Institute of Mathematics – MATH

The hidden geometry that separates complex data

12.06.26Research

Mathematicians at EPFL have developed a theorem that reveals why some powerful analysis tools excel at distinguishing between complex data – and how they can be further improved. It offers new insights for machine learning and statistics.

Clément Hongler receives 2026 Frontiers of Science Award

02.06.26EPFL

EPFL mathematician Clément Hongler has received a 2026 Frontiers of Science Award from the International Congress of Basic Science for research that helped shape the mathematical foundations of modern neural networks and machine learning.

EPFL Postdoc Lawrence Hollom Receives 2026 Frontiers in Science Prize

27.05.26EPFL

Lawrence Hollom, postdoctoral researcher at EPFL, has been awarded the 2026 Frontiers in Science Prize by the International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) for a paper in Discrete Geometry and Graph Theory published in the European Journal of Combinatorics.

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Homology and homotopy in the world of graphs

This workshop is part of the Bernoulli programme at EPFL, to be held from 14 to 18 September 2026. The workshop topic is algebraic topology of (di)graphs, and, more specifically, the actively developing field of homology…

14.09.202618.09.2026 09:0012:30

Speaker: Yasuhiko Asao (Kyushu University) Richard Hepworth (University of Aberdeen) Chris Kapulkin (University of Western Ontario) Yuri Muranov (Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski) Viktoriya Ozornova (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn) Antonio Rieser (CIMAT) Daniela Egas Santander (Max Planck Institute) Radmila Sazdanovic (North Carolina State University) Laura Scull (Fort Lewis College)
Location: GA 3 21
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

Testing Covariance Separability in High Dimensions

18.09.2026 15:1516:45

Speaker: Tomas Masak, Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien, Austria
Location: CM 1 517
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public