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"Experienced Researcher Fellowship Programme at the ""Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)""" (EPFL Fellows)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

The “École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne” (EPFL) is one of the two Écoles Polytechniques Fédérales in Switzerland. The School is ranked as one of Europe’s top research institutions with respect to education, research and training-through-research, and offers young researcher several mobility programmes to encourage them to exert the researcher profession, to guide them in their career develop ...
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Experienced Researchers Incoming Fellowship Programme at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL Fellows)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

EPFL Fellows aims to attract experienced researchers of any nationality to EPFL - one of the leading European institutions of science and technology - to provide them with state-of-the art conditions for research in a top-class academic environment, to develop their leadership potential and to position them for success as future research leaders through an intensive training. EPFL Fellows is a rel ...
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Three-dimensional structure of stratified turbulence (3DZZI)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2010,

...llaboration of the European industry. This project provides the opportunity to work on a highly interdisciplinary topic at an internationally renowned institution, the Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique at Ecole Polytechnique, offering the possibility to translate research results into academic papers and patents, which can be used in both academic and practitioner contexts. Understanding the dynamics o ...
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Lax Algebras in Homotopy Theory (LAXALGHOMOTOP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

"The researcher Dr. Gavin J. Seal will investigate the theory of lax algebras in the context of homotopy theory. His work will be conducted at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in Switzerland, in collaboration with Prof. Kathryn Hess Bellwald and her research group. Based on the most recent developments in category theory, lax algebras allow a unified approach to the main fundamental s ...
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Symmetries and the constitution of objectivity in quantum physics: A study on the non-representationalist theories of knowledge (SYMOB)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jul 12, 2012,

"Recent years have seen a surge of research in the philosophy of physics. In particular, the conceptual and epistemological problems related to the interpretation of quantum mechanics have been reformulated within the framework of the current debate on structural realism. The proposed project presents an original approach, bordering between epistemology and theoretical physics, to address those ph ...
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Geometric control methods for heat and Schroedinger equations (GeCoMethods)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

...e aim of this project of 5 years is to create a research group on geometric control methods in PDEs with the arrival of the PI at the CNRS Laboratoire CMAP (Centre de Mathematiques Appliquees) of the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris (in January 09). With the ERC-Starting Grant, the PI plans to hire 4 post-doc fellows, 2 PhD students and also to organize advanced research schools and workshops. One of ...
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Retailer Market Power and Competition Policy (RETAIL)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2012,

...ject is based on the preceding work by the applicant, Dr. Zhijun Chen and Professor Patrick Rey, and would be conducted by a research group based on the host institute, the department of economics in Ecole Polytechnique, which consists of the scientist in charge, Professor Patrick Rey, the applicant and other researchers with closely related research interests."
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Molecular mechanisms of the formation and early function of calyx of Held synapses in the auditory brainstem (CALYX MMFF)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

...itory neuropathies, tinnitus or impairments in language understanding. For this long-term purpose, I will do my post-doctoral experience in the laboratory of Pr. Schneggenburger (Brain Mind Institute/Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne/Switzerland) who is a world specialist in the study of the calyx of Held, a model synapse that belongs to the brainstem auditory pathway. The overall objective ...
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Flow energy harvesting in assemblies of vibrating solids: stability analysis and non-linear coupled dynamics (FLOWENERGY)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2014,

...fish schooling). Vibrating cylinders in cross flow and flexible plates in axial flows will be considered. This research work will be performed during Dr. Michelin's re-integration period at LadHyX at Ecole polytechnique after his research experience in the United States from 2005 to 2010. It will benefit from the scientific excellence of this institution and the expertise in these disciplines gain ...
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Thermal Management of High Power Microsystems Using Multiphase Flows (ThermaPower)

Start date: Apr 2, 2012, End date: Apr 1, 2016,

...phase-change through international collaboration between top research groups in EU, USA and China. These include 12 experienced researchers from University of Edinburgh, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Maryland and University of Nottingham. These partners have complementary expertise in microfabrication, experimental techniques, analytical and ...
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Interplay of anisotropy and interactions in charged colloidal systems (CHARGEDANISOTROPY)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

...ensity) has been reported in seemingly very closely related compounds. We plan a direct collaboration with the experimental groups working on clays in University of Paris Sud (Patrick Davidson) and Ecole Polytechnique de Paris (Pierre Levitz) and as a result comparison of our results with experimental data is an essential part of project."
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"Contrasting adaptive and non-adaptive radiations in Indo-Pacific ""rats"": testing alternative evolutionary models for a hyperdiverse region" (CANARIP-RAT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...cologies, and (3) simultaneously using ecomorphological, phylogenetic and macroecological datasets to understand community assembly during adaptive and non-adaptive radiations. Harvard University and Ecole Polytechnique has a great tradition of using large datasets to answer questions pertaining to patterns of evolution and ecology. Thus, the combination of a well sampled molecular and morphologic ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016,

The internationalization of École Polytechnique, an important institution of higher scientific education, is a key to its development. École Polytechnique’s Erasmus+ project 2014-2016 was focused, as in previous years, on the outgoing student mobility, in particular of Ingénieur Polytechnicien students of the 3rd and 4th years, and on the incoming student mobility coming from partner universities ...
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Economie Européenne. Intégration Economique

Start date: Sep 1, 2010,

La raison du projetLe projet se propose de promouvoir l'enseignement des disciplines à caractère européen, à travers les disciplines Intégration Européenne (cours obligatoire, master) et Les Institutions et l'Economie de l'Union Européenne (cours optionnel, licence)Les principaux objectifs à atteindre sont :- Une étude approfondie de la notion et des théories de l'intégration, des étapes de l'int ...
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INNOVATIVE TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR LARGE LASER INFRASTRUCTURES

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

...lities for the scientific and private community with an investment volume exceeding 850 M€. A fourth infrastructure (Apollon) of the same type as the ELI centers is also being developed in Paris at Ecole Polytechnique. The design, construction and operation of these large-scale laser infrastructures require highly educated personnel in various domains. We evaluate that each site has to recruit te ...
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DELTA Phase III: Environmental upgrading of enterprises in Maghreb and Mashrek countries

Start date: Jan 1, 2002, End date: Jun 30, 2004,

...olved in the project) in the implementation if the eco-management tools; and · The introduction of environmental training courses at the University of Balamand in Lebanon and the Ecole Nationale Polytechnique in Algeria. Through these activities, the project has led to an increase in the number of local enterprises involved in environmental management (74 Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) we ...
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Computational Design of Novel Functional Proteins for Immunoengineering (DeNovoImmunoDesign)

Start date: Mar 1, 2017, End date: Feb 28, 2022,

Finely orchestrated protein activities are at the heart of the most fundamental cellular processes. The rational and structure-based design of novel functional proteins holds the promise to revolutionize many important aspects in biology, medicine and biotechnology. Computational protein design has led the way on rational protein engineering, however many of these designed proteins were solely foc ...
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Connecting Statistical Mechanics and Conformal Field Theory: an Ising Model Perspective (CONSTAMIS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2017, End date: Feb 28, 2022,

The developments of Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory are among the major achievements of the 20th century's science. During the second half of the century, these two subjects started to converge. In two dimensions, this resulted in a most remarkable chapter of mathematical physics: Conformal Field Theory (CFT) reveals deep structures allowing for extremely precise investigations, mak ...
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MicroRobotic toolkit to deliver spatiotemporally resolved physicochemical signals and control cell sociology (ROBOCHIP)

Start date: Mar 1, 2017, End date: Feb 28, 2022,

Biological organisms have spectacular three-dimensional morphologies in which correct multiscale organization and physicochemical regulation are essential for proper function. Understanding the dynamic interactions among cells connected through a structurally complex three-dimensional (3D) fibre network requires a rigorous system identification effort and engineering analysis. To develop accurate ...
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Devices, engines and circuits: quantum engineering with cold atoms (DECCA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2017, End date: Jan 31, 2022,

Over the last decade, cold atomic gases have become one of the best controlled quantum system. This novel, synthetic material can be shaped at the microscopic level to mimic a wide range of models, and simulate the universal physics that these models describe. This project pioneers a new approach to quantum simulations, jumping from cold atoms materials into the realm of devices: systems carved ou ...
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Miniature beam-driven Plasma ACcelerators (M-PAC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

As we push the frontier of particle physics to higher particle energies, conventional accelerator techniques are attaining their limits and new concepts are emerging. The use of an ionized gas —or plasma— circumvents the most significant barrier of conventional techniques by increasing the energy gained per unit length by several orders of magnitude. One class of plasma accelerators, relevant for ...
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Transposable elements, their controllers and the genesis of human-specific transcriptional networks (TRANSPOS-X)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

Transposable elements (TEs) account for more than two thirds of the human genome. They can inactivate genes, provide novel coding functions, sprinkle chromosomes with recombination-prone repetitive sequences, and modulate cellular gene expression through a wide variety of transcriptional and posttranscriptional influences. As a consequence, TEs are considered as essential motors of evolution yet t ...
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High-throughput vibrational fingerprinting by nanoplasmonics for disease biology (VIBRANT-BIO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

Devastating diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and various cancers are still without cures, continue to undermine the quality of life for millions of people and impose significant economic burdens. Misfolded toxic proteins constitute the microscopic basis of these diseases, but little is understood about their structure and biological function. This is due the fact that current technologies ...
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Multifunctional Hybrid Platforms based on Colloidal Nanocrystals to Advance CO2 Conversion Studies (HY-CAT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

In reimagining the world’s energy future, while researchers are seeking alternative ways to produce energy, our current dependence on fossil fuels requires us to capture and store the CO2 to prevent reaching unacceptable CO2 levels in the atmosphere. In this scenario, recycling CO2 by converting it into useful chemicals, such as fuels for transportation, represents an important research area as it ...
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From Fermi to Planck : a bottom up approach (NuBSM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

The Standard Model of particle physics is a hugely successful theory that has been tested in experiments at ever increasing energies, culminating in the recent discovery of the Higgs boson. Nevertheless, some major riddles cannot be addressed by the Standard Model, such as neutrino oscillations, the existence of Dark Matter, the absence of antimatter in the Universe. New fundamental principles, in ...
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Global integrative framework for Computational Bio-Imaging (GlobalBioIm)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

A powerful strategy for increasing the quality and resolution of medical and biological images is to acquire larger quantities of data (Fourier samples for MRI, projections for X-ray imaging) and to jointly reconstruct the complete signal by correctly reallocating the measurements in 3D space/time and integrating all the information available. The underlying image sequence is reconstructed globall ...
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Charge carrier dynamics in metal oxides (DYNAMOX)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

Transition metal (TM) oxides (TiO2, ZnO, NiO) are large gap insulators that have emerged as highly attractive materials over the past two decades for applications in photocatalysis, solar energy conversion, etc., all of which rely on the generation of charge carriers, their evolution and their eventual trapping at defects or a self-trapped excitons. Despite the huge interest for such materials, th ...
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New CHallenges for (adaptive) PDE solvers: the interplay of ANalysis and GEometry (CHANGE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

The simulation of Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) is an indispensable tool for innovation in science and technology.Computer-based simulation of PDEs approximates unknowns defined on a geometrical entity such as the computational domain with all of its properties. Mainly due to historical reasons, geometric design and numerical methods for PDEs have been developed independently, resulting i ...
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Building tomorrow’s nanofactory (NANOFACTORY)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

The aim of this project is to translate the concept of production line to the nanoworld to develop what could become tomorrow’s nanofactory. So far, nanostructures are either chemically synthesized or produced using top-down approaches such as nanolithography, but no processes exist to take a few nanostructures and perform the basic operations required to assemble them into a more complex system. ...
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Unraveling molecular quantum dynamics with accelerated ab initio algorithms (MOLEQULE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

Many physical and chemical processes in nature as well as an increasing number of man-made devices exploit the quantum properties of electrons, nuclei, and the quantum signatures of the coupling between nuclear and electronic motions. To optimize the design of novel devices and to correctly interpret physical processes studied, e.g., by experiments probing the molecular dynamics induced by interac ...
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Hybrid Aircraft; academic reSearch on Thermal and Electrical Components and Systems (HASTECS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

The HASTECS project aims at supporting the demonstration of radical aircraft configurations (CS-2/WP1.6) by means of models and tools development that can help the designers in assessing main benefits of architectures and power management of hybrid electric propulsion. The proposed consortium involves all competences to face the huge complexity of this process. All academic researchers will gather ...
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Targeting common oncogenes with intracellular monobodies (ONCOINTRABODY)

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2021,

Oncogenic signalling networks display a remarkable degree of plasticity. Despite only a limited number of alterations in oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes in most tumours, the majority of targeted therapeutics (monoclonal antibodies and small-molecule kinase inhibitors) does not strongly improve the survival of cancer patients and suffers from the rapid development of resistance. The rising nu ...
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Valley and spin devices based on two-dimensional semiconductors (Valleys)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2021,

The main objective of this research proposal is to realize new types of electronic devices based on the valley/spin degree of freedom in two-dimensional semiconductors from the transition metal dichalcogenide family. These materials are analogous to graphene but have a direct band gap. Together with the unique band structure, this allows manipulating the spin and valley degrees of freedom intercha ...
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Fundamentals and Applications of Inorganic Oxygen Evolution Catalysts (FANOEC)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2021,

The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is the key reaction to enable the storage of solar energy in the form of hydrogen fuel through water splitting. Efficient, Earth-abundant, and robust OER catalysts are required for a large-scale and cost-effective production of solar hydrogen. While OER catalysts based on metal oxides exhibit promising activity and stability, their rational design and developmen ...
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Mechanisms of recovery after severe spinal cord injury (HOW2WALKAGAIN)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2021,

Severe spinal cord injury leads to a range of disabilities, including permanent motor impairments that seriously diminish the patients’ quality of life. In the framework of an ERC Starting Grant, my team and I developed a pragmatic therapy that restored supraspinal control of leg movement after complete paralysis in rats. However, the mechanisms underlying the effects of this intervention remain u ...
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Milli-Volt Switch Technologies for Energy Efficient Computation and Sensing (Milli-Tech)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2021,

The Milli-Tech proposal aims at a novel technology platform serving both computation and sensing: electronic switch architectures, called steep slope switches, exploiting new device physics and concepts in emerging 2D materials to achieve operation at voltages below 100 millivolts. Such switches will have a subthreshold slope below 10mV/decade, significantly more abrupt than MOSFET thermal limit o ...
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Cellular and molecular mechanisms of remote fear attenuation (Remote memory traces)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2021,

Traumatic events generate some of the most enduring forms of memories. Despite an elevated lifetime prevalence of related fear and anxiety disorders, effective treatments for traumatic memories are scarce and the mechanisms behind successful memory attenuation poorly understood. This discrepancy is particularly pronounced for remote traumata, when the original insult occurred in the distant past.H ...
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Decoding, Mapping and Designing the Structural Complexity of Hydrogen-Bond Networks: from Water to Proteins to Polymers (HBMAP)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2021,

Hydrogen bonds are ubiquitous and fundamental in nature, underpinning the behavior of systems as different as water, proteins and polymers. Much of this flexibility derives from their propensity to form complex topological networks, which can be strong enough to hold Kevlar together, or sufficiently labile to enable reversible structural transitions in allosteric proteins. Simulations must treat t ...
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