Alina Mnatsakanian

Swiss artists-in-labs Programm 2009
Institute/Lab: Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull’Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA), Lugano
Artistic Background: Video, Neue Medien
Website

[..]

Brain Mind Institute

The Brain Mind Institute is located in the School of Life Sciences of the Ecole Polytechniques fédérales de Lausanne (EPFL).

The mission of the Brain Mind Institute is to understand the fundamental principles of brain function in health and disease, by using and developing unique experimental, theoretical, technological and computational approaches. The scientific challenge addressed by the BMI consists in connecting different levels of analysis of brain activity, such that cognitive functions can be understood as a manifestation of specific brain processes; specific brain processes as emerging from the collective activity of thousands of cells and synapses; synaptic and neuronal activity in turn as emerging properties of the biophysical and molecular mechanisms of cellular compartments.

Understanding information processing in the brain and its higher emerging properties is arguably one of the major challenges in the life sciences. Research at the BMI focuses on three main areas:

Molecular neurobiology and mechanisms of neurodegeneration;
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of synapse and microcircuit function up to the behavioural level and including metabolic aspects;
Sensory perception and cognition in humans. In all areas, the BMI strives to integrate knowledge gained by multidisciplinary approaches and across different disciplines and research laboratories.

EPFL is one of the two Ecoles Polytechniques fédérales in Switzerland. Like its sister institution, ETHZ, it has three missions: education, research and technology transfer at the highest international level. Associated with several specialised research institutes, the two EPFs form the EPF domain, which is directly dependent on the Federal Department of Home Affairs.

Swiss artists-in-labs 2010
Artist: Nicole Ottiger

Swiss artists-in-labs 2009
Artist: Luca Forcucci

Christian Gonzenbach

Swiss artists-in-labs Programm 2009
Institute/Lab: Université de Genève, Séction de physique / CERN
Artistic background: Plastik, Skulptur
Website

[..]

Claudia Tolusso

Swiss artists-in-labs Program 2009
Institute/Lab: Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL, Bellinzona
Artistic background: Scenography, Photography
Claudia Tolusso on LinkedIn

[..]

Eawag: Wasserforschungs-Institut und Teil des ETH-Bereichs

Die Eawag ist ein Wasserforschungsinstitut und Teil des ETH-Bereichs. Dieser umfasst die Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschulen ETH Zürich und EPF Lausanne sowie vier Forschungsanstalten. Die Eawag hat zwölf Forschungsabteilungen, in welchen Natur-, Ingenieur- und Sozialwissenschaftler innovative und qualitativ hochstehende Forschung betreiben. Die Kombination der verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen erlaubt eine ganzheitliche Erforschung des Wassers und der Gewässer. Forschungsschwerpunkte der Eawag sind Aquatische Ökosysteme, Urbane Wassersysteme sowie Chemikalien und Effekte.

Die Mitarbeitenden treffen an der Eawag auf ein internationales wissenschaftliches Umfeld. Es erlaubt Forschenden, Fachpersonen und Studierenden Fragestellungen nachzugehen, welche neue wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse bringen und fundamentale gesellschaftliche Bedürfnisse abdecken. Ein besonderes Augenmerk wird auf innovative transdisziplinäre Projekte gerichtet.

Damit neue Erkenntnisse und Konzepte aus der Forschung möglichst rasch in die Praxis einfliessen, pflegt die Eawag rege Beziehungen zu Fachleuten aus Industrie, Verwaltung und Verbänden.

Eawag is an aquatic research institute within the ETH Domain, which comprises the Federal Institutes of Technology ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne and four research institutes. Eawag has twelve research departments, where innovative and high-quality research is conducted by natural and social scientists and engineers. The combination of various scientific disciplines permits an integrated approach to research on water and water bodies. Eawag’s research focuses on Aquatic Ecosystems, Urban Water Systems and Chemicals and Effects.

Staff at Eawag benefit from an international scientific environment, allowing researchers, specialists and students to pursue questions that yield new scientific insights and meet fundamental societal needs. Particular attention is paid to innovative trans disciplinary projects.

To ensure that new findings and approaches can be translated into practice as rapidly as possible, Eawag maintains close contacts with experts from industry, government and professional associations.

Indo-Swiss Residency Exchange 2011/2012 | pilot project
Artists: Surekha Anil Kumar

Sino/Swiss Residency Exchange 2009/2010
Artist: Aniu (Qing Jun Chen)

Swiss artists-in-labs 2008
Artist: Ping Qiu

Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull’Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA)

IDSIA (Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull’Intelligenza Artificiale) is a non-profit oriented research institute for artificial intelligence, affiliated with both the Faculty of Informatics of the University of Lugano and the Department of Innovative Technologies of SUPSI, the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland. The researchers focus on machine learning (artificial neural networks, reinforcement learning), optimal universal artificial intelligence and optimal rational agents, operations research, complexity theory, and robotics.

Swiss artists-in-labs 2009
Artist: Alina Mnatsakanian

Luca Forcucci

Swiss artists-in-labs Programm 2009
Institute/Lab: Brain Mind Institute BMI, EPFL Lausanne
Artistic background: Sound, New Media
Luca Forcucci’s Website and his Profile on myspace

[..]