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What your voice gives away

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With AI, the voice has acquired a new significance. Behind the words lies data that can be used both to diagnose a health problem and to steal someone’s identity.

How to teach the same skill to different robots

16.04.26NewsResearch

A new framework developed by EPFL researchers makes it possible to teach a skill to robots with different mechanical designs, allowing them to carry out the same task safely without rewriting code for each.

Smart sweat patch helps doctors monitor high-risk pregnancies

15.04.26NewsInnovation

An EPFL spin-off is developing a patch-like medical device that reads sweat biomarkers. Its first application will be keeping a close watch on high-risk pregnancies.

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portrait de David Atienza - 2026 EPFL CC BY SA

David Atienza elected to Academia Europaea

Following a competitive recommendation and peer-review process, EPFL professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering David Atienza has been elected to the prestigious Pan-European Academy of Humanities Letters and Sciences.

Portrait d'Anna Fontcuverta i Morral - 2026 EPFL/Mediacom - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“When I need a boost, I turn to the music I grew up with”

EPFL President Anna Fontcuberta i Morral describes herself as someone who has always had a hyperactive streak. To recharge, she counts on her family, exercise and a team she knows she can rely on.

Couverture du numéro 20 du magazine Dimensions. Un enfant sur un tricycle traversant une galaxie © EPFL / Plonk & Replonk

Where is mobility headed?

The new issue of Dimensions explores mobility: its social and climate challenges, our habits, the changes underway, and the technologies reshaping how we think about and plan our journeys.

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Ig Nobel Award Tour Show 2026

The Ig Nobel Awards honor research that makes people laugh, then think. EPFL and NCCR MARVEL have the pleasure to invite you for the seventh time to the Ig Nobel Award Tour Show. The show is in English. Free tickets…

23.04.2026 18:0020:00

Speaker: Marc Abraham, Mariska Kret, Marcin Zajenkowski, and Chris McManus
Location: Forum Rolex
Category: Public Science Events
Target audience: General public

Startup Champions Seed Night 2026

07.05.2026 17:0021:00

Location: RLC E1 240
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Tremblement – by Séverin Guelpa

10.10.202526.04.2026

Speaker: Séverin Guelpa, artiste (CH, GE)
Location: Rolex Learning Center (extérieur et intérieur)
Category: Exhibitions
Target audience: General public

Prof. Luca Carloni of Columbia: Agile and Collaborative System-on-Chip Design with Open-Source Hardware Platforms

17.04.2026 11:1512:15

Speaker: Luca Carloni is professor and chair of Computer Science at Columbia University in the City of New York. He holds a Laurea Degree Summa cum Laude in Electronics Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, and an MS in Engineering and a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, both from the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include heterogeneous computing, system-on-chip platforms, embedded systems, and open-source hardware. He co-authored over two hundred refereed papers. Luca received the NSF CAREER Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, and the ONR Young Investigator Award. In 2025, he received the IEEE/ACM A. Richard Newton Technical Impact Award in Electronic Design Automation for the paper “Latency-Insensitive Protocols” and the Columbia Engineering School (SEAS) Alumni Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award. He is an ACM Fellow and an IEEE Fellow.
Location: BC420
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

MARVEL Junior Seminar

17.04.2026 12:1513:30

Speaker: Zacharie Waysenson (Sorbonne Université) + Maria Andolfatto (PSI)
Location: MED 2 1124 (Coviz2) & Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

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