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Fluctuating Hydrodynamics: From Particles to Stochastic PDEs

Many-particle systems exhibit random fluctuations around their macroscopic behaviour. Fluctuating hydrodynamics seeks stochastic continuum equations describing these mesoscopic fluctuations. Such models arise in fluids, interacting diffusions, active matter, and related systems, but are often mathematically singular due to rough noise, nonlinear effects, and subtle notions of solution. Recent progress has begun to make nonlinear models […]

Synergies in-non-equilibrium QFT:
from heavy ions to the cosmos

The programme “Synergies in non-equilibrium QFT: from heavy ions to the cosmos” will take place from 21 June to 9 July 2027 at the Bernoulli Center at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. Non-equilibrium quantum field theory plays a central role in both heavy-ion physics and primordial cosmology. Despite the vastly different physical scales involved, the two […]

Quantum Designs, Stark Units
and Hilbert’s 12th Problem

The programme Quantum Designs, Stark Units and Hilbert’s 12th Problem will take place from 31 May to 18 June 2027 at the Bernoulli Center at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. The meeting will focus on SIC-POVMs and their connections with number theory-including the Stark conjectures-frame theory, and quantum physics. Its aim is to create sustained opportunities for specialists […]

Multiscale Methods in Percolation
& Interacting Particle Systems

This programme will be held from 10 to 28 May 2027. During the first two weeks, the academic schedule will be deliberately light, with a combination of seminars and minicourses designed to leave ample time for informal discussions and collaboration. The third week will take the form of a workshop and will welcome a larger […]

Learning over Structured
High-Dimensional Objects:
Theory and Complexity

Many modern, large-scale datasets are structured as graphs, matrices, tensors, and other combinatorial objects. A central challenge across mathematics, statistics, and theoretical computer science is to understand the limits of inference, when these limits can be achieved computationally, and where fundamental barriers arise. Recent progress has provided evidence of computational-statistical gaps in many such problems. Low-degree […]

Isogenies of Abelian Varieties & Applications to Post-Quantum Cryptography

This workshop is part of the Bernoulli Center programme at EPFL, to be held from 16 to 20 November 2026. This workshop is dedicated to the emerging role of higher-dimensional abelian varieties in post-quantum cryptography. Bringing together experts in arithmetic geometry and cryptography, it will showcase state-of-the-art research, explore open challenges, and foster new collaborations […]

Dynamics & Learning in Brain-inspired Neural Networks

This workshop is part of the Bernoulli Center programme at EPFL, to be held from 02 to 06 November 2026. The brain forms a large recurrent spiking neural network with extremely high connectivity making time-dependent mean-field approaches valuable tools to translate the microscopic level of single-neuron dynamics to the mesoscopic or macroscopic level. In recent […]

Nonlinear Markov Processes, Dirichlet forms, and PDEs

This workshop is part of the Bernoulli Center programme at EPFL, to be held from 20 to 23 October 2026. The workshop aims to bring together leading experts and promising junior scientists in the fields of nonlinear Dirichlet forms and nonlinear Markov processes, two emerging research areas at the interface between stochastic analysis, functional analysis, […]

The Thermodynamics of Collisionless Plasmas

The first workshop on “The Thermodynamics of Collisionless Plasmas” will be held from 05 to 07 October 2026 at the Bernoulli Center, EPFL, Switzerland, overlooking Lac Léman. This workshop will bring together researchers from plasma physics, statistical mechanics, and astrophysics. The goal is to foster interdisciplinary exchange, establish a shared framework, and identify emerging challenges […]