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A new Master's in Sustainable Management and Technology

Published:18.03.21 — This year’s Specialized Master’s Days marked the occasion to introduce EPFL’s new joint Master’s in Sustainable Management and Technology, a degree that will prepare our next generation to spearhead the transition towards a more resilient, sustainable and inclusive economy and which is hosted by the multi-institutional initiative Enterprise for Society Center (E4S).

Nano-mapping phase transitions in electronic materials

Published:18.03.21 — Scientists at EPFL and the University of Geneva have combined two powerful, cutting-edge techniques to uncover the physics behind an exotic phase transition that turns a metal into an insulator. The materials they looked at are rare-earth nickelates, which are of great interest for innovating new approaches in electronics.

EPFL algorithm in the world's most popular deep learning software

Published:17.03.21 — PyTorch is used for countless AI applications ranging from Tesla’s Autopilot to Facebook’s translation software and its latest version, just launched, features an EPFL communication-efficient training algorithm that even helps the planet. 

EPFL Changemakers: Incubating tomorrow's business ideas

Published:16.03.21 — Twenty EPFL students recently completed the first EPFL Changemakers program – a new initiative designed to help students develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills and flesh out their business ideas. We took a closer look at three of the promising projects they’re working on.

New podcast from EPFL's College of Humanities asks: are you sure?

Published:16.03.21 — A newly launched podcast “Are You Sure?” features interviews, in English and in French, with EPFL researchers from different domains as they wrestle with the important question of what it means to be uncertain in science, as well as in their own lives and careers.

Retinal implants can give artificial vision to the blind

Published:15.03.21 — A team of EPFL engineers has developed technology that could partially restore vision in blind people.

The ETH Board approves EPFL's new Vice President for Finances

Published:15.03.21 — The ETH Board has just approved Françoise Bommensatt as EPFL’s new Vice President for Finances for the 2021–2024 period. The new EPFL management team is thus complete and, for the first time, half of its members are women.