Past events

  • Swiss Equivariant Machine Learning Workshop

    Jul 11, 2022, 9:00 until Jul 14, 2022, 17:00, CECAM, Lausanne

    Machine learning (ML) based atomistic models are often faced with the challenge of learning physical or chemical properties that have well-defined transformations (equivariance) under translation, rotation,  and reflections of the corresponding atomic structures. The last few years have seen significant progress on enhancing ML approaches by including symmetry preserving operations, which has led to noteworthy improvements in both the accuracy and data-efficiency of models predicting physical quantities.

  • 2022 Summer camp for high-school students

    Jun 27, 2022, 9:00 until Jul 01, 2022, 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.

  • First-Principles Modelling of Defects in Solids - Workshop

    Jun 13, 2022, 9:30 until Jun 15, 2022, 17:45, ETHZ

    The workshop will take place June 13-15, 2022 at ETH in Zurich. Apart from scientific concerns, the event aims to address environmental issues as well, and the utmost will be done to mitigate the impact of the workshop on the environment.

  • MARVEL Distinguished Lecture — Alán Aspuru-Guzik

    May 31, 2022, from 16:00 until 17:15, Zoom

    The 31st NCCR MARVEL Distinguished Lecture will be given by Prof. Alán Aspuru-Guzik, professor of chemistry and computer science at the University of Toronto, and entitled: "There is no time for science as usual: Materials Acceleration Platforms".

  • CECAM-MARVEL Mary Ann Mansigh series: Erich Wimmer

    May 05, 2022, from 15:00 until 17:00, BCH2103, EPFL (registration required) + online

    CECAM and MARVEL present the third installment of our Mary Ann Mansigh Conversation series and invite you to meet Erich Wimmer who will be addressing the fascination and industrial value of materials modeling.

  • MARVEL phase 3 kickoff event

    Apr 29, 2022, from 9:00 until 14:00, CECAM headquarters at EPFL

    With phase 3 officially starting this coming May, MARVEL phase 3 PIs are invited to the MARVEL phase 3 kickoff event on Friday April 29, 2022 (morning + lunch), at the CECAM headquarters at EPFL.

  • MARVEL phase 2 closing event

    Apr 28, 2022, from 9:00 until 18:00, SwissTech Convention Center, EPFL

    The phase 2 of MARVEL is coming to a close, officially at the end of April. In order to give a proper conclusion to this phase and celebrate the achievements of all groups — and especially since we had to resort to virtual meetings since 2020! —  MARVEL members and all interested, are invited to the in-person MARVEL phase 2 closing event on Thursday April 28, 2022 at the SwissTech Convention Center, EPFL.

  • MARVEL Distinguished Lecture — Garnet Chan

    Apr 05, 2022, from 17:00 until 18:15, Zoom

    The 30th NCCR MARVEL Distinguished Lecture will be given by Prof. Garnet Chan, professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology. He will be discussing the possibility of exponential quantum advantage in quantum chemistry.

  • MARVEL Junior Seminar — March 2022

    Mar 25, 2022, from 14:00 until 15:15, Zoom

    The MARVEL Junior Seminars aim to intensify interactions between the MARVEL Junior scientists belonging to different research groups. The MARVEL Junior Seminar series is now held in videoconferencing mode. We are pleased to propose the 49th MARVEL Junior Seminar: Rose K. Cersonsky (COSMO, EPFL) and Julia Linke (PSI) will present their research. The seminar will be chaired by Max Veit (COSMO, EPFL).

  • Fix the leaky pipeline! — Kickoff event 2022

    Mar 15, 2022, from 9:00 until 12:00, Online

    Fix the leaky pipeline! — Kickoff event 2022 will take place online on Tuesday, 15 March 2022.

  • Open Software Services for Classroom and Research (OSSCAR)

    Mar 09, 2022, from 14:30 until 16:00, Online

    OSSCAR — Open Software Services for Classroom and Research — is a new online educational resource for scientific disciplines. It is a project funded by the EPFL Open Science Fund and is developed in collaboration between CECAM and MARVEL. OSSCAR provides a platform to develop, deploy, access and share material for teaching and learning in the form of web applications. Content relates to specific topics and illustrates them via interactive Jupyter notebooks that include bespoke and interactive visualization tools. Contributions from the community are invited (and easy to implement for teachers)! If you wish to learn more about this project, join us on March 9 at 14:30 (CET) for an online OSSCAR presentation.

  • IMX Seminar Series - Computational tools for the ab-initio design of advanced structural materials

    Mar 07, 2022, from 13:15 until 14:15, Online

    This lecture by Prof. Anirudh Raju Natarajan, Laboratory of materials design and simulation, EPFL, will be held on Zoom.