Past events

  • MARVEL Distinguished Lecture — Ingrid Mertig

    Dec 03, 2021, from 15:00 until 16:15, Zoom

    The 28th NCCR MARVEL Distinguished Lecture will be given by Prof. Ingrid Mertig, professor of physics at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg on "Transversal transport coefficients and topological properties".

  • "Machine learning in chemistry and beyond" seminar by Sereina Riniker

    Nov 23, 2021, from 15:15 until 16:15, Zoom

    Serena Riniker (ETHZ), involved in MARVEL's Design and Discovery Project 1 with an  Agility Plus grant on "Improving the generation and sampling of crystal packings with machine learning", will be presenting an online seminar on machine learning in chemistry and beyond.

  • MARVEL Distinguished Lecture — John Perdew

    Nov 15, 2021, from 15:00 until 16:15, Zoom

    The 27th NCCR MARVEL Distinguished Lecture will be given by Prof. John Perdew, Professor of physics and chemistry at Temple University on "More-predictive density functionals, symmetry breaking, and strong correlation"

  • MARVEL Junior Seminar — November 2021

    Nov 12, 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 45th MARVEL Junior Seminar: Guido Gandus (ETHZ/Empa) and Tara Tošić (ETHZ) will present their research. The seminar will be chaired by Stefano Falletta (EPFL).

  • CECAM-MARVEL Mary Ann Mansigh series: Programma 101, the little computer that could

    Nov 09, 2021, from 15:00 until 18:30, BCH2103, EPFL (registration required) + online

    CECAM and MARVEL present the second installment of our Mary Ann Mansigh Conversation series and invite you to (re)discover the machine that transformed the specifications and the look and feel of calculators, opening the path to our modern laptops. With the help of two invited speakers, we shall explore the cultural environment that fostered the development of Programma 101 and learn more about the technical characteristics.

  • MARVEL Distinguished Lecture — Alex Zunger

    Oct 20, 2021, from 16:00 until 17:15, Zoom

    The 26th NCCR MARVEL Distinguished Lecture will be given by Alex Zunger, professor at the University of Colorado (Boulder, USA) on "Spontaneous symmetry breaking in nominal cubic oxide perovskites through structural, magnetic or dipolar degrees of freedom".

  • MARVEL Junior Seminar — October 2021

    Oct 08, 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 44th MARVEL Junior Seminar: Tommaso Chiarotti (EPFL) and Tomáš Bzdušek (PSI/UZH) will present their research. The seminar will be chaired by Sara Fiore (ETHZ).

  • MARVEL Review and Retreat 2021

    Sep 14, 2021, from 14:00 until 18:00, Zoom

    The eighth MARVEL Review and Retreat will take place on September 14, 2021. While we were initially optimistic that we might be able to hold at least some parts of the event in person, given the current uncertainties and the complexities with the Covid rules for in person events, no public event will be held this year. Instead, the Review and Retreat will consist in a  private online meeting between the MARVEL Scientific Advisory Board and PIs of Phase 3 projects. The event for the MARVEL community is postponed to spring 2022, as a final wrap up of MARVEL Phase 2. That event will be live if circumstances allow, and otherwise online, but it will be public, in order to give a broader audience the chance to see the work done in MARVEL.

  • Volker Heine Young Investigator Award ceremony

    Sep 09, 2021, from 14:00 until 17:00, Online

    The Volker Heine Young Investigator Award recognizes individuals for their outstanding computational work in the areas covered by the Psi-k mission statement ("...to develop fundamental theory, algorithms, and computer codes in order to understand, predict, and design materials properties and functions"). Applicants had to be either currently enrolled in a PhD program, or be recent PhD graduates who have received their PhD certificate no earlier than September 11, 2015. The ceremony will feature presentations by the five selected finalists.

  • Young Researchers’ Meeting (YRM) of the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility

    Sep 06, 2021, 9:00 until Sep 10, 2021, 17:00, Cagliari, Italy

    Registration is open for the 17th edition of the Young Researchers’ Meeting (YRM) of the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility, which will be held in Cagliari (Italy) from 6 to 10 September 2021! The main sponsors of this conference are Psi-k, the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and MARVEL.

  • 2021 Summer camp for high-school students

    Jun 28, 2021, 9:00 until Jul 02, 2021, 17:00, EPFL, Lausanne

    The 1-week camp entitled Des atomes aux ordinateurs, à la découverte de la programmation scientifique  is open to teenagers in the last two years of high-school, with no high-level in maths or physics prerequisite. A prior knowledge of the basics of programming is recommended. It is possible to acquire these notions independently if necessary (within 3-4 hours). Half of the seats are reserved for young women.

  • MARVEL Junior Seminar — June 2021

    Jun 25, 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 43rd MARVEL Junior Seminar: Maria Bilichenko (University of Zurich) and Cedric Klinkert (ETHZ) will present their research.