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EPFL welcomes the President of Germany

Published:09.09.10 — Today the campus was visited by the President of the German Federal Republic and the President of the Swiss confederation. On the occasion of his state visit to Switzerland, Christian Wulff took the opportunity of his stopover at EPFL to attend a demonstration of dye-sensitized solar cells, presented by Michaël Grätzel.

New Computer Science Dean

Published:09.09.10 — Professor Martin Vetterli will be appointed Dean of the IC Faculty at the EPFL.

Routerank makes headway in the U.S.

Published:08.09.10 — The MIT Technology Review has listed Jochen Mundinger among the 35 most innovative entrepreneurs. The EPFL scientist is the founder of Routerank, a travel planning service. Here’s our interview.

Venice Biennale Top Award for EPFL Designed National Exhibit

Published:07.09.10 — The Kingdom of Bahrain’s first National participation at the International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, has been awarded the Golden Lion. The exhibition design was conducted by Prof. Harry Gugger and Leopold Banchini from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). An interview with Professor Gugger.  

Neuroprosthetics: the mind is the pilot

Published:05.09.10 — Piloting a wheelchair using only one’s mind—José de R. Millán’s laboratory in the EPFL Neuroprosthetic Center is accomplishing this seemingly impossible task. An artificial intelligence system called “shared control” is being developed to render the brain-machine interface more usable.

Robot's Magnetic Design Attracts Industry

Published:05.09.10 — Researchers from the Robotics Systems Laboratory (LSRO) recently presented a novel miniature robot destined for the inner chambers of power generators. The patented design could save millions in repair costs and was awarded a prize in Japan.      

Cells changing track

Published:05.09.10 — Biologists have taken cells from the thymus and transformed them into skin cells – a discovery that may have important ramifications for the field of organ regeneration.