Past events

  • Open Science Showcase: the Story of Materials Cloud

    Sep 29, 2023, from 12:00 until 13:00, Online + Room CE 1 5, EPFL

    Come and discover Materials Cloud - a pioneering open platform from NCCR MARVEL that changes the way researchers access, share, and collaborate on computational materials science.

  • CECAM-MARVEL Classics in molecular and materials modelling: Eberhard Gross and Angel Rubio

    Sep 28, 2023, from 18:00 until 20:30, Online + BCH 2103, EPFL

    Eberhard Gross (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Angel Rubio (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter) will give a joint lecture on "Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT)", in what will be the ninth event in the series "Classics in molecular and materials modelling" hosted by CECAM and MARVEL.

  • MARVEL Junior Seminar — September 2023

    Sep 21, 2023, from 12:15 until 13:15, Coviz2 (MED 2 1124), EPFL + Zoom

    The MARVEL Junior Seminar series is held in hybrid mode, in order to maintain in-person contacts and allow off-campus attendees to follow the seminars remotely! The MARVEL Junior Seminars aim to intensify interactions between the MARVEL Junior scientists belonging to different research groups.  We are pleased to propose the 53rd MARVEL Junior Seminar: Sanggyu Chong (Laboratory of Computational Science and Modeling - COSMO, EPFL) and Martin Uhrin (Laboratory of Theory and Simulation of Materials - THEOS, EPFL) will present their research.

  • MARVEL Junior Retreat 2023

    Sep 12, 2023, 17:00 until Sep 15, 2023, 14:00

    The fifth MARVEL Junior Retreat will take place from September 12 to 15, 2023. It will give PhD students and Postdocs involved in MARVEL groups the opportunity to interact, share their experiences, learn about each other’s research, start new collaborations and discuss various aspects that are relevant for young researchers.

  • Advanced Quantum ESPRESSO school: Hubbard and Koopmans functionals from linear response

    Aug 28, 2023, 9:00 until Sep 01, 2023, 13:00, University of Pavia, Italy

    A new edition of the "Advanced Quantum ESPRESSO school: Hubbard and Koopmans functionals from linear response" will take place (fully in presence) in Pavia - Italy, from August 28th to September 1st. This is the second school on the topic after a very successful and exciting first edition held (virtually) in 2022 and it benefits from the support of the NCCR MARVEL.

  • MARVEL Junior Seminar — June 2023

    Jun 29, 2023, from 12:15 until 13:15, Coviz2 (MED 2 1124), EPFL + Zoom

    The MARVEL Junior Seminar series is continuing in hybrid mode, in order to maintain in-person contacts and allow off-campus attendees to follow the seminars remotely! The MARVEL Junior Seminars aim to intensify interactions between the MARVEL Junior scientists belonging to different research groups.  We are pleased to propose the 52nd MARVEL Junior Seminar: Giovanni Piccioli (Statistical Physics and Computational Lab, EPFL) and Anooja Jayaraj (nanotech@surfaces lab, Empa) will present their research.

  • 2023 Summer camp for high-school students

    Jun 26, 2023, 9:00 until Jun 30, 2023, 16:00, EPFL, Lausanne

    The 1-week camp entitled Des atomes aux ordinateurs, à la découverte de la programmation scientifique  is open to teenagers in the last two years of high-school, with no high-level in maths or physics prerequisite. A prior knowledge of the basics of programming is recommended. It is possible to acquire these notions independently if necessary (within 3-4 hours). Half of the seats are reserved for young women.

  • MARVEL Distinguished Lecture — Emmanouil Kioupakis

    Jun 20, 2023, from 15:00 until 16:15, Zoom + MED 2 1124 (EPFL)

    The 35th NCCR MARVEL Distinguished Lecture will be given by Prof. Emmanouil Kioupakis, University of Michigan. He will be presenting a lecture entitled: "Advancing the state of the art in semiconductor technology through predictive atomistic calculations: from uncovering fundamental limitations to discovering new materials." 

  • Joint MARVEL-QSE seminar: Andrew Briggs

    Jun 16, 2023, from 11:00 until 12:00, MED 2 1124 (Coviz2), EPFL

    This seminar, hosted jointly by MARVEL and EPFL's Centre for Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE), will feature Andrew Briggs, Professor of Nanomaterials at the University of Oxford. He will be giving a presentation entitled: "Accelerating quantum technologies with machine learning".

  • MARVEL seminar: "Thermal phonon transport for energy applications" (Zhiting Tian)

    Jun 02, 2023, from 11:00 until 12:00, MED 2 1124 (Coviz2), EPFL

    This MARVEL seminar will be given by Zhiting Tian, Associate Professor at Cornell University. She will be giving a presentation entitled: "Thermal Phonon Transport for Energy Applications".

  • NCCR Open Research Data Meeting in Basel

    Jun 02, 2023, from 9:00 until 17:45, Biozentrum, Spitalstrasse 41, Basel

    As part as the Open Research Data — NCCR Network Ventures, we have the pleasure to invite you to a series of three joint NCCR meetings on open science and open research data, to be held in Zurich, Lausanne, and Basel, featuring presentations and practical workshops by experts and researchers who have developed methods for practicing various aspects of Open Research Data.

  • Joint MARVEL - Physical Chemistry Seminar: Vojtech Vlcek

    May 25, 2023, from 11:00 until 12:00, MED 2 1124 (Coviz2), EPFL

    This joint MARVEL - Physical Chemistry seminar will be given by Prof. Vojtech Vlcek, University of California Santa Barbara. He will be giving a presentation entitled: "Excitations Dynamics Driving Electronic Correlations in Molecules and Solids"