Past events
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MARVEL Junior Seminar — October 2023
Oct 19, 2023, from 12:15 until 13:15, Coviz2 (MED 2 1124), EPFL + ZoomThe 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 54th MARVEL Junior Seminar: Yann Müller (Laboratory of Materials Design and Simulation - MADES, EPFL) and Edward Linscott (Laboratory of Theory and Simulation of Materials - THEOS, EPFL) will present their research. The seminar will be chaired by Miriam Pougin (Laboratory of Molecular Simulation - LSMO, EPFL).
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MARVEL Communication open mic session
Oct 03, 2023, from 14:00 until 15:00, Online + Coviz2 (MED 2 1124) EPFLThis one-hour session will be an opportunity for all members to meet and interact with Nicola Nosengo, who since May 2023 is Communication Officer for NCCR MARVEL.
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Open Science Showcase: the Story of Materials Cloud
Sep 29, 2023, from 12:00 until 13:00, Online + Room CE 1 5, EPFLCome and discover Materials Cloud - a pioneering open platform from NCCR MARVEL that changes the way researchers access, share, and collaborate on computational materials science.
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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, EPFLEberhard 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.
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MARVEL Junior Seminar — September 2023
Sep 21, 2023, from 12:15 until 13:15, Coviz2 (MED 2 1124), EPFL + ZoomThe 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. The seminar will be chaired by Virginie de Mestral (Integrated Systems Lab., ETHZ).
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MARVEL Junior Retreat 2023
Sep 12, 2023, 17:00 until Sep 15, 2023, 14:00The 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.
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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, ItalyA 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.
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MARVEL Junior Seminar — June 2023
Jun 29, 2023, from 12:15 until 13:15, Coviz2 (MED 2 1124), EPFL + ZoomThe 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. The seminar will be chaired by Alessandro Carbone (THEOS, EPFL).
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2023 Summer camp for high-school students
Jun 26, 2023, 9:00 until Jun 30, 2023, 16:00, EPFL, LausanneThe 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.
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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."
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Joint MARVEL-QSE seminar: Andrew Briggs
Jun 16, 2023, from 11:00 until 12:00, MED 2 1124 (Coviz2), EPFLThis 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".
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MARVEL seminar: "Thermal phonon transport for energy applications" (Zhiting Tian)
Jun 02, 2023, from 11:00 until 12:00, MED 2 1124 (Coviz2), EPFLThis 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".