High School activities

Together with the Service de promotion de l’Ă©ducation de l’EPFL, we propose various mathematical activities and participate to different scientific m nous proposons plusieurs activitĂ©s mathĂ©matiques et participons Ă  diffĂ©rentes manifestations scientifiques

Throughout the year, the EPFL and the Service de promotion de l’Ă©ducation (SPE) organise scientific events for students in high school, in which the Institute and the Mathematics Section participate. 

1011+1101=24 using Minecraft

Build a calculator in Minecraft and add up binary numbers. 

The dates for the 2021 edition will be announced soon.


Kartik Waghmare. Credit: EPFL

EPFL alumnus Kartik Waghmare wins David Cox Research Prize

— Mathematician Kartik Waghmare has received a major early-career honour from the Royal Statistical Society for his PhD research at EPFL, which tackled foundational challenges in statistical theory and functional analysis.

Maryna Viazovska. Credit: EPFL

Maryna Viazovska awarded 2025 Fejes TĂłth LĂĄszlĂł Prize and Medal

— EPFL mathematician Maryna Viazovska has been honored with the Fejes TĂłth LĂĄszlĂł Prize and Medal by the RĂ©nyi Institute of Mathematics. The award recognizes her groundbreaking contributions to discrete geometry and number theory, reinforcing her position as one of the leading mathematicians of our time.

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Medallion Award and Lecture for Victor Panaretos

— EPFL Professor Victor Panaretos has been honored with an IMS Medallion Award for his outstanding work on statistics and will deliver a Medallion Lecture at the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Nomination of Professor Mats Julius Stensrud

— The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of Professor Mats Julius Stensrud as Associate Professor of Statistics in the School of Basic Sciences (SB)

Emmanuel Abbé. Credit: EPFL

Emmanuel Abbé receives Frontier of Science Award

— EPFL Professor Emmanuel AbbĂ© has been honored with the 2024 Frontier of Science Award for his pioneering work on principal component analysis and spectral clustering.

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