Past events - Events - nccr-marvel.ch

Screening of Gravity - Second "Soirées CECAM/MARVEL" Movie Night

Apr 15, 2019, from 18:30 until 22:00, EPFL, Auditorium BC420

Join us to watch Gravity, the story of astronauts stranded in space after the mid-orbit destruction of their space shuttle and their attempt to return to Earth.

MARVEL Junior Seminar — April 2019

Apr 11, 2019, from 12:15 until 13:30, EPFL, MED 0 1418

Welcome to the 24th MARVEL Junior Seminar on Thursday April 11, 2019, 12:15 pm, EPFL, room MED 0 1418. Giulio Imbalzano (COSMO, EPFL) and Thomas Bischoff (CSEA, EPFL) will present their research. The seminar is chaired by Michele Pizzochero.

Ig Nobel Award Tour Show 2019

Mar 25, 2019, from 18:00 until 20:00, EPFL, Forum Rolex

On Monday March 25, EPFL will welcome for the fourth time the Ig Nobel Award Tour Show, with Marc Abrahams and a line-up of Ig Nobel Prize winners, with the support of the NCCR MARVEL.

AiiDA plugins migration workshop

Mar 25, 2019, 14:00 until Mar 29, 2019, 13:00, EPFL

The aim of this workshop is to directly support AiiDA plugin developers in the migration of their plugins to support both python 2 and python 3, as well as the changes introduced in AiiDA 1.0.

Julie Birenbaum - the light painting artist - at ETH Zurich

Mar 21, 2019, 7:00 until Mar 28, 2019, 20:00, ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPH Building, Entrance Hall

The Materials Theory Group of ETH Zurich and the NCCR MARVEL have the pleasure to present Julie Birenbaum, the light painting artist, for a unique exhibition at ETH Zurich Hönggerberg.

Fix the leaky pipeline!

Mar 18, 2019, from 9:45 until 15:30, Uni Bern, Kuppelraum

Information event about the "Fix the leaky pipeline!" program on Monday 18 March 2019, 9:45-15:30 at the University of Berne, Kuppelraum.

MARVEL Junior Seminar — March 2019

Mar 14, 2019, from 12:15 until 13:30, EPFL, MED 0 1418

Welcome to the 23rd MARVEL Junior Seminar on Thursday March 14, 2019, 12:15 pm, EPFL, room MED 0 1418. Chiara Ricca (Uni Bern) and Stefan Heinen (Uni Basel) will present their research. The seminar is chaired by Davide Campi.

"Soirées CECAM/MARVEL" Movie Night

Mar 11, 2019, from 18:30 until 22:00, EPFL, Auditorium BC420

Come see an award-winning movie inspired by the life of a prominent scientist.

International Women’s Day — 50 years of EPFL women

Mar 08, 2019, from 17:30 until 21:30, EPFL, Forum Rolex

EPFL Alumni and EPFL's Equal Opportunities Office invite you to celebrate the International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March at the Forum Rolex. The event will look back on "50 years of EPFL women" and will offer testimonies from 5 generations of women graduates.

EPFL Finals of "My Thesis in 180 Seconds"

Mar 07, 2019, from 18:00 until 19:00, EPFL, Forum Rolex

Join us to the cheer on the two NCCR MARVEL members participating in the EPFL finals of "My Thesis in 180 Seconds," an international contest asking competitors to present his or her research, in plain language, to a non-specialist audience and a jury made up of researchers, journalists and business people in just three minutes.

Which diversity initiatives work? — Conference by Frank Dobbin (Harvard)

Feb 20, 2019, from 16:30 until 18:15, EPFL, SV 1717

The EPFL Equal Opportunities Office invites you to a conference entitled Which Diversity Initiatives Work? Thirty Years of Evidence from U.S. Employers by Prof. Frank Dobbin (Harvard) Wednesday 20 February 2019 at 16:30, followed by a round table, at EPFL in room SV 1717.

MARVEL Junior Seminar — February 2019

Feb 14, 2019, from 12:15 until 13:30, EPFL, MED 0 1418

Welcome to the 22nd MARVEL Junior Seminar on Thursday February 14, 2019, 12:15 pm, EPFL, room MED 0 1418. Michele Simoncelli (EPFL, THEOS) and Michele Pizzochero (EPFL, C3MP) will present their research. The seminar is chaired by Francesco Maresca.