03.09.21 – It is with great sorrow that we announce that our colleague and friend Assyr Abdulle passed away on September 1st, after courageously fighting illness for many years. Assyr was a world-renowned expert in the field of numerical methods … Continue reading →
25.07.21 – Anna Kiesenhofer, who is a post-doctoral fellow in Mathematics at EPFL’s Faculty of Basic Sciences, won the road race gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games this Sunday. Anna Kiensenhofer won an incredible victory after a 40-kilometer solo … Continue reading →
16.07.21 – At its meeting of 14-15 July 2021, the ETH Board promoted Prof. Maria Colombo as Full Professor at the School of Basic Sciences (SB). Prof. Maria Colombo currently Tenure Track-Assistant Professor at EPFL, has been promoted to Full Professor … Continue reading →
25.05.21 – At its meeting of 19-20 May 2021, the ETH Board has named Dr. Florian Richter as as Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the Institute of Mathematics of School of Basic Sciences (SB). Professor Florian Richter, currently Boas Assistant Professor at … Continue reading →
25.05.21 – Professor Maria Colombo, head of the Chair of AMCV, is distinguished with the 2022 Peter Lax Award. She will receive her award at the International Conferences on Hyperbolic Problem (HYP) that will take place in June 2022. The … Continue reading →
26.04.21 – Mechanical engineers and mathematicians at EPFL have joined forces to gain a better understanding of the geometry and mechanics of two filaments in contact – as in the cases of knots and woven fabrics. Pedro Reis, head of … Continue reading →
16.03.21 – Professor Clément Hongler and his team from the Chair of Statistical Field Theory found a new way of understanding Artificial Neural Networks. Their 2018 paper has gathered a lot of attention from the scientific community and is now … Continue reading →
16.03.21 – A newly launched podcast “Are You Sure?” features interviews, in English and in French, with EPFL researchers from different domains as they wrestle with the important question of what it means to be uncertain in science, as well … Continue reading →
22.01.21 – EPFL Professor Adam W. Marcus, head of the Chair of Combinatorial Analysis, and colleagues Professors Daniel A. Spielman (Yale University) and Nikhil Srivastava (University of California, Berkeley) won the 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize for their revolutionary … Continue reading →
13.01.21 – Professor Victor Panaretos who holds the chair of Mathematical Statistics at EPFL will become president of the Bernoulli society in August 2023, succeeding Adam Jakubowski. The Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability has announced Professor Victor Panaretos … Continue reading →