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Martin Hairer joins Simons collaboration on Quantum Field Theory

Published:29.09.25 — Professor Martin Hairer, a mathematician at the EPFL School of Basic Sciences, has joined a global collaboration by the Simons Foundation that will work toward a unified probabilistic foundation for quantum field theory.

Four appointments at the School of Basic Sciences

Published:19.09.25 — The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has recently announced the appointment of four professors at EPFL's School of Basic Sciences.

Nomination of one new Tenure Track Assistant Professor at SB

Published:08.09.25 — We warmly welcome Prof. Sven Wang, who has started his appointment as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the Institute of Mathematics of the School of Basic Sciences, on September 1st 2025.

Oliver Janzer receives the 2025 European Prize in Combinatorics

Published:05.09.25 — Prof. Janzer was recognized “for his solution of several outstanding problems in extremal graph theory, including the Erdős–Sauer regular subgraph problem and the Erdős–Simonovits problem on the growth of Turán numbers.”

Annalisa Buffa and Maria Colombo are invited speakers at the 2026 ICM

Published:03.09.25 — Professor Annalisa Buffa and Maria Colombo are invited speakers at the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM), which will be held in Philadelphia. Speakers are selected by the International Mathematical Union and reflect major scientific achievements in their fields.