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AI helps detect and monitor infrastructure defects

Published:25.09.24 — Thanks to recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), civil engineers can inspect large-scale infrastructure more efficiently and cost-effectively, while also monitoring the progression of damage severity over time. A team of EPFL researchers has demonstrated the feasibility of an AI-driven method for crack detection, growth and monitoring, and will soon test it on the railway section between Zermatt and Brig in Valais Canton.

An exhibition on algorithmic music at EPFL Pavilions

Published:24.09.24 — On view at EPFL Pavilions, the exhibition Musica ex Machina: Machines Thinking Musically offers an immersive journey through the incredible history of algorithmic thinking and music.

ETH Board appoints EPFL's new leadership team

Published:19.09.24 — The ETH Board, which is the strategic management and supervisory body for the ETH Domain, today announced the unanimous appointment of EPFL’s next vice presidents, who will take up their positions on 1 January 2025 alongside EPFL’s president-designate Anna Fontcuberta i Morral.

Students seem to prefer teacher feedback over AI feedback

Published:17.09.24 — A new EPFL paper has found that students are cautious towards AI feedback, highlighting the complexity of integrating it into educational feedback systems.

Appointment of EPFL professors

Published:19.09.24 — The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL.

Large Language Models feel the direction of time

Published:16.09.24 — Researchers from EPFL and Goldsmiths (London) have found that AI large language models, like GPT-4, are better at predicting what comes next than what came before in a sentence. This “Arrow of Time” effect could reshape our understanding of the structure of natural language, and the way these models understand it.

Housing could improve our well-being and reach net-zero by 2040

Published:13.09.24 — EPFL scientist Sascha Nick has outlined a completely new scenario for what housing and neighborhoods might look like in Switzerland in the coming decades. His recommendations would put the country on track to meet its net-zero target while supporting the well-being of residents and communities.