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An important Japanese company sets up research center at EPFL

Published:20.07.12 — Nitto Denko Corporation, one of Japan’s largest materials manufacturers, has announced today the establishment of a research and development unit in EPFL’s Innovation Square in Lausanne, Switzerland. The “Nitto Denko Europe Technical Centre” (NET) will support the work of the R&D centers the company already has in Japan, the U.S. and Singapore and will specialize in bio based materials. With this first major Asian representative, Innovation Square confirms its attractiveness on the international level.

Lausanne's statues – in 3D

Published:19.07.12 — - SUMMER SERIES: Student projects (3) During a semester, a class of EPFL Master’s students took photographs of Lausanne’s statues and then modeled them in three dimensions to create a virtual museum.

EPFL joins the online learning wave

Published:18.07.12 — Starting this fall semester, EPFL will join a circle of prestigious partners in Coursera, an online learning platform that has already attracted more than 700,000 students.

Seven new professors nominated

Published:16.07.12 — The ETH Board announced on Friday, 13th July 2012, the appointment of seven new professors and internal promotions at EPFL

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft and EPFL launch a partnership in nanosciences

Published:16.07.12 — Max-Planck-Gesellschaft and EPFL signed on Monday a partnership agreement that involves creating a joint laboratory. The two institutions now combine their expertise in the field of nanosciences

EPFL and ENS Lyon create a strategic alliance

Published:13.07.12 — Patrick Aebischer and Jacques Samarut, President of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure (ENS) Lyon, have concluded a cooperation agreement. The partnership will encourage the creation of joint degree programs.

A pocket synthesizer that also rides a motorcycle

Published:11.07.12 — SUMMER SERIES - Student projects (2). For the second edition of the Nintendo DS programming contest, bachelor students from the Embedded Systems course were set in nine teams made of two members each that competed against one another. The jury could not decide between the best two.