Current and Future Events

The exhibition Shapes: Patterns in Art and Science is taking place at the EPFL Pavilion A in Lausanne from 17 January until 9 March, 2025. The exhibition explores the richness of the natural and artificial patterns that surround us. Bringing together art, mathematics, materials science and biology, it highlights the shared fascination of scientists and artists with geometric, dynamic and symmetrical structures. MARVEL PI Michael Herbst is one of its curators.

David Ceperley (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) will give a lecture on "Quantum Monte Carlo methods in the continuum", in what will be the 11th event in the series "Classics in molecular and materials modelling" hosted by CECAM and MARVEL.

The 39th NCCR MARVEL Distinguished Lecture will be given by Prof. Gerbrand Ceder (University of California, Berkeley). He will be presenting a lecture entitled: "How the future of science may look:  AI and autonomous laboratories for materials synthesis".

CECAM and MARVEL present a new event in our Mary Ann Mansigh Conversation series. In these complex times, we believe that the theme of Science and Diplomacy is of utmost relevance. We plan to address it from points of view that include education and scientific exchange in developing countries, the potential of computational science as a facilitator for diplomacy, actions of international institutions promoting peace and disarmament, and the management of cooperative research infrastructures in problematic areas.

The 40th NCCR MARVEL Distinguished Lecture will be given by Prof. Alexandre Tkatchenko, University of Luxembourg. He will be presenting a lecture entitled: "AI-Driven Fully Quantum Biomolecular Simulations".