Olga FinkTeaching & PhD PhD Students Han Sun, Leandro Von Krannichfeldt, Keivan Faghih Niresi, Zepeng Zhang, Vinay Sharma, Chenghao Xu, Raffael Pascal Theiler, Kevin Antonio Steiner, Sergei Garmaev, Amaury Wei Past EPFL PhD Students Ismail Nejjar, Mengjie Zhao Courses Data Science for infrastructure condition monitoring CIVIL-332 The course will cover the relevant steps of data-driven infrastructure condition monitoring, starting from data acquisition, going through the steps pre-processing of real
Martin SchrimpfExpertise
NeuroAI, computational neuroscience, computer vision, natural language processing, human alignment, startups [CV]
Mission
Modeling the brain: Martin's research focuses on a computational understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying natural intelligence in vision and language. To achieve this goal, he bridges Deep Learning, Neuroscience, and Cognitive Science, building artificial neural network models that match the brain’s neural representations in their internal processing and are aligned to
Simon Elias BibriExpertise
• Sustainable cities• Smarter eco-cities• Sustainable smart cities• Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) • Generative Artificial Intelligence of Things (GAIoT)• Foundation Models (FMs) • Quantum Generative Artificial Intelligence (QGAI)• Urban Digital Twins (UDTs)• Urban Brain (UB) • Smart Circular Metabolism• Urban planning and design• Environmental sustainability and climate resilience• Sustainable smart energy• Sustainable smart transportation• Sustainable smart waste and water management•
Charlotte Cäcilie Gertrud BunneCharlotte Bunne is an assistant professor at EPFL in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) and School of Life Sciences (SV). She is part of the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC) and the EPFL AI Center. Before, she was a PostDoc at Genentech and Stanford working with Aviv Regev and Jure Leskovec and completed a PhD in Computer Science at ETH Zurich working with Andreas Krause and Marco Cuturi. During her graduate studies, she was a visiting researcher at the Broad Inst
Geovani RizkExpertise
Distributed Machine Learning, Robustness, Safety, Optimization, Multi-Agent, Bandits in Graphs
I am a postdoctoral researcher at école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne since 2022, where I work with Rachid Guerraoui on robustness of distributed machine learning algorithms. From 2018 to 2022, I completed my Ph.D. in computer science at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL on multi-agent bandits in graphs under the supervision of Yann Chevaleyre, Rida Laraki, Igor Colin, and Albert Thomas.Pre-prints Over
Caglar GulcehreTeaching & PhD PhD Students Tim Ruben Davidson, Skander Moalla, Anja Surina, Xiuying Wei, Liangze Jiang, Mikhail Terekhov, Amin Mansouri, Justin Samuel Deschenaux, Yitao Xu Courses Training Large Language Models EE-628 This PhD-level course dives deep into the training of Large Language Models (LLMs), focusing on the complementary roles of datasets, pre-training and post training methodologies in shaping model performance and scalability.
Han SunExpertise
Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Domain Adaptation, Generative Modeling
Open Projects:
Test-Time Domain Adaptation for Anomaly Detection: SiROP link for detailed information
Han obtained her master's degree in Geomatic from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETHZ). Before joining IMOS Lab - EPFL, she focused on computer vision with a particular interest in domain adaptation & style adaptation. During her Ph.D. study, she will explore more in the field of domain adaptation with its appli
Yujia ZhangExpertise
Dropletronics: microscale droplet-based modular iontronics (e.g., batteries, diodes, transistors, memristors and circuits)Bioiontronics and bioelectronicsFunctional synthetic, cellular and hybrid tissuesBioengineering and human-machine interfaceAdvanced manufacturing of soft and living matter across multiple scales
2026 Masters Semester Project/Thesis, PhD and Postdoc Positions
Many opportunities exist in microengineering, bioengineering, materials science, microrobots, programming and AI; please
Vinay SharmaExpertise
Computational Mechanics, Graph Machine Learning.
Keivan Faghih NiresiExpertise
Computational sensing/imaging, Inverse problems, Signal processing, Graph neural networks, Domain adaptation.
Keivan is a PhD student at école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He joined the Intelligent Maintenance and Operations Systems (IMOS) Lab under the supervision of Prof. Olga Fink in February 2023.Prior to joining EPFL, he obtained his master's degree from the Institute of Communications Engineering, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Tsing Hua Univer
Zepeng ZhangZepeng is a PhD student at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He works in the Intelligent Maintenance and Operations Systems (IMOS) Lab under the supervision of Prof. Olga Fink. Previously, He received his master’s degree at ShanghaiTech University and B.Eng. degree from Wuhan University (WHU). During his studies, he have visited Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris), Peking University (PKU), and City University of HongKong (CityU) as a research intern. His current research
Lazar MilikicExpertise
LLMs (Large Language Models), NLP (Natural Language Processing), Automated Reasoning
Mission
My work focuses on developing robust methods for autoformalization and automated theorem proving using large language models. I aim to enhance the reasoning reliability of modern AI systems by reducing hallucinations, improving predictability, and integrating formal verification techniques and tools into LLM-based pipelines.
Before joining EDIC, I completed a Bachelor’s in Mathematics and Computer Science
Siba Smarak PanigrahiExpertise
Geometric Deep Learning, Generative Models
I am a Ph.D. at école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) working with Prof. Maria Brbic in the Brbic Lab. My research interests span geometric deep learning, generative models, and computer vision.Previously, I was a visiting researcher at ServiceNow Research in the Multimodal Foundation Models team, building foundation model for structured document understanding. I was also a Research Intern at PROSE at Microsoft, working on designing algorithms a
