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Daylight levels affect our thermal perception

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A pioneering study carried out at EPFL shows that the amount of daylight in a room can influence our thermal comfort and how well we tolerate heat or cold. The findings could be used to improve existing building standards and decrease energy consumption.

EPFL develops solution for detecting deepfakes

20.09.19 News Innovation

Deepfakes – or fake videos produced to look real through the use of artificial intelligence – pose a growing challenge. That’s why an EPFL research group has been teaming up with the Swiss startup Quantum Integrity to develop a deepfake detection solution over the past two years. The team has been awarded an Innosuisse grant starting on 1 October, with deployment as early as next year.

Construction challenges in Bangladesh at a time of climate change

19.09.19 News EPFL

Archizoom is bringing “Faraway So Close” to Switzerland. This thought-provoking exhibition explores Bangladesh through the architectural universes of the URBANA practice and architect Kashef Chowdhury. After a preview on 23 September 2019, the show will be open to the public between 24 September and 7 December within the Archizoom space in EPFL’s SG building.

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Photo-souvenir des étudiant·e·s en Ingénierie de l'environnement — © Gregory Eaves / EPFL

50 Fifty Campaign: The Student Support Programme

As part of our university’s 50th Anniversary, EPFL has decided to launch the 50 Fifty Campaign, and place its most important community, the student community, at its core. This campaign provides philanthropists with a unique opportunity to directly empower the next generation of brilliant minds.

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School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering

ENAC

School of Computer and Communication Sciences

School of Basic Sciences

School of Engineering

STI

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College of Management of Technology

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Middle East

Le professeur Michael Grätzel tient une cellule solaire à pigment photosensible. — © Alain Herzog / EPFL

Michael Grätzel tops new ranking of scientists

EPFL Professor Michael Grätzel is ranked #1 in a list of 100,000 top scientists across all fields. The ranking method is a based on new, more accurate standardized citation metrics developed by scientists led by Stanford University.

Events

Behind the Scenes at EPFL

Three sociologists from the College of Humanities and a group of students present the results of a study aimed at shining a spotlight on EPFL’s non-academic staff. Through a series of photographs and interviews, this...

2019-09-12 2019-10-06

With: Marc Perrenoud, Marta Roca Escoda, Michael Meyer
Place and room: Hall du Rolex Learning Center
Category: Cultural events

Infinity Room 2 - ArtLab exhibition

2019-09-13 2020-01-26

With: Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+)
Place and room: ArtLab pavillon B
Category: Cultural events

SwissCube 10 Years Celebration

2019-09-23 18:30:00 20:30:00

With: Andreas Mortensen Muriel Richard CHESS : Tristan Trebaol, Alfonso Villegas, Nicolas Martinod
Place and room: ART A0 100
Category: Celebrations

SatRocks XII

2019-09-27 2019-09-28

Place and room: CE 0 91.0
Category: Cultural events

Recital by Cédric Pescia - Piano and prepared piano

2019-10-01 19:30:00 21:00:00

With: Cédric Pescia, pianiste
Place and room: Forum Rolex
Category: Cultural events

Architects of Structural Biology: Bragg, Perutz, Kendrew and Hodgkin

2019-10-03 18:15:00

With: Sir John Meurig Thomas The lecturer, a personal friend of Perutz, Kendrew, Klug, Hodgkin and Phillips, was formerly the Director of the Royal Institution of GB, former Head of the Department of Physical Chemistry and former Master of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He is a solid-state, surface and materials chemist and recipient of several awards, including the Willard-Gibbs, Pauling, Kapitza, Natta, Stokes, Davy and Faraday medals. A New mineral, meurigite, is named after him. He was awarded the Royal Medal for Physical Sciences by the Royal Society in 2016.
Place and room: Forum Rolex
Category: Conferences - Seminars