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.

© A. Cortinovis 2023 EPFL

Dr Alice Cortinovis wins the SWICCOMAS prize 2023

— Dr. Alice Cortinovis (ANCHP) was awarded the SWICCOMAS prize 2023 for her thesis on Fast deterministic and randomized algorithms for low-rank approximation, matrix functions, and trace estimation.

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Tossing coins to understand spheres

— EPFL mathematicians, in collaboration with Purdue University, have settled a 30-year-old question about spheres and 4-dimensional spaces. The results bring new light to the "Euler Class," one of the most powerful tools to understand complicated spaces.

Annalisa Buffa. Credit: Association for Women in Mathematics

Annalisa Buffa named 2023 Sonia Kovalevsky Lecturer

— The Association for Women in Mathematics and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics have selected EPFL mathematician Annalisa Buffa to deliver the 2023 Sonia Kovalevsky lecture.

Maryna Viazovska. Credit: EPFL

Maryna Viazovska included in BBC's “100 Women 2022” list

— Maryna Viazovska, a Professor of Mathematics at EPFL has been included in the "BBC 100 Women 2022".

Profs Grigori, Guizar-Sicairos and Herbst

Three new Professors at SB

— At its meeting of 7-8 December 2022, the ETH Board has named three new Professors at the School of Basic Sciences (SB): Dr Laura Grigori as Full Professor, Dr Manuel Guizar-Sicairos as as Associate Professor and Dr Michael Herbst as Tenure-Track Assistant Professor.

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