Past events

The MARVEL Junior Seminar series is continuing in videoconferencing mode (and we'll hopefully be back soon with pizza and cakes!). We are therefore pleased to propose the 35th MARVEL Junior Seminar: Kristjan Eimre (Empa) and Anders  Christensen (UniBas) will present their research. The seminar will be chaired by Max Veit.

There are still a few open slots for Master students, PhD students and (early stage) Postdocs to participate in the International Summer School "MATERIALS 4.0: Materials Genome Engineering" organized by TU Dresden this August 17–21, as an online event.

The MARVEL Junior Seminar series will not be taking any summer break, and we are continuing in videoconferencing mode. We are therefore pleased to propose the 34th MARVEL Junior Seminar: Michele Invernizzi (ETHZ/USI) and Giuliana Materzanini (EPFL) will present their research. The seminar will be chaired by Kristians Cernevics.

We are delighted to announce that the introductory tutorial to AiiDA — originally planned to take place in Vilnius — will be maintained and moved to a virtual format, taking place on July 7–10, 2020.

We are delighted to announce that the MARVEL Junior Seminar series is continuing in videoconferencing mode (even though pizza and cakes will have to wait for now!). We are therefore pleased to propose the 33rd MARVEL Junior Seminar: Sara Fiore (Integrated Systems Laboratory, ETHZ) and Augustin Bussy (Dept. of Chemistry, UZH) will present their research. The seminar will be chaired by Giuliana Materzanini.

CECAM organizes a new series of webinars exploring the relevance of HPC as an enabler of leading-edge simulation and modeling. Entitled "The importance of being H.P.C. Earnest",  the series will focus on the science made possible by combining state-of-the-art methods with optimal exploitation of supercomputing resources.

While we sadly cannot host MARVEL Junior Seminars in person for the time being, nor interact in the auditorium and around pizza and cakes (but we’ll hopefully be back soon!), we would like to continue the MARVEL Junior Seminar series in videoconferencing mode for the time being.We are therefore pleased to announce the 32nd MARVEL Junior Seminar: Sophie Beck (Materials Theory Laboratory, ETHZ) and Ravi Yadav (C3MP, EPFL) will present their research. The seminar will be chaired by Stefano Falletta.

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the MARVEL Site Visit will take place in a much reduced format. The Review Panel — international board of evaluation of the NCCR MARVEL — will conduct its evaluation based on the projects' written scientific report and on presentation videos of the main projects. 

Density-functional theory has become a very popular and very powerful approach to the calculation from first-principles of the properties of molecules and materials. In these three talks, Nicola Marzari will provide a gentle introduction to the fundamentals of density-functional theory, to the calculations that can be done with modern, open-source codes such as Quantum ESPRESSO, and to its capabilities and limits.

Due to event restrictions linked to the coronavirus, the Ig Nobel Award Tour Show 2020 at EPFL is canceled, which we greatly regret.

Due to event restrictions linked to the coronavirus, the March Junior Seminar is canceled, which we greatly regret.

EPFL Alumni and EPFL's Equal Opportunities Office invite you on the occasion of International Women’s Day, which will officially take place a few days later, to celebrate women of science and set off with them to conquer space on Thursday 5 March at the Forum Rolex. MARVEL will be present.