A better way to plan your travels

Published:20.11.09 — routeRANK, an EPFL start-up website in the Parc Scientifique allowing users to find the best way to their destination according to personalized criteria, has been chosen as a Microsoft Start-up of the Day for November 19th. Using a unique algorithm, the start-up’s founder and chairman Jochen Mundiger created an intelligent way to plan one’s trips that takes into account public transportation, car and air travel, while also giving you the CO2 emissions for those who wish to consider the ecological impact of their travels.

Launch of European Medical Device Accelerator (MDA)

Published:09.11.09 — Based at the Science Park next to Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, MDA aims to accelerate the development of revolutionary medical device technology ideas in Europe and to create entities ready for future financing or licensing.

EPFL ranked first in Europe in its field

Published:04.11.09 — The 2009 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, affirms EPFL’s top place among European Universities in the field of Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences. Gaining three places from the 2008 rankings this year, the technical university in Lausanne, Switzerland ties Cambridge University as the 1st in Europe and 15th in the world in its field.

The European Molecular Biology Organization has elected to its presti

Published:21.10.09 — The European Molecular Biology Organization has elected around 60 reserchers to its prestigious ranks, three of them EPFL scientists.

An important discovery rewarded

Published:08.10.09 — Johan Auwerx from EPFL has received the Danone International Prize for Nutrition for his research in molecular nutrition. More precisely, his studies focus on the mechanism of shedding of fat from adipose tissue, thereby paving the way for new preventive and therapeutic strategies to combat obesity and cardiometabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension.

Elie Bou-Zeid receives the Latsis Prize

Published:06.10.09 — One of the four University Latsis Prizes for 2009 was given to Elie Bou-Zeid, from Laboratory of Environmental Fluid Dynamics and Hydrology, on October 5th. He has been recognized for his work done on numerical simulations of the outer layer of the atmosphere.Professor Bou-Zeid earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He then joined the Johns Hopkins University in 2000 were he got his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering in 2005. He then spent three years at the EPFL before joining Princeton University.

Mobile Programming Course for EPFL Students

Published:25.09.09 — Nokia Research Center is launching a free Qt crash course for the EPFL students this semester.