Conferences - Seminars
21AUG
25AUG
25AUG
09:00-17:00
BI A0 448
Introductory Workshop on Euler Systems and Special Values of L-functions
The method of Euler systems models L-functions of automorphic forms in terms of motivic or Galois cohomological data (Galois cohomology classes). It is a major tool in the proof of the known cases of the Bloch-Kato conjectures. The objective of the workshop is to introduce graduate students and junior researchers to the theory of Euler ...
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28AUG
01SEP
01SEP
09:00-17:00
BI A0 448
Special Cycles on Shimura Varieties and Iwasawa Theory
Euler systems have been powerful tools in the study of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture. As such, understanding more conceptually the constructions of Euler systems and relating these to other areas of mathematics such as representation theory could be of great interest. The goal of the conference will be to discuss novel constructions of Euler ...
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11SEP
16:15-17:15
MXF1
The Future of Electrochemistry
Electrochemistry is used widely today, spanning from production of hydrogen and metals such as aluminum and Li-ion batteries. We will discuss current and future opportunities in using electrochemistry to power cars and buildings, and to make chemicals and fuels with energy from the Sun. Design principles in controlling the interactions between surfaces and electrolytes, and ...
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By Prof. Yang Shao-Horn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
11SEP
16:15-18:00
SV1717.A
Molecular mechanisms of epigenetic regulation
Plant homeodomain (PHD) fingers, YEATS, Tudor and bromodomains are found in proteins involved in a wide array of fundamental biological processes, including transcription, replication, DNA damage repair, cell differentiation and survival. These domains comprise the largest families of epigenetic readers, capable of recognizing PTMs (posttranslational modifications) in histones. During her talk, Prof. Kutateladze will detail ...
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By Prof. Tatiana Kutateladze Department of Pharmacology University of Colorado School ...
14SEP
17:15-18:15
BI A0 448
Bernoulli Lecture - Some new conjectures about abelian points on elliptic curves
In this talk I will begin by introducing elliptic curves and some basic questions about them. After recalling what is known in the case of elliptic curves over the rational numbers, I will discuss some new heuristics and conjectures about how the group of points grows in towers of abelian extensions. This is joint work ...
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By Karl Rubin (University of California, Irvine)
07NOV
11:00-12:00
SV 1717
Neuroarchitectonic Devices using Atomic Switches
IMT Distinguished Lecture Abstract: In recent years there has been an ever-increasing explosion of “Big Data” mainly in the form of unstructured data sets. Likewise, the growth of our awareness of complexity and emergent behavior has been recognized in networks ranging from social media, economics, bio complexity and the weather. Together with the slowing down ...
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09NOV
17:15-18:30
to be confirmed
Organic Chemistry Seminars - Recent Advances in Stereoselective Synthesis
By Prof. Ilan Marek The Technion, Israel Institut of Chemistry, Haifa
16NOV
By Prof. Frank Neese
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion ...
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion ...
20NOV
By Prof. Richard Friend
University of Cambridge
UK
University of Cambridge
UK
11DEC
15DEC
15DEC
09:00-17:00
BI A0 448
Recent Developments on the Arithmetic of Special Values of L-functions
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11DEC
15DEC
15DEC
09:00-17:00
BI A0 448
Recent Developments on the Arithmetic of Special Values of L-functions
This conference will conclude the semester program on "Euler Systems and Special Values of L-functions". The goal will be to present recent advances in the constructions of Euler systems, their applications to the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture and Iwasawa theory. Emphasis will be given on novel results obtained during the semester.
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By CIB
05FEB
09FEB
09FEB
09:00-17:00
BI A0 448
Borel combinatorics and ergodic theory conference
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19MAR
23MAR
23MAR
09:00-17:00
BI A0 448
Structure and dynamics of Polish groups conference
Polish topological groups comprise all locally compact second countable groups, but also most interesting topological transformation groups such as homeomorphism and diffeomorphism groups of compact manifolds, isometry groups of separable complete metric spaces, and automorphism groups of countable model theoretical structures. While all of these classes had been intensively studied separately, there has recently been ...
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26MAR
29MAR
29MAR
09:00-17:00
BI A0 448
Large scale geometry of Polish groups workshop
The topic of this workshop will be geometric group theory in a larger context. As is well known, there are close links between geometric group theory of finitely generated or locally compact groups and geometric non-linear functional analysis, i.e., the non-linear geometry of Banach spaces. While this has for a long time been seen as ...
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04JUN
08JUN
08JUN
09:00-17:00
BI A0 448
Ideals and exceptional sets in Polish spaces
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18JUN
22JUN
22JUN
09:00-17:00
BI A0 448
Descriptive set theory conference
This is the last conference of the semester and will be of a more general nature than the earlier more specialized conferences and workshops of the program. It will cover broad aspects of descriptive set theory and its connections with other areas of mathematics.
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Thesis defenses
24AUG
17:15
Auditorium CE 1 4
Rare Earth and Bimetallic Transition Metal Islands at Surfaces
Thesis directors : Prof. H. Brune , Dr S. Rusponi Physics doctoral program Thesis 7877
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By Dimitrios MOUSADAKOS
25AUG
17:00
CE 15
Supported photocatalysts for model pollutant degradation and bacterial inactivation: Preparation, evaluation and characterization
Thesis director : Prof. C. Pulgarin Chemistry and Chemical Engineering doctoral program. Thesis 7836
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By Laura Victoria SUÁREZ MURILLO
25AUG
17:00
Auditorium CM 15
Representing groups against all odds
Thesis Director: Prof. N. Monod Mathematics doctoral program Thesis Nr. 7823
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By Maxime GHEYSENS
25AUG
17:15
Auditorium CE 1 4
Interaction between site-controlled quantum dot systems and photonic cavity structures
Thesis directors : Prof. E. Kapon , Dr B. Dwir Physics doctoral program. Thesis 7675
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By Alexey LYASOTA
31AUG
16:00
CERN - 385 Route de Meyrin - Room 6 2 024 -1217 Meyrin (Switzerland)
Beam Transfer Function measurements and transverse beam stability studies for the Large Hadron Collider and its High Luminosity upgrade
Thesis directors : Prof. L. Rivkin , Dr T. Pieloni Physics doctoral program Thesis 7867
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By Claudia TAMBASCO
01SEP
18:15
CE 1 4
Experimental study of plasma turbulence in the TCV tokamak
Thesis director : Dr S. Coda Physics doctoral program. Thesis 7715
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By Zhouji HUANG
07SEP
17:15
Auditorium CE 1 4
Spectroscopic Studies of the Electronic Structures in Layered Cuprates and Ruthenates
Thesis directors : Prof. H. M. Rønnow , Prof. J. J. Chang Physics doctoral program. Thesis 7893
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By Claudia Giuseppina FATUZZO
15SEP
16:15
Auditoire BSP 231 (Cubotron I)
Search for the Bs to eta' phi decay and prospects for the study of selected charmless B decays at LHCb
Thesis Director: Prof. O. Schneider - Dr F. Blanc Physics doctoral program Thesis Nr. 7955
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By Sebastiana GIANÌ
15SEP
18:15
Auditorium MXF 1
Plasma breakdown and current formation in single core and doublet configurations on TCV
Thesis directors : Dr B. Duval , Dr H. Reimerdes Physics doctoral program. Thesis 7825
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By Joyeeta SINHA
22SEP
17:15
Auditorium BPS 234 (Cubotron II)
Real-time binding kinetics of ligand-receptor interactions: Development and application of a label-free optical biosensor for living bacteria
Thesis Directors: Prof. G. Dietler - Dr S. Sekatski Physics doctoral program Thesis Nr. 8015
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By Ekaterina ROSTOVA
29SEP
17:00
Auditorium ELA 1
Algebraic and topological methods in combinatorics
Thesis director : Prof. J. Pach Mathematics doctoral program. Thesis 7855
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By Adrian Claudiu VALCULESCU
27OCT
17:00
CH G1 495
Demonstration and Characterization of Ladder-Type Conjugated Polymer Photoanode for Direct Light-Driven Water Oxidation
Thesis director : Prof. K. Sivula Chemistry and Chemical Engineering doctoral program Thesis 7975
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By Pauline BORNOZ
16NOV
17:15
Auditoire CE 1 4
Magnetic properties of surface-adsorbed single rare earth atoms, molecules, and atomic scale clusters
Thesis Director: Prof. H. Brune Physics doctoral program Thesis Nr. 7921
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By Aparajita SINGHA
Miscellaneous
04SEP
06SEP
06SEP
"The Economics of Innovation 2017: from Basic research to the Market"
An interdisciplinary and international conference to challenge your way of thinking about Economics, Innovation, Research and Market. The conference will be held from Sept. 04 to Sept.06, 2017 in Geneva at the Brocher Foundation, interdisciplinary center. The conference aims to determine the state of the art in the field of economic theory of innovation and ...
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By Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, Prof. Maria Leptin, Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Prof ...
07SEP
09:00-12:30
salle BI A2 468
The art of questioning: teaching with clickers
In this workshop, we explore the potential of clickers for learning and discuss the challenges related to questioning in class, in particular the design of 'good' questions and the use of polling results for generating interactivity in class.
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29SEP
09:00-17:00
salle BI A2 468
Effective Lecturing
This workshop puts participants to practice lecturing by presenting 5 minutes of their teaching. Advice and feedback is given based to develop scientific communication skills appropriate for teaching
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By Ingrid Le Duc
12OCT
09:30-17:00
BI A2 468
Teaching as a one woman / man show
This full day workshop, facilitated by a professional actress presents teaching as a one woman/ man show. Participants will be coached to apply one-man show techniques to support diction, tone, performance and gestures, with the added feature characteristic of the one-man show: sense the audience and approach it with humor.
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Internal trainings
24AUG
12:00-13:00
Bibliothèque de l'EPFL (RLC)
Noon Talk #2: Reusing published content in my thesis
Saviez-que votre thèse sera publiée? Pour garantir le respect du droit d'auteur, il est indispensable de connaître les bonnes pratiques à adopter lors de la réutilisation de contenu publié par soi-même ou par d'autres. Si vous voulez savoir comment ré-utiliser images, graphiques, extraits d'articles, etc. dans votre thèse de manière éclairée, venez assister au prochain ...
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By Sonia Curnier (PhD student LTH2), Vijay Kartik (PhD student LTS5 ...
25AUG
Presentation of the Vice Presidency for Research
Come and meet the Vice Presidency for Research! The Vice Presidency for Research (VPR) is organising a half day meeting to give new professors at EPFL the opportunity to meet all the services of the VPR. The VPR determines and implements the research strategy of EPFL. It is responsible for research contracts, technology transfer, scientific ...
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12SEP
13:30-17:00
BI A0 397
Formation Gestion des absences
Ce cours s’adresse aux personnes occupant un rôle d’administratice/teur ou de gestionnaire d’équipe pour la gestion des absences au sein d’une unité de l’EPFL. Il est recommandé de le suivre au début de votre activité à l’EPFL. Il a pour but de vous familiariser avec le logiciel de la gestion des absences, en présentant notamment ...
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By Service de gestion des absences
17NOV
Presentation of the Vice Presidency for Research
Come and meet the Vice Presidency for Research! The Vice Presidency for Research (VPR) is organising a half day meeting to give new professors at EPFL the opportunity to meet all the services of the VPR. The VPR determines and implements the research strategy of EPFL. It is responsible for research contracts, technology transfer, scientific ...
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21NOV
09:00-11:30
salle BI A2 458
Stay away from plagiarism!
The aim of this workshop is to help participants identify and eliminate text, images and codes that may be interpreted as plagiarism. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: Explain the difference between incorrect referencing and plagiarism. Use i-thenticate to correct your text in order to eliminate potential ques of plagiarism. ...
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By Ingrid Le Duc & Raphaël Grolimund
Call for proposal
31AUG
[ERC ADVANCED GRANT I RESEARCH FUNDING]
ERC Advanced Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements. Applicant Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal. Submission deadline: 31.08.2017 Funding: up to EUR 2'500'000 Duration: up ...
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01NOV
[SNSF I PRIMA]
PRIMA (Promoting Women in Academia) grants are aimed at excellent female researchers from Switzerland and abroad who aspire to a professorship in Switzerland. PRIMA grantees lead their own research project at a Swiss higher education institution. They work independently and have a team of their own. Funding and Duration Funding (amount): max. 1.25 MCHF Duration: ...
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15JAN
[CONGRESSI STEFANO FRANSCINI I CONFERENCE PLATFORM]
The Congressi Stefano Franscini, conference platform of the ETH Zurich, offers scientists the possibility of organising research conferences at Monte Verità. A conference should last between 3 and 5 days and attract an international audience of between 50 and 100 participants. International collaboration are welcome. Congressi Stefano Franscini now also funds workshops. Proposals can be ...
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