Final of the competition "My Thesis in 180 seconds"

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 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places.

A special audience prize of CHF 400 will also be awarded by the public: come to learn more about EPFL research and vote for your favorite candidate !

The 9^th 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

1. Sven Najem-Meyer, « Building AI Pipelines in Data-scarce Environments: The Case of Ancient Greek », (Dr. Matteo Romanello & Prof. Frédéric Kaplan – Digital Humanities Laboratory), French
2. Cassandre Contré, « Rapid Radial Profiles Simulation and Scenario Preparation on Tokamak Discharges using the RAPTOR Code», (Prof. Olivier Sauter - Swiss Plasma Center), French
3. Rebecca Smith, « Rethinking the Logic of Neurotransmitters », (Prof. Brian McCabe - Laboratory of Neural Genetics and Disease), English
4. Tom Nelis, « Green Chemistry: Renewability as a Means for Safer Chemicals », (Prof. Jeremy Luterbacher - Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processes), English
5. Noémie Jeannin, « A Geographical Approach to the Use of Electric Vehicles as Flexibility Assets for Photovoltaic Electricity Production »,  (Prof. Nicolas Wyrsch & Prof. Christophe Ballif – Phototovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics Laboratory), French
6. Ana Rico, « Reprogramming CAR T Cell Infiltration through Design Chemotatic Biosensors », (Prof. Patrick Barth - Laboratory of Protein and Cell engineering), English
7. Jade Mai Cock, « Behavioural Modelling of Student in Scientific Interactive Environments », (Prof. Tanja Käser – Laboratoire d’intelligence artificielle pour l’éducation), French
8. Vinitra Swamy, « Towards Trustworthy, Explainable, and Human-Centric AI », (Prof. Tanja Käser - Machine Learning for Education Laboratory & Prof. Martin Jaggi - Machine Learning and Optimization Laboratory), English
9. Zahra Ayar, « High-speed Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy (SICM) on neurons as a new in vitro platform for neuroregeneration studies», (Prof. Georg Fantner - Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation), English
10. Anja Tiede, « Sustainable Photovoltaic Schemes with Compound Semiconductors using Correlated-disordered Patterns », (Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral - Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials), English
11. 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
12. Medha Raman, « Adapting Brain Function to a Rapidly Changing Environment », (Prof. Brian McCabe - Laboratory of Neural Genetics and Disease), English
13. Manuel Loparco, « Non-perturbative aspects of Quantum Field Theory in curved spacetimes », (Prof. Joao Augusto Penedones - Fields and Strings Laboratory), English
14. Ray Cowen, « NMR Investigations of the Hydration Reaction of Cementitious Calcium Silicate Hydrate », (Prof. Lyndon Emsley - Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance & Prof. Karen Scrivener - Laboratory of Construction Materials), English

• Gisou van der Goot, Prof. Faculty SV
• Ambrogio Fasoli, Prof. Faculty SB, Provost
• Marilyne Andersen, Prof. Faculty ENAC
• Bastien Confino, Scientific Journalist RTS
• Eunok Yim, Prof. Faculty SB
• Mauro Lattuada, Technology Transfer Manager

• Anne-Laure Gannac, Journalist

• Edouard Bugnion, Vice-Presidency Innovation and Impact