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10.03.23

A game-based approach to learn about ethics in Machine Learning

Over the last decade, the development of artificial intelligence has accelerated exponentially. Nowadays, the scope of Machine Learning applications has expanded to include almost every sector and …

08.03.23

DigitALL: Innovation at EPFL for explainable and equitable AI

In 1597 during the Enlightenment, in his work Meditationes Sacrae, the British philosopher Francis Bacon coined the phrase ‘knowledge is power’. Four hundred years on, never has it been more …

06.03.23

EPFL Teachers Council hosts 3rd annual Teaching Day

The purpose of this day, which was punctuated by two plenary lectures and four interactive workshops, was to provide an opportunity for all faculty members to participate in discussions on both …

27.02.23

EPFL takes steps to better equip students with transversal skills

While it’s essential for scientists and engineers to have solid technical skills, that’s not enough if they’re to make a real positive impact on society. Today’s challenges are increasingly …

09.12.22

Powering vocational education and training with technology

Switzerland is known for its fondue, its punctual trains and its watchmaking industry. But the country has another claim to fame: its vocational education and training (VET) system. At the end of …

29.11.22

Prof. Francesco Mondada receives Prestigious Polytechnik-Preis 2022

A first for Switzerland Endowed with 77'000 euros, this is the most important prize for research in subject didactics and honors outstanding scientists from the regions of Germany, Austria and …

18.11.22

Video support

Like many of the teaching staff at the EPFL, Jean-Cedéric Chapelier had a number of long lecture recordings. These were recorded in the CE amphitheaters on campus and lasted for the duration of the …

05.11.22

Francesco Mondada awarded for “Equal Opportunities Excellence”

The award recognizes in particular the action made by Francesco Mondada in schools, withing the robotics master and in both the "Education and Society" and the "Equal Opportunities" Committees of the …

04.11.22

“I design my classes for the average student, like me!”

Some people have such a talent for math that they might as well have been born with a calculator in their hands. And then there’s the rest – those who are average at math, or even "slow and …

31.10.22

Robots come out of the research lab

Visitors at this year’s Swiss Robotics Day are in for a glimpse of some exciting new technology: a robotic exoskeleton that enables paralyzed patients to ski, a device the width of a strand of hair …

26.10.22

Advancing research on the role of emotions in engineering education

This symposium is a continuation of the work initiated in 2020 by a research group comprised of eight experts in engineering education, educational sciences, psychology and faculty development, …

06.10.22

Summer in the Lab gives Bachelor’s students research experience

Summer in the Lab, a program run by EPFL’s Education Outreach Department, gives Bachelor’s students an opportunity to apply the theory they acquired in class, deepen their understanding of …