of the Final\n\n\nMT180 EPFL Finalists Running Order:\n\n\n	Sven Najem-M
 eyer\, « Building AI Pipelines in Data-scarce Environments: The Case of 
 Ancient Greek »\, (Dr. Matteo Romanello & Prof. Frédéric Kaplan – Dig
 ital Humanities Laboratory)\, French\n	Cassandre Contré\, « Rapid Radia
 l Profiles Simulation and Scenario Preparation on Tokamak Discharges using
  the RAPTOR Code»\, (Prof. Olivier Sauter - Swiss Plasma Center)\, Frenc
 h\n	Rebecca Smith\, « Rethinking the Logic of Neurotransmitters »\, (
 Prof. Brian McCabe - Laboratory of Neural Genetics and Disease)\, English
 \n	Tom Nelis\, « Green Chemistry: Renewability as a Means for Safer Che
 micals »\, (Prof. Jeremy Luterbacher - Laboratory of Sustainable and Cat
 alytic Processes)\, English\n	Noémie Jeannin\, « A Geographical Appro
 ach to the Use of Electric Vehicles as Flexibility Assets for Photovoltaic
  Electricity Production »\,  (Prof. Nicolas Wyrsch & Prof. Christophe B
 allif – Phototovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics Laboratory)\, French\
 n	Ana Rico\, « Reprogramming CAR T Cell Infiltration through Design Che
 motatic Biosensors »\, (Prof. Patrick Barth - Laboratory of Protein and 
 Cell engineering)\, English\n	Jade Mai Cock\, « Behavioural Modelling o
 f Student in Scientific Interactive Environments »\, (Prof. Tanja Käser
  – Laboratoire d’intelligence artificielle pour l’éducation)\, Fren
 ch\n	Vinitra Swamy\, « Towards Trustworthy\, Explainable\, and Human-Ce
 ntric AI »\, (Prof. Tanja Käser - Machine Learning for Education Laborat
 ory & Prof. Martin Jaggi - Machine Learning and Optimization Laboratory)\,
  English\n	Zahra Ayar\, « High-speed Scanning Ion Conductance Microsco
 py (SICM) on neurons as a new in vitro platform for neuroregeneration stud
 ies»\, (Prof. Georg Fantner - Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentatio
 n)\, English\n	Anja Tiede\, « Sustainable Photovoltaic Schemes with Co
 mpound Semiconductors using Correlated-disordered Patterns »\, (Prof. An
 na Fontcuberta i Morral - Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials)\, Englis
 h\n	Pengbo Zhu\, « Towards Mobility in the Future – Repositioning and
  Control of Empty Taxis »\, (Prof. Nikolas Geroliminis & Prof. Giancarlo
  Ferrari-Trecate - Urban Transport Systems Lab)\, English\n	Medha Raman\
 , « Adapting Brain Function to a Rapidly Changing Environment »\, (Pro
 f. Brian McCabe - Laboratory of Neural Genetics and Disease)\, English\n	
 Manuel Loparco\, « Non-perturbative aspects of Quantum Field Theory in 
 curved spacetimes »\, (Prof. Joao Augusto Penedones - Fields and Strings
  Laboratory)\, English\n	Ray Cowen\, « NMR Investigations of the Hydra
 tion Reaction of Cementitious Calcium Silicate Hydrate »\, (Prof. Lyndon
  Emsley - Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance & Prof. Karen Scrivener - Labor
 atory of Construction Materials)\, English\n\n\nJury :\n\n\n	Gisou van d
 er Goot\, Prof. Faculty SV\n	Ambrogio Fasoli\, Prof. Faculty SB\, Provost\
 n	Marilyne Andersen\, Prof. Faculty ENAC\n	Bastien Confino\, Scientific Jo
 urnalist RTS\n	Eunok Yim\, Prof. Faculty SB\n	Mauro Lattuada\, Technology
  Transfer Manager\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\n\n	Anne-Laure Gannac\, Journalist\n\n\n
 Welcoming Words:\n\n\n	Edouard Bugnion\, Vice-Presidency Innovation and Im
 pact\n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n   
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