Past events

  • nexFrontier webinar Novel Materials Discovery - The Marvel of Computational Science

    Jun 22, 2021, from 10:00 until 11:10, Online on Zoom

    Swissnex in China in collaboration with the NCCR MARVEL have the pleasure to invite you to a Zoom webinar about Novel Materials Discovery, where professors from the Chinese Academy of Science, Fudan University, Beihang University and the NCCR MARVEL, including Clémence Corminboeuf and Nicola Marzari, will discuss the role of computational science in the discovery of new materials and the application in chemistry and medicine. 

  • MARVEL seminar on open science and open access

    Jun 17, 2021, from 14:30 until 15:30, Zoom

    This 1-hour seminar will offer PhD students and postdocs an overview on open science and open access in publications and data. It will include presentations by Nicola Spaldin, Nicola Marzari and Giovanni Pizzi on these key concepts.

  • MARVEL Distinguished Lecture — Darío Gil

    Jun 15, 2021, from 14:00 until 15:15, Zoom

    The 25th NCCR MARVEL Distinguished Lecture will be given by Dr. Darío Gil, Senior Vice President and Director of IBM Research on "The Era of Accelerated Materials Discovery".

  • Quantum Computing Hard- and Software Summer School 2021

    Jun 15, 2021, 9:00 until Jun 18, 2021, 18:30, Lausanne

    Applications are now open for the first ever Quantum Computing Hard- and Software Summer School 2021, sponsored by MARVEL and ETHZ-EPFL.

  • Path Integral Quantum Mechanics: From the Basics to the Latest Developments

    Jun 14, 2021, 15:00 until Jun 18, 2021, 19:00, Lausanne

    The topic of this school is the path integral approach to quantum mechanics, which is one of the most computationally efficient methodologies for modeling quantum nuclear effects such as tunneling, delocalization, and zero-point fluctuations. 

  • MARVEL Junior Seminar — May 2021

    May 28, 2021, from 14:00 until 15:15, Zoom

    The MARVEL Junior Seminar series is continuing in videoconferencing mode. We are therefore pleased to propose the 42nd MARVEL Junior Seminar: Deb Sankar De (Uni Basel) and Fatmah Ebrahim (LSMO, EPFL) will present their research. The seminar will be chaired by Michele Kotiuga (THEOS, EPFL).

  • THEOS-MARVEL seminar: David O'Regan

    May 21, 2021, from 14:00 until 15:15, Online

    In this THEOS-MARVEL seminar, Prof. David O'Regan (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)  will address "The partner of the Hubbard U: interpretation of Hund’s J in DFT+U methods, linear-response calculations for J, and the results to expect".

  • CECAM-MARVEL Classics in molecular and materials modelling: Daan Frenkel and Tony Ladd

    May 20, 2021, from 15:00 until 17:45, Online

    Daan Frenkel (University of Cambridge) and Tony Ladd (University of Florida) will give a joint lecture in what will be the fourth event in the series "Classics in molecular and materials modelling" hosted by CECAM and MARVEL.

  • MARVEL Distinguished Lecture — Georg Kresse

    May 18, 2021, from 15:00 until 16:15, Zoom

    The 24th NCCR MARVEL Distinguished Lecture will be given by Prof. Georg Kresse, Professor of Computational Materials Physics at the University of Vienna – with a talk entitled: "Finite temperature properties with first principles accuracy, is machine learning the way to go?"

  • MARVEL Distinguished Lecture — Kristin Persson

    Apr 27, 2021, from 17:00 until 18:15, Zoom

    The 23rd NCCR MARVEL Distinguished Lecture will be given by Prof. Kristin Persson, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California Berkeley (USA) on "The Era of Data-Driven Materials Innovation and Design".

  • MARVEL site visit 2021

    Apr 19, 2021, 14:00 until Apr 20, 2021, 18:00, EPFL

    The sixth MARVEL site visit will take place online on April 19-20, 2021. At this occasion, the Review Panel —international board of evaluation of the NCCR MARVEL — will meet the members of the project. 

  • MARVEL Junior Seminar — April 2021

    Apr 16, 2021, from 14:00 until 15:15, Zoom

    The MARVEL Junior Seminar series is continuing in videoconferencing mode. We are therefore pleased to propose the 41st MARVEL Junior Seminar: Michele Kotiuga (THEOS, EPFL) and Sergi Vela (LCMD, EPFL) will present their research. The seminar will be chaired by Max Veit (COSMO, EPFL).