Final of the competition "My Thesis in 180 seconds"
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Event details
Date | 30.03.2023 |
Hour | 17:45 › 19:45 |
Speaker | MT180 Finalists |
Location | |
Category | Public Science Events |
Event Language | French, English |
The 14 PhD Students finalists of the competition My Thesis in 180 seconds (MT180) will present their research in simple, straightforward terms in 3 minutes exactly, in English or in French, using humour, metaphores and examples.
A jury made up of people from the scientific community and the broader science world, the business world and the media will decide between the doctoral candidates and award a prize to the three best candidates. The prizes are CHF 1000, CHF 700 and CHF 400 for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.
A special audience prize of CHF 400 will also be awarded by the public on site (no online voting): come to learn more about EPFL research and vote for your favorite candidate !
The 7th Edition of the EPFL Final My Thesis in 180 seconds is free and open to the public !
- 17h30: Opening of the doors, free entrance, registration
- 18h00: Beginning of the Final
- Eugénie Mas, «Impact of tree species interactions on tree water relations under warmer and drier climate», Labo écologie végétale (Prof. Charlotte Grossiord), Français
- Armand Kurum, «Cancer biomechanics in immunotherapy», Biomaterials for Immunoengineering Lab (Prof. Li Tang), English
- Gaétan Raynaud, «Characterization and control of slender flexible structures interacting with flows», Labo de diagnostic des écoulements instationnaires (Prof. Karen Mulleners), Français
- Lucie Chanvillard, «Balancing NAD+ Metabolism and Senescence in Chronic Kidney Disease», Institute of Health Sciences, Nestlé Research (Dr. Jerome Feige), Français
- Anna McCann, «Finding information-rich electrocardiographic biomarkers to characterize atrial fibrillation», Labo traitement des signaux 2 (Dr Jean-Marc Vesin), Français»
- Yamin Sepehri, «Smart Edge in Hierarchical Vision Systems», Signal Processing Lab 4 and CSEM (Prof. Pascal Frossard and Dr Andrea Dunbar), English
- Outman Akouissi, «Advanced peripheral nerve interfaces», Chaire Fondation Bertarelli en neuro-ingénierie translationnelle (Prof. Silvestro Micera et Stéphanie Lacour), Français
- Dorian Herle, «NEMS optomechanical switches for reflective display applications», Advanced Nano-electromechanical Systems Lab (Prof. Guillermo Villanueva), English
- Loris Di Natale, «Physics-inspired Deep Learning for Building Modeling and Control», Automatic Control Lab 3 (Prof. Colin Neil Jones), English
- Chuen-Ru Li, «Selectively permeable microcapsules», Soft Materials Lab (Prof. Esther Amstad), English
- Anita Bodac, «Targeting innate immunity aging to fight lung cancer», Labo Approches moléculaires du vivant et ISREC (Prof. Etienne Meylan & Freddy Radtke), Français
- Nils Kalbfuss, «Dissecting centriole fate during C. elegans development», Cell and Developmental Biology Lab (Prof. Pierre Gönczy), English
- Eva Baur, «Granular elastomers for 3D printing applications», Labo de la matière molle (Prof. Esther Amstad), Français
- Sara Behjati, «Designing DNA wrapped single-walled carbon nanotube optical biosensors for cancer biomarker detection», Nanobiotechnology Lab (Prof. Ardemis Boghossian), English
- Gisou van der Goot, President of the Jury, Professor at the Faculty SV and Vice President for Responsible Transformation at EPFL
- Ambrogio Fasoli, Jury Member, Professor at the Faculty SB and Associate Vice President for Research at EPFL
- Marilyne Andersen, Jury Member, Professor at the Faculty ENAC and President of the Committee EPFL Fribourg
- Mauro Lattuada, Jury Member, Technology Transfer Manager à l'EPFL
- Jelena Kovacevic, Jury Member, Responsible for the foundation Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CVCI)
- Bastien Confino, Jury Member, Scientific Journalist RTS
- Anne-Laure Gannac, Journalist
- Kahryn Hess Bellwald, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Outreach
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Practical information
- General public
- Registration required
Organizer
- EPFL Service de promotion des sciences / Science Outreach Departement in collaboration with Mediacom events and contents and Audiovisual service