The Assyr Abdulle Lecture is a public lecture given periodically by a visitor of the Bernoulli Center for Fundamental Studies.
Prof. Assyr Abdulle was a faculty member at the Mathematics Institute at EPFL from 2009 until 2021. He was a world-renowned expert in the field of numerical methods for stochastic differential equations and multiscale problems. He was a passionate researcher engaged in promoting mathematics at EPFL. He was in particular engaged in the development of the Youth at Bernoulli program. This public lecture celebrates his memory.
For the 2026 Assyr Abdulle Lecture, we will be happy to welcome Professor Weinan E from Peking University.
The lecture will take place on Monday 28 September 2026 from 16:30 to 17:30 at the Rolex Learning Centre, and will be followed by an informal aperitif.
Registration details will be shared in due course.
Stay tuned!

For the 2025 Assyr Abdulle Lecture, we were happy to welcome Prof Alessio Figalli from the ETH Zürich.
His presentation is available for download here: AAL-Figalli-2025.
Title:
Optimal Transport: From A to B… and Beyond

ETH Zürich
For the 2024 Assyr Abdulle lecture, we were happy to welcome Prof. Stanislav Smirnov from the University of Geneva.
For the 2023 Assyr Abdulle lecture, we were happy to welcome Prof. Kevin Buzzard from Imperial college London.