The committee of the new EPFL Alumni chapter in Basel organized a launch meeting in June 2020 to get the activities started!

On Thursday, 5 March, 2020, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, EPFL celebrated women of science and set off with them to conquer space. The event showcased talented, passionate and inspiring women who are changing the rules of the game in the space industry. It also showcased the School’s projects related to equality… Read more »

In February 2020, the Tunisian chapter again organised a tour of high schools to promote EPFL. They visited four high schools (Lycée Pilote Bourguiba, Lycée Pilote de Sousse, Lycée Pilote Menzah8 et Lycée Gustave Flaubert) and met around a hundred students.

The monthly afterwork networking event in Lausanne for EPFL alumni took place on February 25th, 2020 at Lausanne Cocktail Club.

(text in French only) Le 11 février 2020, l’événement à Milan a permis une nouvelle fois de faire se rencontrer les alumni EPFL en Italie et ceux de l’IMD. En partenariat avec le Swiss Business Hub de Milan et le bureau Citec Ingénieur Conseil Turin, cette soirée a attiré un public avec des profils très… Read more »

(This visit was in French) 16 alumni ont participé le 29 janvier 2020 à la visite privée de l’exposition de bijoux contemporains japonais à la galerie Viceversa à Lausanne. Ilona Schwippel et Christian Balmer, fondateurs et propriétaires de la galerie, institution unique en son genre en Suisse depuis plus de 20 ans ont tout d’abord… Read more »

(This event was in French) Ce sont 30 alumni qui se sont réunis le 16 janvier 2020 pour la visite de l’École d’Ingénieurs de Changins. Conrad Briguet, Directeur de l’école a tout d’abord présenté dans le grand auditoire les missions de cette institution unique en son genre en Suisse et l’une des rares écoles dans… Read more »

Alumni had their monthly afterwork networking event in Lausanne on January 28th, 2020, this time at Lausanne Cocktail Club.

On January 28, 2020, the alumni discovered the EPFL Signal Processing Laboratory 5, directed by Prof. Jean-Philippe Thiran. The following research topics were presented during the visit: Neural networks to reconstruct ultra-fast and higher quality ultrasound images Magnetic resonance imaging for in vivo analysis of brain connectivity Super-resolution: how to create very high-resolution video images… Read more »

On January 23rd, 2020, the EPFL Alumni Eastern Switzerland chapter organized a guided tour, in English and French, of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag).  This tour was an opportunity to visit the aquaticum, a cutting edge water treatment laboratory, and the market building dedicated to research on wastewater treament. The… Read more »