High School activities

Together with the Service de promotion de l’éducation de l’EPFL, we propose various mathematical activities and participate to different scientific m nous proposons plusieurs activités mathématiques et participons à différentes manifestations scientifiques

Throughout the year, the EPFL and the Service de promotion de l’éducation (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.

EPFL Postdoc Lawrence Hollom Receives 2026 Frontiers in Science Prize

Published:27.05.26 — Lawrence Hollom, postdoctoral researcher at EPFL, has been awarded the 2026 Frontiers in Science Prize by the International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) for a paper in Discrete Geometry and Graph Theory published in the European Journal of Combinatorics.

EPFL Professor Marius Tiba Receives 2026 Frontiers in Science Prize

Published:27.05.26 — Marius Tiba, Tenure Track Assistant Professor at EPFL, has been awarded the 2026 Frontiers in Science Prize by the International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) for a paper in Fourier Analysis and Harmonic Analysis co-authored with Paul Balister, Béla Bollobás, Robert Morris, and Julian Sahasrabudhe.

Prof. Nicolas Boumal Receives 2026 SIAM Optimization Best Paper Prize

Published:27.05.26 — Nicolas Boumal, associate professor at EPFL, and Andrew McRae, who conducted his postdoctoral research in Boumal's group at EPFL, have received the 2026 SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Best Paper Prize.

Martin Hairer elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Published:01.05.26 — EPFL professor Martin Hairer has been elected into membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.

Journée Georges de Rham: Registration OPEN

Published:24.04.26 — The 2026 Journée Georges de Rham will take place on Wednesday 03 June 2026 in the Polydôme at EPFL, from 15:00 to 17:30 followed by an apéritif. The speakers will be Prof Hong Wang (IHES & NYU) and Prof Emmanuel Candès (Stanford).

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